here is some information on the SBS Singapoe Bus services ,
Bedford SB5
from my impression, they did not really serve long under SBS. they
were new in the 1951-52 so were probably removed from service by
1974 or so.
still Mike Davis found out that they were registered as SBS4121J to
4129M 4132 4133 4134 4139 4246 4247 4248 4249 4251 4252 4253 4433
4435 4437 4457 and 4485. excluding the check letters.
thats a count of 23 Bedfords in say 1973.
these 23 units of Bedford Sb5 can be further traced back to the 60s
and 50s when they served under some other Chinese bus companies of
the time.
Mike Davis regrets to report that he cannot find any Bedford Sb5 in
SBS registration in picture form . however in his book
" Singapoe buses volume one Singapore Bus Services" Part one.
published under DT publishing.
he did provide us with two pictures of Bedfords under the 11960s
registrations of the SH series.
the Bedfords were bodied locally by this Soon Chow or Chua heng
bodybuilders in 1951.
there exists a book written about Soon Chow bodybuilders Singapore
by local authors.
Mike also could not obtain any VINs (chassis numbers) information
when he wrote this book.
ZYX
