Other Derby Bus on the Rally

CRC 911 is Derby Corporation Crossley DD42/8A of 1952 with a 56 seat Brush body. June 2010 saw it outside Chatsworth House in Derbyshire during their annual bus rally.

Crossley Motors Ltd was first registered on the 11th April 1906 as the vehicle manufacturing arm of Crossley Brothers, originally based in the main factory at Pottery Lane, Openshaw, in east Manchester, but in 1907 moving to a nearby site they owned in Napier Street (later changed to Crossley Street), Gorton, Manchester, England.

At the end of 1945 production at the government Shadow Aircraft Factory No 5 at Erwood Park, adjacent to the old Willys Overland Crossley site, had finished and it was offered for sale. Crossley Motors entered negotiations and in September 1946 agreed to lease it for 10 years with an option to buy at the end of this period. In January 1947 the registered office was moved from Gorton and production transferred over the next six months. The old factories in Gorton were sold. The company had at last got space to expand and with a completely new chassis, body and engine and with war time damage to bus fleets to be made good prospects were excellent. First deliveries of DD42’s had been made from Gorton in 1946

Built during 1950 to 1952 the 8ft wide DD42/8 and 8A had 8600 cc Crossley HOE7/5 direct injection engines. (only 58 were ever made)

Technical Data
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Sigma 18-50mm F2.8 DC MACRO EX Lens
Focal length: 29mm
ISO: 160
Aperture: f4/f4.9/f7
Speed: 1/500 sec
Processing: Photomatix & Photoshop CS4
Filter: NIK ColorEfex

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