FIRST EASTERN COUNTIES BRIEF SPELL WITH IVECO AND DODGE MINBUSES

Eastern Counties in the early days of First ownership gained quite a lot of displaced Minibuses from other group companies including this ex Leicester Iveco Daily/Caryle IC 83 F710 NJF during 1994 seen on the 173 in the old Felixstowe Bus Station.

 Displaced from what is now First Scotland East, but then SMT is this rather bread van like Renault Dodge/Alexander RA 421 D415 ASF at Kings Lynn Bus Station.

Yes another Iveco from Leicester in the form of IC 81 F702 MBC with an native so to speak in MA 717 C717 BEX an Mercedes L608 /Alexander which started out at Norwich before heading south for use on Felixstowe town services before finishing its career back at Norwich all the Ivecos only lasted at the most 2 years whilst the Dodges only 1 year at most, by the end of the 1990's Eastern National began supplying Plaxton Beaver Mercedes to Eastern Counties as replacements for the early Minibuses.