EARLY 1980'S OPEN TOPPERS RECALLED

As the sunshine is out, lets rewind to the summers of the early 1980's for me there was always unaccustomed joy at seeing Eastern Counties Bristol Lodekka OT 2 ex Western National VDV 753 plodding up and down the cliffs of Felixstowe Seafront complete with the ferries  in the background and like the Lodekka there a thing of the past, not forgetting the top picture we see IBT AEC Regent V 67, DPV 67D ,Ipswich were late comers to the open top indeed 67 wasn't destined for a long career as an open top being sold mid 1980's when Atlantean 9 MRT 9P was set alight destroying the upper deck and becoming the new open top, thankfully both survive in preservation.