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Many Park Royal bus bodies were flat packed for export, to be assembled by associate companies in the destination country. The following series of pictures shows the packing process for a bus body bound for India.
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| The first stage in packing a complete single-deck metal-framed bus body for India. |
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Method of shipping Park Royal bodies overseas for re-erection on site. |
| The intermediate stage in the packing of the knocked-down parts. |
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The last sub-assembly, the roof unit, about to be packed. |
| The crating of the knocked-down parts of a single-deck bus, the final stage with the roof unit in position. |
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On London's river bound for the docks...and India. The crate containing all the body parts measures 27ft. 8in. x 3ft. 8in. x 7ft. 6in. and weighs only 4 tons gross. |
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