The final batch of dual door LHs for H&D were wider than the earlier vehicles – 8′ 2.5″ – and the first one is seen here basking in the sun at Grosvenor Square depot in Southampton. H&D had purchased LSs with dual doors in the 1950’s, but on those vehicles the doorways were narrower, and the second door was at the extreme rear. By the next decade, the need to make doors wider had been identified and acted upon, so that the extra doors really do appear to be too much for such a small vehicle.
The final batch of dual door LHs for H&D were wider than the earlier vehicles – 8′ 2.5″ – and the first one is seen here basking in the sun at Grosvenor Square depot in Southampton. H&D had purchased LSs with dual doors in the 1950’s, but on those vehicles the doorways were narrower, and the second door was at the extreme rear. By the next decade, the need to make doors wider had been identified and acted upon, so that the extra doors really do appear to be too much for such a small vehicle.