URE 281 is an AEC Regal III with a 9.6 ltr original diesel engine. Thebodywork is by Thomas Harrington, body number 808, and is complete with adorsal fin. URE was bought new in 1950 by Lymers of Tean, Staffordshire,and was a class coach in its day. URE was used by the Stoke City SupportersClub and on the 4th March 1972 Stoke City beat Chelsea in the League CupFinal at Wembley earning them their first major trophy for 109 years. Thefollowing day the Stoke team boarded URE with its sliding roof open, toparade the cup through the streets of Stoke.URE was parked up in 1975 in favour of lighter Bedford's and was garageduntil I purchased her in 1994. URE is now stored safely in dry, secureaccommodation, in Staffordshire.
I am now steadily restoring her, but due to work commitments, time islimited mainly to Sunday mornings. Progress is therefore slow, butnevertheless continuing.
The plan is to restore her to roadworthy and rally condition, and I am nowseeking help with funding the restoration.
