Thursday 7 March 2013

It’s A Bargain & Bomb-Proof?


Margaret Thatcher bomb-proof bus auctioned for £17,000


A bomb-proof bus that was supposedly used by former prime minister Margaret Thatcher has been auctioned off for around £17,000.

The vehicle - weighing at 28 tonnes and built in the 1980s - secured a winning bid of £16,940 on Thursday (February 21), reports PA.

A spokesman for JP Humbert Auctioneers said: "There was immense interest in the bus. It sold to a spontaneous round of applause in the saleroom.

"This isn't a good-looking vehicle by any stretch of the imagination, but it is of social and historical interest.

"It is an irreplaceable one-off - an iron bus for the Iron Lady."

The bus, which boasts armour-plated glass and a blast-proof floor, has travelled 17,398 miles.

It is also fitted with a 12-litre Rolls-Royce engine.

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