The Daimler has been a long term project for Museum members and the team are reconstructing the Dodson single-deck body that started life on an old Vulcan chassis in 1922, working for the Vectis Bus Company.

In 1926, the body was transferred to a 1919 chassis of unknown origin after being rebuilt by the old Newport coachbuilding firm of Margham and Sons.

The engine, purchased from Southern Vectis before World War II, came from a different bus and has been carefully overhauled and maintained since acquisition by the Museum.

The framework of the Dodson body is virtually complete, reconstructed in ash, and solid tyres have been fitted after manufacture by a specialist Midlands firm.

Progress on the project can be seen by visitors on Sundays. Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, when the Museum is open between 10am and 4pm.