{"id":12418,"date":"2015-09-06T13:02:55","date_gmt":"2015-09-06T12:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=12418"},"modified":"2015-09-06T13:02:55","modified_gmt":"2015-09-06T12:02:55","slug":"hull-96-goes-under-wraps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=12418","title":{"rendered":"Hull 96 goes under wraps!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The repaint of <strong>Hull 96 <\/strong>is now well underway with Heritage Painting moving in to the Heaton Park Tramway&#8217;s Middleton Road Depot on 1st September to start work on the tram following extensive preparation of the bodywork by volunteers. This was an earlier start than expected due to a gap in the painters&#8217; schedule becoming available at short notice, with the contractors agreeing to complete the preparatory works before applying the gloss finish to the tram.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Rapid progress has been made on <strong>96 <\/strong>by a small team from Heritage Painting, who of course only recently finished work on <strong>Blackpool 680 <\/strong>&#8211; and if that paint job is anything to go by then the Hull tram should look beautiful when completed! The first traces of maroon paint were being applied to the side panels within a matter of days and early glimpses suggest that this will be another repaint of exceptional quality.<\/p>\n<p>The annual Trans Lanc Rally organised by the Greater Manchester Museum of Transport, when a huge selection of vintage vehicles descend on Heaton Park, took place on Sunday 6th September but oddly rather than show off the amazing work that has been done on <strong>Hull 96<\/strong>, there seems to be a great deal of secrecy surrounding it. Thus a large curtain was erected in front of the workshop area to hide <strong>96 <\/strong>from curious visitors whilst the familiar trio of operational cars &#8211; <strong>Blackpool Vanguard 619<\/strong>, <strong>Blackpool Brush 623 <\/strong>and <strong>Manchester 765 <\/strong>&#8211; were left to entertain the crowds. This does seem like a bit of an own goal, as people visiting the transport rally may well have been sufficiently intrigued by the partially complete Hull car to consider a return visit for its launch next month. However, visitors were allowed a sneaky glimpse of the tram in return for a donation: whether this is an innovative way to raise funds, or an unwanted sign of an increasingly greedy approach to preservation being employed by some organisations\u00a0is down to opinion!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12421\" style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=12421\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12421\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12421\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12421\" title=\"96 sheet\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/96-sheet.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/96-sheet.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/96-sheet-550x311.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12421\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The sight that greeted visitors to the original Heaton Park tram depot on 6th September - Hull 96 hidden behind a large sheet, meaning that anyone not willing to make a financial contribution was not able to view the latest progress on its restoration. (Photo courtesy of the Heaton Park Tramway Facebook page)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The repaint of Hull 96 is now well underway with Heritage Painting moving in to the Heaton Park Tramway&#8217;s Middleton Road Depot on 1st September to start work on the tram following extensive preparation of the bodywork by volunteers. 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