November 16, 2021

Davies Motors, Ruthin

 This business of buying / selling buses and coaches is operated by the former Directors of GHA Coaches Limited - Gareth Lloyd Davies and Arwyn Lloyd Davies.  Their principal place of business is the former GHA depot in Lon Parcwr Ruthin but they are also using the premises in Betws Gwefril Goch.

There is constant flow of used buses being purchased and sold with a number being refurbished and some being scrapped - mainly being sold to Shelton Motors / M C Tractors of Cambridgeshire who extract strategic parts some of which are exported.  The premises in Ruthin is absolutely full of vehicles, some of which are for sale and also some of which are in the process of being stripped or refurbished. There are still some former GHA vehicles remaining at the premises - believed to include:-

BA08GHA (Solo) - intention to refurbish with engine from Solo recently acquired

CN07FSO (Solo) - intention to refurbish

GN53OPM (Iveco / Euromotive)  -  not likely to be used again

WX54PWV (Merc-Benz / Sprinter) -  not likely to be used again

Y993UUM  (Merc-Benz / Sprinter) -  not likely to be used again

YJ09OTN (Versa) - intention to refurbish

View of the Ruthin premises of Davies Motors November 2021

I was able to update my GHA fleet information from information kindly supplied by Arwyn Lloyd Davies. 
 
Since my last visit before the outbreak of Covid there have been the following changes:- 

sold - SF04ZXC - Dart - to South Wales Transport, Morriston 9/2020 (appears to be still in use)

Scrapped:
CIL312  - re-registered back to T963EJH (on paper) and cherished plate now on BMW car
VBW846 - re-registered back to FL02ZXR (on paper)
CA53GHA (Dart)
SN04EFT (Enviro 300)