{"product_id":"9781784424121-secondhand-motor-coaches-and-charabancs","title":"Motor Coaches and Charabancs","description":"The coach - distinguished from the bus by its use for longer-haul and more comfortable trips - has a long and august history. Its origins lie in the charabanc, a long open-topped vehicle used to transport passengers on works outings and pleasure excursions. Over time, coaches came to be enclosed and fitted with more comfortable seating and higher-quality bodywork than the charabancs and the buses used on shorter routes. By the 1960s and 1970s on-board toilets began to be fitted, and despite a decline due to private car ownership, coach travel remains popular, with Wi-Fi, electric sockets and even video screens now built in. This colourful introduction explains the development of motor coach design and the main coach manufacturers, models and operators, offering a fascinating insight into the history of the nation's most popular vehicles.","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49266149458139,"sku":"9781784424121-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/a1767e9e-c872-4ff2-8392-550d2f9addd9.jpg?v=1788946717","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781784424121-secondhand-motor-coaches-and-charabancs","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}