Blackpool Coronation 304 joins the Hall of Fame on the back of its TV stardom on Channel 4's Salvage Squad program broadcast in the UK on 17 February 2003. 304 was the first Coronation tram of the fleet and arrived in the resort on 5 June 1952 having cost £10,000 and quickly started testing before the tram was officially unveiled to the public on 16 June, 3 days after the Ministry of Transport had inspected and passed the tram for public use. The Coronations were 50 feet long and 8 foot wide (larger than the standard Blackpool tram size) and had space for 56 passengers to sit down. The tram was finished in a mainly white livery with green stripes above and below the windows and beadings on either end of the car. The major initiative of the Coronations was to be the Vambac (Variable Automat