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In March 2017 the GW(SVR)A and SVR(H) exchanged 5043 for [[GWR 4786 Full Third]]. Conversion and restoration is being carried out by [[The LNER (SVR) Coach Fund]] who have experience of this kind of work, and this coach became their next project following restoration of [[GWR 17410 'Toad' 20T Goods Brake Van]].<ref>[http://www.svrlive.com/kr-by-c-and-w SVRLive 30 March 2017]</ref>
The plan is to have saloon accommodation for disabled passengers and their companions at one end and an accessible buffet counter at the other. Entry will be via central double doors with an adjacent disabled WC. The external appearance will indeed be of a GWR H33 composite Kitchen Diner (see above). It will replicate the later condition of GWR catering vehicles, which were all rebuilt in a programme that lasted from 1937 to 1952. There were many variations, but they all gained flush sided steel panelling with sliding shutters replacing the original 'hopper' type opening toplights, a much more practical arrangement that vastly reduced the window's tendency to leak. <ref>[http://forum.svrasvr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?p=50670#50670 SVR Unofficial Form 30 May 2016]</ref> The General Arrangement drawing of the proposal, prepared by Peter Simpson of the GW(SVR)A, can be viewed as a pdf at File:http://www.svrwiki.com/version1241/images/f/f8/5043_elevation_drg_v4c-2a.pdf
===Conversion work===
