DBY 401

DBY 401

1932 Leyland Tiger TS4

Debono B40F

UP 7220; 17912; 3356; 1823; A-1823; Y-1102; Y-0401

New to Charltons' Blue Safety Coaches, Hebburn on Tyne, for use on Newcastle upon Tyne - London route.  Acquired by United Automobile Services and allocated fleet number LT89, downgraded to local bus work.  Requisitioned by the Admiralty in 1942 and sent to Malta to provide transport for troops.  Sold for use as a route bus in Malta after the War and allocated registration 17912 and operated "as was" with UK built half cabbed body until 1965, when rebodied by its' current Debono body.  Front of bus "modernised" during the 1970s.

DBY 401 in service at Valletta, October 2010.

Undergoing restoration at Zinnu Bus & Coach Works, Luqa, Malta, July 2015.

Zinnu Bus & Coach Works, July 2015

Zinnu Bus & Coach Works, July 2015.

Back in the UK after 74 years!

Back in the (frozen) North after 74 years away!

FBY 068

FBY 068 was a 1987 Leyland Tiger, fitted with Plaxton Paramount C53F body, new to Hill, Tredegar, as D64 MWO.

ACY 863

The fire damaged remains of Garden of Eden Plaxton bodied Bedford YMT ACY 863, seen outside their premises in 1997.

Seen below is its' replacement, a 1991 Leyland Tiger, with Plaxton Paramount C53F bodywork, new to Ambassador Travel as H381 TNG, fleet number 121.