WMPTE 8L, Birchills Depot, Walsall, 1970

            WMPTE 8L inside of Walsall bus depot in 1970 parked over the maintenance pits. It is very likely that this was when the bus lost its experimental Perkins V8 diesel engine and was fitted with a standard Gardner 6LW oil engine. Delivered new to Walsall Corporation in February 1964, 8(L) was the only one of the 29 buses of this type delivered in 1964-65 to be fitted with a Perkins V8 engine.

Acquired by West Midlands PTE in 1969 and renumbered 8L, the bus was painted into WMPTE blue and cream livery in April 1971. The centre-door configuration meant that these buses could only be used for crew-operation. Desperate for one-man-operated buses, these former Walsall Fleetlines were selected for conversion to OMO operation between 1971 - 72. This entailed the complete rebuild of the cab and platform area, radically altering their appearance to accommodate a front-end platform door. 8L was rebuilt in June 1972.

The bus was withdrawn by WMPTE in May 1976 and sold for scrap.

Taken on: June 10, 2024

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