Stevenson, Uttoxeter 12 (MUS 103P) - a photo on Flickriver

Stevenson, Uttoxeter 12 (MUS 103P)

            Here is another coach that might have got a 'Q' plate if it had been unlucky - this Leopard had only just re-appeared in its new form a few weeks earlier, having previously carried a Duple Dominant Bus body when new to Garelochhead Coach Services. Stevenson's ran it in that form from 1980 to 1983, but then removed the body and upgraded the chassis, prior to sending it to Plaxton for this Paramount 3200 body in 1984. But even though it is only weeks old in this view, they have still managed to make it look like a patch-up job, with a front panel that appears to have been nicked off something else in the yard, and some old yellow wheels out of the stores ....

This is a bit of a rare shot of it as MUS 103P, as it became TFA 13 the following month, and then received new issue OVT 253P on sale in 1992. A few months with Dave Forrest's Blue Triangle at Bootle were followed by a few years with Wealden Beeline and Tim's Travel in Kent, but it returned to Staffordshire in 1999, with Copeland's at Meir, who ran it as their MIB 537 for another 10 years. 

So 8 years as a Dominant bus, and 26 years as a Paramount coach - that looks like a good decision now ! 

Central coach park, Blackpool, 6/10/84

Taken on: October 6, 1984

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