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Possibly the prize acquisition from Motts Yellow Bus operations in 1995 was 5108 (F506OYW).
Known as The Blunderbus, the vehicle was new to the London Borough of Lambeth as a playbus.
Motts acquired it with virtually no mileage on the clock when it was about 5 years old. Motts
fitted it out themselves with parts from Northern Counties as the interior did not even have a
staircase. It was one of the last bodies built by NCME in the Manchester style, the Olympian
chassis was an unusual engine gearbox combination. It is thought Lambeth paid over list price
for not having the usual internal fixtures, sometimes you can just see them coming! The bus
passed to Arriva with most of the Yellow Bus fleet and was one of the last buses painted from
Shires to Arriva livery as it was also one of the last to be painted in Shires blue and yellow.
Unusually, at the time, it retained Lambeth's white whilst in the Yellow Bus fleet.
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