Unexpected EFE Showbus 1999 entry:
Olympian / Northern Counties in
Maidstone & District's final 'deregulation' livery - before Arriva arrived - so it fitted very nicely in the line
up of preserved M&D vehicles, including Regent V DH478, Nimbus SO308, Leopards 3456 and 2816
and, new to the rally scene, Ailsa 5385.
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An unusual candidate for preservation, at such a tender age, is Maidstone & District's 1078 (G78 SKR)
a 20-seat Reeve Burgess bodied Mercedes 609D, barely ten years old. Notwithstanding it looks
very nice in the pre-Arriva colours, displayed here at the 1999 Quainton Bus Rally.
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In the relatively short period in which M&D existed as an independent, before disappearing into the
aquamarine sea of Arriva, it acquired a few secondhand vehicles, including this Duple Dominant
coach bodied Leyland Leopard for Invictaway commuter services. It is seen at EFE SHOWBUS
International 2001.
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4771 (YKP975X) is seen the following year in the company of preserved Leyland National 3556 (SKR556R)
at Cobham in April.
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