1960 Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 Metro Cammell Weymann 'Gay Hostess'

1960 Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 in Pan Am's World, Documentary, 1973

Class: Bus, Double-deck — Model origin:

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sixcyl ◊ 2024-03-05 16:03
sixcyl ◊ 2024-03-05 16:16	To be confirmed/precised.
dsl ◊ 2024-03-05 20:25	"NRN 611 - Ribble MS Gay Hostess 1262 Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 Weymann coach body new 1960 seen at Liverpool when new in 1960" from here. EFE model (Code 2) in older livery. Newer pic with livery as seen. Later went to Hong Kong where last recorded in 1976. Has a companion NRN 607 seen in "Mutiny on the Buses" in similar livery which also later went to HK. And NRN 613 in original livery.
240 Gardner ◊ 2024-06-28 15:16	NRN 611 - as "dsl" says, PDR1/1 Atlantean with a Metro-Cammell/Weymann CH34/16Ft body (frames by Weymann, finishing by Metro-Cammell). It started life as no.1262 on the Ribble fleet, and was then transferred onto the fleet of Scout Motors Limited in April 1963 as fleet no. S66. It was transferred again onto the W. C. Standerwick Limited fleet in October 1968, as fleet number 12. It was sold to a dealer in January 1971 and then, via a second dealer, joined the fleet of City Coach Lines of London W.C.1, and in whose livery we see it here. It was one of three Standerwick Atlanteans on the City sightseeing fleet at the time, the others being NRN 607 (as stated it above) and also VFR 372. IT served with City until January 1973 and was exported, via a dealer, to Hong Kong, where it joined the fleet of Kowloon Motors Bus, who converted it into a 64-seat bus. Its working life ended in October 1976.