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1927 Lion PLSC1 Reg. KW 474 Chassis No. 45532 Engine: Leyland 5.1 Ltr 4 cyl Petrol Gearbox: Leyland 4 speed manual.
Body: 1949 Leyland 31-seat S/D bus (Ash frame with Steel panelling) One of the first privately preserved buses, KW 474 was purchased by the Lincolnshire Vintage Vehicle Society in 1959 from Jersey Motor Transport who had been using it as a driver training bus. The vehicle was new to Blythe & Berwick of Bradford in 1935 and passed to West Yorkshire Road Car in the early 1930s. It then passed to Jersey and was given the registration J 6825. After return to the mainland it has been restored as a replica of Lincoln Corporation Lion No.1 which was an identical vehicle.
Entered by the Lincolnshire Vintage Vehicle Society of Lincoln.
© Leyland Society, 2008