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1949 Titan OPD2/1 Reg. NEH 466 Chassis No. 493181 Engine: Leyland O.600 9.8 Ltr 125hp Diesel Gearbox: Leyland 4 speed manual.
Body: 1954 Northern Counties 53-seat Lowbridge D/D bus (All-metal construction) NEH 466 was delivered new to Potteries Motor Traction, Stoke-On-Trent on 13th December 1949 and was one of a batch of 24 vehicles. As a chassis intended for export, these vehicles were too long to be fitted with a double deck body for the UK market and so were fitted with single deck B35F bodies by Metro-Cammell-Weymann. The entire batch lost their bodies to post war AEC, Leyland and Guy chassis and in 1954 they were rebodied by Northern Counties with 53-seat lowbridge double deck bodies. NEH 466 was given fleet number L466 and operated mainly from Hanley and Stoke garages. It became a part-time training vehicle in 1965 and then was used full-time for training from 1966. It entered preservation in January 1977 when was offered to the Potteries Omnibus Preservation Society for the sum of £10. It was repainted by P.M.T. for the Jubilee Cavalcade through Hanley and it currently carries the livery of the 1959 1964 period. This is one of only two surviving OPD2/1 "export" Titans in the UK, the other is sister vehicle L453 which is at Canvey Island.
Entered by The Potteries Omnibus Preservation Society of Stoke-On-Trent.
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