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Metrobus - M 6
M 6
Date:1979
Registration:WYW 6T
Acquired by Museum:2003
Current State:Externally restored
M 6 was delivered new into service at Fulwell during March 1979 for routes 110 & 270 complete with an Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) machine. By October 1985 it had been adopted as the garage showbus.

Transferred to Leaside Buses in 1996 and on to Arriva London North as a Trainer, where it continued until withdrawn and bought for preservation in May 2001.

It passed on to Cobham bus Museum in March 2003, and was repainted into its original livery during the first half of 2005.

Chassis:MCW Metrobus DR101/8
Body:MCW H43/24D
Engine:Gardner 6LXB 170bhp with Voith D851 3 speed gearbox
Vehicle Classification:2M2
Date into service:1979
Date of withdrawal:2001


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