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  • Ribble – Leyland Panther – ACK 774B – 774

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    Ribble Motor Services1964Leyland Panther PSUR1/2RTMarshall DP49F Odd man out in the Ribble fleet for over ten years was the first production Leyland Panther, which I photographed outside the September 1964 Earls Court Commercial Motor Show.It is possible that it entered Ribble service for a spell before the show, and early on in its career it…

  • Ribble – Leyland Leopard – PCK 618 – 1036

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    Ribble Motor Services1961Leyland Leopard L2THarrington Cavalier C32F This Leyland Leopard L2 with Harrington Cavalier C32F body was new to Ribble in 1961. The low seating capacity means it was one of the touring fleet. I do have a query about the chassis designation, because some of my sources mention a twin-speed rear axle, meaning it…

  • Ribble – Leyland Atlantean – RRN 407 – 1807

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    Ribble Motor Services1962Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1Weymann “Orion” L39/33F Ribble bought a hundred early Atlanteans with MCW “Orion” bodywork in 1959/60, seventy highbridge and thirty lowbridge. These were followed by a reversion to the Titan model, with ninety five PD3/5’s with Metro-Camell “Orion” fully fronted bodies in 1961/2. These were followed by fourteen lowbridge Atlanteans, including this…

  • Ribble – Leyland Atlantean – RRN 428 – 1279

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    Ribble Motor Services1962Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1Weymann CH39/20F Here are two views of RRN 428, one of Ribble’s ‘second generation’ fleet of “White Ladies”. She is a Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 with Weymann CH59F bodywork – more than on the “Gay Hostess” fleet because there is no toilet, but less than the normal bus seating because the rear…

  • Ribble – Leyland Atlantean – RRN 414 – 1814

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    Ribble Motor Services1962Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1Weymann L39/33F Seen in August 1969 in less than pristine condition leaving Manchester’s Lower Mosley Street Bus Station (often confusing us slow witted southerners by appearing on bus destination blinds as “Manchester LMS”) is Ribble 1814, the last of a batch of fourteen Weymann bodied lowbridge Atlanteans on the original PDR1/1…