Experimental Iveco
Back at the start of the 1990s, Devon General trialled an experimental Iveco-Ford (or Fiat to the PSVC) 49-10 with Mellor bodywork as a potential Transit replacement for Exeter City services. Numbered 954 (H463 GTM), it remained a one-off both as a vehicle type (ignoring the two electric things which never worked properly!) and in respect of the livery it carried. It was later repainted blue for use on service Z and subsequently saw out its life in Portsmouth. The Transits did not start to get replaced for another four years and whilst the new buses were indeed Ivecos, they were the longer 59-12 version and had dual-door bodies. 954 was, on the face of it, an odd number for a DG bus but it fitted around similar vehicles inherited at Red and Blue Admiral.
Experimental Iveco
Back at the start of the 1990s, Devon General trialled an experimental Iveco-Ford (or Fiat to the PSVC) 49-10 with Mellor bodywork as a potential Transit replacement for Exeter City services. Numbered 954 (H463 GTM), it remained a one-off both as a vehicle type (ignoring the two electric things which never worked properly!) and in respect of the livery it carried. It was later repainted blue for use on service Z and subsequently saw out its life in Portsmouth. The Transits did not start to get replaced for another four years and whilst the new buses were indeed Ivecos, they were the longer 59-12 version and had dual-door bodies. 954 was, on the face of it, an odd number for a DG bus but it fitted around similar vehicles inherited at Red and Blue Admiral.