Odd man out
UBU 72N was unique with Crosville, as all other Seddons in the fleet were RUs.
This bus had been built as a Pennine VII demonstrator, and as such was mid engined, rather than rear underfloor. It was powered by a horizontal Gardner 6HLXB. Contemporary gossip has it that the bus was either given or permanently loaned by the manufacturer to the operator to assist with vehicle availability caused by poor reliability of the RU fleet. It was also said that many of the horizontal Gardner power units from the latter found their way into Crosville's Leyland Nationals replacing the inadequate fixed head 510. Bodywork on UBU, and for that matter the RUs was built in house by Seddon's Pennine Coachcraft subsidiary. It is seen here making a U turn in the centre of Chester.
Odd man out
UBU 72N was unique with Crosville, as all other Seddons in the fleet were RUs.
This bus had been built as a Pennine VII demonstrator, and as such was mid engined, rather than rear underfloor. It was powered by a horizontal Gardner 6HLXB. Contemporary gossip has it that the bus was either given or permanently loaned by the manufacturer to the operator to assist with vehicle availability caused by poor reliability of the RU fleet. It was also said that many of the horizontal Gardner power units from the latter found their way into Crosville's Leyland Nationals replacing the inadequate fixed head 510. Bodywork on UBU, and for that matter the RUs was built in house by Seddon's Pennine Coachcraft subsidiary. It is seen here making a U turn in the centre of Chester.