Foden re-scan.
From memory, my first ever Flickr offering all those years ago was a shot of PMT's Foden NC WVT 900S. This wasn't that picture, but it was taken at about the same time.
PMT with its mix of operating conditions was selected by the NBC to carry out some 'Operational Testing' with a view to a suitable replacement for the incumbent Bristol VR when the time came. There was never really any likelihood that anything other than a Leyland group product would be selected, but go through the motions they did. Needless to say, the VR came out on top, not really helped by the underwhelming performance of the Foden NC, and to a lesser extent, the other pretender, the Dennis Dominator. For my money, the Foden was at least the best looking of the trio even if it had little else going for it.
This photo was taken circa 1980 in the Potteries town of Tunstall as the bus was heading for Biddulph on the busy service from Newcastle. In the backcgound, one of Bernard Kettle's many Leyland Reivers comes into view.
Nowadays the town of Tunstall is almost as dead as the Foden NC sadly.
Foden re-scan.
From memory, my first ever Flickr offering all those years ago was a shot of PMT's Foden NC WVT 900S. This wasn't that picture, but it was taken at about the same time.
PMT with its mix of operating conditions was selected by the NBC to carry out some 'Operational Testing' with a view to a suitable replacement for the incumbent Bristol VR when the time came. There was never really any likelihood that anything other than a Leyland group product would be selected, but go through the motions they did. Needless to say, the VR came out on top, not really helped by the underwhelming performance of the Foden NC, and to a lesser extent, the other pretender, the Dennis Dominator. For my money, the Foden was at least the best looking of the trio even if it had little else going for it.
This photo was taken circa 1980 in the Potteries town of Tunstall as the bus was heading for Biddulph on the busy service from Newcastle. In the backcgound, one of Bernard Kettle's many Leyland Reivers comes into view.
Nowadays the town of Tunstall is almost as dead as the Foden NC sadly.