PTE Panther.
Several of the former Lancashire Municipal fleets had a flirtation with Leyland's rear engined Panther chassis. Liverpool Corporation was one, as was neighbouring Southport. Both those two operations were merged into the Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive which was originally formed in 1969. Metro Cammell bodied FKF 910F would have been a mere two years old. By the time I caught up with it here in Liverpool city centre circa 1978 it would have been approaching ten years of age and probably hadn't much longer to go. If memory serves me correctly, I was in the city on a Geography trip from school and enjoying that 'free time' both we and the teachers looked forward to.
This is a colourisation of my own murky un-sharp original black & white shot, the latter version of which appeared elsewhere in my Flickr pages many moons ago.
PTE Panther.
Several of the former Lancashire Municipal fleets had a flirtation with Leyland's rear engined Panther chassis. Liverpool Corporation was one, as was neighbouring Southport. Both those two operations were merged into the Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive which was originally formed in 1969. Metro Cammell bodied FKF 910F would have been a mere two years old. By the time I caught up with it here in Liverpool city centre circa 1978 it would have been approaching ten years of age and probably hadn't much longer to go. If memory serves me correctly, I was in the city on a Geography trip from school and enjoying that 'free time' both we and the teachers looked forward to.
This is a colourisation of my own murky un-sharp original black & white shot, the latter version of which appeared elsewhere in my Flickr pages many moons ago.