Dave Tapsell
Overland Buses (xxvi)
In early 1977 I drove this Bedford SB8 bus (UDL 137) on a trip to India – it had a Duple C41F body and a Leyland 350 engine with a 4-speed gearbox.
The body code C41F means that it was a single-deck, 41-seater with the passenger door at the front. The Bedford model type SB had the suffix '8' which was for those chassis fitted with Leyland 350 engines.
The bus was first registered in May 1960 and operated by Shotters Ltd. on the Isle of Wight, until they sold it in 1971; I've no idea where it spent the next six years before I drove it.
This bus was operated by Tour East, a sister company of Budget Bus. The photo was taken somewhere in Austria by its then owner, John H, who ran Tour East.
Overland Buses (xxvi)
In early 1977 I drove this Bedford SB8 bus (UDL 137) on a trip to India – it had a Duple C41F body and a Leyland 350 engine with a 4-speed gearbox.
The body code C41F means that it was a single-deck, 41-seater with the passenger door at the front. The Bedford model type SB had the suffix '8' which was for those chassis fitted with Leyland 350 engines.
The bus was first registered in May 1960 and operated by Shotters Ltd. on the Isle of Wight, until they sold it in 1971; I've no idea where it spent the next six years before I drove it.
This bus was operated by Tour East, a sister company of Budget Bus. The photo was taken somewhere in Austria by its then owner, John H, who ran Tour East.