I photographed this bus in Heaton Park, Manchester at the Greater Manchester Transport Society's Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally in September 1993.
It's a 1937 Leyland TD5, registration number FEV 178, but it isn't listed in the programme of the event. It was provided new to the Eastern National Omnibus Company in 1937 with fleet number 3709 and a Brush L28/29R body. Rebodied with this ECW body in 1949 it was withdrawn from service in 1952. It then apparently went to Luton & District, but I can't find any fleet list that records this. The DVLA record says that it has an 8½ litre diesel engine and that it's been untaxed since 1 March 1996.
Reported to be in a private collection at Great Witley near Worcester
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