1958 Leyland Worldmaster RT3/2

This is one of the vehicles that took part in the Greater Manchester Transport Society's Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally in Heaton Park, Manchester in September 1996.

It's a 1958 Leyland Worldmaster RT3/2 and is one of the Greater Manchester Transport Museum's own vehicles. A note about it in the programme of the event says this:

Leyland Worldmaster, Plaxton Body, 1958                                                                                              SDK 442

Entered by                       S. Lord, Wardle, Rochdale, Lancs

Former operator - Ellen Smith (Tours). The Leyland Worldmaster was built for  overseas use, but a few

were  sold  in the UK. Ellen Smith  Tours  took  delivery of 2 Worldmasters.  SDK 442  is  one of the few

survivors if not the only one in the UK. The original body was by Duple, but rebuilt in 1972 by Plaxtons.