WEST RIDING 164 (LHL 164F)

Leyland Panther PSU1/1R

Body: Charles H Roe (Leeds)

Date new: 22nd November 1967

This bus was delivered to the West Riding Automobile

Company Ltd of Barnsley Road, Wakefield as fleet number

164. In 1971 West Riding had a fleet-wide re-numbering,

when 164 became 255. It continued in public service

until 29th December 1979 when, after accumulating

453,759 miles, it was parked up. Some 14 months later it

was taken into the workshops to become a driver training vehicle, emerging in March 1981, re-numbered as A26. This role was to last just over two years, until July 1983. The West Riding records show it as recording 466,304 miles in its lifetime with the company. The West Riding Omnibus Preservation Society purchased A26 for preservation on 3rd January 1985. After a period of storage it was restored to its original form as 164 by society members. 164 was parked up from 1996-2001 awaiting an engine rebuild after it broke its crankshaft, but it is now operational again. 

The pictures below show the restoration work in 1990. (Copyright: Jim Speed)

ABOVE: Extensive body renovations were undertaken, then the external panels were re-fitted.

BELOW: The engine was removed for overhaul, then re-fitted, and the undercoat was applied, panels, windows and lights re-fitted. The picture at the top of the page shows the final result in December 1990.

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