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Central Liner? I remember the 44 service from City to Longbridge but this may not have been late 90's

Guess not actually
All city centre routes have been tinkered with and most of Black Country routes have changed beyond recognition over the years, so that only really leaves Brum orbital routes:
28 changes in Erdington and original extension to Scott Arms
11 changed in Bearwood
451 sure at one point didn't serve Pheasey estate
76/49/69 south brum changes
71/72 East Brum changes
27/35 once one route

Pretty sure the 18 itself didn't originally go as far as Bartley Green, although maps I have show it doing so since at least 1981

My 1977 map has the 18 route exactly as it is today. That's nearly 40yrs of the same route. I guess being a service that doesn't include the city centre puts it in a strong position to be the service operating for the longest period along the same route. Can anyone better the 18?

I'd possibly extend the YW 18 to Weoley Castle. Connecting it with Cotteridge/Kings Norton.
Whether it would work or not though I'm unsure.

The 18 route has been untouched for decades. Are there any services that have avoided the "WMT Tinckerman" treat for as long as the 18?

Was this 654 similar to the modern day one that NXWM ran from Scott Arms? Midland red west sure had some odd routes back in the day! I wish I could drive them now rather than endless 35s round Worcester!

Yes, but a lot longer...... Great Barr, Hamstead, Perry Barr, Witton, Summer Lane, City, Edgbaston, University, Harborne. The terminus was Malins Road which is at the back of Harborne High Street. I only managed 1 journey on the route having tricked my mom in to believing it was the quickest way from Hamstead to Harborne one Saturday afternoon. 2hrs later we arrived in Harborne.....

Thinking this might be the Midland Red West 653/4 service from Great Barr to Harborne from the early 1990's?