6831 -6835 metrobuses

[Solo1]

Any one know where former metrobuses
6831-6835 are now.

[Bob]

Why were 6831-6834 withdrawn so early?

[The Real 4778]

6835 is famously preserved at Wythall

http://www.flickr.com/photos/55205968@N03/7936119636/

6832 is also preserved, or was as recently as 2012.

6831-34 were lower than standard Metrobuses, I think.  6835 was production standard?

[Tony]

6835 is famously preserved at Wythall

http://www.flickr.com/photos/55205968@N03/7936119636/

And 6832 was saved by the late Ronnie Morgan.

All others long since scrapped

[The Real 4778]

What the man said! 

I was editing as Tony was submitting his post!

Thanks Tony!!!

[D10]

6835 is famously preserved at Wythall

http://www.flickr.com/photos/55205968@N03/7936119636/

6832 is also preserved, or was as recently as 2012.

6831-34 were lower than standard Metrobuses, I think.  6835 was production standard?

Yeah I think so, certainly in terms of interiors, I recall 6831-4 as having a similar interior style to Fleetlines in terms of panels and seats?

[Bob]

Yea but my point was that the fleetline's with those panels and interiors survived a lot longer thsn 6831-4. Plus 7006/7 had the fleetline interior as well and they lasted longer. Did they keep their eagle engines til the end?

[don]

They started off at different garages like the Titans:-
6831 - Washwood Heath
6832 - Coventry
6833 - Dudley
6834 - Wolverhampton (Cleveland Rd/Bilston St)
6835 - Perry Barr

6831 was around for some time before 6832-6834 appeared and all had non standard stripes and black window surrounds. 6835 entered service after the 1978 motor show (ie some months after the others) and had more standard livery and what became standard castle moquette orange seats. Not sure whether the other interior finishes on 6831-6834 were standard Fleetline colours but probably!

All were later congregated at Dudley in the way the Titans were moved to Perry Barr.

Metrobuses started to be withdrawn in small numbers around 1989 (before the last entered service) some famously ending up with Stevensons and competing with TWM (via breakers) - I seem to recall some of these early ones were withdrawn in that era, no doubt having had a hard life at Dudley and it's hills and fullish daytime utilisation then. I guess it was to save cost and volume of maintenance repairs at that time, particularly with new buses coming.

It's to be hoped 6832 continues to survive as one of the earliest production Mettobuses (or were 6831-6834 pre production)

For the record Titans (I think) were:-
7001 - Perry Barr
7002 - Selly Oak
7003 - ?
7004 - Walsall
7005 - Coventry
My memory is sketchy on these and I though one was at Washwood Heath possibly? So please correct if anyone knows!! The Coventry one had stick on Leyland adverts on every window when I saw it.

[Isle of Stroma]

For the record Titans (I think) were:-
7001 - Perry Barr
7002 - Selly Oak
7003 - ?
7004 - Walsall
7005 - Coventry
My memory is sketchy on these and I though one was at Washwood Heath possibly? So please correct if anyone knows!! The Coventry one had stick on Leyland adverts on every window when I saw it.

7001 WH, 7002 SO, 7003 WA, 7004 PB, 7005 HN.

[Bob]

I dont remember stevensons having any of the four tho. What happened to BOM 6/7V?

[Cheese]

I dont remember stevensons having any of the four tho. What happened to BOM 6/7V?

One or both of BOM6/7V went to MK Metro didn't they?

[Westy]

Must admit I don't remember a Titan at Walsall.

Did it have a regular route?

[lynx1103]

I dont remember stevensons having any of the four tho. What happened to BOM 6/7V?

Stevensons had SDA 831S for spares.

7006/7007 went to MK Metro.

I believe 7007 lasted until 1997 at Acocks Green Garage.

[busfan2847]

I dont remember stevensons having any of the four tho. What happened to BOM 6/7V?

Stevensons had SDA 831S for spares.

7006/7007 went to MK Metro.

I believe 7007 lasted until 1997 at Acocks Green Garage.

7006 was withdrawn in 1992, 7007 in 1998.

[Bob]

Must admit I don't remember a Titan at Walsall.

Did it have a regular route?

It was only there a couple of years before they all got moved to one garage not sure which.  It used to go on the 51 a bit