LFT 5X Leyland Tiger Plaxton Supreme V Express OK Motor Services Bishop Auckland Newcastle 2023

Leyland Tiger chassis TRCTL11/2R with a Plaxton Supreme V Express C53/F bodywork
Supplied new to O.K. Motor Services Bishop Auckland and registered 1st February 1982 in a batch of six identical vehicles registered LFT 1X - LFT 6X
We hop aboard at Spennymoor High street and enjoy the ride to Newcastle following the route it would have taken in its stage carriage service days from Bishop Auckland - Newcastle
LFT 5X was sold by Ok Motors Services Ltd to a dealer on 24th March 1997 after 15 years in service.
It passed through two Scottish owners ( W Miller and Maynes Coaches) and on the 6th February 2003 was sold to C D Smith & Son of Brenzett Romney Marsh Kent and was operated on contract services (schools / works) for a little over two years , at which time the company went out of business, and remained abandoned in the yard till October 2012.
During this time it was subject to the harsh salt laden weather of Romney Marsh and the upper rain gutters having come away from the body and the ingress of vegetation from below.
LFT 5X was purchased in November 2012 by Mr Tim Phillips and was delivered under its own power to his premises in Cambridge.
Many years of restoration and preservation was carried out and I had the joy to see it back in Bishop Auckland in 2018 and enjoyed the ride around the town and Escomb village. ( Please check my other videos )
So 5 years later its been purchased by Graham Scarlett and brought back home to County Durham and organised this memory lane service trip
Many thanks for reading this and hope you enjoy the brief ride

[@andrewholloway231]

This Plaxton Supreme V Express on C53/F body work is, quite simply, Supremely Superb. I like it a lot. Enjoyable video too.

[@The-Silent-Rider]

Many thanks for your kind words The previous owner Tim Phillips has a lovely documented history of this restoration and how he stumbled across LFT 5X and may I add spent the money to make it look superb.

[@lesliesmith9155]

Yeah I'm 68 had some good memories the (the good old brake drum sqeal on backing up) good old Leyland thanks for nuthing Mrs thatcher 😅😮😊😢❤😢 xxxxxxx we'll be back soon

[@The-Silent-Rider]

I remember catching the United bus home after a long shift and the old lady across the seats said to me these brakes could do with a drop of oil on them. Oh they where bad .. new parts needed think they had been brakes for too long