As a wedding bus operator outside London I can endorse Roy's remarks about the dead mileage. It is also worth pointing out that people hiring the buses don't like paying for the dead mileage and often feel that they shouldn't have to pay for the time and distance involved in getting to the venues. Since vehicles for hire and reward have tachographs the seller should be able to provide records of annual distances traveled as well as the problems identified and dealt with at the regular safety inspections

My bus number (if any): RMs 238, 471 and 2213, GS17

Unfortunately the vehicle was not offered by Exclusive cars so the detailed service and use history is not with it. So I am hoping that Exclusive cars will still help with any points. The bus drops little or no oil anywhere, even at cold the exhaust is cleaner than other RMs I have seen.

I am assuming that RM108 originally was a Leyland engine bus.

Leather trimming down gangway side of seats - when did LT begin using this - at first overhaul?

John.

Good luck if you do get to buy it John. Contact the owners of rm822 they got a faretable of route 149 in the conductors locker they might ket you have. Also the leather sides where done to rms originally but later on they were phased out on overhulls.

The leather edge is a long established adornment to LT buses going way back.

It was to reduce wear not just to the seat but to the conductors uniform when constantly brushing past.

Alos to help keep clean as the most dirt prone areas could be wiped.

Down side was non handed seats could not be swapped as they became handed.

So gradually phased out in the early 1980s. Brian, being an Aldenham man will probably know when the Trim shop ceased using the leather entirely.