37

Chassis No:	6208	Converted to:
Body:	Campbell&Mannix 06/35 B32F
Engine:	Leyland 4cyl 5.7ℓ 65hp diesel	Leyland E166/1 6cyl 8.6ℓ diesel
Gearbox:	Lysholm-Smith semi-automatic torque-converter	4sp constant mesh

DATE	REGO	FLEET	No
17.06.1935	21237	Metropolitan Omnibus Co	37
	31937	Metropolitan Omnibus Co	37
01.12.1948	31937	Metro Buses	37
by 01.12.1951	45637	Metro Buses	37
31.08.1958	DR2367	MTT	37
	PARTS	MTT	37

NOTES:
	Lysholm-Smith torque-converter removed & converted to 4sp constant mesh by Metro	by 31.07.1939
	Prototype in Metro Leyland Lion re-engining program: chassis extended, re-engined Leyland 166/1 & fitted with OPS1-style radiator	20.01.1947
	De-registered	by 26.06.1958
	Reported in one source as having been sold to Carilla Bus Service, but that the sale was cancelled due to major engine failure. This source further reports that it was returned to the MTT and after being unsuccessfully offered for re-sale on 28.09.1959, it was cannibalised for spare parts by 21.03.1960, and the body sold to the Mt Marshall Road Board
	However, another source suggests that it was loaned to Carilla (rather than sold). A photograph exists of (37) at Carilla Depot showing it registered DR2367 but still carrying fleet no (37)
	This second theory is supported by the published memoirs of the operator, which lists (37) as the first bus loaned under the agreement between the MTT & Carilla. Whilst these memoirs recount mishaps and breakdowns, specific mention of a major breakdown involving (37) is conspicuously absent

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