Freo on Wigan welfare
26th April 1990, Page 21
26th April 1990
Page 21
Page 21, 26th April 1990
— Freo on Wigan welfare
Close
Noticed an error?
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
• WB Cunliffe (Coachbuilders) has supplied the first newly-designed Lancastrian Freo v,relfare coach, based on the Leyland Daf Roadrunner coach chassis, to Wigan Metropolitan Borough Social Services Department.
The vehicle, which cost over 244,000, has a side-mounted Montreal Clearway hydraulic wheelchair lift and a central folding power door which acts as a hinged step, or first fixed step when not in use. All but five of the seats are removable, and all are fitted into Unwin semi-recessed tracking. The coach is used primarily for holiday excursions and has colour co-ordinated fibrebonded carpet and Nonoslip flooring.
The Manchester-based coachbuilder expects to produce up to four more of the Freo coaches.