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J Leask & Son, Lerwick, Shetland, BPS987K, a Bedford YRQ built in 1972 with Plaxton Panorama Elite Express II C45F bodywork, evidence that operators in Orkney/Shetland did sometimes buy new vehicles.
Unladen weight was 6tons 9hundredweight 3quarters, about half that of today's vehicles.

Photo taken by Donald Hudson, August 1973, Lerwick

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