On 14 February 1987 two brand new West Midlands Travel MCW Metroiders were filmed in Walsall on service 378 (Walsall- Gillity Village via Chuckery). The first sequence is taken in Lumley Road, Chuckery followed by Holtshill Lane. These buses at the time were quite revolutionary being custom-designed minibuses rather than van conversion - there endeth the praise with serious mechanical shortcomings with brakes that needed adjusting daily and a manual gearbox with ceramic clutch that eventually was replaced by an automatic gearbox.
I loved those buses-always seemed powerful and fast!
crusher19860138 2 years ago