The Leyland-MCW Olympian was an integral single-deck bus built by Weymann Coachbuilders of Addlestone for the Metro Cammell Weymann group using Leyland Tiger Cub mechanical units, a lightweight version of the Leyland-MCW Olympic. Western Welsh took one in 1954, 40 in 1956 and six in 1958, Trinidad Bus Service four in 1956 and Fishwick six in 1957, with a show bus and prototype going to Jones of Aberbeeg, one to Ceylon and a single left-hand-drive example fitted with a Pneumocyclic gearbox sold to China in 1958. Sixty were built and all had a single door. The name was adopted because Olympic Cub would have sounded plain daft, and Leyland coded the type HRC.
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British Electric Traction subsidiary Western Welsh Omnibus Co took one in 1954, 40 in 1956 and six in 1958.
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The Leyland-MCW Olympian was an integral single-deck bus built by Weymann Coachbuilders of Addlestone for the Metro Cammell Weymann group using Leyland Tiger Cub mechanical units.
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The 1954 show bus and prototype went to Jones, Aberbeeg whilst a single example was exported to Ceylon, the sole left hand drive example was sold to China in 1958, all 60 were single door.
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