Leyland Cub

The Leyland Cub CU series was a midibus made by Leyland between 1979 and 1987, not to be confused with the earlier K-series Cub built at the Ham factory from 1931 to 1939. It was derived from the Terrier truck chassis and built at Leyland's Scottish plant in Bathgate in three variants, the CU335, CU385 and CU435, the number giving the wheelbase in centimetres, usually with the 5.7-litre 6.98NV engine. Most went to local authorities and the welfare sector with Wadham Stringer or Reeve Burgess bodies, though Lothian Region Transport took 18 with Duple Dominant bodies. The Leyland Swift superseded it in 1987, and a few survive, some as campers.