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Surviving vehicles include one WYPTE example and one GMPTE example, as well as a number of non-PSV examples which are mostly used as campers. The preserved WYPTE vehicle appeared in an episode of
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The Cub was derived from the Terrier truck chassis, and was originally built at Leyland's Scottish plant in
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Most Cubs were built for local authorities and the welfare sector, and thus carried bodywork by
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between 1979 and 1987. There was a previous Leyland Cub, the K series built at Leyland's
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bodies in 1986. There were also four Reeve Burgess-bodied Cubs for
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taking miners to a colliery in a 1980s flashback scene.
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The Cub was superseded in 1987 by another truck-derived
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Index

Leyland Panther Cub
Leyland Tiger Cub

LRT
Leyland
Engine
Leyland
Transmission
Allison
m
Leyland Swift
midibus
Leyland
Ham
Bathgate
wheelbase
centimetres
Wadham Stringer
Hampshire
Reeve Burgess
Derbyshire
Lothian Region Transport
Duple Dominant
West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive
Optare
Southdown Motor Services
Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive
Wythenshawe
Manchester
Northenden

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