The Trust membership scheme currently has almost 300 members who share an interest in Ribble Motor Services and the work we do to preserve the company’s history. The annual subscription is £25 and members receive a full colour magazine four times a year as well as access to our members Facebook page and the chance to participate in our work.
You can apply for membership by completing the application form via the Contact Page
As well as supporting our overall aims members also have the chance to work directly with the Trust. A whole range of opportunities awaits – some members work regularly at our depot on vehicle preparation, regular maintenance and vehicle restoration. We have plenty of tasks for those with specific skills and those who help in a more general way. Others help out at events by conducting on the bus service, carrying out marshalling, talking to visitors. There’s plenty of enjoyment as well as hard work and a lot of satisfaction in helping a restoration project to completion or successfully delivering a major event.
If you would like to know more and possibly take a look around do get in touch.
Olympian 2100
Reg: DBV 100W
Chassis: Leyland B45
Body: ECW H45/31F
Built: 1980
The Leyland Olympian proved to be a successful product and was bought by many NBC companies including Ribble. 2100 is the second pre-production model and was built by Bristol. It has a Gardner 6LXB engine.
It was delivered to Leyland early in 1980 for testing and had its Ribble press launch in July before entering service in August.
When new it had hopper vents on the front upstairs windows but these were later replaced by plain glass.
Having passed to Stagecoach after their takeover of Ribble in 1988 its final allocation was Chorley depot. When withdrawn Stagecoach donated it to RVPT. Some remedial work was carried out on the rear of the chassis but it is currently stored awaiting restoration.