Thanks to several readers for pointing out that this livery isn't dead yet - with 67 still out and about
Thanks to Richard Smith for the photos of 67 on the 72 yesterday!
The near demise of this short lived darker red front livery did get me thinking back to the last time Plymouth had a go at a darker livery with the depressing ‘Crimson Lake’ scheme in the late 1970s very early 1980s. (An excellent photo of MCO253H by Richard Godfray can be seen HERE)
I believe that the crimson lake livery appeared on more buses than the Stenning scheme and lasted longer in the fleet but can anyone confirm this? anyone know the numbers to receive each livery?
At least his quality designs are rolling out across the more stylish majority West of the region
ReplyDeleteAgreed that Stenning does produce some stunning designs which can be seen elsewhere, including within Go Ahead Group. I am a fan of his work - just not this design which is too dark and bland. We dont know what the original brief was, so it may be that those colours were specified? Either way I personally wont miss it!
ReplyDeleteLooks much classier and consistent than those amateur 'flash' brands!
ReplyDeleteAt least the Best Impressions livery was classy. The 'flash' ones look a bit amateur and designed by any old marketing agency
ReplyDeleteI personally really rather like the Stenning livery, by far superior to the currently livery! A real shame to see it go imo!
ReplyDeleteRather fitting though that the first PCB vehicle to wear the Stenning livery is also the last to lose it!
Thought this livery was superb and more classy than the one now in use. However, the fleetname style wasn't great - 'Plymouth' was just too unreadable!
ReplyDeleteThis one looked smart on the Wright-bodoed buses when they were new; the chrome on the front relieved the dark red colour. It is, in a way, a pity the chrome could not have been retained on the Blue Flash livery. For the same reason, the Stenning livery die not look good on a Dart and was really gloomy and depressing on a double-decker.
ReplyDeleteI believe the downsizing of the "Plymouth" part of the fleetname was because Best Impressions felt it was not necessary to state which city was involved when the buses were (at the time) not to be seen anywhere else. Indeed, given a free hand, I was told that it would have been done away with altogether, but politics dictated otherwise.
ReplyDeletei seen dart 78 out in new livery today on the 20a with every journey taken care of
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