New to Devon General in 1961 as DL927 “Sir Martin Frobisher“. In 1978, after transfer to Weymouth in Dorset, it was renamed “Admiral Hardy” and continued to serve DG until withdrawal in 1982.
It was sold to East Yorkshire Motor Services, being loaned by them to Lincolnshire Road Car for a time in 1983, reuniting it with 928 and 929. It later passed to Ribble, running on tours of Morecambe, and then Stagecoach Cumberland, becoming their No.1927. During this time it lost its original registration mark, receiving ABV669A, a Preston mark.
It was sold by Cumberland in 1992 to Fife Scottish, this time becoming their No.1102 and was used on tours of St. Andrews. Sold to Glasgow Corporation Transport in July 2003 and again to First Glasgow, becoming no. 39989, in March 2004.
It was used on open-top tours of Glasgow by First until 2007 when it returned south of the border, this time to Kinch Coaches of Minety, near Malmesbury in Wiltshire and is the last “sea-dog” in revenue earning service.
New to Devon General in 1961 as DL927 “Sir Martin Frobisher“. In 1978, after transfer to Weymouth in Dorset, it was renamed “Admiral Hardy” and continued to serve DG until withdrawal in 1982. 
It was sold by Cumberland in 1992 to Fife Scottish, this time becoming their No.1102 and was used on tours of St. Andrews. Sold to Glasgow Corporation Transport in July 2003 and again to First Glasgow, becoming no. 39989, in March 2004.
It was used on open-top tours of Glasgow by First until 2007 when it returned south of the border, this time to Kinch Coaches of Minety, near Malmesbury in Wiltshire and is the last “sea-dog” in revenue earning service.
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