(02 Sep 2017, 1:21 pm)Cock Robin wrote Very true. I think they were dealer stock and just had awful headreasts added to the bog standard seats. Put to shame by the Coastliners, not to mention by the Bristol MWs and REs I travelled to Scarborough on in the 60s/70s!

The seating is different to the dealer stock B9's that Go North East received for the Red Kite - https://www.flickr.com/photos/adammalarkey/

So they must of been changed prior to entering service.