(14 Mar 2021, 11:36 am)streetdeckfan wrote Why though, it's a 6 year old ex-demo bus in an old body style (that I don't think they ever actually sold on that 'chassis').
I'd imagine, if they do still own it, they aren't too fussed about what it looks like as it's more of a 'courtesy bus' than a demo vehicle these days

I'd expect you'd want to give your customers a good impression, no? Certainly if I get a courtesy car I would expect it to be presented reasonably well, not least to reassure me it's been looked after and I'm not driving a death trap around. Granted it's slightly different here, but you'd be wanting Wright to show they at least care about the stuff they're sending you - since they're presumably only sending it to cover for their new vehicles breaking?

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(14 Mar 2021, 11:36 am)Rapidsnap wrote I don't think Wright (Bamford Bus) own it anymore. It was sold to Ensign, who then sold it to GNE who have pressed it into service for Metro Replacement with its old fleetnumber. No doubt it will be taken off service for refurbishment and renumbered into the normal numbering series.

Martijn confirmed on the FB post that reported this that it is a Wright float vehicle.