<DIV ALIGN=left>AEC Regent V/Weymann H39/32F 530 (SWN 993) approaching Oystermouth on service 85 from Caswell Bay to the Town Centre, Alexandra Road. This route ran every twenty minutes via Derwen Fawr and Sketty and prior to 1960 would have connected with the Mumbles Railway at Oystermouth. Swansea's sea air was in fact a good test for the vehicles and the only severe long term corrosion was in the steel canopy above the bonnet which was treated with silver cellulose paint.  Most alarmingly there was an unexpected safety hazard; in certain lighting conditions, presumably associated with foggy weather, the unpainted buses would be difficult to see.</DIV>
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