Corgi - Leyland PD3 Queen Mary - Southdown BUF277C Route 12 Brighton video_597268766 Only the second non-British car

Only the second non-British car to be modelled by Corgi

which just happened to be the colour of the version in Gift Set 2

Rather sensibly

the Lotus Elan S2 (Corgi 318) was introduced in 1965 but deleted just two years later

LLC and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc

Corgi - Leyland PD3 Queen Mary - Southdown BUF277C Route 12 Brighton video_597268766 Only the second non-British carSouthdown Motor Services Ltd. was formed in 1915 as a merger between Brighton Hove and Preston United Omnibus Co., Sussex Tourist Coaches and the London and South Coast Haulage Co. Ltd. Southdown Motor Services acquired the new PD3, BUF 277C in 1965, one of the later buses to be produced by Leyland as production stopped in 1967, assigned the number 277, it was predominately used on very popular Brighton Routes until 1977, it was bought by OK Motor