Subject: Stagecoach Red & White 22 (F392 DHL)
Chassis: Mercedes-Benz 709D
Body: Plaxton Beaver B20FL
Location: Cwmbran depot
Date: c.2000

149 survived the takeover but didn't remain a bus with Stagecoach long. It was withdrawn in 1998 and converted for use as a publicity van. It received the number 22 as seen here but it is not clear whether this was at the time of the conversion. It survived long enough to become 40205 in the Stagecoach national numbering scheme.

From an original negative in the David Beilby collection, photographer unknown