London Transport • Part 2

RM66 (VLT 66) was delivered to London Transport in November 1959. It was withdrawn from London service in May 1987, passing into stock at AEC's factory at Southall. By July 1987 it had been sold to a dealer, and by the end of the year it had been converted into a towing vehicle. The conversion saw the back end shortened to just behind the back axle with a small door included above the tow hitch in the new rear profile, with vertical handrails either side of it. In addition, most of the lower deck side windows were panelled over. Over and above the flat roof was a "Towing" display complete with dual yellow hazard lights either side.
In April 1990 it passed to another dealer, who sold it in April 1994 to BTS Coaches, who had since 1993 been operators of leased Routemasters on London Buses route 13, as BTS (Borehamwood Travel Services).
In August 1995 it was sold to another dealer, who passed it onto yet another a month later, before being purchased for preservation by 1996 by the Swansea Bus Museum. In preservation it has since been repainted to resemble a London Buses Ltd towing vehicle, receiving allover London red livery complete with white roundel livery and white relief stripe, large Breakdown Tender lettering on the side, white RM66 fleet numbers and 55 Broadway legal lettering. Swansea Bus Museum, 26th October 2014.