Buses, coaches, & lorries

John West:
Obstinacy was not confined to the Brits.

Quite so, though I can’t speak reliably about others.

John West:
…Leyland had shipped one single decker (I wasn’t really into buses, but I’m sure it was one of those that they built in Workington, whose name I can’t remember.) .

Probably the Leyland National. Given it only came with the Headless Wonder (the 0.500 series) that wouldn’t have gone over with their prospective clients very well.