In 1989, the final release was in the livery of East Surrey Omnibus Companies fitted with the Advertising boards for 'Lifebuoy Soap' and the front destination board read Hartfield.
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Lifebuoy Soap: East Surrey |
The early East Surrey bus destination board had a spelling mistake that read "COPTWORNE". Later issues were modified to "COPTHORNE" | |||
| Information as from "The Yesteryear Book 1956-2002" | ||||||||||||
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| F: LIFEBUOY | ||||||||||||
| Issue | Year of Release | Colour | Upper Body/Stairs | Seats & Safety Bars | Grille | Radiator | Logo | Wheels | Destination Board | Baseplate | Rarity | Box |
| 1 | 1989 | Dark blue body, glossy black chassis | Light cream | Dark brown | Dark brown | Silver | LIFEBUOY | Cream 12 spoke | Coptworne | MATCHBOX © 1982 MACAU | J1 | |
| 2 | Dark blue body, glossy black chassis | Light cream | Dark brown | Dark brown | Silver | LIFEBUOY | Cream 12 spoke | Copthorne | MATCHBOX © 1982 MACAU | D | J1 | |
| Rarity: D - Difficult; S - Scarce; R - Rare; VR - Very Rare; ER - Extremely Rare | ||||||||||||
| Box: J1 - Red 'Made in Macau' with clear panel | ||||||||||||
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