West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive commenced operations in October 1969.� �Wumpty�, as it was affectionately known inherited a fleet of 2,100 vehicles from the municipal transport undertakings of Birmingham, West Bromwich, Walsall and Wolverhampton, and adopted a livery based on that of Birmingham City Transport.
During the late seventies, close co-operation with Birmingham bus builders Metro Cammell resulted in a new standard bus, the Metrobus and a fleet of 1,131 was amassed.
Our model Mark 1 Metrobus, was new to Birchills Garage at Walsall in 1981.� 2222 (GOG 222W) was for some time the Walsall Garage Showbus.