3043 was new to Salford City Transport as their 194. Six of these were transferred to Oldham, adding to the already considerable variety of vehicles in the allocation. They do not seem to have been particularly popular. The Salford two-track number blinds were a disincentive to moving them about as Salford were able to retain most of their route numbers which were below 100. This was not the case in Oldham, though, and the need to squeeze the numbers on the first blind can be clearly seen. These blinds would of course have to be specially made.