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So who was the flagship bus manufacturer when we had a say in things.Who made the best all round buses in Britain?The only kind of all-round bus you could get was one that was bodied by the chassis and engine manufacturer - ie vertically integrated. Leyland certainly fell into this category after the war when it produced the PD1 with in-house bodywork and the 0.600 engine that would power double-deckers for the next 20+ plus years.
I would have thought that Leyland and AEC were jointly the best bus manufacturers in Britain for many years.
Robert
A little note in my anorak pocket tells me that it was the PD2 which had the O.600 engine - the PD1 had the pre-war E181 engine. The O,600 also went on to power the PD3 and the PRD1 Atlantean, not to mention the Royal Tiger and the Leopard in horizontal form
And yes, Leyland produced the ‘Farington’ bodywork until 1954, but AEC also had Park Royal and C H Roe coachbuilders
Thanks for that! Yes, of course it was the PD2. Cheers, Robert