A little Mercedes Benz coach of Princess of Kendal in a typical Lake District location.
Michelin Tyres at Stoke On Trent Purchased 2 Leyland Leopard coaches with
Plaxton Panorama bodywork in the early 1960s for intensive evaluation of
their tyres. When they were about 1 year old, they were sold to Ribble Motor
Services, becoming their fleet numbers 1060 and 1061, Reg numbers 821 YEH
and 822 YEH. Ray Smyth.
Froggy55:
pyewacket947v:
Froggy55:
2Dave, here’s your box put the right side up; first.1And now, I’ve just discovered that Belgian MOL, best known as a heavy haulage specialist, also produced buses! This one is powered by a 2-stroke GM V8 and an Allison automatic gearbox. It certainly produced a nice scream when accelerating!
MOL Eagle Bus. Is that the same company that built Eagles for Continental Trailways in the US
Not the same company, but I guess MOL must have used an Eagle license to produce their buses.
Thanks Froggy.
Ray Smyth:
This bus is a Leyland Tiger Cub, of which I understand was one of only 2 built.
Its bodywork is by DAB, a company that I am not familiar with. I am informed
that Jim Stones of Leigh in Lancashire bought both of them. Jim Stones buses
are always turned out in immaculate condition, a credit to the company.
If it is the same company then DAB were Danish bus builders until a couple of years after the Millennium
They built a number of bendy buses in collaboration with Leyland.
Brighton did a theme or whatever and put a few subjectso n their busess ( which were very comfortable and didn’t rattle) Here is a photo of one with my grandchildren on it.I must say that Brighton busess are very clean and seem to be well looked after.The Taxis are very smart to.
Tony
pyewacket947v:
Ray Smyth:
This bus is a Leyland Tiger Cub, of which I understand was one of only 2 built.
Its bodywork is by DAB, a company that I am not familiar with. I am informed
that Jim Stones of Leigh in Lancashire bought both of them. Jim Stones buses
are always turned out in immaculate condition, a credit to the company.If it is the same company then DAB were Danish bus builders until a couple of years after the Millennium
They built a number of bendy buses in collaboration with Leyland.
Leyland-DAB Articulated Bus. SYT had 13 of them, new in 1985:
Back in 1984 while on holiday in Denmark I came across the Leyland DAB factory at Silkeborg about 5 pm one evening. Taking photos of buses through the wire fence a chap came out in his car and stopped to close the gates, he asked why I was taking photos, informing him I was a Leyland coach operator and lived near the Leyland National plant at Workington. In that case he said “I am sorry we are closed now but if you comee back tomorrow morning I will show you and your family around the plant”. Needless to say I accepted the offer and we a had a very interesting tour of the plant with which impressed me a great deal. The DAB philosophy was that the designers had to consider every person who was involved in operating and travelling on the vehicle wit simplicity of maintenance systems accessability to components, driving, cleaning and passenger comfort wre all major considerations. I still have some DAB brochures from that visit.
Here are some photos from that visit.
Cheers, Leyland 600
Well Robroy, according to Wikipedia the Bedford TJ range arrived in 1958 and lasted until 1975. However it was made for export until 1986 so that in the pic could be any age really! I worked on many, especially the lighter models with the hood over the headlamps. Yes, I really am that old… 
Pete.
windrush:
Well Robroy, according to Wikipedia the Bedford TJ range arrived in 1958 and lasted until 1975. However it was made for export until 1986 so that in the pic could be any age really! I worked on many, especially the lighter models with the hood over the headlamps. Yes, I really am that old…Pete.
Up to 86…really?
They’d be still well old fashioned at that time then.
robroy:
windrush:
Well Robroy, according to Wikipedia the Bedford TJ range arrived in 1958 and lasted until 1975. However it was made for export until 1986 so that in the pic could be any age really! I worked on many, especially the lighter models with the hood over the headlamps. Yes, I really am that old…Pete.
Up to 86…really?
They’d be still well old fashioned at that time then.
I was driving those and the Leyland WF on the council up to 1985 and preferred the WF to the TJ but preferred both to the Bedford TK and R/S type and even TL.
robroy:
windrush:
Well Robroy, according to Wikipedia the Bedford TJ range arrived in 1958 and lasted until 1975. However it was made for export until 1986 so that in the pic could be any age really! I worked on many, especially the lighter models with the hood over the headlamps. Yes, I really am that old…Pete.
Up to 86…really?
They’d be still well old fashioned at that time then.
“Up to 86?”
Almost up to the new pension age.
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Hi Robroy here are some typical Cypriot Bedford J types at work somewhere in Central Cyprus about 1993 I forget the location.
Leyland 600.
Leyland600:
Hi Robroy here are some typical Cypriot Bedford J types at work somewhere in Central Cyprus about 1993 I forget the location.
Leyland 600.
Hiya Gerald…that one in the second pic has the same colour scheme, maybe even same one.
My pic was taken in Paphos Cyprus btw.
AWD continued with their version of the Bedford TJ into the 1990’s apparently. Normal control trucks were always more popular overseas than in the UK.
Pete.
Wigan Corporation Leyland No.96 with bodywork by Northern Counties. The bodywork design was by
Leyland Motors, but I believe that Northern Counties, and others were allowed to build this design.
This bus was one of 6 built in 1938.
Nmp. Don’t remember seeing this rather poor photo before.
sandway:
Nmp. Don’t remember seeing this rather poor photo before.
Looks like the late, lamented BD1, destroyed by arson attack after many years in preservation. Its two sister vehicles are both preserved, fortunately.
BD1 was based at Preston Depot, and was sent far and wide to recover dead machinery, even when itself quite elderly
This photo was taken in Fylde Road, Preston, in 1974:
Ribble BD1 & PD3 1735 by Mike Rhodes, on Flickr
And this one, sadly, in 2011:
Ribble BD1 by Mike Fitton, on Flickr
