Leyland Titan PD2 and PD3 Manchester Corporation Transport Department Bus 1934

Leyland Titan PD2-PD3

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Buses were introduced in Manchester in 1906 as tramway feeders but didn not become numerous until after WW1. Local manufacturer Crossley supplied a significant proportion of Mancehster's buses until 1951, though the Leyland product was used increasingly from 1934. The classic Manchester Corporation Transport Department Leyland Titan PD2/3 model was introduced in 1951 fitted with a Metro-Cammell body. The PD2 model was available from Leyland for around 20 years in various guises and until 1954 could be obtained as a complete vehicle with Leyland's own competently styled body.

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Daimler CVA6 Coventry Corporation Transport Bus 1933

Daimler CVA6 1933

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The first Daimler buses in the Coventry fleet were purchased in 1933, and finding these to be very satisfactory, the Corporation supported the local product almost exclusively. By the early 1960s around 95% of the fleet were Daimlers and Metro-Cammell, another Midlands manufacturer, supplied a similar proportion of the bus bodies. One of the classic models was the Daimler CVA6 with a 60-seat Metro-Cammell body. From 1952 deliveries of this bus carried the Birmingham style tin front (with same body) and later Metro-Cammells, the lightweight Orion design. The maroon and cream Coventry livery hailed from 1933, with an increase in cream on some vehicles from the mid-sixties.

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Crossley DD42 Birmingham City Transport Bus 1940s

Crossley DD42 1940s

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The Crossley company had been based in Gorton in Manchester, though its factory was damaged during the war and production of their new post-war double-decker, the DD42, began in a new factory at Errwood Park, Stockport. The DD42 tended to be a municipal bus, more often than not with Crossley's own bodywork. The two biggest customers were Manchester, which had 301 postwar examples (plus the 1944 prototype) and Birmingham, which had 270 with its own style bodywork.

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Leyland Titan PD2 PD3 PD4 PD5 Blackpool Corporation Transport Bus 1932

Leyland Titan PD2-PD5

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Blackpool's buses have always played second fiddle to the towns famous trams but they were by normal municipal standards, fascinating vehicles. Motor bus operation started in 1921 but it was not until 1932 that substantial numbers of buses were purchased by the Corporation. The mainstay of the early postwar fleet were 100 Burlingham-bodied centre-entrance Leyland PD2/5 Titans. Of distinctive appearance with tehir ornamental full-fronts, they matched the railcoaches in service and gave the town a distinctive public transport image.

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Leyland Olympic King Alfred Bus 1949

Leyland Olympic Bus

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The Leyland Olympic single-decker was introduced in 1949 in conjunction with MCW as an integral underfloor engined alternative to the Tiger. designated the HR40 Olympic (40 denoting the seating capacity) it used a horizontal version of the 0.600 engine. In 1951, when length regulations were relaxed to allow 30ft single-deckers on two axles it became the HR44, a 44 seater.The Leyland Olympic HR40 formed part of the fleet of the well known Winchester independent, King Alfred Motors.

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Leyland Titan PD1 and PD2 Southdown Motor Services Buses 1945, 1947

Titan PD1 & PD2

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The legendary Titan is probably the bus for which Leyland is best known. Introduced in 1927 it was produced continuously (apart from a two-year wartime break) until 1969. The Titan PD2 was first seen in1947 (the PD1 model had been introduced in 1945) and these were sold in large numbers to a wide variety of operators. 80 Leyland LD2/1 were employed by Southdown Motor Services in 1948/49. It lasted in service until 1969.

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Guy Arab Mk 4 Chester Corporation Bus 1953-1969

Guy Arab Mk 4

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The Guy Arab Mk IV double-decker chassis went into production in 1951 and although a large number of Mk IVs were fitted with concealed radiators some retained the exposed type in the same style as the Mk III. Chester used Guy Arabs for a lengthy period, buying 47, mostly Massey-bodied, between 1953 and 1969. Production of Guy vehicles ceased in 1968 following a takeover by Leyland.

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STL Type Old Red London Bus Bus 1946

STL Type

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The standard double-decker in London for over a decade, 2649 STL type vehicles were constructed for service in London up to 1946. Introduced in 1932, only 10 years after the first NS type, the differences in design were extensive. The original STL had 60 seats in a box-like body, being built at Chiswick and following the ST and LT designs. In 1933 the capacity of the vehicle was reduced at the design stage to 56 and the London Passenger Transport Board started to build its first bus. The model employed a greater slope at each end, so getting away from the box effect of earlier LGOC STLs but reduced the upper deck capacity by four.

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AEC LTL Type "Scooters" London Red Bus 1931

AEC LTL Type

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Nicknamed the "Scooters", the single-deck LT class first appeared in 1931. These vehicles had fleet numbers which ran from LT1001 to 1201 (except for LT1051 and LT1137), although the technical classification was LTL, which gave a clue to the fact that they were longer than the double-deck LT class AEC Renown six-wheelers. Built on the 664-model chassis giving nominal overall length of 30ft, they were originally provided with petrol engines, normal clutch and crash gearbox, but later the petrol engine on a large number was replaced with a 7.7-litre oil engine salvaged from the withdrawn doouble-deckers in 1949-50.

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AEC Renown LT Type Vintage London Bus 1947

AEC Renown LT Type

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The Lt class of AEC Renown six-wheelers was still a mainstay of the fleet in 1947, with 1184 licensed double-deckers of this type forming the second largest class. Most used AEC 8.8-litre oil engines, the majority of these being converted from their original petrol specification.

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AEC ST Type Old London Bus 1930

AEC ST Type

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The first 4-wheeled AEC Regent chassis entered the LGOC fleet early in 1930 when ST1 was placed in service although the original ST vehicle in the fleet of London Transport's predecessors was built in 1929 and entered service in July of that year with Autocar Services Ltd. of Tunbridge Wells, before being transferred to East Surrey Traction. This bus did not receive its London Transport fleet number, ST1139, until after 1933 when the East Surrey Company (by then London General Country Services) ceased to exist and became part of London Transport. A total of 1139 ST type chassis were built, the class becoming a standard for London.

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AEC NS Type London Red Bus 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927

AEC NS Type

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The NS made its first appearance in 1923. With a wheelbase of 15ft 6in, it was able to carry bodywork of 25ft length and 7ft 3.5in width. Fitted with an AEC 4-cylinder 35bhp petrol engine, it had a multi disc clutch running in oil, a 4-speed 35bhp petrol engine, it had a multi disc clutch running in oil, a 4-speed constant mesh helical gearbox and double reduction rear axle. The NS type was initially fitted with solid tyres, although many were later converted to pneumatics. Models 405-408 were produced exclusively for London General Omnibus Co and its associates and it was not until 1925 that the 409 model was introduced and made available to other operators. Production ended in 1927 with the arrival of the advanced NS model, the 422.

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Leyland Atlantean Bus 1956 (Silver Star),

Leyland Atlantean Bus

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June 1956 saw a change in regulation that allowed the 30ft double-decker, thus making the rear-engined double-decker a practical possibility. Only three months later Leyland astonished the industry with the prototype Atlantean, a bus that would set the trend for the next forty years. It used the big Leyland 0.600 engine mounted transversely behind the rear axle and had a setback front axle with the door mounted alongside the driver.

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Guy Wulfrunian Bus 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 (West Riding)

Guy Wulfrunian Bus

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Guy's answer to the Atlantean, developed largely for the West Riding company, was the front-engined Wulfrunian. Guy launched the Wulfrunian at the 1959 Commercial Motor Show, an advanced chassis that combined a front engine (the Gardner 6LX) with an entrance ahead of the front wheels, and such features as independent front suspension and disc brakes. Sadly the model was not a success and only 137 had been built by the time production came to an end in 1965.

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Dennis Loline Bus 1958 (City of Oxford)

Dennis Loline

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Dennis dabbled in the lowheight market, and made an agreement with Bristol to build the Lodekka under licence as the Loline. This chassis was available with Gardner 6LW or 6LX, AEC AV470 or Leyland 0.600 engines. The Gardner 6LX engine, introduced in 1958, was a more powerful (10.45-litre) option to the 6LW and was soon the standard choice for most operators. An unusual customer for the Loline was City of Oxford, whose fleet was AEC dominated although the Oxford Lolines did at least have AEC engines.

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