Dennis Domino
The Dennis Domino was a midibus made by the British manufacturer Dennis Brothers . It was built in 1984/1985 in a number of only 34 copies.
The Domino is basically a shortened version of the Dennis Dominator chassis . The bus was developed for low-demand routes in local urban transport. It was supposed to close the gap between the minibuses , which were mostly built on van chassis, and the normal sized buses. The drive unit consisted of a supercharged V8 diesel engine of the type T6.354.4 from Perkins in connection with a four-speed automatic transmission from Maxwell, the engine was arranged in the rear like the Dominator. In practice, this drive unit did not work particularly reliably. The bus had servo-assisted steering from ZF and air suspension . It was 25 feet and two inches long and 7 feet 6 inches wide. This made it suitable for use on narrow streets. Numerous components of the Dominator were also reused in the Domino, including the full-size wheels, which gave the bus a unique look.
The bus found only two buyers, Greater Manchester Transport and South Yorkshire Transport . Greater Manchester Transport dominoes received a 24-seat installation from Northern Counties , while South Yorkshire Transport received a 33-seat installation from Optare . The Domino was the first bus for which Optare made a body. South Yorkshire Transport procured 14 buses, Greater Manchester Transport twenty. Production was stopped after only six months of construction. The successor was the Dennis Dart , which was built in over 11,000 copies from 1988.
Web links
- Register Dennis Domino (English)
- Website with information about the Dennis Domino (English)
- Website with information about the Dennis Domino (English)