Duple dominant

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Duple Dominant, Leyland Leopard chassis

The name Duple Dominant refers to a bus body made by the British manufacturer Duple Coachbuilders . The superstructures were manufactured from 1972 to 1982.

The structure was a steel structure. In the first version, later called Dominant I , the front and rear windows were the same height as the side windows. In the Dominant II version , which was manufactured from 1976 , the front window was higher and the rear window flat. Rectangular headlights were also used. In the Dominant III versions , the side windows had the shape of a parallelogram, in the Dominant IV version they were again rectangular. The Duple Goldliner was a high-roof version of the Dominant III or IV . Together with the Panorama Elite and the Supreme from Plaxton , they were the ubiquitous bus models in Great Britain in the 1970s. Some buses with a Dominant body are currently still in use in public transport on the island of Malta .

The body was used on chassis from various British and foreign companies:

  • Duple Dominant, Bedford YRQ chassis , Malta 2008

  • Duple Dominant, Bristol LHS chassis

  • Duple Dominant IV, chassis Leyland Tiger TRCTL11 / 3R , 1982

  • Duple Dominant, Albion Viking undercarriage , Malta 2009

Web links

Commons : Duple Dominant  - collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • Townsin, AA: Duple: 70 Years of Coachbuilding . Venture Publications Ltd, 1997. ISBN 1-898432-46-5
  • Ogden, Eric: Duple: A Pictorial Survey of Their Activities from the Twenties with a Brief History . Transport Publishing Company, 1976. ISBN 0-903839-12-1