Leyland Lion PSC

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Leyland Lion PLSC1 with Leyland body, built in 1927
Leyland Lion LT1 , built in 1930, in a historic rally in 1977

The Leyland Lion with the type designation LSC was a bus chassis from the British commercial vehicle manufacturer Leyland Motors . The type was built from 1926 to 1940. The Lion was one of the first chassis specifically designed for use as a bus. The advantage of the new construction was the lower frame, which made it easier for passengers to board. The use of pneumatic tires was also new. With the general use of pneumatic tires, the type designation was preceded by a "P" for pneumatic . From around 1930 the Lion received the type designation LT .

The LSC1 got a body as a coach with 26 seats. Sixteen of these chassis were delivered to English Electric without a motor and converted for use as a trolleybus in Bradford . The superstructures for the buses came from Leyland himself as well as from Alexander and offered up to 35 seats. Many of the surviving buses were rebuilt by Alexander , Burlingham, and other coachbuilders in the late 1940s . Typical of British buses of the time was the one-sided driver's cab, which was pulled forward almost to the level of the radiator grille. On the one hand, it offered the driver a good all-round view and, on the other hand, easy access to the engine. In some bodies, the passenger compartment had its own smoking compartment.

A four-cylinder gasoline engine was originally used. From 1934 the newly developed six-cylinder diesel engine was available for the bus . With a displacement of 8.6 liters, it delivered an output of 94 bhp (70 kW) at 1800 rpm . With this engine a speed of about 70 km / h could be reached. Unsynchronized four-speed gearboxes with reverse gear were used. The chassis was sprung with leaf springs , but had no shock absorbers . The bus had vacuum-assisted servo brakes and a hydraulic handbrake.

The Lion was one of the most successful buses of the time. Over 4,000 units were built, some of which were still in use until the 1950s. The buses were also exported to Australia, Canada and Hong Kong. Leyland later used the name Leyland Lion several times for other bus types.

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