Leyland panther

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Leyland Panther , built by Hainje / Verheul, built in 1967

The Leyland Panther was a bus chassis made by the British commercial vehicle manufacturer Leyland Motors . The type was built from 1964 to 1971.

The Leyland Panther had an engine located at the stern. Until the 1980s it was common for chassis and superstructures for buses to be manufactured by different manufacturers. The chassis manufactured by Leyland were therefore completed by coachbuilders . Some of the buses received superstructures from Leyland's subsidiary Charles H. Roe in Leeds , other major superstructure manufacturers were Alexander , Beadle , Burlingham , Crossley , East Lancs , Harrington , Marshall , Metro Cammell , Northern Counties , Nuttall , Park Royal , Plaxton , Seddon , Strachan and Willowbrook . Both coaches and city ​​buses were built. The buses were equipped with the six-cylinder O.600 diesel engine from Leyland, which is already known from the Leyland Leopard, with a displacement of 9.8 l and 125 bhp, as well as a transmission that can be shifted pneumatically by hand. The Panther was around 12m long to take full advantage of the then UK size restrictions on buses. The smaller and lighter version of the Panther was named Leyland Panther Cub . The chassis produced were initially given the abbreviation PSUR in the name .

Like many types of the first generation of rear-engined buses , the Panther earned a reputation for unreliability. In total, more than 600 copies of this type were built. Most of the vehicles went to bus routes in the UK and some were exported. The largest foreign operator was Storstockholms Lokaltrafik AB in Sweden, which accepted 150 Park Royal coached buses. Some chassis received a coach body , with these the frame of the chassis was higher. Most of them got superstructures from Plaxton .

Werkspoor developed a bus based on the Panther chassis under the name Leyland-Triumph-Werkspoor . The main differences were the more powerful O.680 engine, the Voith -Diwabus transmission and a semi-integral frame construction. From the LWP City said bus a few were built for city driving in Rotterdam and Amsterdam. The six buses manufactured for GVBA (Amsterdam) anticipated the design of the DAF SB200.

The panther was replaced by the Leyland National .

vehicles

  • Leyland Panther , construction of Metro Cammell

PSUR1, without export
Surname construction time number of pieces annotation
PSUR1 1963-1967 183 Coach with up to 44 seats, city bus with up to 53 seats, multi-purpose bus with up to 49 seats
PSUR1 1967-1970 429 Coach with up to 51 seats, city bus with up to 53 seats, multi-purpose bus with up to 49 seats
PSUR1 1970-1972 66 Coach with up to 51 seats, city bus with up to 49 seats, multi-purpose bus with up to 45 seats

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