Leyland Tiger Cub

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Leyland Tiger Cub PSUC1 / 2 with Seagull body from Burlingham as a coach, built in 1956, 36 seats

The Leyland Tiger Cub was a bus chassis from the British commercial vehicle manufacturer Leyland Motors . The type was built from 1952 to 1971.

In 1950, the United Kingdom raised the maximum length for buses to around 9.1 m (30 feet). Taking advantage of the size limitation, the chassis became heavier and heavier. With the Tiger Cub , Leyland Motors developed a smaller and lighter alternative to the Leyland Tiger . Later developed into the successful Leyland Leopard , it displaced the Royal Tiger almost completely from the British market in a short time. With over 3,600 buses manufactured, the Tiger Cub was one of the most successful bus models. Export began in 1956, initially to Australia , India , Rhodesia and South Africa , and later to Indonesia and Malaysia . The chassis produced were given the abbreviation PSUC1 .

In 1951, two prototypes were built, mass production began in 1952. Equipped with the buses were O.350- diesel engine of Leyland with 5.76 l displacement and an output of 91 bhp. In the manually shifted, pneumatically assisted four-speed transmission, the third and fourth gears were synchronized. Later, some more powerful engines such as the O.375, the O.400 and the O.401 with up to 6.54 l displacement and 140 bhp as well as five-speed gearboxes were installed. The engine was arranged in the middle under the floor. 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 were superstructures from Leyland's subsidiary Charles H. Roe in Leeds , while other major superstructure manufacturers were Alexander , Beadle , Burlingham , Crossley , Duple , East Lancs , Harrington , Marshall , Northern Counties , Nuttall , Park Royal , Plaxton , Strachan , Willowbrook and Weymann . Both coaches and city ​​buses were built. The buses, which were manufactured for export to South Africa, India, Indonesia and Malaysia, were supplied as chassis with an engine and completed on site by local coachbuilders. As early as 1956, the Ulster Transport Authority fitted the buses it bought with its own bodies.

vehicles

  • Leyland Tiger Cub PSUC1 / 2 with Harrington body as a coach, built in 1955, 41 seats

  • Leyland Tiger Cub PSUC1 / 2 with multi-purpose body by Yates , built in 1958, 43 seats

  • Leyland Tiger Cub PSUC1 / 5 with body from East Lancashire as a city bus, built in 1958, 43 seats

PSUC1
Surname construction time number of pieces annotation
PSUC1 / 1 1952-1954 309 Coach / city bus 39–44 seats
PSUC1 / 1, / 2 1954-1956 420 Coach / city bus 34–44 seats
PSUC1 / 1, / 2 1955-1956 215 Coach / city bus / multi-purpose bus 37–44 seats
PSUC1 / 1, / 2 1956-1957 402 Coach / city bus / multi-purpose bus 37–44 seats
PSUC1 / 1, / 2, / 3, / 5 1957 227 Coach / city bus / multi-purpose bus 37–55 seats
PSUC1 / 1, / 2, / 3, / 5 1957-1958 283 Coach / city bus / multi-purpose bus 37–44 seats
PSUC1 / 1, / 2, / 3 1958-1959 413 Coach / city bus / multi-purpose bus 37–45 seats
PSUC1 / 1, / 1T, / 2, / 3, / 5 1959-1960 208 Coach / city bus / multi-purpose bus 37–44 seats
PSUC1 / 1, / 2, / 3, / 4, / 5 1960-1961 172 Coach / city bus / multi-purpose bus 28–47 seats
PSUC1 / 1, / 1T, / 2, / 2RT, / 5, / 11, / 12, / 13 1961-1963 324 Coach / city bus / multi-purpose bus 38–48 seats
PSUC1 / 11, / 12, / 12T, / 13 1963-1965 281 Coach / city bus / multi-purpose bus 33–48 seats
PSUC1 / 11, / 11T, / 12, / 12T, / 13 1965-1967 256 Coach / city bus / multi-purpose bus 38–45 seats
PSUC1 / 11, / 12, / 12T, / 13 1967-1969 90 Coach / city bus / multi-purpose bus 38–45 seats, 16 to Indonesia,
PSUC1 / 11, / 12, / 12T, / 13 1971 7th City bus 48 seats, all to Malaysia

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