Leyland Tigress

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The Leyland Tigress with the type designation T was a bus chassis made by the British commercial vehicle manufacturer Leyland Motors . It is based on the Leyland Tiger and is practically its long-nosed version . At Leyland, the female form of the name traditionally referred to the version as a hooded vehicle or, as it was understood at the time, the normal version. The chassis was built from 1936.

The chassis was mostly provided with superstructures as a comfortable touring coach , including a sliding roof and panoramic windows, for 26 passengers, and open excursion buses were also built. The superstructures came from Burlingham and Harrington .

The engine used was a six-cylinder gasoline engine with approximately 50  hp , which enabled a cruising speed of approximately 75 km / h and a top speed of almost 80 km / h. The larger engine compared to the Tiger allowed it to be used in mountainous terrain, where the buses of the time quickly reached their performance limits. A four-speed manual gearbox with a fourth gear directly translated was installed as the transmission. However, the transmission and axle ratio meant that the Tigress had to be driven at high engine speeds in flat terrain, which resulted in very high fuel consumption. The chassis and equipment corresponded to the Leyland Tiger offered at the same time.

Although relatively few vehicles were built, some examples could also be exported to Canada and the USA. The buses for export had an 8.6 liter diesel engine and were used in Ontario and New York State.

A fire truck with the type designation FT was also developed on the basis of the Tigress. This made sense because the bus frame, which was lower than that of trucks, resulted in a lower center of gravity for the vehicle, which enabled a long turntable ladder to be set up.

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