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Leyland Tiger. The Leyland Tiger, also known as the B43, [1] was a mid-engined bus and coach chassis manufactured by Leyland between 1981 and 1992. [2] This name had previously been used for a front-engined bus built between 1927 and 1968. [3] [4] It replaced the Leyland Leopard, which had been in production for over 20 years.
Dimensions. Length. 27 ft 6 in (8.38 m) to 30 ft (9.1 m) Width. 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) The Leyland Tiger was a heavyweight half-cab single-decker bus and coach chassis built by Leyland Motors between 1927 and 1968, except the period of World War II . The Tiger was always very closely related to the Titan of its time, sharing a ladder type frame ...
The Leyland Tiger Cub was launched in 1952. Most were built as 44-45 seat buses, with a smaller number as coaches. The standard bodied dimensions were 30 ft (9.1 m) long by 8 ft (2.4 m) wide, the UK maximum at launch in 1952. It was named when a lighter-weight chassis was introduced in 1952 as a modification to the older Leyland Royal Tiger ...
Most chassis with names beginning with the letter L had four-cylinder engines; those beginning with the letter T had six-cylinder engines. There was a Tiger model (built in small numbers) with a four-cylinder engine 1945 - closure Articulated. Leyland-DAB articulated bus 1980-? Double deck. Titan (front-engined, PD series) - 1945-1970
The Leyland Royal Tiger was an underfloor-engined heavyweight single deck bus or coach chassis, and sold well in the United Kingdom and overseas from launch. "Overseas" versions differed greatly from home market models. Upon launch in 1950 this was the fourth new marque of post-war Leyland single deck bus chassis since 1945.
Tiger ( Royal Tiger) Leyland Bus was a British bus manufacturer based in Farington, Lancashire. It emerged from the Rover Group, formerly known as British Leyland, as a management buyout of the group's bus business. Leyland Bus was subsequently acquired by Volvo Buses in 1988, with the Leyland name eventually dropped by Volvo in 1993.
Description Serbian Worldmaster in Belgrade Dutch Worldmaster with Verheul bodywork. Succeeding the Leyland Royal Tiger underfloor-engined heavyweight single-decker bus or single-decker coach chassis which sold more than 6,000 from 1950 to 1956 was a difficult call, but Leyland answered it with the Royal Tiger Worldmaster, it retained a substantial steel ladder-frame chassis dropped in the ...
The Leyland Leopard was introduced in 1959. [1] [2] It was developed from the Leyland Tiger Cub, one of the most important changes being the introduction of the larger and more powerful O.600 engine (later-built Leopards were fitted with the 11.1-litre O.680 engine). [3] The Leopard was superseded by the Leyland Tiger .