Tag: Strachans
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Greyhound – Leyland Tiger PS2/1 – MWA 761 – 107
Copyright Ian Wild T D Alexander (Greyhound) Sheffield and Arbroath1950Leyland Tiger PS2/1Strachans C32R Sheffield bought eight of these buses in 1950 for the B fleet. Their O.600 engines gave them an enhanced performance compared with the earlier PS1s. These were the only Strachans bodies bought by Sheffield and were the last new half cab single…
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Sheffield Corporation – Leyland Tiger – MWA 757 – 57
Copyright R H G Simpson Sheffield Corporation1950Leyland Tiger PS2/1Strachans B34R Despite the low fleet number, 57, this was a B fleet vehicle. The computer hadn’t taken over yet. This was one of a batch of eight delivered in 1950. Seen here in Pond Street Bus Station before the concrete and glass version. It could be…
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R W Jackson – Leyland Royal Tiger – GVN 952
R W Jackson (Cleveland Coaches), Guisborough1951Leyland Royal Tiger PSU1/15Strachans C41C Strachans (Successors) was in a bad way in the early 1950s. Many of the vehicles supplied to operators in the 1946-1949 period had proven less than robust (due to poor quality timber), a fault shared with bodies produced by Santus and many of the smaller…
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Brighton Corporation – Leyland Panther Cub – NUF 137G – 37
Brighton Corporation1968Leyland Panther Cub PSRC1/1Strachans B??D This photo shows No 37 one of Brighton Corporation’s three Leyland Panther Cubs No’s 36-38 registration NUF 136-138G with Strachans B–D bodywork, listed on some other sites as B43F which is obviously incorrect as it can clearly be seen to have a centre exit. A further four with Marshall…
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Maidstone & District – Leyland Panther – LKT 132F – 3132
Maidstone & District1968Leyland Panther PSUR1/1RStrachans B48F LKT 132F is a Leyland Panther PSUR1/1R new to Maidstone & District in 1968. It has a Strachan B48F body, somewhat unusual for a BET firm, and we see it in the Netley rally on 14 July 1996 so the body at least is more or less ‘home’ as…
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Western S M T – Gilford Zeus – WG 1619 – 723
Western Scottish Motor Traction Co. Limited1933Gilford ZeusStrachans H24/24R The above photograph (from the Dave Jones Collection) is of a Gilford Zeus outside the Bellfield Works in High Wycombe. This was Gilford’s third attempt to get into double decker vehicle market after the 168DOT and the failed front wheel drive double decker which was later converted…
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Charles Rickards – Dodge S307 – AYV 94B
Copyright Steve Vallance Charles Rickards1964Dodge S307/190TStrachans C42F In the early Sixties, Chrysler launched an attempt to enter the UK psv market, using the Dodge name. The chassis was placed in the “medium duty” category, heavier than a Bedford/Thames, for example, whilst lighter than the AEC/Leyland range. A Leyland engine was planned for the chassis.In 1964,…
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Aldershot & District – Dennis Lancet – LAA 228 – 193
Aldershot & District Traction Co1953Dennis Lancet III J10CStrachan FC38R In 1948, Aldershot & District took delivery of fifteen Dennis Lancet J3 coaches with Strachans C32R bodies. These replaced the externally very similar Lancet II/Strachans C32R vehicles of 1937-38, the main difference being the longer bonnet of the Lancet III which housed the 7.58 litre O6…
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Aldershot & District – Dennis Lancet III – HOU 905/909 – 179/183
Aldershot & District Traction Co.1950Dennis Lancet III J10Strachans B38R A rather sad set of pictures taken in 1967. Parked at the rear of the Aldershot & District premises in Halimote Road, Aldershot is a line up of Dennis Lancet III buses with Strachans B38R bodywork, headed by HOU 905/909, Nos 179/183, all awaiting disposal after…
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Aldershot & District – Dennis Lancet III – GAA 611 – 975
Aldershot & District Traction Co.1948Dennis Lancet III J3Strachan C32R During the latter stages of WW2, all commercial vehicle manufacturers had new models awaiting production to take advantage of an anticipated post war boom in passenger and haulage markets. Dennis revealed EOR 743, its prototype of the Mark III Lancet, in the early months of 1945.…