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Leyland National #330
Details
| Name | Leyland National (Leyland) /Leyland National | |
| VIN | ||
| Build Number | ||
| Built | 1978 | |
| Scrapped | ||
| Owners | ||
| ? | Private London | |
| 1978 | ? | Provincial Fareham |
| Registration Numbers | ||
| Year Of Get | Year Of Remove | Registration Plate |
| 1978 | SBK 740 S | |
| Vehicle Numbers | ||
| Year Of Get | Year Of Remove | Vehicle Number |
| ? | 330 / Private London | |
| 1978 | ? | 330 / Provincial Fareham |
| Other Information | ||
| Owned by Aberdeen and District Transport Preservation Group. | ||
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2 august 2009 - Stokes Bay, Gosport, Hampshire (UK) – The Leyland National is hugely important – the British Konstal 105N. Intended to be the ‘one size fits all’ bus of the 1970s, built using mass production techniques, it came as a complete bus (not as a bare chassis for someone else to provide a body) and Leyland offered very few variations from the standard design and only a limited range of colours. Operators used to specifying their own requirements didn’t like it, not helped by engine problems, uncomfortable seating and poor quality control. Although many were built, companies like Dennis and Volvo began providing much better buses – Leyland soon went out of business as a result. A TWB debut for the Leyland National, I think.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
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