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Leyland National #330
Built: 1978
Uploaded: 2009-08-24 21:01:40
Place: Gosport / South East England
Width: 800, Height: 600
File size: 219.30kB
File size: 219.30kB
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.
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There is one difference between this bus and Konstal 105N - Polish tram was successful
. Polish authorities wanted in 1971 to buy Leyland National license, but Leyland did not agreed to install Polish parts in its body. We searched further and finally found Berliet
- dvigar (195.93.21.*) (2009-08-25 11:52:58)
Then Poland had a very narrow escape! The Leyland National was the main cause that the company failed
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