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Leyland 0.600 with outputs from 125 to 140 bhp with the Leyland 0.680 rated at up to 200 bhp as an option, these were mounted vertically and transversely at the rear. The front axle was a Worldmaster unit and the rear was similar to the Worldmaster unit but with
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The high straight chassis frame was made of high-duty steel channel sections and was similar to that of the
Worldmaster. There was no differentiation between frames for bus or coach bodies. Springs, controls, and brakes were as specified for that model. The engine, transmission, radiator etc. were
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and another being Cross
Courtney The show chassis carried an elaborate pictorial Lion on a shield badge which became standard for the model. It featured a cutaway version of the 'Farina Fin' tail that had been mocked up at Leyland. Although said at the show to be purchased by
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chassis with an
Atlantean rear end forms the basis of the new Lion passenger vehicle. Its layout is similar to that of foreign vehicles which have proved popular with coach operators, in that the underfloor space between the axles can be used for luggage accommodation."
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as its first production rear engined single decker. It was announced in 1960, although the first two were built in 1959. 56 LPSR1 and 28 PSR1 were sold to 1967 which was low for
Leyland at the time. It was the third of five Leyland bus models to carry the Lion brand.
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Commercial Motor Show held at Earl's Court London in 1960. As no vehicles had by then entered service, the brochure carried pictorial artist's impressions rendered by three industrial design studios, one being
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Atlantean style glass fibre bustle could be supplied to cover the engine, or coach-builders could enclose it, examples were built to both styles. Leyland mocked up a version of the bustle with fins and tail-lights from the contemporary
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189:'s transverse rear engine and Z-drive transmission, Leyland Motors sought further applications for it (the Dromedary 8x2 petrol tanker sold in the thousands, but only as a Lesney
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chassis frame, Leyland produced a vehicle equivalent to North American transit buses. This was the Leyland Lion PSR1.
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368:"Post-War Lions -Part 1"
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741:List of Leyland buses
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492:Leyland Lion PSR 1/1
270:Highway Products Inc
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462:Leyland Lion PSR1/1
428:Jack, Doug (1984).
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674:Double-deck
649:Tiger (B43)
624:Panther Cub
614:Lion (PSR1)
571:Single-deck
218:WORLDMASTER
207:Worldmaster
201:Description
168:, coded as
106:125-200 bhp
98:11.1 litres
754:Categories
432:. Glossop.
342:References
181:Background
140:2.5 metres
124:Dimensions
96:9.8 litres
73:Powertrain
44:Production
692:Fleetline
687:Atlantean
594:Tiger Cub
438:cite book
326:Survivors
297:Melbourne
211:Atlantean
132:11 metres
47:1960-1967
707:Olympian
629:National
599:Olympian
507:Archived
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289:Brisbane
236:tag axle
191:Matchbox
148:3 metres
93:Capacity
29:Overview
619:Panther
609:Leopard
584:Olympic
562:Leyland
413:19 July
213:= Lion
174:Leyland
84:Leyland
38:Leyland
322:line.
320:Madrid
304:Nelson
293:Sydney
240:Albion
145:Height
129:Length
79:Engine
664:Swift
564:buses
312:Ayats
308:Egged
274:Ayats
258:Sales
137:Width
86:0.600
57:Doors
712:Lion
659:Lynx
444:link
415:2018
390:link
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265:Ghia
170:PSR1
164:The
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