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The East Lancs EL2000 is a type of single-decker bus body built on a wide variety of bus chassis by East Lancashire Coachbuilders.
| East Lancs EL2000 | |
|---|---|
 East Lancs EL2000 body on Dennis Dart with a double-curvature windscreen. | |
| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | East Lancashire Coachbuilders |
| Body and chassis | |
| Doors | 1 |
| Floor type | Step entrance |
| Powertrain | |
| Capacity | 28 to 40 seated |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 8.5m to 12.0m |
| Width | 2.5m |
| Height | 3.0m |
Description edit
The EL2000 has an aluminium frame. It has bowed sides and a bowed top half of the rear end, with a high-set rear window.
There was some variability in the height and shape of the side windows, and the style of windscreen. One common design of windscreen was square-cornered, tapered in towards the top and curved around to the sides. Another was a two-piece flat windscreen with radiused outer corners. A third design used was a double-curvature windscreen with an arched top.
Many different chassis types, both new and secondhand, were fitted with EL2000 bodywork. These include:
- Leyland Leopard (rebodies)
- Leyland Tiger (rebodies)
- Volvo B58 (rebodies)
- Volvo B10M (both new and rebodies)
- Volvo B6
- Dennis Falcon
- Dennis Dart
- Dennis Lance
- Scania K93
- Scania N113
History edit
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The EL2000 made its first appearance on rebodied Leyland Tigers at the end of 1989. It was superseded as a step-entrance body by the Flyte, starting in 1996 and stopped production in 2001.
East Lancs first rebodied an accident-damaged Leyland Atlantean with an EL2000 body for Sheffield Omnibus in 1992, with the conversion aimed at increasing its service life. The Atlantean was stripped of its double-deck body and had its chassis lengthened to 36 ft (11 m), receiving a new 10-leaf front and rear suspension, a new five-speed transmission and an AN68 Atlantean coach engine as well as its 47-seat single-deck body.[1][2] Further rebodies and refurbishments were marketed as the 'Atlantean Sprint', with Southampton Citybus making orders for ten of its Atlanteans to be rebodied;[3][4] only five of these rebodies were completed for Southampton.[5]
See also edit
- Northern Counties Paladin, a similarly versatile single-deck body built on many chassis, including the Leyland Atlantean, by Northern Counties
- List of buses
References edit
- ^ "Deckers set to double life". Commercial Motor. Temple Press. 16 July 1992. p. 18. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ "Sheffield Omnibus gets single-deck conversion". Coach & Bus Week. No. 22. Peterborough: Emap. 18 July 1992. p. 7.
- ^ "First customer for East Lancs single-decker". Coachmart. No. 634. Peterborough. 11 July 1991. p. 6.
- ^ "Rejuvenation for the Atlanteans". Commercial Motor. Temple Press. 11 July 1991. p. 12. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ Jenkins, David (18 January 2023). "A long slow battle". Buses. No. 815. Stamford: Key Publishing. pp. 30–34. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
New buses continued to join the fleet, although an unusual addition was a batch of five 15-year-old Leyland Atlanteans rebodied by East Lancs as single-deckers.
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External links edit
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