(29 Oct 2016, 4:10 pm)Venturego wrote Were there any Daimler Fleetline single deckers preserved with Alexander W bodywork? My memories of Northern & SDO examples operating Consett to Sunderland services 4,5, 15 and X6 (when not operated by Coach) in the mid 70's. These had Alexander W bodywork and the first I remember Northern having centre doors.
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Link shows 4202 KCN 24J - What is the model of Northern pictured to the left of 4022? Is it a Leyland Panther with Marshall body. I know Daimler Fleetline single deckers have been preserved with Marshall bodywork, being operated by Sunderland and Darlington Corporation and have appeared at shows.
Anything on Alexander W bodied examples being preserved uch appreciated.
Yes, the bus to the left of the Daimler is a Leyland Panther with Marshall Camair body. Northern group had a batch of these c.1968-1969. They were unique in that the nearside windows were bigger than the offside windows. The original prototype of this design of body was on Northern 2332 (ECN32E) on a Leyland Leopard chassis, but at that experimental stage the body was called the Marshall Astrobus.