Plaxton 36-ft Coachwork on New Bedford
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A36-FT. x 8-ft. 24-in. 44-seat luxury coach body will be exhibited by Plaxtons (Scarborough), Ltd., on an as yet unannounced Bedford chassis at the Commercial Motor Show next month. No details of the chassis have yet been released beyond the fact that it is known as the VAL model. The body, named the Embassy IL has a front entrance.
Another version of the Plaxton Embassy If will he shown on Bedford SB5 chassis. Modifications from the existing Embassy design for this chassis include the adoption of 8-ft. 21-in. over
all width, a very slight increase in the length to 30 ft. 21 in., a redesigned front dome and some changes to the rear windows.
Examples of the latest version of the Plaxton 'Panorama body will be shown on both Plaxton and A.E.C. stands. in both eases A.E.C. Reliance 36-ft.-long chassis are being used. The large windows characteristic of this design are being made even longer and deeper, whilst the windscreen, also deepened, is matched by an identical and interchangeable rear window.