Good UK squad at Nice
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H MORE and more British stered coaches running on tie services to the South of ice, it was appropriate that a than the normal one or British registered coaches part in the 26th Internaal Week of the Coach and held in Nice this month, es NOEL MILLIER
iyland organised a squad of thes and drivers including :r and Royal Tiger Doyen 1-ies. The Leyland entries .iisted of a Royal Tiger Doyen
Hellyers of Fareham, a al Tiger fitted with a Plaxton 'mount 3500 body for Armir Passenger Transport, 1,000th Tiger chassis, which 'itted with a Plaxton amount 3500 body and rated by Premier of Camge, a Tiger/Van Hool Alizee ionstrator and a Portugese Utic Leyland Europa intecoach.
itain was also represented Cinch Coaches of Loughbojh with a Jonckheere P90 ro 810M, Young's Coaches ambridge with a Jonckheere 3-bodied Daf 2300SB and le Coaches of Barnsley with aramount 3500-bodied Daf !00 DKFL.
ajor Concours awards at the went to Kassbohrer of West ^nany for its Setra S215HD 1-floor coach. The S215HD :h entered by Kassbohrer I214HD Setra, and Rieseburo Gross International of Heilbronn, West Germany, featured a revised front bumper and radiator grill arrangement.
Scania won awards with an Ajokki-bodied Scania K112. The British trips to Nice did not go unrewarded and Leyland Bus picked up a number of awards. Probably more important than the awards was the obvious French interest in the Doyen.
The Doyen won a bronze medal and a piaquette for its technical innovations. The Plaxton bodied Royal Tiger won a Prix d'honneur. The air-conditioned Premier Tiger's Plaxton body impressed the French judges who awarded it an honneur in the grand touring coach class. The Utic Leyland also won a bronze medal in this class.
The two British registered Jonckheere bodied coaches of Youngs and Kinch both won concours awards.
In the driving test section of the rally, which was carried out at night, Manfred Schrader of Reisen Wullhorst took the Grande Coupe du Comite d'organisation. Leading British driver was Peter Bibby who drove the Plaxton-bodied Royal Tiger Doyen into sixth place overall.
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