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13th September 1980
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UPLE is launching a new range of Dominant coaches for ext season, and the open market is taking advantage of the cottish Bus Group's overnight motorway coach design.

The Blackpool company is )wing to modern style by in)rporating a single line oulding in its Dominant 3 and models, so that they look :ceptable with the fashionable lint schemes being adopted roughout the country. It also akes it less costly to replace imaged panels.

Dominant 3 blends the front id rear of existing Duple body 'ling with the sloping side ndows of Alexander's 12-year d M-type model, and is being lilt primarily to meet orders om Eastern Scottish and estern SMT for Leyland B43s id Volvo B10Ms.

It can be fitted with single or )uble-glazed windows — SBG iecifies double-glazing for 'ernight work — in clear or onze tinted glass. Duple 3ims that, when combined th optional roof and side panel sulation, the double-glazing II reduce heat loss and virally eliminate side window ndensation.

Having won the SBG order — ,ainst competition from Plaxn and Alexander Duple is en to maximise the possibilis for the Dominant 3, and has -eady won other orders, notly from the Shropshire Whittle oup which is switching to avyweig ht coaches.

The Dominant 4 follows the me concept, but looks more e the Dominants 1 and 2 which II continue to be available. It is shallower curved side windows, the waistrail being 5.5in higher than on the existing models.

It too has the option of double or single-glazing, and its wide stainless steel exterior mould incorporates an extra trafficator halfway along the vehicle.

Both new models have a redesigned front panel below the headlamps, with a black rubber bumper/rubbing rail section continued along the sides of the body to the wheelarch area. There is a similar bumper arrangement at the rear, and the new models have a redesigned tail light cluster and boot lid.

The new bodies will be offered on a wide range of chassis, but a spokesman for Duple told CM that its acceptance on some models would depend on the volume of sales at stake. Prices will be announced later.

Duple plans to display its new range at three small shows as an alternative to appearing at next month's Motor Show. They will be at Blackpool's Norbreck Castle Hotel on October 7 and 8, at Duple's Barrhead service centre, near Glasgow, on October 14 and 15, and at London's Wembley Conference Centre on November 4 and 5.

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Locations: Blackpool, Glasgow, London

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