Gardner - NE
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LEYLAND officially armour the Gardner-engined Tiger week, but it is keeping q about a new rear-engined project, writes ALAN MILLAI It first admitted its willing to fit Gardner engines in Tiger earlier this year (CM, 16), initially to meet the reqi meats of Western Scot which had switched allegi to the Dennis Dorchester coaching work.
Last week's Scottish ShosA nouncement said the Gardn€ ternative to the Leyland TL11 the Tiger reflected "the conl ing reputation of this en which is specified by many operators".
Gardner engines are b offered with 1 8 0 bhp (6HLXB) and 220bhp (6HL) coach ratings in addition to TL11H options of 170bhp bus, and 218 and 245bhp coach work. Leyland is also perimenting with 260bhp gines in National Express Tic The Scottish Bus Group is specifying Gardner engines 47 of the 69 Tigers in its ' order programme. The 20 F ton-bodied coaches for Wes Scottish (CM, May 14) will ) 220bhp engines and wide I Hydracyclic gearboxes, whil Alexander-bodied buses have 180bhp engines and c ratio gearboxes.
The fanfare of publicity foi long expected Gardner 1 contrasts with a veil of sec surrounding project 860, a r engined single-deck underfr which could conceivably be , placement for the Intel National.
All spokesmen would sa Glasgow last week was that land is looking at ways of c plementing its single-deck and that the National-der B21 chassis is not being bui present. Five cancelled New land B21s are being offere, British customers at present.