New Fronts for Leylands
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A NEW frontal appearance has been
adopted by Leyland Motors, Ltd„ for 'itan half-cab bus chassis, and orders vorth £160,000 have been placed with the ompany by the municipal transport lepartments of Cardiff, St. Helens and Vigan, and the Yorkshire Woollen Dignet Transport Co., Ltd. A doublelecker with this new front end was exhilited at the Commercial Motor Show in eptember; it had an Alexander body and vas part of a Glasgow order.
Glass-fibre reinforced plastics are used Dr the radiator grille, cowling and bonnet, nd the completed assembly is mounted ,n a steel sub-frame. The radiator grille ; similar to that employed on current xyland goods models.
St. Helens Corporation l'ransport, who have been operating a small fleet of the buses for the past few months, have ordered 25 more, 12 of which will have East Lancashire bodies and 13 M.C.W. bodywork.
Wigan Corporation have ordered 14 30-ft.-long chassis, whilst Cardiff are to take delivery of five 27-ft.-long vehicles. The Yorkshire order is for nine of the new Titans.
The new-style front end was designed jointly by Leyland Motors, Ltd., and Mr. John C. Wake, general manager and engineer of St. Helens Corporation Transport, and the complete structure was developed with the aim of improving vision from the driving seat and producing a more rigid and distinctive assembly.