New Leyland Designed for South Africa
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THE first Leyland chassis to be designed and built with a view to quantity production in South Africa is the Voortrekker bus to be operated by Greyhound Bus Lines, Ltd., Johannesburg. It is based on a Leyland Steer six-wheeled goods chassis, with extended side frame members. Later models, however, will have Hippo 36-ft. frames to give a wheelbase of 21 ft. 6 in. The prototype makes use of no more than six non-standard Leyland parts.
The Voortrekker is a forward-control four-wheeled chassis with 11.00-22-in. single tyres at the front and twin tyres at the rear. The axles are Leyland Super Beaver types. A Pneumo-Cyclic five-speed semi-automatic gearbox and an 18-in. hydraulic coupling take the drive from the 150-b.h.p. oil engine.
Developed by Leyland Albion (Africa), Ltd., Elandsfontein, the new model is expected to meet a growing local demand for a large-capacity vertical-engined bus capable of operating in outlying districts.