Leyland Tiger Cub

The Leyland Tiger Cub was a bus chassis of the British commercial vehicle manufacturer Leyland Motors. The model was built from 1952 to 1971.

In 1950, the maximum length for buses to around 9.1 m (30 feet) was raised in the UK. Taking advantage of the size limit has been increasingly difficult in the future the chassis. With the Tiger Cub Leyland Motors developed a smaller and lighter alternative to Leyland Tiger. Later evolved into the successful Leyland Leopard, it supplanted the Royal Tiger in a short time almost entirely from the British market. With over 3600 buses produced the Tiger Cub was one of the most successful bus models. As of 1956, the export started, first to Australia, India, Rhodesia and South Africa, and later to Indonesia and Malaysia. The finished chassis were given in the name of the abbreviation PSUC1.

In 1951, two prototypes were built, the serial production began in 1952. Equipped were the buses with the O.350 diesel engine from Leyland with 5.76 liter displacement and an output of 91 bhp. When manually switching, pneumatic support Vierganggetriebe were synchronized, the third and fourth gear. Later, partly more powerful engines such as the O.375, O.400 and O.401 of up to 6.54 liters and 140 bhp and five-speed gearbox were installed. The engine was placed centrally under the floor. Until the 1980s it was common chassis and bodies for buses were manufactured by different manufacturers. The chassis manufactured by Leyland were therefore completed by body corporate. Some of the buses was setups of Leyland's subsidiary Charles H. Roe in Leeds, other major manufacturers of bodies were Alexander, Beadle, Burlingham, Crossley, duple, East Lancs, Harrington, Marshall, Northern Counties, Nuttall, Park Royal, Plaxton, Strachan, Willowbrook and Weymann. Both coaches and city buses were built. The manufactured for export to South Africa, India, Indonesia and Malaysia buses were delivered as a chassis with engine and completed on site by local coachbuilders. As early as 1956 had provided the purchased of their buses with their own bodies, the Ulster Transport Authority.

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Leyland Tiger Cub PSUC1 / 2 with multi-purpose building Yates, built in 1958, 43 seats

Leyland Tiger Cub PSUC1 / 5 with construction of East Lancashire as a city bus, built in 1958, 43 seats