Leyland Victory Mk 2
The Leyland Victory Mk 2 was a chassis for buses and coaches of the British commercial vehicle manufacturer Leyland Motors. The model was built from 1967 to 1987 exclusively for export. It was originally developed as Guy Victory J of the company Guy, which was acquired in 1961 by Jaguar Cars. Jaguar merged with the British Motor Corporation in 1964, the merger of the two companies in 1968 to Leyland British Leyland Motor Corporation. On the chassis of various constructions have been set.
Victory 2 series I
The Victory was originally developed for Cape Tramways in South Africa and specifically designed to meet the requirements of this operator. The wheelbase was 20 feet and 6 inches. Movement was used a Leyland O.680 six-cylinder diesel engine and a pneumatically assisted five-speed manual transmission. The bus had a conventional ladder frame made of sheet steel profiles. The engine is disposed between the front side members, the cooler immediately before sat. This time actually already outdated arrangement left under the particular climatic conditions of South Africa less cooling problems expected as an underfloor arrangement of the engine. Underfloor buses had not been proven in South Africa, so for example, Guy had derived from the sub -floor models Warrior and Victory UF UF variants with front- mounted engine. The front axle was set back quite far in order to place the access door in the front overhang can. Thus the bus for one-man operation without Schaffner was well suited. The engine sat for better weight distribution directly above the front axle. This construction is referred to as trambus. The suspension had leaf springs and telescopic shock absorbers. Over time, the chassis is continuously modified. For example, the suspension has been reinforced to also drive on unpaved roads at a total mass of 19 tonnes can. The braking system has been changed so that the bus could be maintained without the use of the parking brake when stopped. The buses were given a construction of bus bodies from Port Elizabeth or their successors Busaf. Both single deck and double deck buses were built. The last sixteen double-decker structures with 100 seats were manufactured by Busaf 1987.
The series was called the Victory series 2 I. The original origin of the bus was ( for Guy ) to recognize a large, embossed G on the gas pedal.
Kowloon Motor Bus ( KMB ) in Hong Kong in 1976 bought four such double-decker buses. Due to the licensing requirements in Hong Kong, which in the United Kingdom were similar and were more severe than in South Africa, the chassis had to be revised. It was a tougher and harder suspension responsive shock absorber. The pitch angle during acceleration and braking was limited by the addition damper. The buses went through the registration successfully and were put into service in January 1976. In early 1982, they were asked after the introduction of the Victory 2 series II decommissioned and turned into school vehicles.
The Singapore Bus Service (SBS ) in Singapore in 1978 procured a number of Victory in the Eindeckerausführung. Movement was used as the driving force of Leyland O.680 together with a semi-automatic transmission. The bodies were from British Aluminum Co. ( Baco ) and Soon Chow, a bus manufacturer from Singapore. The bus was clad with aluminum sheets. Already in 1982, however, the condition of most bodies was so bad that they had to be replaced. SBS fitted several buses tentatively with an air conditioner installed under the floor. The buses were withdrawn from circulation in 1993.
Victory 2 series II
Kowloon Motor Bus ( KMB ) was satisfied with the trial introduced Victory 2 and called Leyland to offer a bus with front engine for the Hong Kong market. However, Leyland did not want to extend again the extensive range of types and therefore proposed a different bus before. However, Dennis offered by Jubilant a bus which corresponded to the ideas of KMB. In order not to lose the lucrative market, Leyland finally a chassis with front engine decided to offer. The chassis was derived from the World Master with the engine stopped and could be seen on the kink over the rear axle. This version of the World Master was in 1960 placed on the market, but only produced in small numbers Leyland. The frame was a good twelve inches lower, resulting in a lower overall height and an easier entry for passengers. Equipped were the vehicles with the 6LXB six-cylinder diesel engine of L. Gardner and Sons and an automatic transmission of the type of Voith D851. For experimental purposes, was one of the buses a semi-automatic SCG GB350 transmission of Leyland installed. The bodies came from Alexander, only the last twenty buses delivered were given a structure of duple Metsec. Although the vehicle to the original Victory 2 hardly had in common, it has been referred to as 2 Victory Series II.
The buses were specially designed for the conditions in Hong Kong - gradient making routes and one-man operation with Zahlbox - designed. The relatively narrow front door was in front of the front axle, so that the passengers had to pay immediately after entering the fare at the Zahlbox under control of the driver. The bus is left with a wider folding, which was located between the axles.
Kowloon Motor Bus ( KMB ) introduced between 1979 and 1983 540 Victory. One of the buses had air conditioning, but not proven and has expanded rapidly. China Motor Bus ( CMB) procured 167 Victory between 1979 and 1982, New Lantao Bus ( NLB) nine pieces between 1980 and 1983 and later took over six other vehicles from KMB. The bus arrived in Hong Kong on all routes, including the New Territories, Kowloon, Hong Kong Iceland and Lantau used. From the mid- 1990s, the buses were withdrawn from use. KMB placed the busses to 1998, the buses of CMB were with the successor company until 2000 with the task. Some buses have been converted for tool cart, others sold for the training of rescue teams.
Due to the soft suspension of the bus was prone to strong pitching during acceleration and braking. Since the drive was reminded of the passage of chickens, the bus was nicknamed "chicken ". The suspension and high center of gravity brought the Victory also has the reputation as an unsafe vehicle a. He tended to, especially in fast cornering to tip over. Between 1980 and 1993 fourteen crashed buses, one burned out after a collision, thirteen was racing.