Leyland Royal Tiger Worldmaster

Leyland Royal Tiger World Masters 1966

O600H 9.8 liters

The Leyland Royal Tiger World Master, also known as Leyland World Masters, was a single-deck bus with underfloor engine, the Leyland Motors produced in Farington in the UK from 1954 to 1979. He was the most successful with more than 20,000 bus model of Leyland. Only the Mercedes -Benz O 303 with 38 018 in over 18 years of production, the GM "old -look " transit bus with more than 30,000 in 30 years of production, and the Bedford SB with 45,000 in more than 38 years of production were more successful overall. A direct successor there was only some years later with the Leyland Royal Tiger ( B50), but which was specifically designed for the home market.

Model History

As the successor of Leyland Royal Tiger PSU1, who had been more than 6000 times sold 1950-1956, the Leyland Royal Tiger World Master kept essentially the chassis of the Royal Tiger PSU1. The drive took over the Leyland diesel engine O680H, which was mounted either as a mid-engine. Optionally, the Leyland diesel engine O600H was available, but was ordered rare. The force was transmitted to the rear axle via a semi-automatic transmission with 4 or 5 steps. Leyland Royal Tiger gave the Worldmaster internally refers to RT, with export versions of ERT. Versions with lower lead frame was bent for lower entry height above the axles were called CRT. Left-hand drive versions were referred to as either LERT or LCRT.

Models

  • RT1: 6.1 m (20 ft) wheelbase, overall length 10.67 m (35 ft) (nominal), up to 12 m
  • RT2 (up to 1962): 5.64 m (18 ft 6 in ) wheelbase, overall length 10.06 m (33 ft ) ( nominal), up to 11 m
  • RT3: 4.93 m (16 ft 2 in ) wheelbase, overall length of 9.14 m (30 ft) (nominal)

Leyland Royal Tiger World Masters in the home market

Few Royal Tiger World Masters were sold in the UK. Glasgow City Council acquired 30 RT3 Metro Cammell Weymann 1956 body structure. Halifax ( West Yorkshire ) acquired ten in the same year. In addition Gliderways from Smethwick, Smith Tours from Wigan and Ellen Smith earned coach from Rochdale less than ten World Masters RT3 with Thomas Harrington Coachbuilders or Plaxton body structure. For that time of the Leyland Tiger Cub and the AEC Reliance dominated the domestic market for underfloor Eindeckerbusse. In addition, Leyland limited after the appearance of Leyland Leopard 1959 from 1961 sales in the home market to specific versions, from 1964, he was only built for export.

Leyland Worldmaster in export

The Royal Tiger World Master was mostly marketed in export as Leyland Worldmaster. Danish Automobile Building, which cooperated with Leyland Motors for several years, presented his model of the Royal Tiger World Masters 1959 before Leyland Worldmaster. The background was the delivery of the then Communist- ruled Poland. With the setting of the model in its home market Leyland Motors took the name for the series in general. Only in a few markets, especially in the Commonwealth of Nations countries Royal Tiger was retained. The largest markets of Leyland Worldmaster were in western and southern Africa, Oceania, South America and Central America, the Middle East (particularly Israel), the Caribbean and in Continental Europe, both in the West and in the eastern countries. Israel was the largest single market with more than 5,000 copies, most of which a local body bodybuilder received more than 3,600 chassis were built in Leyland Ashdod plant in Israel. They served as suburban or city bus, coach, and even as a truck. Many were in use until the 1980s. In India, Portugal and Spain even double-decker bus bodies were mounted on the chassis. In almost all markets, the bodies or individual characteristics were different. So there were about in Italy on a LERT2 chassis a body, which was designed by Ghia with a fancy grille, ribbed aluminum side panels and large tail fins. This model was built by Matchbox Matchbox Toys as # 40 Leyland Tiger Royal Coach model car. Ayats in Spain produced a LERT1 the front of which was similar to the Edsel. Other coachbuilders who had produced a body for the World Master and Ha'argaz Merkavim in Israel, Jonckheere, Van Hool, Marco Polo SA and NZMB. Rhodesia Railways built a 6x2Antriebsformel version of the World Master with axes of Leyland Albion. 1960 appeared at Leyland South Africa a developed from there version of the World Master with built- standing front-engine. After the merger of Leyland AEC 1962 this was discontinued in favor of the AEC Regal. From the mid- 1960s, the Leyland Leopard PSU3 undid the World Masters from the countries in which a very heavy chassis was required. In Australia, and New Zealand, this happened already with the start of production of the Leopard, during the World Masters, for example, in the Nordic regions of Europe sold very well until 1971. But after that the leopard was ordered in Norway and Finland prefer. From the mid- 1970s, West Africa was the last stronghold of the World Master with further substantial orders. Especially here Marshall and Willowbrook bodies were set up, but with bigger tires and more ground clearance.

Still in operation Leyland known Worldmaster

Many former Australian World Masters who were with New South Wales public transport and State Transport Authority South Australia in use, were by private operators such as Brisbane Bus Lines, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Menai Bus Service New South Wales Toongabbie, New South Wales mid- over the 1980s and operated until the 2000s. Some were still in January 2013.

Leyland Firemaster

A version of the Royal Tiger World MasterCard with 3.81 m ( 12 ft 6 ") wheelbase, Leyland O680H engine, five-speed transmission and just ahead of the rear axle a laid cooler was sold from 1958 as Leyland Firemaster in the UK. Directly on the front of the vehicle was a water pump mounted, which was driven by a PTO shaft from the transmission. 's why the vehicle did not need to turn on location and could fire water twice as fast as conventional fire engines provide with a front engine. Only firefighters from Manchester and Glasgow ordered the Firemaster and so the unrentabele project in 1962 was re- dropped.

Leyland Royal Tiger Cub

For many markets in Western Europe, the Leyland Tiger Cub LCRT3 the World Master was too weak and too heavy. That's why there were 1960 Royal Tiger Cub LRTC with a wheelbase of 5.33 m ( 17 ft 6in ) and 10 m length. He was driven from Leyland O600H engine with manual or semi-automatic. From the World Master of the Royal Tiger Cub had the axles and wheels, while the lead frame was derived from the Tiger Cub. A right hand drive version went to New Zealand and Australia. The Doncaster company bought ten RTC1 1965 /1 with manual transmission and 1967/1968 ten RTC1 / 2 with semi-automatic, all with body structures with 45 seats by Charles H. Roe. Back in 1968, presented to the series again and replaced through the Leyland Leopard PSU4.

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