Described by ADL as ‘A new concept in fully accessible inter-urban coach travel,’ the Panther LE is intended for inter-urban routes, express services, airport shuttles and ‘other operations where both comfort and easy access are important’, which could well include vehicles for specialist charities. Structurally the coach, which meets the latest ECE R66.02 rollover regulations even though there is no requirement for a double-deck to do so, has framework in 12% chrome steel, a one-piece aluminium skinned roof, single-piece GRP main side panels and aluminium-skinned locker panels on 12% chrome steel frames. Welcome to CoachsalesUK. On the outbreak of World War II in 1939, coach production halted and the factory was turned into a munitions factory under the control of the Ministry of Aircraft Production. I don’t expect either of the new additions to be the range’s biggest sellers, but any business they win is likely to be incremental which helps to keep Scarborough busy and justify ADL’s ongoing commitment to the brand and the plant. Aboot of Leeming SBR3000DKZ570 / Plaxton Paramount 4000 new in 10/1991. This was a 1½-deck version of the 4000, with a small lower deck saloon at the rear. a fleet Of more importance at the time was the construction of automobile bodywork. The 321 was only available from Kirkby. A new version of the Panorama—designated Panorama I and Panorama II—appeared at the 1964 Motor Show. The front had a small grill located at the bottom of the front panel. Berryhurst E311 AGA, DAF DKZ570 / Plaxton Paramount 4000 new with Park's of Hamilton new in May 1988. C740GOP was a Volvo B10M-53 / Plaxton Paramount 4000 CH54/13Ct purchased new by Flights of Birmingham in April 1986. Dover 27-07-1984.A121 MBA, Neoplan Auwärter N722/3 / Plaxton Paramount 4000 new to National Travel West in 05/1984. Mounted on a Neoplan N722/3 underframe as used on the Neoplan Skyliner, the Paramount 4000 was later mounted on DAF SBR3000 and Scania K112CRS and K113TRB chassis or underframes. A decline in orders due to the economic climate was compounded by management and production problems. Maintaining a broad range of products is a challenge for all manufacturers because of the investment required and the demands it places on the development team. Improvements continued to the basic Elite design; this included rear lighting, rear emergency door and subtle changes to the front grill. It first appeared at the 1982 British Motor Show and was built until 1992. Both ski-box and trailer options are currently being engineered for those that want them. On the 3200 version the two-piece 3500 windscreen was used, the headlights being closer to the road than usual. Media in category "Plaxton Paragon" The following 31 files are in this category, out of 31 total. The rear featured two large 9" circular rear lights each side arranged vertically. Just to keep us on our toes, the XEL24 would then be carried by similar Van Hool E304OPR before moving on to a series of Plaxton coaches. It contains 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Plaxton had been asking Volvo to produce this option for some time and they brought in help from the Volvo empire, including Brazil which led the project, to accomplish it. eventually the Grey-Green (Cowie) B102 XYH, Auwärter (Neoplan) N722/3 / Plaxton Paramount 4000 new the month before. They bought two. The MkIII was also available on Mercedes-Benz rear-engined chassis. Further According to Plaxton brochures the roof was one piece GRP and as such unlikely to leak unlike some of the Paramount's competitors. This home last sold for $74,900 in January 1992. Arnhem 16-09-1994. Some adjacent land was loaned by a market gardener who subsequently joined the board years later. Structurally the new Paramount was similar to the Supreme, utilising 25mm square tubing to form the frame. The previous model and hitherto Plaxton’s only double-deck coach was the Paramount 4000 range launched at the beginning of 1984 when the first example was supplied to Excelsior of Bournemouth when it was still owned by Vernon Maitland. The downside of such a move is that standees would tend to take away some of the ‘coachiness’ of it. A good aspect is the full-height door that makes all the space that there is accessible, further helped by top-hinged locker doors, one on the nearside and three on the offside. The Dennis Dart, released in 1989, had been a runaway success, so in 1991 the Plaxton Pointer midibus was announced, this was quite a utilitarian, square body. Monument Travel E420 LOU, DAF SBR3000DKSB570 / Plaxton Paramount 4000, ex Tourswift and new to Skyliner, Moseley in January 1988. This puts it on a par with most competitors rather than ahead of them, the Van Hool Astromega offering 6.50m³ in the TDX25 and 7.20m³ in the TDX27 and the Setra TopClass S531DT giving ‘approximately 8.4m³’. The design for that coach went back to the Embassy body developed in the early 1960s. A modified version of the 425 design was introduced in 1991 and was built by Carrosserie Lorraine, a French coachbuilder Plaxton had recently purchased from Iveco. Evans of Chew Stoke F243 RJX, DAF SBR3000DKZ570 / Plaxton Paramount 4000 new in March 1989. This coach was new to Siesta of Middlesbrough as G705LKW in 1990. Mr Goodwill pushed further, asking: “If 2020 has been a tough year for bus and coach operators, it has been even worse for manufacturers such as Alexander Dennis Plaxton in Scarborough. It lasted 3 years with South Wales before passing to Maybury of Cranborne as C366KEP. Passengers boarding through the front do not have to negotiate their way past a courier seat, drinks machine or other impedimenta to reach the front offside staircase or the lower deck, because the floor arrangement enables them to get straight through. independently again subsequent to the break up of the British Coachways Park's of Hamilton E312 AGA, DAF SBR3000DKZ570 / Plaxton Paramount 4000 new in May that year. As the factory was under control of the Ministry of Works, production continued in the open air whilst a replacement was constructed. 1920 - 1995, 1986 brochure British and Continental I found a photo of this with Baker. Seen in Poole in April 1989 is Excelsior of Bournemouth Volvo B10M-61 / Van Hool Alizee C46FT XEL24. Seen at Battersea Coach Park in March 1987 was their 94 C94KET, a CH53/18DT example. The whole structure was treated inside and out to resist rusting. The first Panoramas for SUT were built on an AEC Reliance chassis. XEL24 for the London service, After 1997 . Plaxton & Son by 1937, as the founder's son, also named Frederick William joined the company at the age of 18. The rear lights abandoned the soup plates in favour of tall lozenge shaped lights and the name badges were re-located from between the side bright metal strips at the back to the front just behind the front door. Could you use it to make a coach more accessible to those in wheelchairs, or those who just struggle with stairs of any kind, and add the toilet and servery and possibly a lounge area in the lower section. ADL has introduced not one but two completely new models for specific niches within the overall coach market. Yorkshire Traction 92 (HE 5362), a 1985 Auwaerter N722/3 with Plaxton 'Paramount 4000' CH53/18DT coachwork in "Coachlink" livery at Wembley stadium 1/5/93, Keukenhof 03-04-1999. Development of a new coach range to supersede the Panorama Elite commenced in 1974 and was to be called Panorama Supreme, however the Panorama part was dropped in favour of simple Supreme. Excelsior of Bournemouth XEL 24, Auwärter (Neoplan) N722/3 / Plaxton Paramount 4000 new in February that year. Many records from the early years were lost when an incendiary bomb set fire to the Seamer Rd factory in 1943 causing much damage. The lights were contained in a single unit with a fin-like top rather like the rear of the first Ford Anglia saloon. Take part in our anonymous mini-survey and find out how the coach market is feeling right now. This essentially set the basic design of British coaches for the next 14 years. It does occur to me that it could be the basis for a new type of touring coach. ( Log Out / In the Neoplan, both Mercedes-Benz and Gardner engines were offered. A vertical front from the previous Consort II design was used, but with a single piece windscreen. Soon after World War I Plaxtons diversified and began to build charabanc bodies on Ford Model T chassis. Those who thought ADL’s acquisition of Plaxton a decade ago signalled the end of coach production in Scarborough could not have been more wrong. now gone from the yard. It would be 1978 before true all-steel construction was achieved.
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