Swift obsessor wrote:A little off topic but did any AEC Swifts have air suspension as an option?.
Swift obsessor wrote:What sort of suspension did the roadliners have?
Swift obsessor wrote:A little off topic but did any AEC Swifts have air suspension as an option?
I do know that the AEC Reliance had them as an option in the UK at least and the Leyland Panthers (which have the same chassis as the AEC Swift 691/760)in Brisvegas were airbag equipped which is very impressive for a type that was introduced there in 1968 or before.
Swift obsessor wrote:Can you explain how the 760 Swift chassis came about.It was the last AEC offered on the Australian Market .Around 60 entered service with the gov't buses in Adelaide in 79 (the year of AEC's closure)and the rest went to various private operators. I am not aware of any other country that ran them,England included.
I have heard they were diverted from Durban ,South Africa but that is all I know to date.Any details of how that model came about would be appreciated.
Herbert wrote:Great stuff once again RK215.
MTT records show No 10's engine to be VIM200 model. Is that in accord with information available to you?
Swift obsessor wrote:Totally fascinating reading as usual RK215.Thankyou for demystifying the origins of the Swift 760 and other AEC models as well.
On that Cummins L10.Did Cummins actually design the L10 engine specifically for the British market and was it all done in America?
Am I reading it right that Cummins looked at the Gardner's economy when they came up with their engine?
The Gardner was always seen as a premium engine yet was always eclipsed in the power figures by the Cummins L10 in the MCW Metrobuses.
Was the L10 just as durable as the venerable Gardner product?
I understand that the Gardner range were a very old design being carried on by the 1980s whereas the L10 would have been much more recently designed altogether I assume.
What about the Rolls Royce diesels used in some MCWs as well.Why weren't they as prolific as Gardner /Cummins??
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