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Kingsgrove Bus Co artic
Photos courtesy of Punchbowl Tiger Cub - Just a couple of photos of Kingsgrove Bus Service m /o 5993 Leyland Tiger Bendi in action at Gannons Park Peakhurst and Riverwood Park Riverwood last Friday .
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Re: Kingsgrove Bus Co artic
I take it this has the more powerful 245 hp version of the TL11along with the Leyland Hydracyclic transmission?
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Re: Kingsgrove Bus Co artic
I believe it the 245hp but with an Allison auto.
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The headlight and blinker assemblies look to be identical to those found on Toyota HiAce vans from the 1980s.
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Re: Kingsgrove Bus Co artic
245HP TL11 coupled to an Allison
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I hope I get to ride it one day on rail replacement. It will certainly soak up a throng and have the performance to move them.
What's this big cat's passenger capacity?
What's this big cat's passenger capacity?
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Re: Kingsgrove Bus Co artic
Tiger Bendi is a 83 seater, with fixed coach seats, and its not likely to be doing rail replacement, only carrying the next generation of car thieves and graffiti artists in the St George area of Sydney.
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Well, it looks good, except for that driver's window!!!!!!!!
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A photo just added to the photo gallery of the artic in its Mt Gravatt days. http://www.busaustralia.com/gallery/dis ... pos=-15321
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Looked great! What is that in intriguing portion of bus I can see to it's left?
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Leyland Bendi repowered with a 16.240 m.a.n and a 5HP500 ZF auto,it will be back on the road shortly
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Kingsgrove Bus Service & Casula Bus Service - Peakhurst & Moorebank
Depot Moorebank
Fleet Number 27
Registration m/o 5993
Chassis Type Leyland Tiger TRCTL11/2RAH
Chassis No 8401053
Body Manufacturer Superior
Body No B422
Body Date 6/87
Seating Codes AB83FR
Notes Reg 5/8/15; ex Casula Bus & Coach Service Pty Ltd, Moorebank u/r 1/2/14; ex Mt Gravatt Bus Service, Burbank, QLD "Naana" 578 PXH 25/4/13 (withdrawn 6/12); ex A, P, J & S West t/a National Nambour Bus & Coach, Cheavllum, QLD 578 PXH.
Depot Moorebank
Fleet Number 27
Registration m/o 5993
Chassis Type Leyland Tiger TRCTL11/2RAH
Chassis No 8401053
Body Manufacturer Superior
Body No B422
Body Date 6/87
Seating Codes AB83FR
Notes Reg 5/8/15; ex Casula Bus & Coach Service Pty Ltd, Moorebank u/r 1/2/14; ex Mt Gravatt Bus Service, Burbank, QLD "Naana" 578 PXH 25/4/13 (withdrawn 6/12); ex A, P, J & S West t/a National Nambour Bus & Coach, Cheavllum, QLD 578 PXH.
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Re: Kingsgrove Bus Co artic
Hopefully it will go a bit quicker with the m.a.n engine in it
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Re: Kingsgrove Bus Co artic
My video from when it had the Allison (i.e. before it got repowered with MAN engine/ZF Auto) is now on Youtube. There are a few videos already uploaded by others as taken on the Casula/Kingsgrove tour in 2016, my video from that day will be uploaded at a later date
Allison version, as filmed on the way to a McAwardsNight in Campbelltown on Sep 29 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYrJYs8Ftjs
Allison version, as filmed on the way to a McAwardsNight in Campbelltown on Sep 29 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYrJYs8Ftjs
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After seeing that, what were KBC thinking putting a MAN in it?!?
(Yes I know, oil leaks, parts but wow it went great in the vid!).
(Yes I know, oil leaks, parts but wow it went great in the vid!).
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A TL11 engine can only blow up so many times before you source alternative power!Swift wrote:After seeing that, what were KBC thinking putting a MAN in it?!?
(Yes I know, oil leaks, parts but wow it went great in the vid!).
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It's still a bit slow with MAN/ZF, but sounds completely different and goes a bit better too
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Well, I guess MAN have traditionally powered artics for a long time and it was time for the TL11 to retire.
Appreciated the video.
Appreciated the video.
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Re: Kingsgrove Bus Co artic
just a quick question about something I've always wondered in cases like this. If the bus has been repowered from a Leyland to an MAN, does that legally mean that it's no longer a Leyland and the rego sticker / paperwork would be changed to MAN?
Just curious.
Thanks in advance.
Chris
Just curious.
Thanks in advance.
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No, don't believe so. Chassis make is what counts. What about all the buses out there that have engines supplied by another maker?
Example: a Leyland Worldmaster with a GM two stroke fitted by an operator is still a Leyland Worldmaster, not a GM.
Example: a Leyland Worldmaster with a GM two stroke fitted by an operator is still a Leyland Worldmaster, not a GM.
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The rego details still show it as a Leyland - the chassis is still that.
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And here is a photo of their latest artic m/o 9727 Volvo B10M ex TV 6500 31/7/16; ex Cumberland Coachlines Pty Ltd, St Marys (20) TV 6500 21/7/16; Reg 29/10/10 ex S & S Webster Investments Pty Ltd t/a Kangaroo Bus Lines, Morayfield, QLD (7) 327 RCU (AB70T) 20/9/10; ex KBL 07; ex South Burnett Coachlines (Walters), Kingaroy, QLD (12) 138 POG; ex Tsukuba Expo, Japan (6.15). Seen in the Boulevarde, Miranda this afternoon.
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That list of owners is as long as the bus! Australia certainly took to them more than Japan!!
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Re: Kingsgrove Bus Co artic
The paperwork would have to be changed to show the new engine number, and a certificate/compliance plate provided to certify the conversion.transport1400 wrote:just a quick question about something I've always wondered in cases like this. If the bus has been repowered from a Leyland to an MAN, does that legally mean that it's no longer a Leyland and the rego sticker / paperwork would be changed to MAN?
Just curious.
Thanks in advance.
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Re: Kingsgrove Bus Co artic
one for sale at Bloomsbury QLD near the BP
still has original front panel / Header
still has original front panel / Header