LHD Panther, Stockholm.
We're not quite done yet with the high quality publicity photos!
Back in the mid 1960s when Sweden decided to switch from left hand rule of the road to right, Leyland were favoured with a huge order for Panthers and Atlanteans. The number of the former was to be 200, their Park Royal bodies having equal capacity for the number of seated passengers to those standing, 36 of each. It's difficult to imagine nowadays that a UK manufacturer could snatch a major order for commercial vehicles from a country which was the home of Volvo and Scania! What went wrong? (no need to answer that)
Here, running along a quayside with a full load, somewhere in the Swedish capital, is one of those Panthers.
An attempt was made by the Swedes to sell off some of their RHD stock to the UK, and with that in mind, a used Scania toured some British fleets on demonstration but no orders were forthcoming.
LHD Panther, Stockholm.
We're not quite done yet with the high quality publicity photos!
Back in the mid 1960s when Sweden decided to switch from left hand rule of the road to right, Leyland were favoured with a huge order for Panthers and Atlanteans. The number of the former was to be 200, their Park Royal bodies having equal capacity for the number of seated passengers to those standing, 36 of each. It's difficult to imagine nowadays that a UK manufacturer could snatch a major order for commercial vehicles from a country which was the home of Volvo and Scania! What went wrong? (no need to answer that)
Here, running along a quayside with a full load, somewhere in the Swedish capital, is one of those Panthers.
An attempt was made by the Swedes to sell off some of their RHD stock to the UK, and with that in mind, a used Scania toured some British fleets on demonstration but no orders were forthcoming.