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Leyland Royal Tiger Plaxton Paramount 3500 Worthing Coaches B278 AMG
Out of the 65 Royal Tiger underframes built Plaxtons bodied more than Van Hool. Most of the Plaxton bodied Royal Tigers were large orders placed by the National Bus Company, Grey Green and the Leyland Dealer Arlington of Potters Bar. At some stage, Plaxtons wanted to develope their own integral Paramount 3500, using Royal Tiger running units, rather than the complete underframe. Plaxton had worked with DAF Bus on removing the centre section of the SB series chassis and incorporation the front and rear section into their own underframe, thus producing a semi integral coach. When Plaxton approached Leyland on the possibilty of supplying the Royal Tiger running units, Leyland would not play ball. Here we see a Plaxton Paramount 3500 (C52F) Royal Tiger owned by Worthing Coaches, the frame number indicates that it was built at Workington: RT1022, all the Roe built underframes were numbered B50.
Leyland Royal Tiger Plaxton Paramount 3500 Worthing Coaches B278 AMG
Out of the 65 Royal Tiger underframes built Plaxtons bodied more than Van Hool. Most of the Plaxton bodied Royal Tigers were large orders placed by the National Bus Company, Grey Green and the Leyland Dealer Arlington of Potters Bar. At some stage, Plaxtons wanted to develope their own integral Paramount 3500, using Royal Tiger running units, rather than the complete underframe. Plaxton had worked with DAF Bus on removing the centre section of the SB series chassis and incorporation the front and rear section into their own underframe, thus producing a semi integral coach. When Plaxton approached Leyland on the possibilty of supplying the Royal Tiger running units, Leyland would not play ball. Here we see a Plaxton Paramount 3500 (C52F) Royal Tiger owned by Worthing Coaches, the frame number indicates that it was built at Workington: RT1022, all the Roe built underframes were numbered B50.