Dennis Lancet
| Dennis Lancet | |
|---|---|
 Alexander bodied Dennis Lancet | |
| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Dennis |
| Production | 1981-91 |
| Body and chassis | |
| Floor type | Step entrance |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | Perkins T6.354 ,V8 540 (Leyland 402, 411) |
| Transmission | Allison AT545 |
| Chronology | |
| Successor | Dennis Javelin |
The Dennis Lancet was a lightweight underfloor-engined chassis manufactured by Dennis during the 1980s.
The Lancet nameplate was previously carried by a front-engined chassis, and later, in the 1950s and early 1960s, to the underfloor-engined Lancet UF.
History[]
The Lancet was launched in 1981.[1][2] It was mainly used as the basis of a bus or coach, although some were bodied for other uses, mainly as mobile libraries.
At a time before the advent of low floor buses, when wheelchair access required the fitment of a chairlift, a few bus operators and councils bought Dennis Lancets with this feature. Leicester Citybus and West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive had three and two respectively with Duple Dominant Bus bodywork.[3]
Other UK customers for the Lancet included Tillingbourne Bus Company, Merseyside PTE (with ten, the largest British fleet), Northern Scottish, Blackpool Transport, Portsmouth, Merthyr Tydfil and Taff-Ely.
Around 87 chassis were built. Nearly a third of them were exported, to Bermuda and South Africa.[4][5] The Lancet was replaced by the Dennis Javelin.
References[]
- ^ Lancet Commercial Motor 11 October 1980
- ^ Lancet, child of Dennis Commercial Motor 25 October 1980
- ^ Leicester halts for lame Commercial Motor 9 October 1982
- ^ Upstage HD Commercial Motor 29 September 1984
- ^ Dennis Lancet Bus Lists on the Web
External links[]
Media related to Dennis Lancet at Wikimedia Commons
- Dennis buses
- Vehicles introduced in 1981
- Bus chassis