East Lancs EL2000

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East Lancs EL2000
East Lancs EL2000 body on Dennis Dart with a double-curvature windscreen.
Overview
Manufacturer	East Lancashire Coachbuilders
Body and chassis
Doors	1
Floor type	Step entrance
Powertrain
Capacity	28 to 40 seated
Dimensions
Length	8.5m to 12.0m
Width	2.5m
Height	3.0m

The East Lancs EL2000 is a type of single-decker bus body built on a wide variety of bus chassis by East Lancashire Coachbuilders.

Chassis[]

Many different chassis types, both new and secondhand, were fitted with EL2000 bodywork. These include:

• Leyland Leopard (rebodies)
• Leyland Tiger (rebodies)
• Leyland Atlantean (rebodies)
• Volvo B58 (rebodies)
• Volvo B10M (both new and rebodies)
• Volvo B6
• Dennis Falcon
• Dennis Dart
• Dennis Lance
• Scania N113

The Atlantean chassis had started their lives as double-decker vehicles but were rebodied as single-deckers.

History[]

The EL2000 made its first appearance on rebodied Leyland Tigers at the end of 1989. It was superseded as a step-entrance body by the Flyte, starting in 1996 and stopped production in 2001.

Description[]

The EL2000 has an aluminium frame. It has bowed sides and a bowed top half of the rear end, with a high-set rear window.

There was some variability in the height and shape of the side windows, and the style of windscreen. One common design of windscreen was square-cornered, tapered in towards the top and curved around to the sides. Another was a two-piece flat windscreen with radiused outer corners. A third design used was a double-curvature windscreen with an arched top.

See also[]

• List of buses

External links[]

Media related to East Lancs EL2000 at Wikimedia Commons