Misplaced Pages

ACE Cougar: Difference between revisions

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Browse history interactively← Previous editNext edit →Content deleted Content addedVisualWikitext
Revision as of 20:54, 19 January 2010 edit81.148.240.203 (talk)No edit summary← Previous edit Revision as of 15:22, 20 January 2010 edit undoAlzarian16 (talk | contribs)Pending changes reviewers9,798 edits Added to infoboxNext edit →
Line 5: Line 5:
| manufacturer = ] | manufacturer = ]
| factory = | factory =
| operator = ] and orthers | operator = ]<br>Caves Bus Services
| length = | length = 10.5m
| floortype = Step entrance | floortype = Step entrance
| doors = | doors = 1 door
| engine = | engine = ]
| transmission = | transmission = Allison
| options = Various customer options | options = Various customer options
}} }}

Revision as of 15:22, 20 January 2010

Motor vehicle
Ace Cougar
Overview
ManufacturerAlternative Chassis Engineering
Body and chassis
Doors1 door
Floor typeStep entrance
Powertrain
EnginePerkins
TransmissionAllison
Dimensions
Length10.5m


Ace Cougar is a type of bus built by Alternative Chassis Engineering in the UK in the early 1990s. It was designed to use Leyland National components wherever this was possible. The chassis was powered by a rear 'in-line' mounted Perkins 6-cylinder 'Phaser' turbo engine, and included Allison Automatic Transmission and air suspension. It was not popular with operators and only two were built.

History

The first Ace Cougar was bodied by Wadham Stringer and sold to People's Provincial in 1990. Following Provincial's takeover by First Group it was used by First Hampshire and Dorset until 2004, and is now preserved.

The second carried Willowbrook Warrior bodywork (a body rarely applied to new vehicles) and was sold to West Midlands independent Caves Bus Services in 1991.

References

  1. ^ Provincial Society - Survivors
  2. Bus Lists on the Web: ACE
  3. Preserved Provincial Buses - Gosport and Fareham Omnibus Company (Provincial)
  4. Caves Bus Services reddibus.co.uk

External links

Stub icon

This bus-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: