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The Bedford JJL was an innovative but ultimately unsuccessful bus model built by Bedford. The JJL could have been a success, but was ahead of its time in predicting the boom in the midibus market, as seen by the success of the Dennis Dart.〔(Fotopic image of a Bedford YMQS with related development commentary )〕〔 Only four JJLs were produced, along with a pre-production prototype, starting in 1979.〔Bedford promotional leaflet for the JJL (see image)〕 The production vehicles produced were as follows:〔(Online database of bus orders ) Bedford JJL chassis search〕 The build date of the first chassis may indicate that this was the prototype that was converted to a production bus, although the bodywork numbers and build dates conflict with those found in.〔(Picture and details about Brighton Corporation 37 )〕〔(Picture and details about Brighton Corporation 36 )〕〔(Picture and details about Brighton Corporation 38 )〕 Maidstone Borough Council took delivery of the JJLs in 1981/82.〔(Southbus webpage ) Maidstone Municipal Transport, A brief history〕 UKK 335X and AVS 903T were sold to Brighton Buses, and then to Northern Bus, Sheffield in 1992.〔〔 EKX 648T also went to Brighton, but was scrapped in 1988 after a collision with a tree.〔 HKX 553V was sold to Bournemouth Transport (trading as Yellow Buses) in 1983, and then onto The Goodman Group,〔(Colin Parkers Yellow Buses enthusiast site )〕 where it saw service with Rambler and Goodmans coaches. It is the last JJL in service,〔(Fotopic collection of Goodman Group of Whittlesey )〕 and has been exhibited at rallies. Tricentrol of Dunstable produced a short version of Bedford's YMQ chassis, the YMQ/S, ten years after the JJL. == See also == * List of buses 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bedford JJL」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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