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Leyland Panther Cub
The Leyland Panther Cub was a rear-engined single-decker bus manufactured by Leyland from 1964 until 1968.〔(Leyland's Panther has a Cub ) ''Commercial Motor'' 4 September 1964〕
It was a derivative of the Panther that Leyland were forced into building for an influential customer, it was only offered on the home market, and only bought by operators in England and Wales. Leyland engineers felt it was underpowered and their heart was never in the project, although it was marketed to the extent of full-colour full page press adverts and the production of a demonstrator. Only 94 were built.
==Background==
The Leyland Panther Cub was a short-wheelbase derivative of the Panther for 10m (33 ft 6in) long by 2.5m (8 ft 2½ in) wide bodies. It was proposed by Manchester Corporation, whom Leyland had targeted as a potential launch customer for the Panther. Manchester said they were only interested in a rear-engined single-decker 33 ft long and if Leyland didn't build them to that length, it would ask Daimler to build 20 short-wheelbase Roadliners instead.
Due to stautory construction and use rules on maximum rear-overhang length, Leyland considered that the 0.600H engine of the Panther would not be a feasible fit in a shorter version. So instead units from the Leyland Tiger Cub rather than the Leyland Leopard were employed. Manchester already had 15 Tiger Cubs with Park Royal bodies and the first Panther Cub was shown at the 1964 Commercial Motor Show at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre.〔(Now, the Panther Cub ) ''Commercial Motor'' 28 August 1964〕 Sales were patchy thereafter and the model was axed in 1968 by which time Manchester had ordered 30 Panthers.
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