East Lancs EL2000
| East Lancs EL2000 | |
|---|---|
 East Lancs EL2000 body on Dennis Dart with a double-curvature windscreen with an arched top. | |
| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | East Lancashire Coachbuilders |
| Body and chassis | |
| Doors | 1 door |
| 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 K93
- 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 It was superseded as a step-entrance body by the Flyte, starting in 1996 and stopped production in 2001.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.