Surely it must, a gobby lot, bus drivers 
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Good video, this!
A well researched video, this. And yes, some of these are still in revenue earning service.
The chassis for the largest one weighs 6 tons. Quite substantial. Fucking nice badges until the late 'sixties.
Spotters fact. A batch for Kinchasa had Leopard Badges.
I think it’s to do with the Leopard being the national emblem* of Congo.
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That would be the Okapi
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Ok. Thanks for the correction. Sorry I got it wrong! I’ll have to check my source research. And edit my post. The bit about Leopard Badges and Kinchasa is definitely right.
Need to re-read the reason for the Leopard! 
Of course the country was known as Zaire at the time these vehicles were delivered:
Quite like the idea of a Leyland Okapi 
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Okapi don’t exist; they’re just fancy Bambies!
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The parakeet of the artiodactyl world 
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Exactly. Just Bambies with a fancy paint-job! 
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I’ve driven a Lynx. For a bus, they go like fuck. Known for it. Anyhoo; the first one in service- an early prototype- has been preserved in Straya!
For a nerd like me, the combination of the TL11 Engine with the high-pitched scream of the Voith gearbox is rather odd. Didn’t know it was a thing…
The howl is the U63 Hub Reduction rear axle. I was advised to hold back to 45mph to save the Hub Seals…
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Bus Factory. Done. Now let’s see how Coaches are assembled in Finland:
I think I spotted some coaches for Citylink… 
Bus Racing…
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Strayan retro bus stuff.
Denning:
Lol
Nothing retro there. That was filmed last year
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Definitely a Leyland Tiger chassis, but I don’t know who built the bodywork!
Tis a lovely old thing though. The interiors of this era were quite something too!
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