Leyland Verheul LVS

The six-cylinder engine drives a chassis with a gross vehicle weight of 14,280 kg and an unladen weight of 8,710 kg, leaving around 5,570 kg for bodywork and load. At 2,490 mm wide and with a 4,900 mm wheelbase on four wheels, the chassis is built for a long body, as needed for a coach or bus superstructure.

At 14,280 kg the LVS sits in EU class N3 for trucks above 12 tonnes, but the chassis itself, as was common in the Leyland and Verheul collaboration, was often fitted with a bus or coach body rather than a truck body. The combination of a British chassis with rugged drivetrain technology and Dutch coachbuilding was widespread among coach operators and bus lines.

For a used example of such an old chassis with bus bodywork, the condition of the body at the joins to the chassis matters, since bodywork from that period is prone to corrosion at the mounting points. It is also worth checking corrosion on the frame itself, the condition of the brakes and steering after decades of possible use, and the availability of spare parts for a British chassis of this age.