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The Dennis Lancet was a lightweight underfloor-engined chassis manufactured by Dennis during the 1980s.

Dennis Lancet
Alexander bodied Dennis Lancet
Overview
Manufacturer	Dennis
Production	1981-91
Body and chassis
Floor type	Step entrance
Powertrain
Engine	Perkins T6.354 ,V8 540 (Leyland 402, 411)
Transmission	Allison AT545
Chronology
Successor	Dennis Javelin

The Lancet nameplate was previously carried by a front-engined chassis, and later, in the 1950s and early 1960s, to the underfloor-engined Lancet UF.

History

The Lancet was launched in 1981.[1][2] It was mainly used as the basis of a bus or coach, although some were bodied for other uses, mainly as mobile libraries.

At a time before the advent of low floor buses, when wheelchair access required the fitment of a chairlift, a few bus operators and councils bought Dennis Lancets with this feature. Leicester Citybus and West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive had three and two respectively with Duple Dominant Bus bodywork.[3]

Other UK customers for the Lancet included Tillingbourne Bus Company, Merseyside PTE (with ten, the largest British fleet), Northern Scottish, Blackpool Transport, Portsmouth, Merthyr Tydfil and Taff-Ely.

Around 87 chassis were built. Nearly a third of them were exported, to Bermuda and South Africa.[4][5] The Lancet was replaced by the Dennis Javelin.

References

External links

• Media related to Dennis Lancet at Wikimedia Commons

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Dennis Lancet — автобусное шасси среднего класса производства Dennis Specialist Vehicles. Вытеснено с конвейера моделью Dennis Javelin.

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