Alexander Midi-buses

Apart from the shortened Y-type on, say, an Albion Viking chassis, did Alexander build anything before the ALX200 came on the scene?

They built the Alexander Dash on Dart and Volvo B6 chassis.

There were a small batch of 8.5m Darts..And there have been plenty of Hovisvans on Renault, Ford and Merc chassis

Palatine 2 wrote:They built the Alexander Dash on Dart and Volvo B6 chassis.

The B6 banked roll the company, Cheap cheap CHEAP!

* Cheap to buy,
* Cheap to make
* Cheap enough to never work!

Most went to one buyer too...A tightwad who cant be bothered to buy a briefcase and wears red shoes!

Bristol LH wrote:Most went to one buyer too...A tightwad who cant be bothered to buy a briefcase and wears red shoes!

some say he was the son of Mrs mack

First Eastern Counties had one Alexander bodied B6 at Ipswich depot. It was totally shagged. The gearbox clunked noisely, it could barely get up hills and it rattled like hell!! Fortunately it vanished after a while.

We had some 8.5 metre 33 seat Marshall bodied ones here. Bounced like hell, rattled like hell and two went up in flames!!

Palatine 2 wrote:We had some 8.5 metre 33 seat Marshall bodied ones here. Bounced like hell, rattled like hell and two went up in flames!!

I dare day the drivers, alto have promised a match in the fuel tank.

Daisy Dart wrote:First Eastern Counties had one Alexander bodied B6 at Ipswich depot. It was totally shagged. The gearbox clunked noisely, it could barely get up hills and it rattled like hell!! Fortunately it vanished after a while.

Saying that I did like driving the Plaxton Pointer Volvo B6s. They were much more manuvarable than the low floor Darts, espcially round some of the tight spots ther are in Ipswich.

Palatine 2 wrote:They built the Alexander Dash on Dart and Volvo B6 chassis.

The dash is esentially a piece of shit in my opinion.