East Lancs Spryte

East Lancs Spryte
A First Somerset & Avon Dennis Dart SLF with East Lancs Spryte bodywork in 2013
Overview
ManufacturerEast Lancashire Coachbuilders
Production1996-2001
Body and chassis
Doors1 or 2
Floor typeLow entry
ChassisDennis Dart SLF
Volvo B6LE
Volvo B6BLE
Powertrain
Capacity29 to 47 seated[1]
Dimensions
Length9500mm to 11470mm[1]
Width2475mm[1]
Height2750mm[1]
Chronology
SuccessorEast Lancs Myllennium

The East Lancs Spryte was a single-decker body of a bus, It had a low-floor, It was built from 1996 to 2001 by East Lancashire Coachbuilders.

It was built on the Dennis Dart SLF chassis,[2] Volvo B6LE chassis[3] and Volvo B6BLE chassis.[4]

Some Sprytes were builded as buses and some were custom-made into incident command units and exhibition buses.

East Lancs misspelled bus names on purpose (naming it "Spryte" instead of "Sprite").

In 1999 it was replaced by the single-decker Myllennium.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "SPRYTE Body Specification". East Lancs Coachbuilders. Archived from the original on 19 August 2002.
  2. ↑ Barrow, David (2021). East Lancashire Coachbuilders. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-3981-0228-6. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  3. ↑ Beddall, David (15 October 2023). London's Low-floor Buses in Exile. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-3981-0649-9.
  4. ↑ Beddall, David (2020). London's Low-floor Buses. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-3981-0120-3. Retrieved 9 June 2023.

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