Northern Counties Paladin

The Northern Counties Paladin, also badged as the Plaxton Paladin towards the end of production, is a step-entrance single-decker bus body built by Northern Counties of Wigan, UK, between 1991 and 1998. The replacements for the Paladin are the Prestige and the Pointer as low-floor models for the Paladin LF.

Paladin rear

Northern Counties Paladin
Overview
ManufacturerNorthern Counties
Plaxton
Production1991–1998
AssemblyWigan, United Kingdom
Body and chassis
Doors1 or 2
Floor typeStep entrance
Powertrain
Capacity27 to 45 seated
Dimensions
Length8.5m to 12.0m
Width3.1m
Height3.4m
Chronology
SuccessorPlaxton Prestige
Plaxton Pointer

The Paladin was built on several different chassis types:

Three different shapes of windscreen were fitted to Paladins. One was of gentle "barrel shaped" curvature, with deep quarterlights. This was used throughout the production run, being fitted to both the earliest vehicles and to the last batches built. An upright "wrap-around" screen was used on the majority of midi-sized Paladin bodies (on Dennis Dart and Volvo B6 chassis), whilst a double-curvature screen was fitted to some Scania L113 and DAF SB220 full-sized vehicles.

  • A Paladin body with the barrel screen and quarterlights, on Dennis Dart chassis.
  • A Paladin body with the upright "wrap-around" screen, on Dennis Dart chassis.
  • A Paladin body with the double-curvature screen, on Scania L113 chassis.

Some bodies built towards the end of production were given Plaxton body numbers, in which the Paladin was identified by the letter G.

See also

References
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