Austin K2/SL
Austin K2/SL in About Britain: Isle of Skye, Non-fiction TV, 1954-2012
Class: Bus, Single-deck — Model origin: 
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Comments about this vehicle
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◊ 2017-09-11 23:30 |
Portree. Whichever bus. Or both if interesting enough. |
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◊ 2017-09-11 23:40 |
Both Austins, K2 and K2 Loadstar. |
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◊ 2017-09-17 15:17 |
I can't see any other K2 or K2 Loadstar buses/coaches in our collection. Any other names?? |
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◊ 2018-05-11 14:43 |
Passenger chassis introduced on K2/K4 chassis post war with 180" wheelbase (CM Archive) Details from http://www.austinmemories.com/styled-73/index.html 1947-1948 Austin K4/CXB Petrol Passenger chassis. 1948-1949 Austin K4/CXB Series I Petrol 180" w/base Passenger chassis normal control 1948-1949 Austin K4/CXD Series I Petrol or Perkins Diesel 180" w/base Passenger chassis forward control Based on Loadstar cab front end (bus on the right) 1950-1955 Austin K4/CXD Series II Petrol or Perkins Diesel 180" w/base Passenger chassis forward control Normal control series II should be K4/CXB but not listed by Austin data sheets? /vehicle_562941-Austin-CXB-1951.html /vehicle_708993-Austin-CXB.html edit: A long discussion here Old Bus Phots regarding confusion over the Austin CXB and CXD designations but I have used Austin data sheets as far as possible for normal control/forward control versions. -- Last edit: 2018-05-11 15:06:38 |
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◊ 2018-05-11 16:24 |
I have now finally dismissed all of my previous comment for the buses here.  Considering the difficulty in having a Loadstar Series II based K4/CXB and the buses seen are possibly far shorter they are more likely to be truck based chassis similar to this K2/SL (also I think used for short journey and small island transport. Link to "www.austintaylorphotography.com" https://www.flickr.com/photos/112313733@N02/14197433778/in/photostream/ Similar to this Portlee bus as found here http://www.countrybus.com/neilbeaton.htm ![[Image: k2sl.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/558/k2sl.jpg) -- Last edit: 2018-05-11 16:34:33 |
