| Dennis Lancet | |
| Manufacturer: | Dennis |
| Production: | 1981-91 |
| Factory: | Guildford |
| Floortype: | Step entrance |
| Engine: | Perkins T6.354,V8 540 (Leyland 402, 411) |
| Transmission: | Allison AT545 |
| Successor: | Dennis Javelin |
Dennis Lancet should not be confused with Dennis Lance.
The Dennis Lancet was a lightweight underfloor-engined chassis manufactured by Dennis during the 1980s.
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.
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.