The Ford R series was a range of single-decker bus and coach chassis built by Ford that evolved from designs made by the Thames Trader until the mid-1960s. It shared a number of components with the D-series lorry, including an engine mounted vertically at the front of the vehicle, ahead of the front axle, so that the passenger entrance could sit opposite the driver. The original R192 and longer R226 became the R1014 and R1114, nominally 10 and 11 metres long with 140 brake horsepower engines, and with constant revision were the R1015 and R1115 by the mid-1980s. Around 1978 the turbocharged diesel engine was tilted to one side to lower the floor, synchromesh transmission was standard and some later examples had Allison automatic gearboxes. The design was popular in the United Kingdom in the 1970s while subsidies for fleet renewal were available, Jersey Motor Transport bought little else for years, and Hyundai licensed it as the R Bus; it ceased production in 1985.
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EngineFront-mounted vertical turbocharged diesel engine, 140 bhp in the R1014 and R1114 1 Connections
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The Ford R series was a range of single-decker bus and single-decker coach chassis, built by Ford that evolved from designs made by Thames Trader until the mid-1960s.
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In the United Kingdom the design was popular during the 1970s, when considerable financial assistance was available to operators for fleet renewal, but following the election of the Conservative Government in 1979, the subsidy money began to dry up causing demand for full-size buses and coaches to decline and the last R series was built around 1986.
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The Ford R series was a range of single-decker bus and single-decker coach chassis, built by Ford that evolved from designs made by Thames Trader until the mid-1960s.
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In an attempt to lower the floor height of the vehicle, the turbocharged diesel engine was tilted over to one side around 1978.
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It ceased production in 1985.
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The original R192 and longer R226 models later became the R1014 and R1114 variants (nominally 10 and 11 metres long respectively with 140 bhp engines)
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In the United Kingdom the design was popular during the 1970s, when considerable financial assistance was available to operators for fleet renewal, but following the election of the Conservative Government in 1979, the subsidy money began to dry up causing demand for full-size buses and coaches to decline and the last R series was built around 1986.
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The Ford R series was a range of single-decker bus and single-decker coach chassis, built by Ford that evolved from designs made by Thames Trader until the mid-1960s.
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The Ford R series was a range of single-decker bus and single-decker coach chassis, built by Ford that evolved from designs made by Thames Trader until the mid-1960s.
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The Ford R series was a range of single-decker bus and single-decker coach chassis, built by Ford that evolved from designs made by Thames Trader until the mid-1960s.
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