Seddon Pennine VII

The Seddon Pennine VII was a mid-underfloor-engined single-deck bus or coach chassis built by Seddon Atkinson between 1974 and 1982. It competed directly against the Leyland Leopard, and was developed at the behest of the Scottish Bus Group following Leyland's refusal to build Leopards with Gardner engines. It was fitted with a horizontal Gardner 6-cylinder engine.

The overwhelming majority - 514 out of 527 built - were built for Scottish Bus Group subsidiaries Western Scottish (213) and Eastern Scottish (301). The majority were bodied by Alexander with the Y Type, T Type and M Type bodies, whilst 68 had Plaxton's Supreme Express and Supreme IV Express bodywork.

Of the small number built for customers outside of the SBG, most had the Plaxton Supreme body, but the second chassis built carried bodywork of Seddon's own manufacture, whilst the last built had a Willowbrook body.

No replacement was produced, thus Seddon's involvement with bus manufacture ended with the Pennine VII.

A number of Seddon Pennine VIIs have been preserved and are stored at bus museums in Scotland. Former Western Scottish Y Type BSD 857T has been [http://www.freewebz.com/reddragonbus/glengarry.jpgconverted into a motorcaravan] .