- Plaxton Beaver
The Plaxton Beaver, originally known as the Reeve Burgess Beaver, is a minibus body built by
Plaxton . It was built at the Pilsley, Derbyshire factory of Plaxton'sReeve Burgess subsidiary from 1987-1991, at Plaxton's main Scarborough factory from 1991, and from 1995 atAnston in South Yorkshire.The Beaver is an excellent all rounder and works very well for light service buses however it has tendencies shake and clatter.The Beaver has been built mainly on Mercedes-Benz van-derived minibus chassis such as the 709D and 811D, and was also built on the Renault S56 and S75 until 1992. Rare examples were also built on Iveco 49.10 chassis.
The Beaver 2, built on
Mercedes-Benz Vario chassis, replaced the original Beaver in December 1996, and is still in production as of 2007. In 2006 Plaxton launched the Beaver 3, the Beaver 2 body combined with the front end of a Plaxton Cheetah.External links
* [http://www.plaxtonlimited.co.uk/plaxton/Beaver.html The Beaver's product page at Plaxton's website]
References
* Millar, Alan (1992) "Bus & Coach Recognition" : Ian Allan Ltd., ISBN 0-7110-2060-4
* Millar, Alan (2007) "Bus & Coach Recognition" : Ian Allan Ltd., ISBN 0-7110-3136-3
* [http://www.plaxton2007.co.uk/ Plaxton History & Heritage] at Plaxton Centenary website
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