The Plaxton Beaver, originally known as the Reeve Burgess Beaver, is a
minibus
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body built by
Plaxton. It was built at the
Pilsley, Derbyshire factory of Plaxton's
Reeve Burgess subsidiary from 1987 to 1991, at Plaxton's main
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factory from 1991, and from 1995 at
Anston in
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.
The Beaver has been built mainly on Mercedes-Benz
van-derived
minibus
A minibus, microbus, or minicoach is a passenger-carrying motor vehicle that is designed to carry more people than a multi-purpose vehicle or minivan, but fewer people than a full-size bus. In the United Kingdom, the word "minibus" is us ...
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 was still in production in 2007. In 2006 Plaxton launched the Beaver 3, the Beaver 2 body combined with the front end of a
Plaxton Cheetah.
Gallery
File:Cozy Travel E518 JHG.JPG, Reeve Burgess Beaver bodied Mercedes-Benz 709D in 2009
File:Chaloner's bus H738 TWB.JPG, Chaloner's Plaxton Beaver 1 bodied Mercedes-Benz O811 in 2009
File:A1A Travel 1 T111 JBA.JPG, Plaxton Beaver 2 bodied Mercedes-Benz O814 Vario in 2008
File:Wightbus 5868 KX56 OVU.JPG, Wightbus
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Plaxton Beaver 3 bodied Mercedes-Benz O814D Vario in 2010
See also
*
List of buses
References
* Millar, Alan (1992) ''Bus & Coach Recognition'' : Ian Allan Ltd.,
* Millar, Alan (2007) ''Bus & Coach Recognition'' : Ian Allan Ltd.,
External links
The Beaver's product page at Plaxton's website
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Beaver
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Buses of the United Kingdom
Minibuses
Step-entrance buses
Vehicles introduced in 1987