Bodywork
In common with most British buses and coaches, the Leyland Leopard is produced as a chassis and engine/transmission, which is then sent to a separate bodybuilder of the customer's choice for the bodywork to be built on it. For visual recognition there is therefore virtually nothing of the chassis visible from the outside, while vehicles which appear to be identical may have the same brand of bodywork built on chassis from different manufacturers. Recognition may be confined to the manufacturers badges supplied to the bodybuilder, and a few items such as the wheel hubs and the steering wheel centre. Vehicles which are exported often are sent as chassis only, to have their body built locally in the destination country.
The following coachbuilders produced bus or coach bodywork for the Leyland Leopard. The list includes companies which bodied only a small number of chassis (in some cases, just one).
- Alexander
- Alexander (Belfast)
- Ansair, Australia
- Athol Hedges, Australia
- Ayats
- Berkhof (rebodies only)
- Beulas
- Burlingham
- Caetano
- CIÉ
- Charles Hope, Australia
- Custom Coaches, Australia
- Den Oudsten, Woerden (Netherlands)
- Duple
- Duple (Midland)
- Duple (Northern)
- East Lancashire Coachbuilders
- ECW
- Emslie
- Fowler
- Freighter Industries, Australia
- Harrington
- Hawke
- Jonckheere
- Lahti
- Marshall
- Massey
- Metro-Cammell / MCW
- Midland Coachlines
- Neepsend
- New Zealand Motor Bodies (NZMB)
- Northern Counties
- Park Royal
- Pennine
- Pressed Metal Corportion, Australia
- Plaxton
- Potter
- Roe
- Park Royal
- Smithfield, Australia
- Strachans
- UTA
- Verheul, Gouda (Netherlands)
- Van Hool
- Van Hool McArdle
- Wadham Stringer
- Weymann Motor Bodies
- Willowbrook
- Wright
Bodybuilders who built other styles of non-passenger bodywork on Leopard chassis include Carter, Cocker, Duple and Marshall.
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