East Lancs Spryte

East Lancs Spryte
East Lancs Spryte
	A First Somerset & Avon Dennis Dart SLF with East Lancs Spryte bodywork in 2013
Overview
Manufacturer	East Lancashire Coachbuilders
Production	1996-2001
Body and chassis
Doors	1 or 2
Floor type	Low entry
Chassis	Dennis Dart SLF; Volvo B6LE; Volvo B6BLE
Powertrain
Capacity	29 to 47 seated
Dimensions
Length	9500mm to 11470mm
Width	2475mm
Height	2750mm
Chronology
Successor	East Lancs Myllennium

The East Lancs Spryte was a single-decker body of a bus, It had a low-floor, It was made from 1996 to 2001 by East Lancashire Coachbuilders.

The Spryte body was built on the Dennis Dart SLF chassis,^[2] Volvo B6LE chassis^[3] and Volvo B6BLE chassis.^[4]

Some Sprytes were made as buses and some were custom-made into incident command units and exhibition buses.

East Lancs misspelled bus names on purpose (naming it "Spryte" instead of "Sprite").

In 1999, it was replaced by the Myllennium.

Dennis Dart SLF with East Lancs Spryte bodywork used as a incident command unit
Dennis Dart SLF with East Lancs Spryte bodywork used as a West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive Network West Midlands exhibition bus
Dennis Dart SLF with East Lancs Spryte bodywork with double doors (doors in the middle)

East Lancs Spryte Media

Rear of a Yellow Buses East Lancs Spryte bodied Dennis Dart SLF in Bournemouth in July 2009
Yorkshire Traction East Lancs Spryte bodied Volvo B6BLE in Wath upon Dearne in April 2005

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 "SPRYTE Body Specification". East Lancs Coachbuilders. Archived from the original on 19 August 2002.
↑ Barrow, David (2021). East Lancashire Coachbuilders. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-3981-0228-6. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
↑ Beddall, David (15 October 2023). London's Low-floor Buses in Exile. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-3981-0649-9.
↑ Beddall, David (2020). London's Low-floor Buses. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-3981-0120-3. Retrieved 9 June 2023.