Dennis Dominator

Dennis Dominator
Stagecoach Manchester Northern Counties Palatine bodied Dominator in June 2006
Overview
Manufacturer	Dennis
Production	1977-96
Body and chassis
Doors	1-2
Floor type	Step entrance
Related	Dennis Dragon Dennis Domino
Powertrain
Engine	Gardner 6LXB Gardner 6LXCT Rolls Royce Eagle DAF DK1160 Cummins L10
Transmission	Voith D851
Dimensions
Length	9.5m or 10.3m
Chronology
Successor	Dennis Arrow

The Dennis Dominator was Dennis's first rear-engined double-decker bus chassis, it was launched in 1977.

Dennis had been absent from the bus manufacturing market since the last Lolines were produced in 1967. The Dominator was described as bespoke, with numerous options. To some extent it was considered a successor to the Daimler/Leyland Fleetline.

The Dominator was different from the Fleetline in that the radiator was located at the front instead of the offside of the engine compartment.

It was intended to be sold mainly with the Gardner 6LXB engine coupled up to a Voith DIWA transmission and a drop-centre rear axle, but hub-reduction rear axle and other engine options including the Rolls-Royce Eagle, the Cummins L10, the turbocharged Gardner 6LXCT and DAF engines were also available.

The largest British customer of the Dennis Dominator was South Yorkshire PTE, with a total of 323 buses being delivered to the company. These included one trolleybus which was built in 1985 for test and evaluation. Many had Rolls-Royce Eagle engines and hub-reduction axles. Most of the SYPTE vehicles received Alexander RH bodywork, these being delivered between 1981–1986, though some were bodied by East Lancs and Northern Counties.

The SYPTE Dominators were delivered in phases to replace Daimler Fleetlines, Leyland Atlanteans, Volvo Ailsa B55s, some of which dated to the early 1970s.