Northern Counties Paladin

Northern Counties Paladin
A Paladin body with the barrel-shaped front and quarterlights, on Volvo B10B chassis.
Overview
Manufacturer	Northern Counties Plaxton
Production	1991–1998
Assembly	Wigan, United Kingdom
Body and chassis
Doors	1 or 2
Floor type	Step entrance
Powertrain
Capacity	27 to 45 seated
Dimensions
Length	8.5m to 12.0m
Width	3.1m
Height	3.4m
Chronology
Successor	Plaxton Prestige Plaxton Pointer

The Northern Counties Paladin, also badged as the Plaxton Paladin towards the end of production, is a step-entrance single-decker bus body built by Northern Counties of Wigan, UK, between 1991 and 1998. The replacements for the Paladon are the Prestige and the Pointer as low-floor models for the Paladin LF.

The Paladin was built on several different chassis types:

Three different shapes of windscreen were fitted to Paladins. One was of gentle "barrel shaped" curvature, with deep quarterlights and an arched top. This was used throughout the production run, being fitted to both the earliest vehicles and to the last batches built. An upright "wrap-around" screen with an arched top was used on the majority of midi-sized Paladin bodies (on Dennis Dart and Volvo B6 chassis), whilst a double-curvature screen with an arched top was fitted to some Scania L113 and DAF SB220 full-sized vehicles.

A Paladin body with the upright "wrap-around" screen, on Dennis Dart chassis.

A Paladin body with the double-curvature screen, on Scania L113 chassis.

Some bodies built towards the end of production were given Plaxton body numbers, in which the Paladin was identified by the letter G.