Dennis Buses and Other Vehicles

Dennis Buses and Other Vehicles
Author: Andy Goundry
Publisher: The Crowood Press
Total Pages: 489
Release: 2020-03-23
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1785007084

The Dennis company has been building vehicles since 1895, making it the oldest continuously producing British manufacturer. From its origins in a small Guildford shop, the company has grown to become a major bus manufacturer with its products selling around the world. This book discusses the company's highs and lows, through two world wars, challenging markets and ownership changes. It documents the vehicles produced and their innovative design features, from early cars and street-cleaning machines to vans, buses, trucks, fire engines and ambulances. First-hand descriptions of how, and why, some of the company's most successful products such as the Dart, Trident and Enviro buses evolved. It explains why their once market-leading fire engines are no longer made. It also analyses the reasons why some products were less successful and explores what happened to parts of the company that were sold over the years. Finally, the company's future opportunities and challenges are considered. The author, Andy Goundry, has not only drawn on his own personal experience of almost twenty years of employment with the company but he has drawn on what is left of the company archives, private collections and first-hand accounts, to produce this book as a salutation of over 125 years of continuous manufacturing.

120 Years of Dennis Buses

120 Years of Dennis Buses
Author: Keith A. Jenkinson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-09-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781445666549

This book will trace the development of Dennis in text and photographs, none of which have ever previously been published.

Dennis Buses in Camera

Dennis Buses in Camera
Author: Robin N. Hannay
Publisher: Ian Allan Publishing
Total Pages: 112
Release: 1980-01-01
Genre: Dennis buses
ISBN: 9780711010444

The Mercedes Benz Midibus

The Mercedes Benz Midibus
Author: Allan Macfarlane
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2023-10-12
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 139902356X

This book covers an important aspect of British bus provision that has not been fully documented before. The Mercedes-Benz Midibus may have been small, but it had a huge impact. It became well respected by fleet engineers and served its purpose well. This story is not just about a successful vehicle, it focuses on several small coachbuilding businesses that rose to the forefront of the British manufacturing industry, through the work of their designers, craftsmen and salesmen. The variety that the Mercedes-Benz Midibus offered was quite remarkable!

The Black Stone of Ka'ba

The Black Stone of Ka'ba
Author: William Patterson
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2006
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 059538045X

In New York City, a new World Trade Center has arisen from the ruins of the old World Trade Center, but it's not long before it too collapses into flames. Arab suicidal bombers drive six tractor trailers loaded with explosives into the World Trade Center, prompting an American invasion of Syria in retaliation. A guerrilla war is being fought in Syria against the United States. The American people are outraged at the staggering number of American casualties, and President Weed's position in public opinion polls declines in the midst of the presidential election campaign, making his reelection not certain. Adding to his problems is the presence of a vituperative antiwar third party candidate. In an attempt to win the election and to win the war in Syria, Vice President Regina Ropey, President Weed's mentor, devises a plan to completely eradicate Islam. To weaken the Arabs' faith in their religion, Ropey proposes that the sacred stone of the Muslims, the Black Stone of Ka'ba, be destroyed. Will Ropey's bold plan work, or is the United States on a collision course with a dark fate?