This book, the first ever written on the subject of Leyland buses in
Israel, tells the story of the company's decades-long partnership with
the state of Israel.First introduced on a large scale in Israel in the
fifties, the Leylands were phased out in the late eighties before being
retired completely, having been replaced with modern German bus models
that were built by Daimler Benz and MAN. Some were sold abroad, to
developing countries, where they are said to be still running today, but
the majority were quietly scrapped and broken up. Fortunately a few
escaped the cutter's torch and are kept in mint condition in Egged's
Heritage Center in Holon, a symbol of solid British engineering. For
countless Israelis who are old enough to remember the sight and the
sound of a Leyland bus in the streets of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, they
provide a chance to go back in time for one more ride on the elderly
Tiger.As a tribute to what can only be described as the most durable and
reliable buses to have ever run in Israel, this book is token of
admiration and appreciation of that powerful, all-terrain workhorse: the
Leyland bus.
