The C series of coaches, previously used for Bedfords alone, was re-started in 1984. The new C1 was a Leyland Tiger / Plaxton, an unusual vehicle for Central in that it was not acquired new, carried Central's first Plaxton body (several more would be inherited from Eastern Scottish the following year) and was to become toilet-equipped. Even more unusually, C2-C7 were Dennis Dorchesters - the first time a common type code had been used for buses from different chassis manufacturers. Clearly the new C code was meant to indicate 'coach' and nothing else.
C7-C19 were all Scottish Citylink liveried, the new Central Scottish Omnibuses having cast off the dislike of its predecessor for this type of work. C7 was inherited from Eastern Scottish at Airdrie, where it had been based for the Glasgow - Bournemouth service. C8/9 were Volvo B10Ms with Caetano Algarve bodywork and came from Newton, Dingwall, following absorption of that company's express workings by SBG. C10-19 were ordered new by CSOL for Scottish Citylink work.
C1 | Chassis Leyland TRCTL11/3R | Built 1983 | |||
Bodywork Plaxton Paramount 3200 C49FT | |||||
(ex-Leyland, 1984) | |||||
1 VTY131Y | |||||
C2-6 | Chassis Dennis Dorchester SDA806 | Built 1984 | |||
Bodywork Alexander TC C47F | |||||
2 A202UYS | 3 A203UYS | 4 A204UYS | 5 A205UYS | 6 A206UYS | |
C7 | Chassis Leyland Tiger TRCTL11/3R | Built 1981 | |||
Bodywork Duple Dominant III C46FT | |||||
(ex-Eastern Scottish, 1985) | |||||
7 BSG545W | |||||
C8-9 | Chassis Volvo B10M-61 | Built 1985 | |||
Bodywork Caetano Algarve C53FT (C8) or C57F (C9) | |||||
(ex-Newton, Dingwall, 1985) | |||||
8 C348LVV | 9 C349LVV | ||||
C10-14 | Chassis Leyland Tiger TRCLXC/2RH | Built 1986 | |||
Bodywork Duple 320 C49/FT | |||||
10 C110JCS | 11 C111JCS | 12 C112JCS | 13 C113JCS | 14 C114JCS | |
C15-19 | Chassis Leyland Tiger TRCTL11/3RZ | Built 1987 | |||
Bodywork Duple 340 C49/FT | |||||
15 D315SGB | 16 D316SGB | 17 D317SGB | 18 D318SGB | 19 D319SGB |