British Leyland

[ducatilover]

Not sure if this is expected, but a fuggin hate the P76.
Heinous rubbish that they are. I do rather fancy the motor though

[unstuck]

Not sure if this is expected, but a fuggin hate the P76.
Heinous rubbish that they are. I do rather fancy the motor though

Good motor with a rubbish tranz. That one I posted up is probably the nicest one I have seen.

[Ransom]

Nice old housetruck, must of been a bitch moving that engine crane around on the gravel though.

used plywood for most of it - dragged with hilux for some bits and used chainhoist to drag for the align back into the truck delicate parts
ya gota do what ya gotta do when the motor blows a liner and piston after many years faithfull thrashing

SuperCheap engine hoists rule (with better bolts in them) was motor and box too its the only way

[ducatilover]

Good motor with a rubbish tranz. That one I posted up is probably the nicest one I have seen.

Burn them all mate and all the owners do is wank about fitting a 40gal drum in the boot. I got 26 bales of hay on the Hilux the other day, do that in one of them

[Ransom]

Alloy v8 p-76 engine - the v8 the yanks didnt want and the brits used for years - still do - check out the bowler wildcat offroader
and the aussies worked the bejeezus out of them even tried to make an F1 engine out of them

most of them in nz died gloriously in stockcars or jetboats

[dangerous]

Cool... love the blurb on the ash tray http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO9qk5eFOlU awesome the herald was my 1st and I had 4 of em

[Motu]

Albion cabs usually have the long doors with step inside the door

Leyland and dodge went more for the short doors and step ring on the front wheel

The Leyland Super Comet had the short doors and wheel step, the larger Beaver, Hippo and Octopus had the long doors. The Albion Reiver had a cable operated two speed transfer box half way down the chassis....fun to row it through all the gears.

I remember the Chipliners, and worked for Winstones in 1974, at the big Penrose workshop, but the only Fodens they had then were the quarry trucks. They had the 2 stroke engine, 250 cu in, same size as a Falcon...but a bit more grunt than a gutless Falcon. I served my time with a guy who had worked for Fodens in Penrose for the 10 years previous - years spent hearing stories about Fodens, but never got to work on or drive one...but my father did.

[Moi]

Picked up a DVD in the Red Shed a few years back called "NZ Road Memories". An interesting collection of short films covering many aspects of NZ's traffic and roads.

I'm sure there's at least one British Leyland vehicle to be seen - just making sure we stay on topic... hehe

[dangerous]

The Leyland Super Comet had the short doors and wheel step, the larger Beaver, Hippo and Octopus had the long doors.

What was the common Leyland (Ithink) that had the doors behind the cab on a angle?

They had the 2 stroke engine, 250 cu in, same size as a Falcon...

I had a 2 stroker in brisbane, wasnt a 4.1L tho... was 16.0L 8 pots two turbos and a supercharger, was farking horrid in a 84ish KW that had done a quadrillian miles

[Moi]

What was the common Leyland (Ithink) that had the doors behind the cab on a angle?

You thinking of this?

[unstuck]

Hate triumph heralds, my girlfriend was killed in one and they dont hold good memories for me.

I was watching something on the telly tonight called auction room from the land of OZ and they auctioned of a leyland p76 Targa Floria for $21500. An Indian fella bought it. Ugly color too for an ugly car.

[unstuck]

You thinking of this?

Morris Trader isn't it?? My dad drove one very much like that in the uk delivering carpets, I went with him once from bradford to london and spent hours sitting on the floor watching the road go by from those corner windows.

[pete376403]

You thinking of this?Attachment 284620

Morris Commercial "Glasshouse"

[pete376403]

Morris Trader isn't it?? My dad drove one very much like that in the uk delivering carpets, I went with him once from bradford to london and spent hours sitting on the floor watching the road go by from those corner windows.

Trader - would have been a Thames (Ford) . Morris Commercial and Thames Trader would have been aimed a the same sort of market I think

[Moi]

From a quick visit to Mr Google - Morris Commercial.

Question: how do I insert a picture so it appears in the text as has been done with the P76? I have done it before but can't remember how tonight - and I've had no wine with the fish I had for dinner!