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In my youth (just a couple of years ago) I worked for Leyland Trucks. Today I was sorting through my computer room (having been "requested" to tidy it) and came across this sales brochure. I wonder if they wish they had developed the truck further? I remember the vehicle coming into our workshops but alas have no pictures of it.
Stephen
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If you think that even now our "fleet" trucks only operate on average 450 to 500 horses,
Was if a case of forget it or did DAF intervene ???
This was well before DAF days. They sold the engines to British Railways (as it was then) in the mid - 1970s. I think the problems then were as much to do with transmissions as anything else - they had a 5 speed auto box which couldn't handle the power.
Wonder if the brochure has any value?
Stephen
A camera takes a picture. A photographer makes a picture
I bet it has, there are many truck collectors out there who would be interested, our maintenance provider has 3/4 old Fodens that he shows and the shows he attends are full of collectors, this weekend there is a show at Astle park I think,
I`m a Merc man myself {but not vintage}, my first truck was a 1635 Merc Powerliner,
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