Leyland marathon mk2

Factory film

[@ABB-bw6tc]

My dad worked here in the 1970s what a job he used to say the best job he ever had, he passed away aged 88 during covid with many happy memories working here ☹️😞

[@malcolmwhite6588]

“ All the gauges right where they should be” - and shows a photograph of the speedometer directly behind the spoke of the steering wheel that when driving straight ahead will obscure it!😂

[@davesmith-rs1yo]

Spent many years as a kid going up and down the M4 to Barry docks in the 70's with my old man in a marathon!

[@Dan23_7]

Sat here in Leyland watching this I’m sharing this to a friend who works at DAF PACCAR, or to anyone from here it’s still called Leyland motors lol The 2 giant computers quote made me chuckle

[@petersmith4455]

the AEC southall factory i used to work there in chassis finishing

[@ronhazell4956]

Hi Peter, I too worked in chassis finishing with my brother, did you own a Land Rover back then ?

[@Keithbarber]

Probably be a shock to drive to today's army of automatic gearbox trucks But to older generation drivers, probably easy to drive, and long lasting vehicles

[@richardparrott1195]

They had a major rust problem,, Mostly casual by leyland,, going for a cheaper grade metal sheet for the cab panels,, most would not pass the mot with in 8 years of manufactur

[@HouseflyUK]

My dad had a shop in Hanwell and we used to go past the Southall works quite regularly. I believe it is now a curry factory making supermarket ready meals!

[@jamesfrench7299]

Disgust doesn't properly describe how I feel. British is best.

[@petersmith4455]

i used to work at AEC. the tl12 engine is an AEC engine not leyland. the problem was we were not allowed to badge it as an AEC so it had leyland monograms,the best truck we built was the 0870 and 0880 army trucks

[@seamusburke9101]

Hello Peter, I always thought the TL 12 was a modified version of the AV 760 is that true. Also can you tell me the difference beetween a 505 and a 506 thanks.

[@petersmith4455]

@@seamusburke9101 hi. yes basically a 760 with a blower but heavily modified.the 506 as far as i can remember had a bigger bore and an inline pump.also a new design air cleaner which sat on top of the engine,i think the engine itself was a bit of a white elephant,the tl 12 was a good engine as it came from us at AEC LTD if we had stayed open the 506 could have been developed more. blame the gov of 1978.

[@seamusburke9101]

Geeat unfo thanks Peter.

[@ABB-bw6tc]

Do you know my dad? He worked there in around 1974

[@harveyfrost4813]

I worked for a company that only bought British vehicles. Albions scammel Bedford aec Dennis Leylands .Good hard working trucks for there time but they just got left behind by volvo and scania much more reliable and the drivers loved them even had a radio which none of our vehicles did . Mind you I drove a Leyland buffalo headless wonder nothing passed me until the engine went bang at about eighty thousand miles. Problem is none of these new drivers would be able to dive a crash gearbox range change or twin splitter gearbox. I passed my test in a Mercedes with a Chinese gearbox

[@gary7360]

The cab unit was so high if the wheels hit a pebble when running bobtail you thought you were going out the front window

[@shaneraines2094]

@9:30 that old vintage porn music and the driver jacking the cab up looks so wrong!

[@robertbest8591]

I m civil engineer and in 70s I drove 3 1/2 tons lorries for a friend of mine. One day he got a job to take copper scrap down to Liverpool on the last day he fell out of the cab and broke his arm. He rang me and give his drivers license to me. He help me to hitch the trailer up and off l went . It was a V8 AEC and had no pulling power. When l got to Liverpool l was called into the weigh bridge cabin asked what l had on back of lorry,scrap copper, will why does the ticket say 51 tons.My boss went white when l told him, he charged the company for three trips!!!

[@ABB-bw6tc]

Do you know my dad? He worked there in the 1974

[@jamesfrench7299]

What was the year of this short? I'm guessing 1977 as the AEC Southall plant is already displaying British Leyland signage. The dash looks more modern than the steering wheel. It's like a mixed bag of eras that truck.

[@scottwhitehouse1128]

I would guess around 76 77 ish

[@andrewrcmadwilkinson6999]

2.48 SO THAT'S HOW THEY MAKE LORRIES WITH MARVEL POWDERED MILK!

[@jonburgess3614]

Used to regularly get pasted on the M5 by the Marathons that belonged to J R Harding from Devon. My Ford D Series could do 65 if pushed but the Marathons would fly past me.

[@RebelsInc969]

My first truck was a Layland Marathon with a 280 gardener & a backwards gearbox ❤

[@harveyfrost4813]

Oh my god what a rubbish truck that was drove a 1981 unit was so far behind the competition make the t 45 or roadtrain a limousine

[@clonSanG]

I hope their trucks where better built than the cars during the strike s

[@kevinmothers904]

@8.36 could it be Alvin Stardust driving? @9.09 not sure yet, @9.30 nah, looks more like Gilbert O'Sullivan!

[@billalbion]

The Marathon mk 2 was a far better machine with Cummins engine, improved foot brake valve and Fuller 9 speed box than the first model. Bad top management ruined Leyland, AEC, Albion, Guy a Scammell. It was no secret the demand for modern, comfortable sleeper cab models. See the sales of European lorries at that time.

[@lucherve6169]

Yes it was completly différent, look at the F10 only or the Berliet. They have à moderne and confortable cab. My father leaved Volvo to but this. Big mistake.

[@johnnyrvf]

I remember passing my HGV test and the difference between driving a Leyland tractor unit, let alone a Seddon Atkinson, Foden or anything else British compared to a Volvo F 10 of the early eighties was the difference between night and day.

[@jamesfrench7299]

Good to see you're just soooo patriotic. You deserve to lose your country to the invaders.

[@davesmith-rs1yo]

But the days in the foden felt like luxury ! Lol

[@Improveng1]

The British truck manufacturers have had many great successes, and the Leyland Marathon was just one of them. How the hell have we been allowed to get to the state whereby we no longer produce trucks of any note? Once again, I'm afraid, it points to massive mis-management, an all too common British trait!

[@markbyrne61]

Had one 82 with the TL12 , that little steering wheel was crap