Leyland Road train T45 | British Leyland | Vintage Truck | Wheels | 1980

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@JamesBrown-ro6ez
@JamesBrown-ro6ez 4 жыл бұрын
Pat Kennett, truck journalism legend & Leyland engineer Sadly missed!
@markdavis2475
@markdavis2475 5 жыл бұрын
Nice! From those happy days when TV production companies didn't treat viewers like 5-year-olds!
@kathrynwilkie9242
@kathrynwilkie9242 3 жыл бұрын
My Dad built and maintained these trucks in the heyday of leyland Motors/ British Leyland. He was so proud of the company and his workshop helped with the development of the racing version with a tilting cab i believe. He also built the pope mobile, proud moments, sad Maggie gave it away to DAF.
@CreRay
@CreRay Жыл бұрын
Gave it away, or rather stopped investing tax payers money? Apparently they couldn't keep going without Maggie's help.
@jamesfordjhfcontractingltd1627
@jamesfordjhfcontractingltd1627 8 ай бұрын
Maggie thatcher wasn’t prepared to keep wasting taxpayers money on BL she 100% did right thing by giving it to DAF, she saved it from going under that’s a fact!!!
@EdgyNumber1
@EdgyNumber1 5 жыл бұрын
Believe it or not, this was one of the best products Leyland made for the time. They made some damned good workhorses.
@Dan23_7
@Dan23_7 5 жыл бұрын
TheSaintST1 I'm from Leyland
@robertwolf9380
@robertwolf9380 5 жыл бұрын
Dont forget the sherper and the convoy!
@stevefoster8324
@stevefoster8324 3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely!...I would have one now...
@jamespitman2373
@jamespitman2373 Жыл бұрын
It was indeed one of the best trucks, and should be again.🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
@iankp5901
@iankp5901 7 ай бұрын
I took my HGV1 in one
@catjudo1
@catjudo1 4 жыл бұрын
Neat truck that looked to be decently designed and assembled. Having it presented by the cute and charming Pam Rhodes was a nice bonus!
@TheMongex
@TheMongex 4 жыл бұрын
what a beautiful design.. still looks great. Love how the black deflector with the leyland marque tilts when you open the grill.
@malcolmwhite6588
@malcolmwhite6588 Жыл бұрын
Great design alright- but I don’t know if she’s still look great though…oh sorry you’re talking about the truck😂
@evo5dave
@evo5dave 5 жыл бұрын
One of the real tragedies of the collapse of BL car manufacture was that it dragged down the bus and truck industry too, despite good quality products and excellent exports.
@ronmccullock1407
@ronmccullock1407 5 жыл бұрын
I agree, I worked for British Leyland Truck & Bus Devision later renamed Leyland Vehicles all the investment went to keep the car side going with very little left to develop new truck and bus models
@EdgyNumber1
@EdgyNumber1 5 жыл бұрын
@@ronmccullock1407 Longbridge always was a moneypit and that can be squarely laid a Leonard Lord's door in the 50's-60's.
@stevetaylor8698
@stevetaylor8698 5 жыл бұрын
In fact Leyland is still going in India where it is well regarded. Optare buses, made in Yorkshire, are owned by Leyland India.
@evo5dave
@evo5dave 5 жыл бұрын
@@stevetaylor8698 Yeah I lived in Qatar for a couple of years and they imported quite a lot of 'Ashok Leyland' buses.
@grahamariss2111
@grahamariss2111 5 жыл бұрын
But Trucks and especially Buses had their issues for Leyland, the main reason the Daimler Fleetline was adopted as the Leyland DD when BL was formed, was the poor reputation the Atlantean had earned with operators. The Trucks and Buses were to follow on with issues from the AEC V8 and Leyland monobloc engines poor reliability and performance and of course we then have the debacle that was the Leyland engine that powered more often than not, failed to power the Chieftain tank . Given these issues it is hard to see how Leyland could have taken on the continental rivals with or without a car division issues.
@kc1973able
@kc1973able 5 жыл бұрын
wow! how clear is this vintage footage. I was 7 years old when this was aired. I'm 46 now lol.
@areyouserious3092
@areyouserious3092 3 жыл бұрын
Well.i was 46 when this was first shown I'm now 7.
@jamesfrench7299
@jamesfrench7299 3 жыл бұрын
@@areyouserious3092 born March 73. Fascinating year.
@MM0SDK
@MM0SDK 5 жыл бұрын
The Thames TV theme tune from my childhood. Love it!!
@11carbuff19572011
@11carbuff19572011 5 жыл бұрын
You'll usually hear that iconic jingle on the BBC's Radio 2 Programme every Sunday teatime on the Paul O'Grady show heralding a Lost TVTheme by request of a specific listener who has put producer Malcolm Prince to an albeit arduous task.
@richards9407
@richards9407 5 жыл бұрын
I always think of Rainbow coming on next when I hear that...
@micmac99
@micmac99 4 жыл бұрын
To us Americans that intro means two words: Benny Hill
@timwilliamson6704
@timwilliamson6704 3 жыл бұрын
@@richards9407 lol me too... showing our age 😂
@ketoking9435
@ketoking9435 5 жыл бұрын
Thanx for a great vid, I used to work on these and Bedford TK'S at Randolph Motors,Kentish town,,,,long time ago,,,,,wishing all a great Sunday,,,,
@matthewc.419
@matthewc.419 4 жыл бұрын
I used to drive a TK ......on private ground when I was bout 15 ......... The cab !!!!!!!!
@robertwolf9380
@robertwolf9380 5 жыл бұрын
Did she ever get out of 2nd or is she still out there reving the arse out of it?
@newtonabbot3834
@newtonabbot3834 5 жыл бұрын
@Ron P Not crash box. It was a Spicer 10 speed constantmesh box.
@pauldadson3812
@pauldadson3812 5 жыл бұрын
She didnt want to show us her double de clutch skills even with an empty motor on level ground
@ModMokkaMatti
@ModMokkaMatti 5 жыл бұрын
As a young American boy in the Pacific Northwest (Washington State), it was at this time (1980) that I was 7-8 years old, and I first began aspiring to one day be a Designer for a heavy truck manufacturer. In my case, there was a rather well-known one in my own backyard - Kenworth. As an adolescent/teenager, I collected brochures and books on trucks of both the US and those from around the world to build up my reference files, made numerous drawings, and built model kits of them. I wound up pursuing a degree in Industrial Design at University, and although I ultimately did not become a Transportation/Automotive Designer, I still have a considerable interest in trucks like this. It's interesting to note that PACCAR, parent company of Kenworth and Peterbilt (and based in my home state of Washington) later became the parent of Leyland Trucks as well. Thank you for posting this blast from the past!
@no_bull
@no_bull 5 жыл бұрын
Don't forget DAF trucks too
@stuarth43
@stuarth43 5 жыл бұрын
as a young man in 60,s the only large truck on road in NZ was the Leyland Octopus, 8 legger, nice looking truck, rounded it had 280 hp but it would have been a great truck, Cummins powered, earlier on we had Cummins /Pacific rigs pulling triple trailers on private roads in the KAIAGAROA forests, awesome sounds as the Jakes came on, in the silent forests, they were twin stickers, spicer deep reduction diffs, we pushed em away off of the skids with a D7 In 70s I trained with Cummins here in Au, most rigs used the 855 engine right through, the engine being so relable, only just be passed by the x15 Aussies like the American trucks cos they look macho, bur Euros are more advanced, Scania vee engines doing hug mileages, better cabs, safety, noise levels, If i were trucking probs go Scania, certainly in those countries were length matters, long bonnets look fine, try that in say Europe
@NatalieTaylor-o2v
@NatalieTaylor-o2v 5 жыл бұрын
Used to love my roadtrain , we had the big cab , with the 14 litre cummins ! Great tool , had a sound of their own with the hummin cummins and the hub reduction noise , you could allways tell when one was coming past .
@hunzolee
@hunzolee 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing. Love vintage trucking videos.
@raystewart6524
@raystewart6524 Жыл бұрын
Drove a T45 well impressed with it..
@S7EVE_P
@S7EVE_P 5 жыл бұрын
*Nearly 7 Minutes !!!!* Thank you Thames TV for "The entire report", hopefully the start of a new trend of longer videos! Women were cute back then. Softly spoken and very little makeup, sexy without having it all out.
@moran68
@moran68 5 жыл бұрын
They knew their place !
@monkehbitch
@monkehbitch 5 жыл бұрын
And I bet she's got a hairy chuff to boot.
@moran68
@moran68 5 жыл бұрын
@@monkehbitch you bet she has! We all did back then.
@philipcurnow7990
@philipcurnow7990 5 жыл бұрын
Lesley Judd
@philipcurnow7990
@philipcurnow7990 5 жыл бұрын
Lots of f'narr f'narr in this. Unbelievable!
@mikesomerset6338
@mikesomerset6338 4 жыл бұрын
Trucking with Pam, what more could one want.
@jamesfrench7299
@jamesfrench7299 11 ай бұрын
Replace first two letters of Trucking.
@lukejohn1277
@lukejohn1277 7 ай бұрын
🤣😂​@@jamesfrench7299
@elizabethtaylor9321
@elizabethtaylor9321 5 жыл бұрын
Up here in Scotland the saying was go south in one , and come back by train, that’s why they called them the roadtrain , but saying that my brother brother had one and never had much trouble with it.
@MonkeyHunch1
@MonkeyHunch1 5 жыл бұрын
is a brother brother an incest thing? IF so no wonder the SNP has support!
@RespectAllBeings6277
@RespectAllBeings6277 3 жыл бұрын
Very clear video and audio. Don't know where the mic is fixed. All the colours are natural. Nice one.! 👍
@stefanpuszka8173
@stefanpuszka8173 3 жыл бұрын
It's how it was done in those days, we expected it.
@Schenkerflyingv
@Schenkerflyingv 5 жыл бұрын
Wow - This takes me back. I learnt to drive in one of these
@Jb74W
@Jb74W 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you, for a longer post like this one.
@yan24to
@yan24to 5 жыл бұрын
Drove them for Brs, without a DCPC,don't know how we managed in those days.
@MonkeyHunch1
@MonkeyHunch1 5 жыл бұрын
The Dungarees on the presenter and the side parting and sideburns on the guy at the start could not be more fitting to a video from 1980! And don`t forget the Truck!
@MonkeyHunch1
@MonkeyHunch1 5 жыл бұрын
drove about in a leyland recovery truck for years in the 90`s and into the 2000`s was the most realible thing on the road imo.
@JonasOnAutos
@JonasOnAutos 5 жыл бұрын
it was the most reliable thing on the road... until it broke
@andypreston1524
@andypreston1524 5 жыл бұрын
A truck that you can actually 'feel' when you drive it. Unlike the modern automated shite......
@2DogsVlogs
@2DogsVlogs 5 жыл бұрын
We had 2 buses at school, '79 & '82 and they never broke down until a teacher put the the fan through the radiator on the '79.
@MonkeyHunch1
@MonkeyHunch1 5 жыл бұрын
@@JonasOnAutos But easy to fix!
@fasthracing
@fasthracing 5 жыл бұрын
We own a rather rusty and trusty 1987 7.5 tonne Leyland Roadrunner still going strong(ish) after 31 years!
@stevestace3921
@stevestace3921 5 жыл бұрын
I was working for WBS Transport at the time the T45 came out. The company had one of the first ones off the line (vin number ended in 45!) Fitted with Leylands TL12 engine and 10 speed Spicer splitter gearbox. Drove well, cab noise was insulated well, and good ergonomics for the time. Brakes very good and plenty of feel. Did not like the seat base much, it seemed too long and right into the knee joint. Presenter made me smile...obviously not HGV trained, no neutral check before starting, handbrake off before selecting a gear, and no upward change with the lever, just a split, that’s TV I guess.
@denislynch3714
@denislynch3714 5 жыл бұрын
Couldn’t stop them ! Great on fuel but terrible brakes
@francisdiamond7540
@francisdiamond7540 4 жыл бұрын
TL12, a development from the AV760 steve, AEC engine.
@stevestace3921
@stevestace3921 4 жыл бұрын
francis diamond Yes I recall the AV760 was in the AEC Mandator and although non turbo it pulled like a train.
@budsmoker60
@budsmoker60 5 жыл бұрын
It's quite hard to change up, proceeds to carry on without changing gear revving the balls of it.
@imallowedmyopinionok2354
@imallowedmyopinionok2354 5 жыл бұрын
Road train? I can just hear all the aussie truckers laughing in the back ground. 🤣🤣
@davidleesfunandamazingvide2759
@davidleesfunandamazingvide2759 5 жыл бұрын
They sold them in Australia!
@kevingarner406
@kevingarner406 4 жыл бұрын
What a bag of shit
@grahamariss2111
@grahamariss2111 5 жыл бұрын
It was advanced compared with the UK manufacturers such as Foden and ERF, but it was way behind what Scania and Volvo were bringing to the market at the time particularly in terms of power train and sleeper cabs. The key weakness though, was that with no continental service network, it was only suitable for use within the UK, so could never hope to achieve the sales volumes of its competitors in the wider European market.
@EdgyNumber1
@EdgyNumber1 5 жыл бұрын
I get the feeling Leyland Trucks were always hamstrung by BL at large, despite making more profits than the light cars division, cutting into product development for a global market. Either that or they were simply just thinking too small. Another point perhaps: It's a bit weird but until the last two decades, rightly or wrongly, I always had the perception that manufacturers in the UK in general between the 70's and 2000 weren't that good at identifying needs in a global market (not just the easy ones) and fulfilling it accordingly. Everything seemed to be produced for a domestic market. British Rail Engineering Limited is another company that springs to mind. Lots of products but you'd never see them elsewhere... just a thought.
@grahamariss2111
@grahamariss2111 5 жыл бұрын
@@EdgyNumber1 You actually touch on many factors. 1. Leyland was not that profitable, it was at best marginally profitable that expanded rapidly by taking other marginally profitable truck and car brands in the post war years . The was a bigger but still only marginally profitable business. 2. The Truck and Bus business was very UK and Empire centric, result of much more highly developed railway network and post war nationalisation and control of road haulage meant that UK road freight did not develop to the extent in Europe and most notably Sweden, which little railways relatively big countries to population size so had a demand for big trucks, most notably the logging industry and manufacturers that needed to export into Scandinavia and Europe to survive. 3.BMH (BMC &Jaguar) was actually much more European and Export focussed than Leyland was with only Triumph having a strong US presence, Lord Stokes (Leyland MD) ambition was always to dominate the UK market and Tony Benn desired a UK National car company and famously was hostile to the Common Market, so the creation of British Leyland was very UK focussed. No accident that the first major product was the Morris Marina, a car with a focus on the UK fleet market and little European potential. Another early product was the National Bus, a product built for the state owned National Bus Company, which in addition also bought Leyland Leopards. Another key product the Leyland (formally Damiler) Fleetline double decker was another UK product for UK local authority bus companies. 4. The Empire Markets were lost as UK influence declined and of course the US and Japanese companies moved in as post war US loans were dependent on these markets being opened up to global trade.
@MilwaukeeF40C
@MilwaukeeF40C 5 жыл бұрын
@@grahamariss2111 In general European state control and central planning of everything transportation has been really limiting.
@VCYT
@VCYT 5 жыл бұрын
Your later point often occurs upto this day. Hopefully Brexit will kick the Govs arse an force them to take exports more seriously !
@egalf
@egalf 5 жыл бұрын
A few years after this video was shot the famous IVECO Turbostar set a new standard for the whole industry. Anyway, this mid range trucks features were incorporated by continental manufacturers like IVECO/Magirus-Deutz/Fiat already years before this video was shot.
@Pinzpilot101
@Pinzpilot101 5 жыл бұрын
Loved splitters...hated that handbrake...always nipped my skin.
@gunnergav
@gunnergav 5 жыл бұрын
Remember this from the 'I like trucking' sketch on not the 9 o'clock news.
@MPPelli
@MPPelli 5 жыл бұрын
Things I remember about that sketch: a funny, catchy song, a 4 axle Leyland and Pamela Stephenson.
@bonkeydollocks1879
@bonkeydollocks1879 5 жыл бұрын
Oh god yea! 🤭
@robertbates1079
@robertbates1079 5 жыл бұрын
I like trucking and i like to truck..lol
@honeymonster5589
@honeymonster5589 5 жыл бұрын
I'm sure in that vid there's a error when the handbrake applied and the lorry is still moving
@johndunley4071
@johndunley4071 4 жыл бұрын
The Leyland tipper was owned by Rowan Atkinson that was his own truck he has a class 1 license
@BristolVRchap
@BristolVRchap 5 жыл бұрын
Superb! Just a shame she didn't give us a demonstration of all 10 gears on the Spicer box.
@scottbarrowman942
@scottbarrowman942 3 жыл бұрын
Notice she didn't attempt proper gear changing. Probably couldn't double shuffle.
@MonkeyHunch1
@MonkeyHunch1 5 жыл бұрын
She never got into third gear bless her!
@11carbuff19572011
@11carbuff19572011 5 жыл бұрын
Love a ride in a nice lorry like that, and with an handsome lady driving as well. Pam looked lovely sitting in that cab I think.
@jamesfrench7299
@jamesfrench7299 5 жыл бұрын
I take it that was the AEC AV760 derived Leyland TL-12 I was hearing. It sounded like it. Very sexy watching her drive! Great looking truck.
@11carbuff19572011
@11carbuff19572011 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah. Beautiful lady. Thought she looked lovely sitting in that cab. I would have loved to sit next to her in that truck.
@francisdiamond7540
@francisdiamond7540 4 жыл бұрын
sorry james, i posted the same before seeing your post, i worked on many of them, a beautiful engine.
@jamesfrench7299
@jamesfrench7299 3 жыл бұрын
@@francisdiamond7540 funny the truck cab reminds me of the Mercedes V series trucks and the 760 makes a similar note to the Mercedes V6 diesel used in the V series.
@stuarttempleton6009
@stuarttempleton6009 5 жыл бұрын
Drove her in northern Ireland when she visited our regiment lovely lady then spent many years driving the road train for Tesco with the twin splitter fantastic motor don't knock em
@dp.oennismaurer205
@dp.oennismaurer205 3 жыл бұрын
Paccar not only bought Leyland & DAF but also pur- chased Foden & made it into a custom builder. Paccar chose the DAF truck line as it was a bigger seller in Europe. The smaller DAF cab- overs are used for city delivery Kenworth & Peterbilt trucks here in the U.S.A.
@daveworthing2294
@daveworthing2294 5 ай бұрын
Great demonstration of the gearbox.
@Scalihoo
@Scalihoo 5 жыл бұрын
that's one friendly looking road train
@ussakira7294
@ussakira7294 5 жыл бұрын
Great video i was 1 year old when this was filmed
@peterraven7746
@peterraven7746 5 жыл бұрын
It'd be good if the complete programmes containing these reports were uploaded - they're getting huge numbers of views already but would be greatly received in their full format... - Please ThamesTV?
@bonzobanana1
@bonzobanana1 5 жыл бұрын
Still have the PR pack for this somewhere. It was in a silver plastic folder with all the brochures listing the spec inside. I wonder what they go for on ebay.
@ronmccullock1407
@ronmccullock1407 5 жыл бұрын
A lot of money
@Quedron
@Quedron 5 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing these on the road back in the day, they never rocked my world, I always preferred ERF
@oldbloke5277
@oldbloke5277 5 жыл бұрын
Or Foden, Atkinson, Guy. Might not have had all mod cons, but the Fodens with the 12 speed box and a 180 or 240 Gardner just kept going. Guy with Gardner and a DB box that might as well have been synchro' for the smooth way it changed. Watching the rain come in through the gap between the door and the cab in the Atki Borderer etc was such a joy. :-)
@Quedron
@Quedron 5 жыл бұрын
Old Bloke Fodens were great workhorses 👍
@listohan
@listohan 5 жыл бұрын
Calling it a road train is a bit of a stretch
@2DogsVlogs
@2DogsVlogs 5 жыл бұрын
Never seen these road trains running in Australia. Mack was the most popular in the late '70's early '80's. As a road train I would have thought they would have shown it towing at least 3 trailers.
@lawd2t12belfast
@lawd2t12belfast 5 жыл бұрын
Road train is the model of leyland, not an actual roadtrain you'd see in aus
@listohan
@listohan 3 жыл бұрын
@@lawd2t12belfast So why include the word train if it isn't? With the shortage of drivers, it looks as if Britain should at least permit B doubles.
@DoubleDeckerAnton
@DoubleDeckerAnton 5 жыл бұрын
Love the Leyland...!!!😁👍
@ewanodoherty2545
@ewanodoherty2545 5 жыл бұрын
Good for Pam Rhodes, she handled that rig very well 😀
@user-jg2nq6ll4c
@user-jg2nq6ll4c 7 ай бұрын
Er ........ she was only going in a straight line and travelling about 30mph🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
@robertsmart7005
@robertsmart7005 5 жыл бұрын
They was ok but you needed a saddle strap cause they used to bounce all the time?to make the ride comfortable it had extra springs on the cab ?but it was a upgrade say from a jt guy ?
@Skoda130
@Skoda130 3 жыл бұрын
Wow, dhe was cute! Hard to imagine she's probably well into her sixties or even seventies now..
@stefanpuszka8173
@stefanpuszka8173 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah crying shame 😭😹😹
@jamesfrench7299
@jamesfrench7299 11 ай бұрын
Some ladies at that age are still sexy. I have one across the street who makes me hot.
@garethifan1034
@garethifan1034 5 жыл бұрын
Did she ever get out of 2nd gear??
@russcattell955i
@russcattell955i 5 жыл бұрын
We had a fleet of those clunkers at SW Gas. My best work days was when I got a rental Volvo or Scania.
@terencehardy9303
@terencehardy9303 5 жыл бұрын
Good old 1980s did anybody notice no seatbelt
@michaelbamber4887
@michaelbamber4887 5 жыл бұрын
Terance, trucks didn't have seat belts until 2000, wasn't the law till then.
@iRyan876
@iRyan876 3 жыл бұрын
@@michaelbamber4887 Safety regulations 😪
@michaelbamber4887
@michaelbamber4887 3 жыл бұрын
@@iRyan876 yeah, but they are handy to stop you falling off your seat in off road or just the craters that our tax pays for, I've not been on the cab floor for years!
@Sebastian_Dinwiddie
@Sebastian_Dinwiddie 5 жыл бұрын
When the Thames opening jingle played, I immediately started singing “well you know my name is Simon, and the things I drawl come true...”
@GreasySlick
@GreasySlick 5 жыл бұрын
6:17 I'm sure she's seen a few very aggressive monsters coming up behind her in her rear view mirror!
@wackadakka3134
@wackadakka3134 4 жыл бұрын
oo er missus
@JoseSanchez-96
@JoseSanchez-96 3 жыл бұрын
Timeless design cab, awesome
@unknownname1854
@unknownname1854 5 жыл бұрын
Having been a avid LEYLAND T45 Roadrunner user for years and still a FA45 operator these trucks looked modern at the time of introduction as did Ford cargo in 1981 but when compared to a SCANIA 2 series P or R cab they were years behind as proven when she didnt make a full shift with that Spicer box. The ride was HARD the gears HARDER to find cleanly and the back axle howled like a dog but multi fleets like the post office had hundreds. The build quality of all the range got worse when daf got their claws in the company as proven with the 620 engine so there is no wonder SCANIA are still making trucks for and around the world today!
@stevestace3921
@stevestace3921 5 жыл бұрын
I had forgot about the rear axle, but now you mention it I can still hear it singing and howling from 38 years ago! It’s odd but I can’t remember other Leylands I worked on at that time like Marathon, Buffalo, Lynx etc, ever making that racket.
@unknownname1854
@unknownname1854 5 жыл бұрын
@@stevestace3921 That axle i believe was designed by Maudslay years earlier and i can remember a south Yorkshire fleet, Barbers who pulled for Netto stores having black hi datum T45s and their trucks howled like dogs until be retrofitted with rockwells
@SimonSNJ
@SimonSNJ 5 жыл бұрын
Far better than any syncro gearbox once you learned how to use it!
@unknownname1854
@unknownname1854 5 жыл бұрын
@@SimonSNJ I know drivers who float fuller 14613s asleep but chisel teeth on a spicer
@theaylesburycyclist8756
@theaylesburycyclist8756 5 жыл бұрын
These trucks still looked fresh and modern in the early 90s.
@EdgyNumber1
@EdgyNumber1 5 жыл бұрын
They only needed to tweak certain aspects of it. In fact, they did. By the 80's Leyland were quite progressive in their thinking, asking staff to look for problems and suggest possible fixes. Customer feedback was important for them too (that didn't mean letting the customers do the testing.) The last of the true Leyland trucks were great workhorses and downright indestructible. And as you can see, service and repair could be done very quickly. Am I right in saying Leyland were the first to come up with the flip-cab to allow fast, easy access to the powertrain? It would hardly surprise me if they did.
@garethifan1034
@garethifan1034 5 жыл бұрын
You're right - it was a design well ahead of its time. They were great trucks on the whole.
@obelic71
@obelic71 5 жыл бұрын
One thing that Leyland was great in where their commercial vehicels. A lot of public transport coaches and Daf trucks had a Leyland drivetrain in Europe. Daf purched a licence to build that 6 cil. Leyland engine in the early 50's. That straight 6 Leyland diesel engine is still used and updated in the DAF and Leyland Truck line of Paccar group. In the Daf museum in Eindhoven you can see all the generations of that engine on display. RHD versions are build as Leyland's and LHD as Daf's The European Leyland and Daf models are to small for the US. The US models are to small for Australia (Roadtrains) So Paccar has 3 major divisions Leyland Daf for Europe, sout America and Asia Kenworth and Peterbilt for the US And Heavy duty Paccar for Australia. British Leyland as a company sucked in the 70's but the name Leyland as Commercial vehicle brand deserves to live further on!
@johnnywad9188
@johnnywad9188 5 жыл бұрын
Pacer owns peterbilt and kenworth, not mack. Mack is owned by volvo
@johnnywad9188
@johnnywad9188 5 жыл бұрын
Paccar*
@obelic71
@obelic71 5 жыл бұрын
@@johnnywad9188 thank you for the correction! I confused Mack with Peterbilt . I corrected my Post. They call themself Paccar 😉 www.paccar.com/
@jamesfrench7299
@jamesfrench7299 11 ай бұрын
The engine on the T45 here is an AEC.
@Dan23_7
@Dan23_7 5 жыл бұрын
3:05, aerodynamics?? Look at the trailer it's pulling. Very aerodynamic 😂
@JBofBrisbane
@JBofBrisbane 5 жыл бұрын
You Pommies don't know what a road train is. Greetings from Australia.
@Theoriginalbigbrillo
@Theoriginalbigbrillo 5 жыл бұрын
You Aussies don't know what a clean Criminal record is Neither Greetings from Blighty ;)
@fasthracing
@fasthracing 5 жыл бұрын
Nor do you Aussie's know how to play cricket without cheating.
@alexwilliamson1486
@alexwilliamson1486 5 жыл бұрын
Paul Williams 😆😆😆
@timpriddy349
@timpriddy349 4 жыл бұрын
Roadtrains are a wicked sight........and real trucking, one trailer....(pfffft)
@gb4408
@gb4408 4 жыл бұрын
@@fasthracing yeah but were good at it mate!
@jamesnicholson2503
@jamesnicholson2503 6 күн бұрын
Has the present got her HGV?
@ghalibmahmudlaskar5980
@ghalibmahmudlaskar5980 4 жыл бұрын
Is this truck powered by Leyland Engine?
@jamesfrench7299
@jamesfrench7299 11 ай бұрын
Yes and no. It's the Leyland TL12 which is a turbo charged version of the AEC designed AV760 engine. Leyland merged with (bought out really) AEC in 1962. Terrible event.
@goclunker
@goclunker 5 жыл бұрын
"Aerodynamics" LOL WUT??? What Aero??? Its a FLAT BOX
@oldbloke5277
@oldbloke5277 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it's called brick style aerodynamics doncha know.
@MilwaukeeF40C
@MilwaukeeF40C 5 жыл бұрын
It's not a featureless box. There are all kinds of ways drag can be reduced on the surface.
@lucherve6169
@lucherve6169 5 жыл бұрын
Look at the Marathon, T45 was aérodynamique
@jamespitman2373
@jamespitman2373 3 жыл бұрын
One of the best trucks in the world.🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 We really need to bring British Leyland Motors back to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲 Summon them back from the past and continue building from where they left off.🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲 You could not see me driving any other kind of truck.🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲 Leyland Roadtrain: Hip hip hurrah!🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 The world's best truck.🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇭🇲🇭🇲🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇬🇧
@centamangila1217
@centamangila1217 10 ай бұрын
You'll have to talk to PACCAR (which owns its intellectual rights) about that...
@VKP-i5i
@VKP-i5i 9 ай бұрын
Running successfully India
@jamespitman2373
@jamespitman2373 9 ай бұрын
@@VKP-i5i These trucks can still be found in India? Please confirm🇬🇧🇬🇧🇭🇲
@NUFC2412
@NUFC2412 7 ай бұрын
"This beast coming up behind you" how times have changed ha.
@SouthEastCashew
@SouthEastCashew 5 жыл бұрын
Oh how times have changed
@gregarnold9244
@gregarnold9244 5 жыл бұрын
First lorry I ever went in, still iconic now.
@janner2121
@janner2121 Жыл бұрын
When she said a bunk up in the back , she lost me !!
@ronmccullock1407
@ronmccullock1407 5 жыл бұрын
The Roadtrain came too late to save BL, the cabs rusted and only one engine at first
@CB1000FP1
@CB1000FP1 5 жыл бұрын
The council I worked for in the 80s had 3 of them but they were 8 wheelers and badged as scammell, they were roll on roll off skip loaders fitted with rolls Royce 250 hp eagle diesels and fuller gearboxes, I liked them on the road but were a nightmare on the landfill site as the brake balance bar between the rear axles was to low and frequently got ripped off, our fodens were far better in that environment.
@davidellis279
@davidellis279 5 жыл бұрын
CB1000FP1 .I too worked for a council that had Scammel Hook Lifts and as you say they weren't good off road, they were replaced with Fodens which run rings round the Leylands especially the Octypus with that crazy fixed head engine that blew up for fun for no reason, this is what killed Leyland because the warranty claims were horrendous on that engine. Some of the Fodens had the Rolls Royce Eagle engine which was quite good once they got it sorted out.
@CB1000FP1
@CB1000FP1 5 жыл бұрын
@@davidellis279 our council standardized on eagle engines fuller boxes and I think rockwell axles on all our 8 wheelers apart from two of the fodens which had Allison 5 speed autos which could also be a bit of a pain on landfills
@MM0SDK
@MM0SDK 5 жыл бұрын
RIP Pat Kennett.
@andypreston1524
@andypreston1524 5 жыл бұрын
Great bloke. Used to love reading all his articles in the old truck mags years ago!
@gary96397
@gary96397 5 жыл бұрын
Pat was a legend
@-DC-
@-DC- Жыл бұрын
Best day ever was getting a Volvo after one of these was like climbing into a Rolls Royce.
@jamesfrench7299
@jamesfrench7299 11 ай бұрын
It would have been a later model though.
@miquel440
@miquel440 8 ай бұрын
The Volvo F10/12 was the best.The Leyland was no match at all.
@justinstaines997
@justinstaines997 2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant trucks with top gearboxes unlike shite boxes of today
@davidleesfunandamazingvide2759
@davidleesfunandamazingvide2759 5 жыл бұрын
The bloke at the start doing his superhero pose!😁
@pandypop1
@pandypop1 4 жыл бұрын
My Papa worked for Leyland DAF in Bathgate, Scotland.
@Jademyheart
@Jademyheart 5 жыл бұрын
Was that it??
@JonasOnAutos
@JonasOnAutos 5 жыл бұрын
yup
@donotneed2250
@donotneed2250 5 жыл бұрын
Roomy cab? LOL! That's more of a day cab than anything. I drove a White/GMC flattop single bunk cabover in 1992 that had more room.
@rogerquartermaine6073
@rogerquartermaine6073 7 ай бұрын
Love this film. I drove many examples of the T45 and I liked the design, was a nice truck to drive but the cab build quality wasn't the best.
@GreatBarrWolf
@GreatBarrWolf 3 жыл бұрын
He must of instantly killed a massive bulk of sales by stating it has a dodgy gear box.
@stefankassbohrer2765
@stefankassbohrer2765 5 жыл бұрын
Great looking lorry with a good sound (is it a Cummins engine ?) I like the old Ford Transconti, too - something special british
@acd1202
@acd1202 4 жыл бұрын
No that's a Leyland engine, those early ones all came with the Leyland TL12 and that useless Spicer 10 speed a truly nasty thing no options to either. After about 18 months they offered both Cummins 14 litre and Rolls Royce Eagle as options and dropped the Spicer for various Eaton gearboxes. Later in it's life the 10 litre Cummins was offered and eventually they used the DAF 11.6 litre with either the Eaton twin splitter 12 speed or ZF Ecosplit 16speed synchro. The DAF engine was actually a much developed version of an old Leyland unit which DAF bought the rights to in the 60s.
@acd1202
@acd1202 4 жыл бұрын
I've just noticed your surname Stefan, are you any relation? I was briefly a UK agent for Kaessbohrer after they became part of Tirsan. Good trailers, but the Turks weren't easy.
@stefankassbohrer2765
@stefankassbohrer2765 4 жыл бұрын
@@acd1202 ... no, i´m not in relationship with this company. Yes, i believe. Keep healthy
@stefankassbohrer2765
@stefankassbohrer2765 4 жыл бұрын
@@acd1202 ... thanks for explain ! Very Interesting
@trewqpoiutl9774
@trewqpoiutl9774 5 жыл бұрын
Love the benny hill intro music..thanks
@CycolacFan
@CycolacFan 4 жыл бұрын
...into the turn of the century. If only Leyland were still going.
@oslinthompson8182
@oslinthompson8182 5 жыл бұрын
I am left wondering if she can double-clutch: she never changed to third. All joking aside, it looks like a nice truck. Does Leyland still exist?
@doktoruzo
@doktoruzo 4 жыл бұрын
Pam looking delightful
@mjgillespie91
@mjgillespie91 5 жыл бұрын
Pam Rhodes, songs of praise
@andypreston1524
@andypreston1524 5 жыл бұрын
Proper truck. I would love one of these today with a 400 Cummins and the Interstate cab 😘😘😘😘
@herbiehusker1889
@herbiehusker1889 5 жыл бұрын
Why is he calling it a truck? I thought you blokes called them lorries?
@RWL2012
@RWL2012 4 жыл бұрын
both
@caphathaway8608
@caphathaway8608 3 жыл бұрын
Hard to believe that serviceability was once a selling point.
@garbage854
@garbage854 5 жыл бұрын
Cool 😀
@blobby273
@blobby273 5 жыл бұрын
aww they gave it a friendly face lol , yea just what your 80s rough tough trucker wanted .
@ainsleystones4600
@ainsleystones4600 3 жыл бұрын
Very good presenter I reckon. 👍
@ulrichbodscheller2013
@ulrichbodscheller2013 5 жыл бұрын
Interesting report but nevertheless Leyland missed a chance here. If I understood it rightly: its gearbox was not synchromesh in 1980? So it reminds more or less of the 1950s. Design was all right and at this point the Road Train was comparable with its continental counterparts, especially DAF, Volvo and Scania. But Leylands plans were short-sighted because such a truck clearly is a long distance haulier and therefore also so suited for being used outside the UK. Leyland should have built a service network for its trucks but didn't. This was the same situation as with the passenger cars. Their service network in Germany was everything but narrow then, or should I say poor? So the Road Train was sentenced to die instead of measuring with his counterparts: oldish transmission and the lack of a service network. Nevertheless a nice girl who presented the vehicle.
@skelly790
@skelly790 2 жыл бұрын
Non synchro boxes were OK on tractor units. Once you can use it you can shift a lot faster on an Eaton twin split than a sluggish synchro box. Those Spicer's were a bit notchy, mind. Doesn't matter; they're mostly full auto these days. Just press the pedal and go.
@terryroberts505
@terryroberts505 4 жыл бұрын
Good old motors them had one on the council a dust cart E reg used to work on a round then Romford market it was over 20 years old when retired still going
@lelins300
@lelins300 5 жыл бұрын
Why do Leyland, old DAF and Hino engines sound similar
@zackstewart4109
@zackstewart4109 5 жыл бұрын
She's adorable!
@ulrichbodscheller2013
@ulrichbodscheller2013 5 жыл бұрын
Surely back then, in 1980
@lumpyfishgravy
@lumpyfishgravy 4 жыл бұрын
4:29 room for a bunk at the back
@gm16v149
@gm16v149 5 жыл бұрын
A Leyland “Roadtrain”? How many trailers could it pull? LOL. I think they were being a bit optimistic to put it mildly.
@nkt1
@nkt1 5 жыл бұрын
gm16v149 That was the fashion at the time, like Skytrain, Spacecar etc.
@sbains560
@sbains560 5 жыл бұрын
A woman who can drive a stick ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@kuoseis
@kuoseis 5 жыл бұрын
did you see her actually changing a gear. He just used the splitter once and in 6:03 she should've changed in higher gear.
@cleanco4803
@cleanco4803 4 жыл бұрын
I didn't see her attempt the double clutch shift
@kamilesen4341
@kamilesen4341 4 жыл бұрын
Hello my TÜRKEY love Leyland..
@danielladd3391
@danielladd3391 4 жыл бұрын
Damn... I thought she was gonna start grabbing gears haha
@MindRiot395th
@MindRiot395th 4 жыл бұрын
....and in 1987 Leyland is bought by DAF trucks, which in 1998 is acquired by Paccar
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