LB76:
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It looked in remarkably good condition there , it looks like a khaki colour scheme it survived well.Im looking forward to seeing the restoration pictures.I wonder why they didnt make many mkv mandator lwb models , i know they made quite a few mk111 and ergo versions and to be honest the mkv looks a really smart vehicle. What year was the Foden you picked it up with ,i had a 1984 Foden with a 320 Gardner in it and apart from the headroom i thought it was a great lorry.
LB76:
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I`m getting itchy feet show some more please
LB76:
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How long had it been stood it looks in remarkabley good condition? 
Hiya LB…has she got a 691 11.3 engine fitted or a 690…
John
It had been in a barn, not sure how long it was stood, thinking back to what Mike said about it when it was collected i would think about 5 years
691 mate
Ha - dont get me started ramone, i dont know what year or model or what engine that thing had in it as i was not interested in the least it was available at the time, for me to use foc and for that i was thank ful for the awful experience of driving the thing i was less than thankful, even Ron (whose foden it was ) admitted it was not as good as an AEC mandator
LB76:
Ha - dont get me started ramone, i dont know what year or model or what engine that thing had in it as i was not interested in the least it was available at the time, for me to use foc and for that i was thank ful for the awful experience of driving the thing i was less than thankful, even Ron (whose foden it was ) admitted it was not as good as an AEC mandator
Ha ha through rose tinted glasses i would assume,but then again i came off a Renault 290 GT when i got my Foden and trust me if the foreign invasion had started with the likes of that thing we would still have british lorry manufacturing
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Did you take any shots of the interior, it certainly stood up to the age of time
Another restored motor -
Very rare to see one of the “Wimpey” MM6’s looking brand new~!
Pictures (by a mate) taken in the last week or two:
flickr.com/photos/21437618@N02/6783781427/
flickr.com/photos/21437618@N02/6837865663/
fryske:
Another restored motor -
Very rare to see one of the “Wimpey” MM6’s looking brand new~!Pictures (by a mate) taken in the last week or two:
flickr.com/photos/21437618@N02/6783781427/
flickr.com/photos/21437618@N02/6837865663/
It probably never looked so good when new was it a late registered 1 i have seen some that were registered in the early `70s?
ramone:
fryske:
Another restored motor -
Very rare to see one of the “Wimpey” MM6’s looking brand new~!Pictures (by a mate) taken in the last week or two:
flickr.com/photos/21437618@N02/6783781427/
flickr.com/photos/21437618@N02/6837865663/It probably never looked so good when new was it a late registered 1 i have seen some that were registered in the early `70s?
Hiya if you go to the peak district site there a a line of callagan mm6’s on J&K regs… word is that wimpey ordered a batch of MM6’s
then back ordered them and into storage they went, then when leyland go their foot in the door they released them. companies like
douglas concrete callagan and a few other companies jumped at the offer to buy them… i think most of them was built in 1966/67
I think you’ll find the wimpey lorry is a 1966 on a D plate.
John
The MkV cabbed vehicle was available until 1974 IIRC - for tipper applications like this – prompted, I guess, by Wimpey - who bought lots of them
The Ergo cabbed version was not as good on site due to the lower mounted radiator getting damaged/ obscured - leading to overheating.
Ergomatic survivor by fryske, on Flickr
and after scalping
Scalped by fryske, on Flickr
Another layer… by fryske, on Flickr
