marky:
tc trans:
It was always quoted (dont know if its fact) that the stars n stripes livery signified the american money that had been injected into the company at some point.when the Company became Kammac 88 after the leggett buy out, the only motors that went with the sale which were previously owned by Kammac were about 8 Daf 3300’s all on “C” plates, and a couple of F10’s.
Everything else they had prior to the buy out was leased, mostly from Salfords…There were around half a dozen of the DAFs lined up in the yard for ages when things got wound up - all with DND registrations. I don’t think Leggetts used them as they brought in their SA401s with the 8-pot Gardners and the DAFs just sat there.
Another vivid recollection was the Leggett method of warming up an eight-cylinder Gardner - stick the wagon in reverse and back it up the yard flat out until the smoke clears - if one length of the warehouse didn’t do it, spin it round and have another go. The noise was horrible - and definitely not what was intended when the motor was built…
The stars and stripes were for the contract with Nacanco,North American Can Company!!!