Here is an LP1932 with the V10 engine and rare tilt cab and another few bits I stumbled across in a shed a couple of years ago.
Riverstick:
Here is an LP1932 with the V10 engine and rare tilt cab and another few bits I stumbled across in a shed a couple of years ago.
Both 1932s are right hand drive- proof that the tilt-cab Mercs were sold in Britain.
Tree LPs, two with tilt cabs but not sure if they are right hand drive, probably not as they have trilex wheels fitted. I think this company operated from Newark and Kieth Simpson (Blue) used to drive for them, sure somebody will know.
steptoe:
Tree LPs, two with tilt cabs but not sure if they are right hand drive, probably not as they have trilex wheels fitted. I think this company operated from Newark and Kieth Simpson (Blue) used to drive for them, sure somebody will know.
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They are: toprun.ch/truck/2008-01/buf/ … large.html
…but not all of them: toprun.ch/truck/2008-01/buf/ … large.html
That last one was on the “R” reg- 1976/7. The NG 1932 came out in '74 or '75. Did the square cab Merc carry on in production for a while after the NG was launched?
Hallo , of course you could turn on the pump,but then it came fuel wasters and engine reliability wasn’t that anymore,they were worn out very soon.Of course in those days lots of makes were drinkers and reliability let down. And about the F10 (299) not the most reliable, and therefore lots were downrated and had turned down pumps for better reliability and were even slower as a F88 240 (260) HP.Here on the picture the 2024 owner is a friend of me who has a lot of old ones, and we went together to brussels on local hilly ways and I pulled him out and had even an empty trailer with me so the weight difference was about 5 tonnes. With my F88 260HP and both engines are original ajusted.
But of course the '24 was a far better puller as other Merc’s in it’s HP class and outpulled the V8’s 240,250,256 (260) with ease, it was a bit like the later '35 who was a good puller as well.
Cheers Eric,
Hallo, A bit history a company we knew very well, ran Volvo’s because in the family they sold them. By them we gave Volvo a try and stayed loyal with them. But even later came family quarrel and they moved to Merc’s because it was the nearest dealer.They were very satisfied with the '23 and '24’s, then came the 1926 who used more fuel and gave less power. So they bought the 1932 but was a real fuel waster and only gave modest power. So they moved away from Merc’s for that again to a local dealer of Berliet/Renault and bought TR280,R310,R340 and they were more powerfull as the Merc’s and less greedy and about reliability they could withstand them not so good in the beginning but later became very reliable.
Cheers Eric,
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anorak:steptoe:
Tree LPs, two with tilt cabs but not sure if they are right hand drive, probably not as they have trilex wheels fitted. I think this company operated from Newark and Kieth Simpson (Blue) used to drive for them, sure somebody will know.
0They are: toprun.ch/truck/2008-01/buf/ … large.html
…but not all of them: toprun.ch/truck/2008-01/buf/ … large.html
That last one was on the “R” reg- 1976/7. The NG 1932 came out in '74 or '75. Did the square cab Merc carry on in production for a while after the NG was launched?
hallo Anorak, they were build till about '77 but not much sold after the launch of the NG’s;
Cheers Eric,
tiptop495:
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anorak:steptoe:
Tree LPs, two with tilt cabs but not sure if they are right hand drive, probably not as they have trilex wheels fitted. I think this company operated from Newark and Kieth Simpson (Blue) used to drive for them, sure somebody will know.
0They are: toprun.ch/truck/2008-01/buf/ … large.html
…but not all of them: toprun.ch/truck/2008-01/buf/ … large.html
That last one was on the “R” reg- 1976/7. The NG 1932 came out in '74 or '75. Did the square cab Merc carry on in production for a while after the NG was launched?hallo Anorak, they were build till about '77 but not much sold after the launch of the NG’s;
Cheers Eric,
Thanks Tiptop- another small addition to my ever-expanding, never-complete knowledge. Was the NG a great step forward? It did not seem to offer any more interior space, compared to the “Kubische”. In my simple opinion, the 1963 cab was the better looking, if that is what it came down to.
hallo Anorak, The NG had a newer look of course, but my opinion is that the square cab had more space; And the NG had no better ride or comfort till the NG80 (a bit changed for the turbo engines and the Gross Raum cab) came in 1979/1980. I should go for the tilting square cab,and of course the long version. You could stand right a bit in it,only a small engine hump,comfortable for it’s time.Pitty of the powerless and fuelwasting engines even the V10.Over here they were announced as 350HP models so they made themself more powerless compared to others. In Germany, an advertisement wrote, here see the German Scania 140 so lots could laughing still more because they had copied build a lorry like ( like a child learns from an adult) a big one. 
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Cheers Eric,
The square cabs early LP were first around on the H reg before that you had the round front.The 1924s carried on till R reg
As well as early SK cabs on the roads on the N reg J.C Transport Silvertown had SKs on the N and 1418s on P reg the in line engines were non tilt cab routine servicing was done through the walk through floor lifting panel in the middle of the cab
The two step panels opened as well.The vee engines were all tilt cabs the 1418 had diabolical air over hydraulic braking
System and a ratchet handbrake which the cable used to get caught and tangle in the handbrake pull mechanism which was
A fitters nightmare as in missing fingers to untangle.the 1924 had full air brakes and a air handbrake.
Early round fronts
One more
Mercedes did not seem to get it quite right for the GB market, did they? The Swedes and DAF made a better job of it. As MrKen says, the big cab was not available over here until H reg (1970), while it had been in production since 1963. From what people have said on here, the 1418 was a bit of a lemon- a middleweight lorry with heavier axles added, to suit the UK obsession with lower-powered vehicles. The CM roadtest that kr79 mentioned sums it up- they had to change the route, because it was not powerful enough to tackle the normal one- which the F86, LB80 and the various Gardner 180-powered lorries completed without complaint.
I wonder why Mercedes did not just offer the LP1620 from the start- by D reg (1966) it was well-proven. It would have helped their reputation in later years.
A few more
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anorak:tiptop495:
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anorak:steptoe:
Tree LPs, two with tilt cabs but not sure if they are right hand drive, probably not as they have trilex wheels fitted. I think this company operated from Newark and Kieth Simpson (Blue) used to drive for them, sure somebody will know.They are: toprun.ch/truck/2008-01/buf/ … large.html
…but not all of them: toprun.ch/truck/2008-01/buf/ … large.html
That last one was on the “R” reg- 1976/7. The NG 1932 came out in '74 or '75. Did the square cab Merc carry on in production for a while after the NG was launched?hallo Anorak, they were build till about '77 but not much sold after the launch of the NG’s;
Cheers Eric,
Thanks Tiptop- another small addition to my ever-expanding, never-complete knowledge. Was the NG a great step forward? It did not seem to offer any more interior space, compared to the “Kubische”. In my simple opinion, the 1963 cab was the better looking, if that is what it came down to.
From left to right :LPS 2024, LPS 2032, LPS 1932 in south of France.
LP 338 with sleeper cab and trailer ,notice the GF front wheel.
michel:
From left to right :LPS 2024, LPS 2032, LPS 1932 in south of France.
Hi anybody got photo of oliver harts they had one these remember being with my dad running out Winsford on the salt they used to run together a lot
