pollystag:
Thanks Deanb,
This is is great, have you any more,
would be interesting to see how standard leyland beaver, aec mandator, erf b series etc compare to the sleeper cabs.
Steve.
Heres a B series day cab test from 1975. £ 13900.00.
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Hi Dean, thanks for posting these snippets from the roadtests.
Is there any chance (fingers crossed) you could post some complete ones please, as per your LDD thread? Especially those from Truck magazine; they make for fascinating reading.
Father’s last F12 385 6×2 s ride twin bunk sun visor under £37000 in 1986 sold by Adrian Nixon Hartshornes Stoke on Trent, John Hebbs Alfreton for same spec low £ 40,000s
Lance Biscomb:
How much would a W reg 141 4x2 cost
Lance - my Dad paid 33k net on the road for his W reg 141, from Telford Commercials in Cardiff.
Spec was;
4 × 2, painted, York Big D, factory sun visor, retractable radiator blind, ‘de-luxe’ bonnet cover, the larger Scania tanks (88gal / 400L), spare wheel carrier & Hatcher name / headboard on the roof. It also had the front & back mudflaps on the drive axle instead of mud guards.
I’ll dig out a pic when I get the time.
Cheers Keith
gingerfold:
Until I read the Foden details again I’d forgotten how much more expensive they were than other British makes.
Looking at those spec sheets the Ford Transcon and Leyland Marathon were only slightly cheaper though and possibly weighed more? I don’t think anyone bought Fodens solely on price alone though, they were mostly longtime fleet users of the make who already knew what they were getting and (as we said earlier) might be getting a good discount. Of course by that time they were also buying in axles (Rockwell) and gearboxes (Eaton/Fuller) which I assume would be more expensive than using their own made in house. That was a nice cab on the Fleetmaster/Haulmaster range, we ran a lot of them on six and eight wheelers.
Back in the late 80`s, I was speaking to the Fleet Engineer of a large Transport Group specialising in
tankers, who were taking over 30 tractor units per year & there policy was using 2 different
manufacturers who could supply the same engine & transmission, namely ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■
A discount of 30% from one truck maker was rejected as not enough.
Quite a sobering thought when all you want is one.
Regards pushrod47
gingerfold:
Until I read the Foden details again I’d forgotten how much more expensive they were than other British makes.
Although a Foden Salesman never ventured into our depot I knew that they cost a lump more than Atkis or ERF’s and I couldn’t understand why because IMHO they were inferior on every comparison. Cheers Bewick.
Lance Biscomb:
How much would a W reg 141 4x2 cost
Lance - my Dad paid 33k net on the road for his W reg 141, from Telford Commercials in Cardiff.
Spec was;
4 × 2, painted, York Big D, factory sun visor, retractable radiator blind, ‘de-luxe’ bonnet cover, the larger Scania tanks (88gal / 400L), spare wheel carrier & Hatcher name / headboard on the roof. It also had the front & back mudflaps on the drive axle instead of mud guards.
I’ll dig out a pic when I get the time.
Cheers Keith
Now that is a real lorry Could not of specked it any better my self
Lance Biscomb:
How much would a W reg 141 4x2 cost
Lance - my Dad paid 33k net on the road for his W reg 141, from Telford Commercials in Cardiff.
Spec was;
4 × 2, painted, York Big D, factory sun visor, retractable radiator blind, ‘de-luxe’ bonnet cover, the larger Scania tanks (88gal / 400L), spare wheel carrier & Hatcher name / headboard on the roof. It also had the front & back mudflaps on the drive axle instead of mud guards.
I’ll dig out a pic when I get the time.
Cheers Keith
Now that is a real lorry Could not of specked it any better my self
I paid 32k net on the road for a F12 385 E reg to Thomas Hardie Preston 4 x 2 painted chassie York Big D factory sun visor large tanks spare wheel carrier Hatcher name headboard on roof got some pics somewhere
Lance Biscomb:
How much would a W reg 141 4x2 cost
Lance - my Dad paid 33k net on the road for his W reg 141, from Telford Commercials in Cardiff.
Spec was;
4 × 2, painted, York Big D, factory sun visor, retractable radiator blind, ‘de-luxe’ bonnet cover, the larger Scania tanks (88gal / 400L), spare wheel carrier & Hatcher name / headboard on the roof. It also had the front & back mudflaps on the drive axle instead of mud guards.
I’ll dig out a pic when I get the time.
Cheers Keith
Now that is a real lorry Could not of specked it any better my self
I paid 32k net on the road for a F12 385 E reg to Thomas Hardie Preston 4 x 2 painted chassie York Big D factory sun visor large tanks spare wheel carrier Hatcher name headboard on roof got some pics somewhere
The Cartmell 141.5 was £30k as it left B&W Motors Middleton in November 1980 but it wasn’t quite finished. The Big D and mudguards were fitted himself due to B&W being deemed totally incompetent to do it, plus the autolube and the Webasto cab and block heater were also fitted before It went on the road in September 1981. Those mudguards took a ling time as well as cutting of that extra bit of chassis at the back and the extra threads on all bolts, he really was a genuine eccentric, plus a Keith Woodward paint job. At the time he didn’t have a suitable garage so he rang Jack Simpson and asked could he bring it up to fit the 5th wheel and bits, Uncle Jack said yes thinking he could have a root around this OTT 141, he didn’t reckon on it sitting in his garage for 5 months littered with straight edges and spirit levels.
For the £30k it had twin 400litre tanks and sunvisor from the factory and dealer fit cab suspension, parabolic springs, anti roll bars front and rear, a kysor radiator shutter and the faster diff from a 142. Hopefully it’ll get back on the road one day, time will tell.
Dennis.
Could not of specked it any better my self 