How did the Leyland fair on the Destination Doha film? why did the narrator say right hand drive I wonder. Cyril was that actor from that comedy series Doctor in The House.
Classic UK shed engineering and they were good at it, but the Scandinavian and German manufacturers were not lashing up other people components they were doing the lot and that includes the servicing and financing and of course they had European wide service networks. If you were venturing outside the UK, you were not going to get anything like their support from ERF. As the market moved to where the profits are in finance and servicing rather than selling the metal, the UK manufacturers were doomed, ERF selling out to MAN and that was principally as ERF with their relatively light glassfibre cab had come to dominate the weight UK fuel tanker fleets and MAN wanted to flip those fleets to them.
Nuts to the coca cola, I just want the D series. We had a mixed fleet of D series and early Cargoes when I started work after leaving school in 84. I always preferred the D series over the cargo as its just so much better looking.
THAT because you never got to drive Gargo with humming cummings ,just let down by Fords rubbish brakes my DAD replaced a ford trader for one of the first D series 1965/6 ,far superior than the Trader but loved the trader
@@robertsmith9810 oh yes we did have the Cummins actually, as well as a few transconti's, remember them? I just preferred the D series as they were a better looking truck. Still rotted like hell for the fun of it but so did everything else in the 60's/70''s/80's, as unfortunately the Cargo rotted as well, as ford still hadn't learnt anything.
when i was in northern ireland the RUC modified pne of these flat beds and put a couple of steel farmers gates on the front to use as crowd control. it was nick named by the RUC as the paddy pusher. and was used quite a lot in belfast. 1982
What was the year of this short? I'm guessing 1977 as the AEC Southall plant is already displaying British Leyland signage. The dash looks more modern than the steering wheel. It's like a mixed bag of eras that truck.
My dad had a shop in Hanwell and we used to go past the Southall works quite regularly. I believe it is now a curry factory making supermarket ready meals!
Wow, the plastic pig! Seriously if erf were any good they'd still be here. Like seriously given a choice back then which driver in their right mind would chose it over Scania or Volvo???
Watching this just sends my brain into a time warp. My biggest problem I had as a kid in the mid 70's was do I go into the toy store with my Mum so she can buy me a toy truck or do I stand outside and watch trucks climbing the hill outside. I remember seeing many of these.
My father ran ford trucks for 30 yrs the last one was a D series wich was far superior to the trader it replaced but the engines wanted an compleat over hall at 100 thousand miles specially the ford turbo models, strange to see spare wheels as not many modern trucks carry a spare nowadays , if i remember correctly you wound them up and secured them with two nuts
“ All the gauges right where they should be” - and shows a photograph of the speedometer directly behind the spoke of the steering wheel that when driving straight ahead will obscure it!😂
Used to regularly get pasted on the M5 by the Marathons that belonged to J R Harding from Devon. My Ford D Series could do 65 if pushed but the Marathons would fly past me.
The British truck manufacturers have had many great successes, and the Leyland Marathon was just one of them. How the hell have we been allowed to get to the state whereby we no longer produce trucks of any note? Once again, I'm afraid, it points to massive mis-management, an all too common British trait!
Try it today???🇬🇧🇺🇦
Bloody hell I didn’t realise Gerald (Clarkson farm) use to have a Bedford lorry 😂
Drove a d series flatbed ,was never impressed noisy and not comfy at all.
How did the Leyland fair on the Destination Doha film? why did the narrator say right hand drive I wonder. Cyril was that actor from that comedy series Doctor in The House.
Only one mirror on the nearside, and two on the offside????? Looks odd to me.
BRILLIANT TRUCKS.
CUMMINS EATON ROCKWELL WAS A GOOD COMBINATION.
As long as you add a dollop of whiskey to it.
Trucks then: Puure engineering, all technical and masculine Trucks now: WAAA YOU CANT USE THIS TRUCK I NEED MORE PIG PISS
Wow, I love it. Is it the KV that was nicknamed 'Sabrina' after a character played by the beautiful actress Norma Sykes...?
Classic UK shed engineering and they were good at it, but the Scandinavian and German manufacturers were not lashing up other people components they were doing the lot and that includes the servicing and financing and of course they had European wide service networks. If you were venturing outside the UK, you were not going to get anything like their support from ERF. As the market moved to where the profits are in finance and servicing rather than selling the metal, the UK manufacturers were doomed, ERF selling out to MAN and that was principally as ERF with their relatively light glassfibre cab had come to dominate the weight UK fuel tanker fleets and MAN wanted to flip those fleets to them.
ERF didn't sell out to man, ERF was bought by Canadian manufacturer Western Star in 1996, it was they who sold ERF to Man in 2000.
Des out of Minder! Lol
871 Detroit's, maybe later L 10 , but i have never seen one ,, 883 Cummins at the end
What a great film.. how the country has gone to shit in just over 2 decades is beyond me! We literally have nothing now to be proud of.
Ah Those were the days 👍🏻🏴💪🏻
Absolutely class
The TL 12 (AEC 760 Turbo) was a good lorry to pull,felt more than the rated 280 ho
Nuts to the coca cola, I just want the D series. We had a mixed fleet of D series and early Cargoes when I started work after leaving school in 84. I always preferred the D series over the cargo as its just so much better looking.
THAT because you never got to drive Gargo with humming cummings ,just let down by Fords rubbish brakes my DAD replaced a ford trader for one of the first D series 1965/6 ,far superior than the Trader but loved the trader
@@robertsmith9810 oh yes we did have the Cummins actually, as well as a few transconti's, remember them? I just preferred the D series as they were a better looking truck. Still rotted like hell for the fun of it but so did everything else in the 60's/70''s/80's, as unfortunately the Cargo rotted as well, as ford still hadn't learnt anything.
when i was in northern ireland the RUC modified pne of these flat beds and put a couple of steel farmers gates on the front to use as crowd control. it was nick named by the RUC as the paddy pusher. and was used quite a lot in belfast. 1982
How hard the Brits tried.No match for the Volvo and the Scanias.
In your opinion.
These companies should have been saved, erf ,foden,sex Leyland to name just a few,.
my late father and i ran one of these in the 90s.it had the 500ci engine and 9 speed fuller crash box..wish i still had it
Left hand hooker ?
Best wagons I ever drove
The gardner 150 is an LX not an LXB.
Very nice I am Waseem Bedford truck driver Pakistan Islamabad
Had one 82 with the TL12 , that little steering wheel was crap
Drove a tm for 3 years, Brakes were crap. everything was total crap.
Bag of Litter Bedfords were
Brilliant ❤
Never knew Gardner did a turbocharged motor
Cyril looks like the mechanic from the Minder series, classic 😂
I think it is!
Des,played by George Layton 😂
He was also in only fools and horses
Those chrome rear hubcaps were a masterpiece in design. An Engler Hubodometer looks good on them.
What was the year of this short? I'm guessing 1977 as the AEC Southall plant is already displaying British Leyland signage. The dash looks more modern than the steering wheel. It's like a mixed bag of eras that truck.
I would guess around 76 77 ish
My dad had a shop in Hanwell and we used to go past the Southall works quite regularly. I believe it is now a curry factory making supermarket ready meals!
Disgust doesn't properly describe how I feel. British is best.
Wow, the plastic pig! Seriously if erf were any good they'd still be here. Like seriously given a choice back then which driver in their right mind would chose it over Scania or Volvo???
Watching this just sends my brain into a time warp. My biggest problem I had as a kid in the mid 70's was do I go into the toy store with my Mum so she can buy me a toy truck or do I stand outside and watch trucks climbing the hill outside. I remember seeing many of these.
My father ran ford trucks for 30 yrs the last one was a D series wich was far superior to the trader it replaced but the engines wanted an compleat over hall at 100 thousand miles specially the ford turbo models, strange to see spare wheels as not many modern trucks carry a spare nowadays , if i remember correctly you wound them up and secured them with two nuts
Pioneering times when being British still had some sway with the natives.
Now those natives are invading Britain!
@@patriotunion7211 let them come, it might wake more people up.
This was when it was Great Britain unlike what it is today..... Fucked up Britain
back when uk was great. No expense spared. when university was free and good. When you walk into a job or apprenticeship. now they no hope.
there is always hope you need to believe
Owned three during my time as owner driver did me well lovely trucks.
“ All the gauges right where they should be” - and shows a photograph of the speedometer directly behind the spoke of the steering wheel that when driving straight ahead will obscure it!😂
thought that was Gary glitter driving the 2 stroke. at first lol.
ye didn't want to get stuck behind him. just plods on
Used to regularly get pasted on the M5 by the Marathons that belonged to J R Harding from Devon. My Ford D Series could do 65 if pushed but the Marathons would fly past me.
The plastic 🐖
With Cyril mechanic out of minder I expected to see Dennis Waterman at some point
The British truck manufacturers have had many great successes, and the Leyland Marathon was just one of them. How the hell have we been allowed to get to the state whereby we no longer produce trucks of any note? Once again, I'm afraid, it points to massive mis-management, an all too common British trait!
Kamyonun ve yolarin kartaliydi zaman d 1210
Jesus what advertising idiot wrote the script for this drivel.