Shed Find Kickstart: Leyland P76 V8 part 1 | Unique Cars Magazine
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- Join Glenn Torrens from Unique cars magazine and offroad racing legend Bruce Garland as they wrestle a reluctant Aussie-built P76 back into life.
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You can be proud, leyland p76 drove along the roads of Russia! This event was due to the 2019 Beijing-Paris rally.
Those 4 speed top loading Borg Warner gear box, gear sticks were a night mare. That bloody nylon ball that the stick swiveled on, would crack really easily, a pain the arts. But for that donk it was a close ratio and gave very impressive performance off the make.
The front reminds me a little of the Aston Martin lagonda and the back quarter panel looks like an old cressida.
I would be proud to drive one as a daily driver in restored condition
We had a family car that was the same as this one except with black upholstery. It was the bee's knees.
I later on had 2 of them, a green V8 4 speed and a dark red V8 automatic. Also the bee's knees. They used to get 27mpg (hway) which was extremely good for a V8 back then.
Awesome, great design, sad end though, could have been one of the best in Australia
I had one in the mid 80 s in the same colour but black interior. It was a rare 4 on the floor,in immaculate condition. I remember l paid 400 dollars for it as the clutch had a judder in it which l fixed. What a great and beautiful car it was,wish l still had it. Love the P76.So much shit gets put on it by people who know nothing about it
My dad had a 1973 Leyland P76 V8 Orange 4 speed on the floor that he owned in the 70's when he was young and he sold it in Alice Springs during the 70's.
This was probably the best Aussie car ever, at least of the 70s. This, or the XD Falcon.
“Bought without keys”, eh. 😆😆😆. Na seriously good work fella’s, love the P76
love P76 since I first saw one in 1987. Palmerston North, colour Orange with 5 slot kidney mags and chrome lake pipes
Should’ve gone with 15” LTD steelies, you just have to machine the centre holes out a tad. 60 series 205 tyres work better on 15s than 14s if the car was designed for 14” 78s 175. Of course at the back the world’s the limit, well seemingly. Nice car, pretty original.
Yeah! Put i spicer onnit! Great video!
Dry as a pommies towel 🤣
Safty concern there with Brakes ! You should change those brake pads and shoes. Asbestos was commonly used in those days !! Also those rubber brake hoses would be suspect.
And all the rubber components, so... brake hoses, master cylinder internals, caliper piston seals and rear brake slave cylinders.
@@paspax I agree - Rubber does not last.
Handsome as JFK Jr with dual headlights, makes sin seem good looking with singles!
If those mags are 14", you will likely have issues rubbing on the tie rod ends. Speaking from experience :)
aaaahhh, commented before I'd finished the video
G'day guys. Awesome looking car! I've heard of the Leyland P76, but because I'm not from Australia, I've never seen one. :)
ahead of its time....really good car....but they made it a bit ugly
unusual to see the big engine bay with strut towers so early?
Who made it look ugly? :)
A generation ahead of it's time - think VB Commodore.
@@robertbothwell2478 I image it was. It looks like something made for the 80s, possibly the late 80s.
Using spacers between the wheel and hub is illegal, (for the safety reason you detailed after removing that wheel)... unless it's factory, which is isn't.
Looks like it barracks for GWS.
You know even the V8s weighed just 1270 to 1280 kgs, less then a modern VW Gulf
We knew those cars as the "H38" on account they were half as good as they reckoned
So,did you ever actually drive a P76 ?
@@geraldhitchens8130
I'd say the nearest he's ever been to a P76 is when he accidentally saw a photograph of one.
"Bluey?"
Of course. All gingers are nicknamed Bluey by default in Straya.
@@jesuiscequejesuis2267 I'm not from Australia, so I wouldn't know the Aussie language.
@@jasoncarpp7742- No worries, mate.
@@jesuiscequejesuis2267 Thanks. I'd eventually like to visit Australia. Have you ever visited the USA?
@@jasoncarpp7742 - No, never been there. But feel like I already know it. We've been saturated in TV and movies from the US for generations now. Let me know when you're coming and I'll throw another -shrimp- prawn on the barbie.