They really are great cars, quality control and under development plagued them unfortunately. Typically BL fixed the issues after launch, but by then the damage was done. Theres a real cult following for the p76 now and prices are rising strongly. I'm out of Nz at the moment on family buisness, but ill start on this one when I get back and get it running again.
Hiya, yep I'm based in the king country in good old Nz! I post some other content as I travel but most of it is filmed right here in otorohanga! Thanks for watching
I just bought one here in south australia, a v8 manual 'super' it's still registered, but needs a few jobs. They are a good car despite the unnecessary criticism probably from people who have never driven one or never owned the v8 model. For a 50 year old car they go like a rocket.
That's really cool, especially being a manual Super. I've never owned a p76 before (apart from the mega rusty one I destroyed in film years ago) and everyone I talk to about the p76 that has owned one, loves it! It seems that they just had a bad reputation due to the assembly of very early cars
They're a pile of crap. And no I've never been near one. Terrible build quality, ugly, they sunk Leyland Australia with a $70m debt. Disaster of a car. V8 was great... in a jet boat.
@@kingcountrytowing My brother had one. Go really well with the V8, lightweight and good handling. Looks like base Deluxe trim, column shift auto but with bucket seats.
They're very rare now. That one is quite straight. Looks like it had a water pump failure, but those motors are strong and parts are easily found due to the link to Rover v8.
Yes they have become very rare, I think rust claimed most? This one has a lot of issues, the motor is siezed and it has been in a damp shed since 91, so it has a long way to go!
A neighbour and school friend had a new yellow 4speed manual Super 2.6 E series from 73 until 78 . Lovely to sit in her mum drove it so comfy Ahead of their time in design. Reminiscent of the Austin Princess in the uk body style but with a huge boot... I lived in suburb WA lots of expat british bought them was alot in surrounding suburbs till early half the 80s
Very cool and seriously spacious cars. I would imagine they are seriously rare in Australia now too? I think time has been very kind to the design, and they look much more at home with today's cars than they did back then
I think your right, getting rid of the patina might be wayyyyyy too much work on this, I'll have a go and see what it looks like cleaned up, might be a fun driver
They were great car carry or tow anything reasonably good on gas. The Ancillary stuff like wiper motor and Heater were accesable not like the under dash diving ya have to do today and as ya said designed to carry 44 gallon drum. Sounds a bit silly but if ya go to town once a month mainly I aussie you could get drum oil for the Tractor etc.
I was impressed with the access to the wipers and heater fan, if only they had the same today! It's really interesting to hear about the reasoning for the 44 gallon drum, I was trying to work out why, it really looks designed for one. Obviously I'm going to test this
It's a pretty rough old car Tim, I'm not sure it's fully restorable, but I'd like to get it running and driving, I spent a little time on it today, just freeing things up and cleaning it all off.
@@kingcountrytowing Anything is fixable with the right amount of cash BUT i understand 100% :) love the videos keep it up. :D i love the rusty ones the more rusty the better
That's great to know, my engine is locked up, and I think it might be all over for it! I think rust is always the biggest issue for cars of the 70s, and this one has its fair share, but hopefully it's saveable.
I Remember them when they were new and a local guy to me had one and he had stuck signs all over it with things that were falling off it or broke off also items that had been replaced a number of times they all broke again he said do not buy in huge letters across his back window which you were allowed to do back in those days 🤷♂
Good old Leyland build quality, it appears the first ones were not built very well, and as usual they fixed them as the complaints came in, and they get better as they go along
This one is absolutely rust brown now! I actually like the bright and bonkers colours that BL used in the 70s, although I fully understand why others dont lol
It was for a movie around 10 years ago. The p76 was absolutely rotten and engineless. I managed to recycle it through 2 more shows before I gave the remains to the p76 club. I paid $150 for it if I remember correctly
What a load of crap this guy talks. I am a founding member of the NZ Leyland P76 owners Club. The car shown on here was owned by a gentleman from Karkariki in the manawhatu . We have known of this cars location since 2008. It needs a lot of work to make it roadworthy. But the words uttered by this guy are unbelievable. Leyland Australia never used the 44 gallon drum in any promotional material of the P76 none. And the aircraft carrier ''can you imagine it'' never happened. Talk about a wet dream. I haven't been able to get a close look at the car but anyone contemplating purchase should take a P76 club member with them.
That's funny because I maybe you should have actually gone picked it up when it was a decent car rather than leaving it 12 years to rot in a shed, or were you too busy? Considering it was off to the scrap yard and I drove 8 hours during a storm to go and save it, and I gave my last p76 to the p76 owners club for spares, and I offered this one to the club first maybe you should try a bit of gratitude
@ronbutler739 oh and you should probably have a word to your club members that pose their cars with 44 gallon drums beside them, because literally everyone knows that story, and the fact they fit in the boot, "by accident" lol
Poms will be poms 😂lol my grandfather when he retired bought Marina greatest heap of shit ever!!! There were others that could have been more suited??? Example Datsun120y ?? Tried to tell him but when your a 11 yr old who listens????
lol I still own a Marina, the quality was err variable :) I liked the 120y but boy did they rust, believe it of not the engine is based on the same one as the 1300 marina!
You lost me at "it's not restorable by any means". I've got a mk2 escort panel van, HD Holden and CL valiant that I'm restoring at the moment and this is in better condition than any of mine
So come back and tell me how much they cost you to restore when you've finished one of them and then let's way up how much it cost vs how much it's worth, including your time. Parts availability is horrendous for a p76, and the value of the finished car is low, so yes, it's not restorable by any means. I like the thought that you can look at this car and tell me exactly what condition it's in, I own it, I've assessed it, and I know exactly what it needs. I've been doing this for 30 years and have put 100s if not thousands of cars back on the road.
@@kingcountrytowing I've worked on my escort van for probably 2-3 months. Spent 300 for a brand new engine because of my contacts. Got 400 dollars of paint for free. I'm spending 400 on the carpet and roof lining and 800 for the rubber kits. 1500 bucks and a couple months it cost me, and whatever it cost me for mig wire and gas. Oh and it's a sundowner as well so it's pretty desirable. It's a pretty similar situation with my other cars as well.
@user-ik4in3pq2f you lost me at $300 for a brand new engine. Assuming it's a 2.0 pinto hc in escort spec with the different sump, and they haven't made a new one in 30 years $300 seems a fantasy figure. 3 months of 40 hour weeks is $64,000 at $100 per hour labour alone, so what's it worth right now?
@@kingcountrytowing yeah a university rebuilt it a couple years ago and and only ran it once. they legally can sell it so they gave it to a family friend and it's been in dry storage ever since, and yes it's a 2.0. I've always had stupidly good luck with these kinds of things. The carbys worth more than what I paid for it. Ran it for the first time the other day, sounds mint
Just wish my friends and I hadn't broken so many as teenagers. Still love them. Way better than any other large Oz cars in the 70's.
They really are great cars, quality control and under development plagued them unfortunately. Typically BL fixed the issues after launch, but by then the damage was done. Theres a real cult following for the p76 now and prices are rising strongly. I'm out of Nz at the moment on family buisness, but ill start on this one when I get back and get it running again.
Holy cow, I said "Is that New Zealand?!" out loud. What a find!
Hiya, yep I'm based in the king country in good old Nz! I post some other content as I travel but most of it is filmed right here in otorohanga! Thanks for watching
I love the P76. My dad had one and it was such a brilliant workhorse and it loved carrying weight.
That's awesome, I've heard mixed reviews about them, I'll feature a nice one, and maybe post a video of me trying to get this one going
@@kingcountrytowing please do. I'd love to see that video.
@@WestAussieDiamondArtReads I'll film it for you, and I'll go find a nice p76 and take a video of it, maybe even drive it
@@kingcountrytowing that would be so cool. Thankyou.
I just bought one here in south australia, a v8 manual 'super' it's still registered, but needs a few jobs. They are a good car despite the unnecessary criticism probably from people who have never driven one or never owned the v8 model. For a 50 year old car they go like a rocket.
That's really cool, especially being a manual Super. I've never owned a p76 before (apart from the mega rusty one I destroyed in film years ago) and everyone I talk to about the p76 that has owned one, loves it! It seems that they just had a bad reputation due to the assembly of very early cars
They're a pile of crap. And no I've never been near one. Terrible build quality, ugly, they sunk Leyland Australia with a $70m debt. Disaster of a car. V8 was great... in a jet boat.
So cool, you should get it going for sure, it would be awesome to see.
OK, I'll give it a go, I've never driven one so it's going to be interesting to see what they go like!
@@kingcountrytowing My brother had one. Go really well with the V8, lightweight and good handling. Looks like base Deluxe trim, column shift auto but with bucket seats.
They're very rare now. That one is quite straight. Looks like it had a water pump failure, but those motors are strong and parts are easily found due to the link to Rover v8.
Yes they have become very rare, I think rust claimed most? This one has a lot of issues, the motor is siezed and it has been in a damp shed since 91, so it has a long way to go!
I got 1 in my mum's Padalecki
Ock but it's just a body
Padock
@andre4bars325 wow! Is it rusty? If not it might be a good project
@@andre4bars325 .
A neighbour and school friend had a new yellow 4speed manual Super 2.6 E series from 73 until 78 .
Lovely to sit in her mum drove it so comfy
Ahead of their time in design.
Reminiscent of the Austin Princess in the uk body style but with a huge boot...
I lived in suburb WA lots of expat british bought them was alot in surrounding suburbs till early half the 80s
Very cool and seriously spacious cars. I would imagine they are seriously rare in Australia now too? I think time has been very kind to the design, and they look much more at home with today's cars than they did back then
Needs to be back on the road .👌
It might be a little far gone for that, but when I get back to nz I'll get it up and running
Definitely needa leave the Patina as it is!
Getting it running and enjoy it, or make it the ultimate sleeper 👀
I think your right, getting rid of the patina might be wayyyyyy too much work on this, I'll have a go and see what it looks like cleaned up, might be a fun driver
That aircraft carrier story sounds like total bollocks.
Stranger things have happened in the automotive world, And generally if I hear an entertaining story I'm going to tell it
They were great car carry or tow anything reasonably good on gas. The Ancillary stuff like wiper motor and Heater were accesable not like the under dash diving ya have to do today and as ya said designed to carry 44 gallon drum. Sounds a bit silly but if ya go to town once a month mainly I aussie you could get drum oil for the Tractor etc.
I was impressed with the access to the wipers and heater fan, if only they had the same today! It's really interesting to hear about the reasoning for the 44 gallon drum, I was trying to work out why, it really looks designed for one. Obviously I'm going to test this
The Leyland P76 WAS NOT I REPEAT NOT DESIGNED TO CARRY A 44 GALLON DRUM NOR WAS IT A PROMOTION BY LEYLAND AUSTRALIA.
@Ron Butler it's absolutely never going to escape that rumor, the boot floor is even shaped to hold one.
@@kingcountrytowing Sure won,t my Uncle had 44 in the boot more than a few times.
Lovely car those :D Get her going. and maybe resto :D
It's a pretty rough old car Tim, I'm not sure it's fully restorable, but I'd like to get it running and driving, I spent a little time on it today, just freeing things up and cleaning it all off.
@@kingcountrytowing Anything is fixable with the right amount of cash BUT i understand 100% :)
love the videos keep it up. :D i love the rusty ones the more rusty the better
@Tim Ford Falcon XF thanks Tim I'm glad your enjoying them, plenty more to come, I'll start doing a little more backstop and maybe start ups soon
I have a spare engine in the shed,
Rust was the biggest problem with the P76, otherwise a great car for the time.
That's great to know, my engine is locked up, and I think it might be all over for it! I think rust is always the biggest issue for cars of the 70s, and this one has its fair share, but hopefully it's saveable.
Love it😂😂
@peterkirgan2921 thanks for watching, the p76 is a really interesting car, I'll do an updated video, and check outba nice one when I get back to nz
Time for a "will it start?" video Ben
Definitely 100%, I'll tip some diesel in the bores for a few weeks, it's very stuck at the moment
Were very advanced engines for the time
Yes for sure, all aluminum, it was a Buick design from the 60's!!!!
That arse end really reminds me of the X30 Cressida
It's a really curious beast, lots of lines, I'm just not sure where the designer was going with it! I agree I can see the Cressida in it now too
I Remember them when they were new and a local guy to me had one and he had stuck signs all over it with things that were falling off it or broke off also items that had been replaced a number of times they all broke again he said do not buy in huge letters across his back window which you were allowed to do back in those days 🤷♂
Good old Leyland build quality, it appears the first ones were not built very well, and as usual they fixed them as the complaints came in, and they get better as they go along
Column Shift is not an of course situation as some of the higher spec version with the 4.4 had a manual 4 speed on the floor.
Id love to find one of those, but they are very rare in New Zealand
All of the colours these came out in were horrendous except for the olive green metallic and the ocean blue of the Targa Foria.
This one is absolutely rust brown now! I actually like the bright and bonkers colours that BL used in the 70s, although I fully understand why others dont lol
Why did they run a van into a perfectly good P76??
It was for a movie around 10 years ago. The p76 was absolutely rotten and engineless. I managed to recycle it through 2 more shows before I gave the remains to the p76 club. I paid $150 for it if I remember correctly
What a load of crap this guy talks. I am a founding member of the NZ Leyland P76 owners Club. The car shown on here was owned by a gentleman from Karkariki in the manawhatu . We have known of this cars location since 2008. It needs a lot of work to make it roadworthy. But the words uttered by this guy are unbelievable. Leyland Australia never used the 44 gallon drum in any promotional material of the P76 none. And the aircraft carrier ''can you imagine it'' never happened. Talk about a wet dream. I haven't been able to get a close look at the car but anyone contemplating purchase should take a P76 club member with them.
That's funny because I maybe you should have actually gone picked it up when it was a decent car rather than leaving it 12 years to rot in a shed, or were you too busy? Considering it was off to the scrap yard and I drove 8 hours during a storm to go and save it, and I gave my last p76 to the p76 owners club for spares, and I offered this one to the club first maybe you should try a bit of gratitude
@ronbutler739 oh and you should probably have a word to your club members that pose their cars with 44 gallon drums beside them, because literally everyone knows that story, and the fact they fit in the boot, "by accident" lol
I think I can hear the demons screaming to go !
I feel you might be working on this in the near future lol
Make it run
Hopefully, we are working on freeing the engine up at the moment
Daaang
Poms will be poms 😂lol my grandfather when he retired bought Marina greatest heap of shit ever!!! There were others that could have been more suited??? Example Datsun120y ?? Tried to tell him but when your a 11 yr old who listens????
lol I still own a Marina, the quality was err variable :) I liked the 120y but boy did they rust, believe it of not the engine is based on the same one as the 1300 marina!
You lost me at "it's not restorable by any means". I've got a mk2 escort panel van, HD Holden and CL valiant that I'm restoring at the moment and this is in better condition than any of mine
So come back and tell me how much they cost you to restore when you've finished one of them and then let's way up how much it cost vs how much it's worth, including your time. Parts availability is horrendous for a p76, and the value of the finished car is low, so yes, it's not restorable by any means. I like the thought that you can look at this car and tell me exactly what condition it's in, I own it, I've assessed it, and I know exactly what it needs. I've been doing this for 30 years and have put 100s if not thousands of cars back on the road.
@@kingcountrytowing I've worked on my escort van for probably 2-3 months. Spent 300 for a brand new engine because of my contacts. Got 400 dollars of paint for free. I'm spending 400 on the carpet and roof lining and 800 for the rubber kits. 1500 bucks and a couple months it cost me, and whatever it cost me for mig wire and gas. Oh and it's a sundowner as well so it's pretty desirable. It's a pretty similar situation with my other cars as well.
@user-ik4in3pq2f you lost me at $300 for a brand new engine. Assuming it's a 2.0 pinto hc in escort spec with the different sump, and they haven't made a new one in 30 years $300 seems a fantasy figure. 3 months of 40 hour weeks is $64,000 at $100 per hour labour alone, so what's it worth right now?
@@kingcountrytowing yeah a university rebuilt it a couple years ago and and only ran it once. they legally can sell it so they gave it to a family friend and it's been in dry storage ever since, and yes it's a 2.0. I've always had stupidly good luck with these kinds of things. The carbys worth more than what I paid for it. Ran it for the first time the other day, sounds mint
@@kingcountrytowing and about how much time I've spent on it. I just do it as a passion, I don't even consider it work
Engines were great to throw into Range Rovers
Funny you should say that, I bought 2 early range rovers just before I left nz! I always wondered why BL never put in the punched out 5.0 in them!
Restore it
It's still here in the yard waiting it's turn!
If you dont love it , sell it to someone who will.
well I drove 5 hours each way to save it from the wreckers, through a biblical storm, so I dont hate it. This being said I've had zero offers for it.