Ebro 7.5-tonner
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In 1984 there were no less than nine British and European manufacturers competing in the UK 7.5-tonne market, including Ebro. During the mid-80s the Spanish truck-maker sold its L75 range of day and crew-cab rigids, plus an enormous integral van, in Britain through Nissan Motors. The slab-fronted, Perkins-pow ered (72hp naturally aspirated or 90hp turbocharged) L75’s solid multi-leaf suspen sion and basic three-man cab was ideal for the roughness of the Iberian peninsular. But what it gained in simplicity, it rather lacked in ‘presentation’. When CM tested a new Ebro L752F integral van, its over-fuelled engine smoked heavily, while underneath the chassis was already showing signs of rust. We also said the power steering feed pipes “...look susceptible to damage by careless feet”. Cheap yes, cheerful, perhaps, but by the 90s Ebro’s L75 had departed the UK never to return. Brian Weatherley (former editor of Commercial Motor)