Leyland sells the hard way
21st January 1984, Page 24
21st January 1984
Page 24
Page 24, 21st January 1984
— Leyland sells the hard way
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ENCOURAGED by the sale of more than 25 lorries as the result of its success in last year's Le Mans speed event, Leyland Vehicles Industrial entered the punishing 7,500-mile ParisDakar rally, which is due to finish in Senegal today (January 21).
The entry is a Scammell 6x6 with Rolls-Royce 330bhp turbocharged engine, which has reached 84mph at a total weight of 17 tonnes. Making sure that there was no Mark Thatchertype furore, Phil Smyth, a Scammell engineer, has been watching over the outfit from a grandstand seat in a chartered aircraft while the lorry lurched over some of the worst terrain in North Africa.
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