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FREIGHT ROVER will be suppying British Telecom with a further 2,200 Sherpa chassis cabs during 1984, following the order for 2,500 which was won late in 1982.
This year's order is for 1,950 Type 255 chassis cabs (the narrow K2 version plated at 2.5 tonnes gvw) and 250 of the recently introduced, wider bodied 350 chassis cabs which have a gvw of 3.5 tonnes.
All the vehicles are petrol engined, the lighter models being fitted with the 1.7-litre 0-Series engine and the heavier ones with the two-litre version.
Delivery of the Sherpas starts in April and will continue until the end of the year. Freight Rover's Common Lane plant in Birmingham where all Sherpas are built is currently manufacturing around 470 units, vans and chassis cabs, a week.
The BT order is reckoned to be worth around £12.45m "at showroom prices" though it is clear that these vehicles in fact will be sold at considerably less than retail price.
In an even larger contract with Freight Rover's sister company, Austin Rover, Telecom has ordered 2,790 ltal vans worth £13,25m "at showroom prices".