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LEYLAND TRUCKS
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LEYLAND Trucks bares all at the Scottish Motor Show with its topless Roadtrain Cabriolet — unique even in custom build circles.
Motor Panels of Coventry took a conventional 253k W (304hp) Roadtrain 17.34. removed the roof using ultra modern plasma cutting gear, and strengthened the remaining structure.
Doug Thompson, one of Britain's top customisers based at Bedford, was given the task of trimming the interior with luxury carpets in Leyland's new Damask colour and installing stereo equipment in a special console. White leather is used to trim the facia, doors and the lsringhausen air suspension seats. Further specification includes walnut veneer door capping and instrument surround, wood-trim steering wheel and electric windows. The special white soft top was designed by Aston Martin Tick ford.
The vehicle, powered by a 12-litre six-cylinder Perkins RR Eagle 340 Li turbocharged and charge cooled diesel, has a top speed of 113km/h (7(1mph) and, says Leyland, it is street legal.
The show stopper, with polished aluminium wheels and finished in metallic Damask, will be used by Leyland for future promotional events throughout 1986. Leyland's standard production 1986 models arc represented by seven trucks on the stand.
The 8.12 Roadrunner on show has a 3.6m wheelbase and is fitted with a 25.5m van body and Henderson wideslat rear roller shutter. The GRP construction was built by the operator, Scottish Road Services. The specification includes rear anti-roll bar, a 123-litre (27 gal) fuel tank and key operated engine stop.
In the first six months of this year Roadrunner took 16,5 per cent of the 7.5-tonne market — a sector which accounts for one in four vehicles sold in the UK.
A 13.11 Freighter is shown with a 4.3m wheelbase and an EFTEE steel dropside body and chassis mounted Atlas crane. The cab incorporates many of the 1986 features including new colour scheme fabrics, two-speed wipers with intermittent and wash-after-wipe facilities, factory fitted radio speakers, aerial and electrically heated mirrors.
A 5.6-litre Leyland diesel provides the power of 86kW (115hp) and 335Nm (262 NI) of torque which is matched to a five-speed synchronies]) gearbox.
The 16.17 is the most powerful model in the Freighter range and is driven by a Leyland 6.5-litre 420 diesel producing 134kW (180 hp) and 390 Nm (435 lbft) of torque. The display model has a 12speed ZF gearbox.
An optional drawbar package includes a modified rear cross-member as the vehicle is plated for 24.39 tonnes GTW. A VBG drawbar hitch is fitted. The 6m wheelbase model is the largest vehicle on the stand.
The 4.3m wheelbase Constructor 24.17 shown has a four-spring rear bogie and provides a body/payload of just over 18 tonnes for tipper work. Again a Leyland 6.5-litre is used, but this time rated at 119kW (160hp) with a torque of 495Nin (365 lbft).
A bigger 30.25 8 X 4 tipper is displayed, which is fitted with the Perkins RR Eagle Li unit, the most powerful in the rigid chassis range at 198kW (265hp) giving a torque output of 1,097Nm (809 lbft). The new cab
interior colour scheme in Damask fabric facing to the fully adjustable air suspension lsringhausen driver seat.
Like eight-wheeled Constructors, Roadtrain models have heated mirrors, Sundym glass screen and electrically operated windows. A 3.2rn wheelbase 4x2 Roadtrain tractive unit is shown, which is plated at 17 tonnes giving a potential trailer payload of more than 31.5 tonnes. Its Perkins RR Eagle Li engine produces 223kW (300hp) and 1,261Nm (930 Iblt) torque.
A Spicer SST 10-speed constant mesh splitter gearbox and Leyland hub reduction rear axle are fitted as standard.
The sleeper cab is fitted with a thicker bunk mattress than in previous models. A new 8nun frame allows the York fifth wheel to be mounted lower on the chassis. A reversing lamp is now a standard fitment, as are the four halogen lamps with double dip which have been extended to two-axle units.
The 6x2 tractive unit has a plated weight o120.33 tonnes and a calculated kerb weight of 7.44 tonnes. Its 14-litre Cummins NTE engine is rated at 239kW (320hp) and gives 1,491Nm (1,100 lbft) of torque driving through the optional Fuller 1160913 nine-speed constant-mesh range-change gearbox. The suspension used On the second steered axle won a Design Council award. With its short wheelbase of only 3.45m it is claimed to be compatible with most two or three-axle trailers for operation at 38 tonnes.