Great War truck Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 This is quite interesting http://www.self-preservation-society.co.uk/chassis/ The remains of Leyland, Star, du Crois and Morris Commercial chassis to be scrapped unless someone comes forwards. sad to say, but they are all too far gone. The star would have been particularly interesting. A shame Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedawnpatrol Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 What a great shame Tim, Could we rebuild the Leyland as an RFC Lorry ? JUles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil munga Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 They look very interesting its just a shame they ended up on the fire and that the wheels were removed with a gas axe ,, whats the idea behind that large diff ,, two speed maybe ? ,,,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berna2vm Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 What a crying shame... The so called 'scrappage scheme' is another... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nz2 Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 The Leyland rear end is a double reduction diff. As suppllied to the WD for the Royal Flying Corp. Rather than a spiral worm drive diff as used by so many other manufacturers Leyland used this format on their heavy weight chassis ( 3 tonner plus range). Lighter trucks retained the worm drive. The Star truck would be intersting to see rebuilt. As a supply of parts well worth collecting, however the cost of getting them home means I will have to leave them to a local collector! Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runflat Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 There are several Star commercials in preservation: http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/Museum/Transport/Cars/staregister/starreg18.htm I hope one of them rescues the spares. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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