snort Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Hi All There is a rather nice Scammell S26 on ebay (Item no.321592740569 ) This has a Rolls Royce Engine in and I thought the Military contract had a Cummins engine? My question is, am I right and is this a civvy one or did the Military use both? thanks for any help. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bawtrylwt Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 it's a ex military SLDT they were fitted with the rolls eagle. QUOTE=snort;427314]Hi All There is a rather nice Scammell S26 on ebay (Item no.321592740569 ) This has a Rolls Royce Engine in and I thought the Military contract had a Cummins engine? My question is, am I right and is this a civvy one or did the Military use both? thanks for any help. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 it's a ex military SLDT they were fitted with the rolls eagle.QUOTE=snort;427314]Hi All There is a rather nice Scammell S26 on ebay (Item no.321592740569 ) This has a Rolls Royce Engine in and I thought the Military contract had a Cummins engine? My question is, am I right and is this a civvy one or did the Military use both? thanks for any help. Steve Steve, Here is the link to the Ebay advert; http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321592740569?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_from%3DR40%26_sacat%3D0%26_nkw%3D321592740569%26_rdc%3D1 These vehicles were supplied to the Army with the Perkins Eagle 350, which was an improved design of the Rolls Royce Eagle, Perkins having taken the RR Diesel business over. regards, Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snort Posted November 23, 2014 Author Share Posted November 23, 2014 Steve, Here is the link to the Ebay advert; http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321592740569?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_from%3DR40%26_sacat%3D0%26_nkw%3D321592740569%26_rdc%3D1 These vehicles were supplied to the Army with the Perkins Eagle 350, which was an improved design of the Rolls Royce Eagle, Perkins having taken the RR Diesel business over. regards, Richard Thanks for that Richard, looks like the civvy version then,although still a great truck no doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiomike7 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 (edited) Steve,Here is the link to the Ebay advert; http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321592740569?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_from%3DR40%26_sacat%3D0%26_nkw%3D321592740569%26_rdc%3D1 These vehicles were supplied to the Army with the Perkins Eagle 350, which was an improved design of the Rolls Royce Eagle, Perkins having taken the RR Diesel business over. regards, Richard Thanks for that Richard, looks like the civvy version then,although still a great truck no doubt. No, as Richard wrote it is an ex Royal Engineers SLDT with a Perkins 350/Fuller 9 speed and has been fitted with larger (Foden?) wheels and tyres to improve the top speed. The standard engine for civilian S26s was the 14l Cummins 350 which although of similar power output had considerably more usable torque. Edited November 23, 2014 by radiomike7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bawtrylwt Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Perkins bought rolls royce in 1984 and the trucks a 1985 so the engine could be a rolls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snort Posted November 23, 2014 Author Share Posted November 23, 2014 Perkins bought rolls royce in 1984 and the trucks a 1985 so the engine could be a rolls Yes, seems that way. thanks for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiomike7 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Perkins bought rolls royce in 1984 and the trucks a 1985 so the engine could be a rolls It is a Perkins just like this one at Hamptons from forum member Antar. Don't be fooled by the RR name on the rocker boxes, even the 1988 Roadtrain I drove had RR not Perkins. The bird's nest was almost obligatory on any S26 that stood outside for some time, my 6x4 S26 had one in exactly the same place even though that was a genuine RR 305 as fitted to the Crusaders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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