antarmike Posted January 6, 2010 Author Share Posted January 6, 2010 (edited) I thought the GR7 Atlantic had the C6SFL at 275 BHP? The Super Atlantic had the 8 Cyl Although some site quote the C6SFL at 250BHP, stating the Atlantic was also available with the C6TFL at 275 BHP. My Antars C6TFL is rated at 300 BHP. Edited January 6, 2010 by antarmike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiomike7 Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 My mistake Mike, the GR7 is the normal Atlantic. For some reason the 6TFL in Antar is rated at 300 but 275 in the Scammell Super Constructor. The 6SFL is as you say 250. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 (edited) A lot of web sites say both the and the Super Atlantic are GR7's I feel this is wrong, and due to so little accurate information for a very small company, once someone has got it wrong and posted on the internet, then it spreads like wildfire. I can't find much about South African Army Rotinoff's but Tony Jordans GR7 I remeber being told was South African, then Swiss. (I hope my memory is right) Edited January 7, 2010 by antarmike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 (edited) No my mistake http://www.roadtransport.com/blogs/big-lorry-blog/2009/08/the-roaring-rotinoff-brochure.html from this sales brochure the Atlantic AND the super Atlantic were both called GR7 by Rotinoff To add to the confusion Super Atlantic brochure says engine is C8SFL at 335 bhp, option available C8TFL at 400 BHP. Edited January 7, 2010 by antarmike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiomike7 Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Good find, if your 12 litre T develops 300 the the 16 litre T would theoretically give 400 all things being equal. It could be that the 8T was de-rated due to torsional vibration problems with such a long crank. Do they use a charge cooler of any kind? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 (edited) mine has no charge cooler. Equally intriguing is that the brochuresays a 6x6 version of the Altantic was available. I am unaware any were actually built. Edited January 7, 2010 by antarmike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Some very nice vehicles and Rotinoff in The sunshine ! Something went wrong... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zemsi Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 (edited) ... I think it's time to reopen this thread again. The Swiss Army had 3 Atlantics and 7 Super Atlantics. As far as I am aware, not more than 1 Rotinoff was bought from the South Africans, along with 100 Centurions and 10 Centurion ARVs (I did quite some research in our national archives). The others were bought directly from Rotinoff. There's a lot of correspondance on the problems the Swiss had with these huge machines. Here's the official technical data from a Swiss manual: Atlantic and Super Atlantic And here's a Swiss website with some additional information: Atlantic and Super Atlantic Edited September 23, 2012 by zemsi added pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Thanks for the new information mate , what where the main problems that the Swiss experienced please ? :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zemsi Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 ... and here my Video from 2008. Look at 1:42min, that's the Full-Reuenthal based Rotinoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zemsi Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Thanks for the new information mate , what where the main problems that the Swiss experienced please ? :-D ... well, mainly the gearbox (the gears changed automatically under power), different engineparts and aggregates (generator, air compressor, brake system, clutch etc). At the end of 1964, the 10 Rotinoffs were improved for each CHF 12'000 (without material). And also the Rotinoff Company was very slow in delivering requested parts and also sent the wrong parts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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