Swill1952xs Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 As it says in the title................ It's a Stallion by Ashok Leyland of India. This is made under the Leyland badge......... but I can't help thinking I've seen this somewhere before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 As it says in the title................ It's a Stallion by Ashok Leyland of India. This is made under the Leyland badge......... but I can't help thinking I've seen this somewhere before. Looks like a Ford Cargo based cab. Years ago, Ashok Leylands were based on British models, but may now be no more related to the British namesake than the BMC trucks built in Turkey are to Austin or Morris Commercial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretfixer Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 As it says in the title................ It's a Stallion by Ashok Leyland of India. This is made under the Leyland badge......... but I can't help thinking I've seen this somewhere before. VERY nice looking truck! Pleasing lines, looks a bit Leyland DAF-ish cab wise. I assume it remains to be seen what the reliability, rusting issues will be with this Indian product? :cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swill1952xs Posted June 20, 2009 Author Share Posted June 20, 2009 As this vehicle has the eighties Ford cargo cab; there could be a good opportunity there for someone to import panels or even whole cabs to sell on the UK market. Ford cargo's had extremely good mechanicals and the one thing that let them down was the sh*t (Sounds like sheet, but more like the word I've used) metal they made the cabs from. No doubt there are many mechanically excellent Cargo's with horse box bodies on them, crying out for new panels. I assume they would be using press tools identical to the Ford ones as they are extremely expensive to make. They are also becoming quite popular with restorers. The cab floors and wheel arches are the worst areas for rust. Restoring Cargos with new cabs will, I suppose start off the old argument about originality. Does it really matter though. At least they wont become totally extinct. The Cargo that I would love to own is the very rare twin steer artic unit with the L10 Cummins. The cab in the film was a sleeper shell too. Another one of my dreams............. oh well. :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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