Leyland

Nostalgia for classic British buses and coaches, a transport events diary, classified adverts and more.

Peter Davies takes a fascinating look back at the final years of Leyland Trucks, from the 1960s to the company’s takeover by DAF in 1987.

the final name 1970 to 1980

Leyland ( Scammell) were quick off the mark with a solution to the increase in GCW to 38000kg. This was a "twin-steered" design that owed a lot to the previous Trunker models from Scammell. Alas! this was soon followed by the "continentals" and beset by political interference sadly Leyland Trucks withered and almost died.......only the factory survives building DAF products for the Paccar organisation.

Ashok Leyland 3718 Truck mod with Load

Former Nottingham City Transport Leyland Atlantean / Northern Counties 666 - ARC 666T stands in the pouring rain at Ruddington Country Park before working a journey to East Leake. Although NCT was once a Leyland stronghold, this particular vehicle was unique in being a one-off prototype design that was never repeated. Don't judge a book by its cover though. This quirky looking bus is nice to travel on and sounds really good too!

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Welcome to the wedge-shaped Leyland Princess development story and timeline – a tale of a great design and engineering that was compromised by confused marketing and poor quality control. We explain how it came into being, and why Austin-Morris's flagship product failed on the British marketplace against the Cortina.

Peter Davies takes a fascinating look back at the final years of Leyland Trucks, from the 1960s to the company’s takeover by DAF in 1987.