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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10742  
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What an awesome sound of that engine
 many thanks 
Sorry but i dont have any story's of them for you  1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
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25th Sep 2017 8:00pm |
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| Sonarmender Member Since: 04 Apr 2013 Location: Guz Posts: 338 
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Awesome! You only have one life, live it....forget the cost.
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25th Sep 2017 8:10pm |
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| Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3497  
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Absolutely amazing truck. The engine sounds great. Thanks for posting.
Looks like the steering lock is similar to a Defender 
Scammell. Another great name swallowed up and spat out by British Leyland. I seem to recall that Rolls Royce engines were not uncommon in Scammell and Leyland trucks right up to the seventies? |
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25th Sep 2017 8:19pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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Many years ago, I saw one of these in action at an All Wheel Drive Club day at Borden and it really was awesome. The walking beam rear axle makes it damn near impossible to lift a wheel and they'll go places that would swallow Land Rovers whole.
Slightly overkill for what looked like a bit of light green laning though  Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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25th Sep 2017 8:28pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20347
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Not sure what axle ground clearance there is but I'd say triple the Defender.
Equally the Defender is much much lighter and can get places one wouldn't. $W33T $0U7H3RN $UG4R
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25th Sep 2017 8:32pm |
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| Sonarmender Member Since: 04 Apr 2013 Location: Guz Posts: 338
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RR Eagle
Stunning! You only have one life, live it....forget the cost. 90XS Hardtop |
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25th Sep 2017 9:05pm |
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| ickle Member Since: 22 Jul 2010 Location: South Vendee Posts: 1780  
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IIRC Scammell was eventually bought by Unipower, I heard a story that there was a gentlemens' agreement that Carmichael wouldn't try to outbid Unipower for the company, a bit before my time though.
Keith |
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26th Sep 2017 7:08pm |
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| apt100 Member Since: 05 Mar 2015 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 1547 
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I remember watching this one a while ago.
It is a bit longer but does include a couple of winches |
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26th Sep 2017 8:47pm |
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| Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3497
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You may well be correct about Unipower.
Leyland and Scammell were one of the same thing in the early eighties. The four axle quarry tippers (the forerunner of the DAF CF) either had Scammell or Leyland in big letters above the grille. Same truck, different name. We're Unipower and Alvis tied up? Scammell were one of the go to tank hauliers. Crane Fruehauf in East Dereham up the road from me built the tank transporter trailers which something like the Scammell would pull. A right P.I.T.A on the A11 on a Saturday morning before the road got dualed (mind that was only a couple of years ago  ) Top speed was around 35mph If I recall correctly. |
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26th Sep 2017 8:48pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17372 
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After the Government torpedoed Unipower by awarding the HET contract to Oshkosh, despite the evident superiority of the Watford product, Unipower was doomed. Alvis bought the remnants, but it was effectively all over.
The sole example of the Unipower MH-8875, the tractor for the HET prototype, went into heavy haulage with GEC Alsthom and then to ALE, where it became a favourite of crews and enthusiasts alike. It was extensively rebuilt by ALE, mainly to engineer-out the unique transmission with which it was built. It was, and remains, I believe, the most powerful vehicle ever to operate on the UK's roads. The Unipower legend didn't die with the closure of the Watford factory, however. In 2012 ALE realised that new, more modern, and cleaner heavy haulage tractors were needed, and built six Trojan MH-8870 tractors to their own design, based on the lesskns learned from the 8875, at their HQ in Hixon. The base platforms for these were six Unipower M-series 8x8 prime movers cast by the French army. These have a close likeness to the 8875 but incorporate many new features, such as the ability to be controlled in multiple by thd lead driver via CANbus. Unipower 8x8 vehicles are still in service with the British army as part of the BR90 bridging system in two variants, the ABLE (Automotive Bridge Laying Equipment) and TBT (Tactical Bridge Transporter). As far as I know there are no plans to cast these yet, there being no suitable replacement, but the bad news for MV enthuiasts is that they are far too wide to operate on the UK's roads except under special types regs, so private ownership is very unlikely to be practical. I had the good fortune to go on a factory tour of the Unipower plant a little while before it closed, it was very interesting. What a waste! |
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26th Sep 2017 9:43pm |
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| Happyoldgit Member Since: 14 Sep 2007 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3471
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Some of my maternal family hail from Watford and I well remember the factory there. Steve.
Owned numerous Land Rover vehicles of all shapes and sizes over the decades. Current Defender: A non tarts hand-bagged Puma 110 XS USW. [Insert something impressive here such as extensive list of previous Land Rovers or examples of your prestigeous and expensive items, trinkets, houses, bikes, vehicles etc] http://forums.lr4x4.com I used to be Miserable ...but now I'm ecstatic. |
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26th Sep 2017 9:46pm |
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| Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3497
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Cheers, Blackwolf. Good post
In aggrement with your sentiments, what a waste I mentioned the trailer manufacturer, Crane Fruehauf in my previous post. They too are now long gone from Dereham and North Walsham in Norfolk. |
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26th Sep 2017 10:28pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17372
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Yup, there really is nothing good left anymore.
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26th Sep 2017 11:03pm |
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| defender9 Member Since: 12 Mar 2016 Location: Fylde Coast Posts: 1629 
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Many years ago there was a Land Rover event at Top Farm in Yorkshire also attended by some heavy military kit including Scammell and Leyland Martian. Alan Rogerson used to organise it and was big into Series Ones at the time but eventually got into Scammells IIRC . Some of you older Yorkshire lads may remember this event.
There was a "Mud Hole" which various vehicles used to attempt to get through. And somewhere I have a picture of a Leyland Martion stuck in the mud hole, I think it was driven by Brian Hartley, again IIRC. The Scammell's and the Martian were great to watch and always wished I had the room to store one. |
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27th Sep 2017 9:55am |
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