Excellent. My dad ran one of these in the 70s and I'd often be up in the cab with him and my uncle. Great to see one up and running and looking in A1 hand-painted nick.
You must, and rightly be proud. Thank you to your grandad for restoring and so keeping one of these trucks on the road. My dad used to drive a Leyland with tanker trailer. Many happy Saturdays spent going to work with him.
Tell your granddad we appreciate people like him who passed on the interest to keep old things going. I'm working on a 1979 F150, 1964 Falcon, and helping my brother and friend with their 1970 Cougar and 1974 Charger respectively. The charger is a 100% top to bottom resto and kicking my ass. It used to belong to my friends uncle and he wants to build it using the spec sheet his uncle had planned for it. All said and done I honestly enjoy helping them more than working on my own stuff. It's really gratifying to help someone achieve a goal that can only be done through sheer determination and dedication. Hell, we're all going to get old one day and someone may need to take care of us. So again thank you to him and everyone who came before us.
i thought the very same thing . not everybody is into beauty restored . and the hard work that goes in to it. thats why i do and a job well done. thankyou for a beautiful truck.
I found and rescued this lorry but apart from getting the engine running was not involved with it's restoration. John Tweedy did that and made a good job of it at that time.
A credit to you both. Remember these and the Leyland derivatives named after creatures (Beaver, Octopus, Lynx etc). There was an Albion version too I recall.
Love this, AECs great trucks very well engineered and Leylands were good, their diesel engines were license built world wide the well documented BMC crap car merger distroyed them and sucked the money from the business ( ex Leyland main dealer workshop foreman and manager)
@@eddkennedy6458 We in New Zealand had always been blackmailed into buying British by a punitive tax on everything of non-UK manufacture.... When the UK stabbed us in the back over joining the EU in 1973 (how did that work out for you by the way?) we woke up really quickly and started looking for reliable trade partners with good value well made vehicles for sale. Surprise, surprise! Japanese cars were available that started and ran well...and were economical. They were equipped with what had been regarded formerly as "luxury" fitments...power steering, power brakes, auto trans, 2 speed wiers, radios...as standard... We haven't looked back since... It took less than 10 years for 90% of the old English crap vehicles to disappear from our roads.
Fair Play Lads, And Another Thing hook That Trailer Into A Scania 164 , And It’s Well Able To Do a Days Graft, That Trailer Is Sheffield Steel , Hard as a jockey’s 🏈, Not Like The Modern ABS Crap , Pure Air Brakes Stick You To The Road With a Load On It,
This is where scania got its V8 from....the AEC... I may be wrong,but scania bought the rights from AEC to build the V8,and scania have just kept improving it.
I’ve heard that as well . As far as I’m aware the AEC V8 engine was problematic with crankshaft failure when British Leyland was formed , they ditched that engine and sold the patents to Scania . Scania sorted out the crank problem with bigger bearings and that engine was in production up until the mid 2000’s when they changed it .
@splitters2477 @bonusnudges Both of you have clearly not looked at either AEC, Scania, or both V8's. Apart from both being water-cooled V8 diesel engines, they have nothing in common! Their construction is complete different.
A myth which is simply that - a myth. Scania's engine was & is completely different and never shared any design or componentry with the AV740/800 series of engines.
I live in Central Illinois and there were so many small trucking co. That had Mack trucks you didn't go anywhere that you didn't see one and this rig sounds exactly like them .
AEC's own design, bit bigger than the Perkins at 12L or so. Remarkably similar story to the triumph V8, rushed into production after the mergers and never properly developed with the inevitable consequences.
Very nice. Could I hear a turbo whistling away there too? I can see this was posted a while ago, so how's its wheel-nuts...oh, that was Scammell, not AEC! Cheers! [Edit: SCammell has two "L's"]
En Chile leylan fué un rotundo fracaso... no subian los andes ni con 5 toneladas. El fiat 619 de la misma epoca subia hasta con 20 toneladas con doble eje.
Did I say it was,nt a v8? I drove one on the Isle of Skye in the late 70s. I think you are confusing the drive train and steering terminology (4x2) for the ammount of engine cylinders....otherwise I hav,nt a clue what you are trying to tell me.
My Grandad restored this lorry. I've just shown him the video, he's chuffed to see it 👍
Brilliant. Lovely British lorry 👍🇬🇧
Excellent. My dad ran one of these in the 70s and I'd often be up in the cab with him and my uncle.
Great to see one up and running and looking in A1 hand-painted nick.
You must, and rightly be proud. Thank you to your grandad for restoring and so keeping one of these trucks on the road. My dad used to drive a Leyland with tanker trailer. Many happy Saturdays spent going to work with him.
Tell your granddad we appreciate people like him who passed on the interest to keep old things going. I'm working on a 1979 F150, 1964 Falcon, and helping my brother and friend with their 1970 Cougar and 1974 Charger respectively. The charger is a 100% top to bottom resto and kicking my ass. It used to belong to my friends uncle and he wants to build it using the spec sheet his uncle had planned for it. All said and done I honestly enjoy helping them more than working on my own stuff. It's really gratifying to help someone achieve a goal that can only be done through sheer determination and dedication. Hell, we're all going to get old one day and someone may need to take care of us. So again thank you to him and everyone who came before us.
he done great job
What a beast
Also, loved the road sign there ‘OUT OF TOWN’, presumably aimed at the all non-locals
What a lovely sight. It is a shame that nobody around is batting an eyelid at this fine specimen of a truck.
i thought the very same thing . not everybody is into beauty restored . and the hard work that goes in to it. thats why i do and a job well done. thankyou for a beautiful truck.
is that Llandudno transport festival? 👍
Matchbox made a superkings model of this exact layout, same tractor, trailer, and dozer back in the 70's. Glad to say I have one in my collection.
Iconic cab looked and sounded like a lorry that required a lot of work to drive, but once mastered, was satisfying
My dad drove one of these for BRS & he loved it , That AEC Mandator is amazing & sounds superb. Credit to the restorers.
I found and rescued this lorry but apart from getting the engine running was not involved with it's restoration. John Tweedy did that and made a good job of it at that time.
A credit to you both. Remember these and the Leyland derivatives named after creatures (Beaver, Octopus, Lynx etc). There was an Albion version too I recall.
beaufighter245 Sydney City Council here in Oz had a fleet of Albion street sweepers with this cab until the late 80s.
Well done Norman. Lovely British lorry 👍🇬🇧
Still use 1 of these as a shunter in the yard 👍
Drove one of these for ferrymasters in 1973.First lorry i had with a splitter gearbox
Great clip, I used to drive vintage buses, AEC Regent mk3.
The first coach I drove was an AEC Reliance with the 760 engine.
When British was best!
Passed my class 1 in 1976 in a Mandator but with the AV760 engine
Love this, AECs great trucks very well engineered and Leylands were good, their diesel engines were license built world wide the well documented BMC crap car merger distroyed them and sucked the money from the business ( ex Leyland main dealer workshop foreman and manager)
Absolutely - Lord Stokes has a lot to answer for.
@@robertp.wainman4094 Everyone buying cars from japan had a lot to do with it also.
@@eddkennedy6458
We in New Zealand had always been blackmailed into buying British by a punitive tax on everything of non-UK manufacture....
When the UK stabbed us in the back over joining the EU in 1973 (how did that work out for you by the way?) we woke up really quickly and started looking for reliable trade partners with good value well made vehicles for sale.
Surprise, surprise!
Japanese cars were available that started and ran well...and were economical.
They were equipped with what had been regarded formerly as "luxury" fitments...power steering, power brakes, auto trans, 2 speed wiers, radios...as standard...
We haven't looked back since...
It took less than 10 years for 90% of the old English crap vehicles to disappear from our roads.
Absolute, the AEC engine sound!
My father drove aec mandator me n me bruv loved the trips with him engine through middle of cab he drove it for bushels haulage loved it
Beautiful. Sounds absolutely sweet.
i was about to say this looks very devon, and it actually is!
i would be proud too. what a grandad.
Pink StreetKa though
Fair Play Lads,
And Another Thing hook That Trailer Into A Scania 164 , And It’s Well Able To Do a Days Graft,
That Trailer Is Sheffield Steel , Hard as a jockey’s 🏈,
Not Like The Modern ABS Crap ,
Pure Air Brakes Stick You To The Road With a Load On It,
I believe that is Teignmouth sea front
This thing is a bucket ! for real.
This is where scania got its V8 from....the AEC... I may be wrong,but scania bought the rights from AEC to build the V8,and scania have just kept improving it.
I’ve heard that as well . As far as I’m aware the AEC V8 engine was problematic with crankshaft failure when British Leyland was formed , they ditched that engine and sold the patents to Scania . Scania sorted out the crank problem with bigger bearings and that engine was in production up until the mid 2000’s when they changed it .
@splitters2477 @bonusnudges Both of you have clearly not looked at either AEC, Scania, or both V8's. Apart from both being water-cooled V8 diesel engines, they have nothing in common! Their construction is complete different.
@@CreRay what ever!!! Clever twat!!!
A myth which is simply that - a myth. Scania's engine was & is completely different and never shared any design or componentry with the AV740/800 series of engines.
the good old days...
Tbh I'm more interested in the what looks to be a Drott crawler loader on the low loader. Nice lorry though, I bet it's got "armstrong" steering.
Lovely truck. Is that in Plymouth?
Quite nearby, it's in Teignmouth.
I live in Central Illinois and there were so many small trucking co. That had Mack trucks you didn't go anywhere that you didn't see one and this rig sounds exactly like them .
Where did AEC get the V8 from?
Which V8 is fitted to this AEC.....is it a factory fitted V8.....was thinking Perkins maybe......or did Leyland/AEC make there own V8.
AEC's own design, bit bigger than the Perkins at 12L or so.
Remarkably similar story to the triumph V8, rushed into production after the mergers and never properly developed with the inevitable consequences.
Is the lorry still about?
I can hardly make out the noise of the truck from all the other noise!
I don't think V8 engined lorries were ever very common in Britain, were they? I assume most had 6 cylinder inline, like most buses.
They did have quite a few V8 trucks running around, as diesel wasn't that expensive.
Very nice. Could I hear a turbo whistling away there too? I can see this was posted a while ago, so how's its wheel-nuts...oh, that was Scammell, not AEC! Cheers!
[Edit: SCammell has two "L's"]
this is a non turbo engine
Doesn't sound like a V8. How many horsepower is it?
I beg to differ.
250bhp
Much as I respect a V8 restoration, I'd much rather a 760 or 505 roaring away. Still sounds nice though.
Don't know how those guys do it ..
Proper truck that
Nice one
B100 Drott load
Good to see it being used rather than sittin in a shed
That V8 engine is Cummins? It sounds like it.
En Chile leylan fué un rotundo fracaso... no subian los andes ni con 5 toneladas. El fiat 619 de la misma epoca subia hasta con 20 toneladas con doble eje.
Another perfect example of why the UK truck industry is no more.
These AEC V8's were a liability to any haulier.
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No reaction from the people on the street. Shame
That's Teignmouth for you!
What right noises?? a little 4x2 AEC with a single axle trailor and you don,t know how these guys do it??
Michael Macluskie its à v8
Did I say it was,nt a v8? I drove one on the Isle of Skye in the late 70s. I think you are confusing the drive train and steering terminology (4x2) for the ammount of engine cylinders....otherwise I hav,nt a clue what you are trying to tell me.
Michael Macluskie Learn how to use "'" and "," correctly...
@@wharris302 Grammer nazi ........
Hmm… That’s a Leyland? Never gonna beat a Scania nor a MAN /Mercedes 😂
perkins v8 was not a good engine.
It's not a Perkins
@@zopEnglandzip yes my mistake
A hideous truncated monstrosity towing an olongated trailer.
No accounting for taste I'spose.
@@jamesfrench7299 Yeah: sorry that was a bit of a mean comment.