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 Post subject: Delivery Transporters...
PostPosted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 2:07 pm 
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Just browisng Flickr and came across these NZ delivery transporters...

Look like something off thunderbirds.... love the old designs for specific tasks....

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Other interesting car transporters ...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/carhaul/

Any other BMC related "specials" ??
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What great photos. Good surfing of the web there. Kenworth also made a low roof prime mover as well. Probably a little later than those Leylands.

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Interesting photos. I recall seeing a similar low-cab semi-trailer on the Hume Highway near Marulan, probably in the mid 1970's.

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The Leyland UFO! (That is what the Australian one was called) One was used in Australia during the 70s. The TWU tried to get it banned as being unsafe.
I believe that they were quite common in NZ at the time.
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Why unsafe ?? I dont remember them at all but to me a truck is a truck.

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ditto unfortunately


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Why unsafe ?? I dont remember them at all but to me a truck is a truck.

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Why unsafe ?? I dont remember them at all but to me a truck is a truck.

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Ditto


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Holy Dooley , 5 posts there Mike :shock: , didn't get on the syrup last night , did you ? :wink:
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Its the vagueries of satellite internet. Posts dont appear to send so I click again.

Can a mod delete as appropriate please.

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I think it was called a Leyland Leopard bus chassis or based on it , probably an evolution of the Comet and then of course the Super Comet with the box cab


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The Australian one had a much lower cabin that the NZ ones. You could look out the window of mums HQ Premier and look down at the UFO driver. The cabin was not much taller than the front tyre of the truck.
The TWU had concerns about the visibility and crash protection for the driver.
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All most as low as this , probably the same


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74snail wrote:
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( Mike you can delete your own posts on the top right hand corner of your post is a cross click on that to delete )


There was but I cant see it now
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