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In which case sadly big cam 290 or even better 300 + with 13 speed RTO ( would have ) been the definitive NGC if only ERF had chosen to stay with it and not put all their eggs in the B series basket.Not to mention small cam NTA and 13 speed RTO before that.This is covered earlier in this thread, I think. Firstly, at least two NGCs were fitted with big-cam 290s.Secondly, the Euro-spec B-series (NL in particular) had big-cam 290s from the start along with Fuller RTO9513 boxes. The B-series in the 1980 Euro Test had an NTE 350 with a Fuller RT12513. If you look on the LHD ERF B-series thread there’s abundant info on this.
Thanks for that confirmation.Which seems to confirm that there ‘would’ have been no reason as to why ERF couldn’t have just took the NGC,rather than the B series,forward.Specced with big cam ■■■■■■■ and 13 speed RTO from around the mid 1970’s ?.In which case that would have been a very different truck with figures to match v the original road test versions and would arguably have been the better way forward for ERF providing an enormous advantage over the opposition of the day had they chosen it.
Know where you’re coming from CF, but there were other factors. Firstly, they were testing the big-cam in the NGC, not marketing it. Secondly, IIRC, although the new Euro-spec higher-cabbed B-series hit the spec sheets in '76 I believe the actual units emerged in '77. Thirdly, ERF seemed determined to bring cab building in-house with the B-series, so outsourcing the (admittedly good) SA400 cab to Motor Panels would have landed them back where they started. You can bet the decision was an economics one.