The spec is quite impressive:
— Left hand drive (enormous steering wheel!)
— L type sleeper cab with twin bunks
— Red orange cab
— Red oxide colour chassis
— Jost sliding 5th wheel
— MB 14.6 litre naturally aspirated V8 engine. 276hp.
— Fuller roadranger constant mesh 13 speed gearbox. 4 speed + range change + splitter on top 4 gears and a crawler. Very unusual as it would have normally been a ZF Ecosplit.
— 12R x 22.5 tyres
— Centre axle permanently steered with air suspension above a steel spring load transfer device.
— Rear axle. Hub reduction, full four bag air suspension with in cab level control
— GVW was 20,330kg
— 3,750mm outer axle spread — the prop shaft was as thick as a telegraph pole!
Reflecting on my last post, I have to say that this old girl ticks quite a lot of boxes for me:
Low-tech, LHD, 14-litre, 13-speed Fuller, Middle-East spec air pipe, spread-axle 12m tilt… Robert
