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LHD Leyland Marathons

Remember when going scotch (if from the south), or going down to the smoke (if from the north), was long distance?
When Middle East work was readily available?.
When driving a 111 or F89 meant you were truly the king of the road?
Recall those companies long gone, where every day was an adventure?

What ever happened to those drivers you spent hours with.. where did they go? and recollect on those characters in the industry sadly no longer with us.
This forum is for us all to indulge in a little nostalgia and remember with rose coloured glasses how much better it was in the olden days

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Re: LHD Leyland Marathons

Postby ramone » Tue May 25, 2021 6:17 am

240 Gardner wrote:
DEANB wrote:Middle East Marathon.


That's a big chunky-looking thing - most U.K. drivers with a Marathon didn't get the full depth sleeper like this

It looks wider to me not the standard width Marathon
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Re: LHD Leyland Marathons

Postby ERF-NGC-European » Tue Aug 31, 2021 9:52 am

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Re: LHD Leyland Marathons

Postby ERF-NGC-European » Wed Dec 01, 2021 9:38 pm

A couple of new ones on here for Stevie Jones!

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Re: LHD Leyland Marathons

Postby ERF-Continental » Sat Dec 04, 2021 5:22 pm

In the row of 'happy few' I regard this Leyland very qualified for the ME-job!

ERF NGC, DAF F2800, Scania LB140, Volvo F88/89 should rank in either sequence
Cummins, anything less is a gamble!
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Re: LHD Leyland Marathons

Postby ERF-NGC-European » Mon Dec 06, 2021 11:22 am

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Re: LHD Leyland Marathons

Postby Suedehead » Mon Dec 06, 2021 7:27 pm

How long did the BRS venture into M/E work last. Very short lived wasnt it ?
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Re: LHD Leyland Marathons

Postby ERF-NGC-European » Mon Dec 06, 2021 9:29 pm

Suedehead wrote:How long did the BRS venture into M/E work last. Very short lived wasnt it ?


Yes indeed. But that may well have said more about BRS than the Marathons :wink:
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Re: LHD Leyland Marathons

Postby vwvanman0 » Tue Dec 07, 2021 5:58 pm

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One of the ex brs marathons ended up with Tom Varleys at Gisburn, hauling steam stuff about, bizarrely there is a fake steering wheel at the rhd side. Last saw it in the 1980s

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Re: LHD Leyland Marathons

Postby Suedehead » Tue Dec 07, 2021 8:44 pm

vwvanman0 wrote:
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One of the ex brs marathons ended up with Tom Varleys at Gisburn, hauling steam stuff about, bizarrely there is a fake steering wheel at the rhd side. Last saw it in the 1980s

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Is it my eyesight, or is that drive axle hub a bit sticky outey ?
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Re: LHD Leyland Marathons

Postby tyneside » Tue Dec 07, 2021 9:16 pm

Suedehead wrote:
vwvanman0 wrote:
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One of the ex brs marathons ended up with Tom Varleys at Gisburn, hauling steam stuff about, bizarrely there is a fake steering wheel at the rhd side. Last saw it in the 1980s

Steve

Is it my eyesight, or is that drive axle hub a bit sticky outey ?


Certainly does look not quite right. That outer rear wheel looks like a three piece rim, perhaps an old set of 900 x 20’s (think the wheel dish would fit over the hub) plonked on just to keep it mobile.

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Re: LHD Leyland Marathons

Postby vwvanman0 » Tue Dec 07, 2021 9:16 pm

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This is it on page 1 of this thread, looks sticky out here too.

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Re: LHD Leyland Marathons

Postby Suedehead » Wed Dec 08, 2021 7:38 pm

vwvanman0 wrote:
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This is it on page 1 of this thread, looks sticky out here too.

Steve


What is that on the drivers door, below the window ?
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Re: LHD Leyland Marathons

Postby ERF-NGC-European » Wed Dec 08, 2021 9:13 pm

Suedehead wrote:
vwvanman0 wrote:
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This is it on page 1 of this thread, looks sticky out here too.

Steve


What is that on the drivers door, below the window ?


There was some discussion about this on another thread some time ago. IIRC it was to do with deflecting muck from the mirrors.
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Re: LHD Leyland Marathons

Postby DEANB » Fri Dec 17, 2021 12:25 pm

1978 clipping.

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Re: LHD Leyland Marathons

Postby vwvanman0 » Fri Dec 17, 2021 5:40 pm

Great article that, there are no 3 axle drawbar pics in this thread so i wonder where they ended up and who operated them, 3 axle with a drawbar trailer would have been an impressive outfit.

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Re: LHD Leyland Marathons

Postby ERF-NGC-European » Sat Dec 18, 2021 8:46 am

vwvanman0 wrote:Great article that, there are no 3 axle drawbar pics in this thread so i wonder where they ended up and who operated them, 3 axle with a drawbar trailer would have been an impressive outfit.

Steve


I would imagine that it would have had very limited useful application as it was extra long for a drawbar prime-mover and would have had to have pulled a very short trailer in order to remain within length restrictions. At the Belgian/Dutch borders they often measured drawbar outfits and fined the drivers for overlength ones (including me on one occasion! :cry: ).
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Re: LHD Leyland Marathons

Postby vwvanman0 » Sat Dec 18, 2021 1:12 pm

I would hope the customer that ordered it would have some idea of the length limits in the operating area?

But then again they bought a Leyland product so maybe weren't too clued up!! :)

(Disclaimer, i would love a marathon so must be a loon myself)
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Re: LHD Leyland Marathons

Postby vwvanman0 » Sat Dec 18, 2021 9:34 pm

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Whilst avoiding the strictly final catching up with a recent magazine purchase, found this..

1976 commercial motor Earls court show report tells of a LHD 6x4 marathon on display with a bed that goes front to back!?!

Never heard of this before.

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Re: LHD Leyland Marathons

Postby ERF-NGC-European » Fri Jan 14, 2022 6:36 pm

This Dutch company clearly liked their Leylands!

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Re: LHD Leyland Marathons

Postby ramone » Sat Jan 15, 2022 8:03 am

ERF-NGC-European wrote:This Dutch company clearly liked their Leylands!

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I'm guessing that's a Mandator on the right with Leyland putting their name across the bottom for export models
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Re: LHD Leyland Marathons

Postby ERF-NGC-European » Sat Jan 15, 2022 3:35 pm

ramone wrote:
ERF-NGC-European wrote:This Dutch company clearly liked their Leylands!

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I'm guessing that's a Mandator on the right with Leyland putting their name across the bottom for export models


Yes, the model badge on the right of the grille looks long enough to contain the name Mandator; but too long to accommodate Beaver. It might even have been their yards shunter by the time that picture was taken!
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Re: LHD Leyland Marathons

Postby [zb] anorak » Sat Jan 15, 2022 4:55 pm

AEC grille, so is probably Mandator. The firm's allegiance may have been to AEC, rather than Leyland.
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Re: LHD Leyland Marathons

Postby whisperingsmith » Sat Jan 15, 2022 10:44 pm

Whilst the Marathon was badged as Leyland, it was built in Southall at the AEC plant so surely the Marathon was really an AEC ??
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Re: LHD Leyland Marathons

Postby ramone » Sun Jan 16, 2022 1:29 pm

AECs were badged Leyland on the bottom grille for exports .Not sure why because AEC were exporting across the world well before Leyland got their sticky fingers on them
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Re: LHD Leyland Marathons

Postby DEANB » Sat Jan 22, 2022 9:23 am

Marathon Special.

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Re: LHD Leyland Marathons

Postby stevejones » Sun Jan 23, 2022 3:06 pm

hi robert just seen me old favourites me uncles brs marathon what memories tks to all
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Re: LHD Leyland Marathons

Postby beegee » Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:27 pm

Apologies to those who may already know this, but according to this 1977 Commercial Motor article 20 Marathons (with AEC badges) went to Ghana. The second picture shows a LHD vehicle.
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Re: LHD Leyland Marathons

Postby stevejones » Sat Feb 26, 2022 2:19 pm

tks erf ngc for those couple of brs overland on previous havent seen that one b4 they look like they deserve a wash and brush cant quite see the reg so dont know if one of them was our kid tks again tho :D
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Re: LHD Leyland Marathons

Postby ERF-NGC-European » Sat Feb 26, 2022 2:22 pm

stevejones wrote:tks erf ngc for those couple of brs overland on previous havent seen that one b4 they look like they deserve a wash and brush cant quite see the reg so dont know if one of them was our kid tks again tho :D


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Re: LHD Leyland Marathons

Postby vwvanman0 » Fri Mar 04, 2022 1:30 pm

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Photos of a marathon on fb, led to this shot being added,

Roy Drakeford said he enjoyed driving this, pulling a hospitality trailer on formula 3 racing events, their jumpers say marcmoor on them and it is the white truck in much better times.

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