Bewick:
Trev_H:
old 67:
Hi Dennis,couldnt resist your invitation,but I had to use an"electronic"scewdriver.If Ive broken any forum rules or offended you,I will apologise,and remove the offending picture
regards JOHN.0Very nice ! That grille looks a bit unbalanced now though, could we have a flying pig on the other side?
And a Knights Head!PS on second thoughts an Indian Chiefs head!!
Thats what Dave will be quoting with his pictures ! “Feathers in our cap”
Superb!
Anyone wanna buy my original Big J with a V8 AEC engine in only 40 made they all blew up…joke 
ramone:
Anyone wanna buy my original Big J with a V8 AEC engine in only 40 made they all blew up…joke
Its no joke, I knew a driver whose mate had one.
Trev_H:
ramone:
Anyone wanna buy my original Big J with a V8 AEC engine in only 40 made they all blew up…jokeIts no joke, I knew a driver whose mate had one.
I heard they planned to put it in the Crusader but it never happened,theres a story from the AEC Gazette that says a top AEC official was at the GUY Works and spotted a V8 engine cant remember if it was ■■■■■■■ or perkins and went back to Southall and ordered them to start work on there very own V8…Then Leyland got involved and then…
Hiya …i,ve got a book that states you can have a AEC V8 in a crusader I,ve never seen one.
John
3300John:
Hiya …i,ve got a book that states you can have a AEC V8 in a crusader I,ve never seen one.
John
They had big plans for it i think it was going in the Sabre coach chassis too
Sorted!!
Rgds,
David
revman:
01967 scottish motor show kelvin hall crusader fitted with aec v8-alan
AL,ARE YOU SURE IT IS NOT A 8 POT PATRICROFT SMOKER 
ANON
hi jonnie i got it off bubblemans thread and it states prototype was a aec v8 but cant remember wot page but lets start another rumour-alan
revman:
01967 scottish motor show kelvin hall crusader fitted with aec v8-alan
IIRC I don’t think Scammell built Crusaders in 1967.Bewick
Bewick:
revman:
01967 scottish motor show kelvin hall crusader fitted with aec v8-alanIIRC I don’t think Leyland built Crusaders in 1967.Bewick
Hi Dennis I am sure they had them at a few shows before they went into service and the first ones were on a “J” plate same as the Samson and only in very small numbers probably just demo’s
cheers Johnnie
P S Leyland did not build them SCAMMELL did at Watford
Bewick:
revman:
01967 scottish motor show kelvin hall crusader fitted with aec v8-alanIIRC I don’t think Leyland built Crusaders in 1967.Bewick
might have been 69 dennis but no later my len green dennis maxm was in 67 scottish show & i remember seeing the bass charrington crusader on lunch box cafe in 69-alan
Bewick:
revman:
01967 scottish motor show kelvin hall crusader fitted with aec v8-alanIIRC I don’t think Leyland built Crusaders in 1967.Bewick
Tut Tut Dennis,its not a Leyland,its a Scammell!!!
Rgds,
David
5thwheel:
Bewick:
revman:
01967 scottish motor show kelvin hall crusader fitted with aec v8-alanIIRC I don’t think Leyland built Crusaders in 1967.Bewick
Tut Tut Dennis,its not a Leyland,its a Scammell!!!
Rgds,
David
It did pass through my mind(very quickly!)when I typed Leyland,but hey! non of the firms aquired by Mr.Stokes were free of interference by their Leyland masters,unfortunate but never-the-less painfully true!!!Cheers Dennis.
5thwheel:
Bewick:
revman:
01967 scottish motor show kelvin hall crusader fitted with aec v8-alanIIRC I don’t think Leyland built Crusaders in 1967.Bewick
Tut Tut Dennis,its not a Leyland,its a Scammell!!!
Rgds,
David[/quote
A Question for the “Scammell brains trust” When did the first Crusader appear at a commercial show? Johnnie says the first one he saw was on a J plate,so that would mean late 70,early 71 then! I can hear coggs grinding and there’s defo a wisp of smoke rising from various pairs of ears up and down the UK!!!But will this kick off a new thread that could run as long as the Big J one!! Oh! and just to keep the pressure on you Scammell “sycos” did Scammell ever fit an 8LXB in a Crusader? IMO they didn’t/couldn’t /wouldn’t, but I will ,of course ,take my “medicine” concurrent with that which I may get via the Big J debacle!!! Well go on then lads get to it or are you going to sit in the “cafe” all day!!! Cheers Dennis.
The Scammell Crusader made its appearance at the 1972 Commercial Moter Show Dennis.
Cheers Dave.
