GUY Big J 8LXB Tractor Unit

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marky:

Trev_H:
Well someone has done a nice job on it, question is did it roll out of Park lane like that when it was new :smiley:

They all came out of there when they were new… :unamused:

Aye but not necessarily with that engine !! Cheers Bewick.

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marky:

Trev_H:
Well someone has done a nice job on it, question is did it roll out of Park lane like that when it was new :smiley:

They all came out of there when they were new… :unamused:

What that chassis with a 240, got any chassis plate shots :unamused:

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Trev_H:

marky:

Trev_H:
Well someone has done a nice job on it, question is did it roll out of Park lane like that when it was new :smiley:

They all came out of there when they were new… :unamused:

What that chassis with a 240, got any chassis plate shots :unamused:

Now we’re talking, thats my Boy Trev forensic questions great !! Cheers Dennis.

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fryske:
Re: GUY Big J 8LXB Tractor Unit

Postby fryske » Sun Nov 02, 2014 9:10 pm
Sadly people, this is only a recreation of those rare beasts…

This until recently had a 6LXB installed…
The 8LXB came from a poorly C series ERF

The hunt goes on…

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fryske:

fryske:
Re: GUY Big J 8LXB Tractor Unit

Postby fryske » Sun Nov 02, 2014 9:10 pm
Sadly people, this is only a recreation of those rare beasts…

This until recently had a 6LXB installed…
The 8LXB came from a poorly C series ERF

The hunt goes on…

Sorry “fryske” I never got back to read your old post so that’s it then the hunt goes on and the Proles have slunk away again mate !! :smiley: Cheers Bewick.

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Bewick:

atkiman:
Sorry Dennis seen today at leyland

Your a good mate Jamie :wink: :laughing: :laughing: What was it’s reg no ? needs a bit more looking into this before I can concede as it may actually be a transplanted 240 which won’t count. Some [zb] could just be on the wind up because of all the banter over the years and has decided to cobble one to-gether eh! Cheers Dennis.

+1 :smiling_imp: :laughing: :laughing:

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robert1952:
That looks like quite a big, sticky-out engine! Robert :smiley:

Some say it had a turbo ■■■■■■■ in it before the swap.Which would be along similar lines of someone putting an old 1940’s straight 8 Buick engine into an AC Cobra. :open_mouth: :smiling_imp: :laughing: :laughing:

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Don’t shoot the messenger Dennis i was only passing on photographic images(.looked kosher to me though) )cheers jamie

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Carryfast:
Assuming that really is a Big J with an 8LXB in it there’s no actual proof that it isn’t a home built special or aftermarket modified job using an engine transplant at whatever point in time after it left the factory.Although maybe confirmation of matching engine and chassis numbers at the time of original registration might prove the case at least on the balance of probabilities.

Although the biggest shock and surprise in that case would be why would anyone want to put that in the thing instead of a turbocharged ■■■■■■■■ :smiling_imp: :laughing:

Even The Great Man from Leatherhead supports our argument that there never was a Big J built with an 8LXB engine ! :blush: I never said he was a [ZB] :blush: :unamused: :wink: :laughing: he does talk sense sometimes,well not very often but in the case of a Big J with 8LXB engine he is 101% correct so lets have some ID plates posted. Cheers Bewick.

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Mr , Bewick , i must admit today on face book i saw a Guy Big J with a 240 in it belong to Walls transport of Liverpool ,the first one i have seen , Cheers Barry

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b.waddy:
Mr , Bewick , i must admit today on face book i saw a Guy Big J with a 240 in it belong to Walls transport of Liverpool ,the first one i have seen , Cheers Barry

Hi Barry.Im on face book, May I ask who put it on, Regards Larry.

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This one? Robert

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Hi , Lawrence, it look likes a 4 wheeler unit ,put on by Tony wallace ,on British lorries from early days to the present no foreign lorries ,i would put the photo on but i dont know to do it ,hope this will help you ,Lawrence , Cheers Barry

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there you go

cheers Johnnie

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It’s the one on the previous page of this thread!

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THanks ,Johnnie

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Hiya…i thinks the big J been done specially to satisfy us old crinkles…and what a good jobs been done of it…
it didn’t come out of the factory did it ■■?
john

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Hiya,
Like I’ve said on several occasions plenty of 6 pot "Percy’s were produced and
rolled off the premises but never an 8 potter any in existence are away from
the factory “specials” the 6 potters were in my opinion crap and not a patch
on the ■■■■■■■ and Roller engined jobbies.
thanks harry, long retired.

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harry_gill:
Hiya,
Like I’ve said on several occasions plenty of 6 pot "Percy’s were produced and
rolled off the premises but never an 8 potter any in existence are away from
the factory “specials” the 6 potters were in my opinion crap and not a patch
on the ■■■■■■■ and Roller engined jobbies.
thanks harry, long retired.

As far as I know, the Guy records would disagree with you …

Unless you have seen different records to the people quoted on here? :wink:

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M A Evans had a Guy Big J which was a genuine factory built one, out of forty which were made. Smiths of Maddiston had them as their former drivers have stated. But it ain’t no big deal.