LHD Leyland Marathons

[Gateshead]

Did the Marathon 2 have a different cab option other than the standard sleeper and day version ?

[les_sylphides]

Yes. Full-width or narrow width. Here are pictures to show both.

[Gateshead]

Is the BRS Marathon not a Mark 1. The other one has the Marathon 2 badge on the front.

[les_sylphides]

I’m not sure Mk 1 and 2 are relevant, as there were narrow and wide cabs in both, weren’t there?

[Gateshead]

The BRS Marathon was a special order of 10 vehicles kitted out for the M/E. The last ones were delivered in 1976.
In 1977 Leyland introduced the Mark 2 with the brown cab trim and the sleeper as in the picture you posted. There were also other modifications and engine options but the cab remained the same size. I don’t believe there was any factory options for a larger sleeper.

[les_sylphides]

I think that was the larger sleeper. Here’s the narrow one:

[vwvanman0]

Looking in my marathon 2 brochures there is no mention of the full length sleeper option, much is made of the short sleeper being able to legally couple to full length trailers…

Just realised the Foreign marathon 2 brochure i have is Spanish…Madrid address…

[Gateshead]

IIRC when the Marathon Mark 1 was first released there were three cab options,

wide sleeper, same dimensions as the BRS Overland model.

Standard sleeper, which became the factory fitted option on the Mark 2.

Day cab which had the option of rest bunk to fit back to front on the engine hump.

Going back fifty years now so memory may be a bit faded

[les_sylphides]

I can see where you’re coming from now. That sounds right!

[Gateshead]

Could this be what is left of one of the BRS Marathons ??

[les_sylphides]

Yes. One of them did come a cropper.

[vwvanman0]

The driver of that was on here a few years ago sandman norman or something i think his name was, escaped ok from the crash

[les_sylphides]

That would have been Norman Ingram on the Nottingham Bus Firm (Middle East) thread. If you’ve got the patience to trawl through it all, here’s the link to the thread:
Nottingham bus firm( middle east work - UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS / OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT - Trucknet UK

[franglais]

Couple of mentions below.
Try going to the thread, and in the top-right search box click on in this thread then add relevant words such as “crash” or “accident”.

Nottingham bus firm( middle east work

Thank you bestbooties & maggie D, you are dead correct, you jogged my memory. When I used to see him, I asked where snowy & jock were, because he was " ■■■■ Barton " special agent. Wonder if he is still alive, he must be about 20 years older than me , I am 71 now. Last time Isaw him was at londra camp, just after I had my accident in june 6th 1977, i was stuck there for 10 to 13 weeks, my unit was there with the cab missing, that was dumped 5kms down the road. later when I did a trip to turkey, …

Nottingham bus firm( middle east work

Harry, you want to hear a m/e tale, well after my accident in Turkey, I spent several weeks in Londra camping, sorting out my load with the customs, because, a crate got stolen, I was getting low on cash, so I telexed my manager for some extra funds, and also through the grape vine, was told, they might not pay my exspenses, so I soon put them right, and said if I did not get extra funds to sort the mess out, and get the load to Bagdad, and stop his silly notion, of not paying my due amounts, th…

[parkroyal2100]

Perhaps this has been posted before, but via SemmyTrailer on flickr:

[parkroyal2100]

And another from the same source:

[les_sylphides]

Was it captioned: Marathon arrives at Perly Gates?

What Pat Kennett and St Peter would have discussed, concerning the Marathon makes the mind boggle a bit!

[parkroyal2100]

Looks like it’s leaving the gates of Perly to me. I daresay Phil Llewellyn would’ve come up with a suitable quip.