Past Present and in Between in Pictures (Part 2)

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT
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I looked at the third photo and thought “why’s that familiar?” and realised I took it. :rofl:

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If I’d known, I’d have credited you. All were randome pictures pulled from the double ewes.

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Couple of loads for our friend CF Handball on and off!!

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Please don’t set off CF off again, or mention hub transportation, A frame trailers, engine braking or we will all be on about it for a week.

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A very handsome Mk V :smiley:

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I think the Marathon 2 came out 77/78.The improvements made a big difference but questions were asked as to why it took so long to implement them.The foot brake valve was relocated from the chassis to cab i think and the original heater was from the ergo cabs and couldn’t cope with the bigger cab. The dash and facia was updated , no big deal. Not sure why they persisted with the rear axle.Another thing they could have done was lower the cab a bit and fit it to the rest of the range and do away with the then dated ergo

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Yes, TRUCK mag tested a Mk 2 in December '77 and were scathing about the poor Fuller 9-sp gearbox installation and its ‘lousy linkage’, even going as far to suggest that Leyland should go and look at how well other manufactures managed to install Fuller boxes.

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The Marathon cab was just an ergo on stilts

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I would sooner drive the Marathon 2 with the Fuller we had than the 1975 DAF F2000 we owned with the “backwards” ZF splitter !!!

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Yeah that’s what i was saying the layout and noise insulation was much better though so if they had kept the layout the same and lowered the stilts a bit they would have had a better cab than the original

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Was that the one with the split screen?

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No it was an S reg (1978) Marathon 2 with the TL12 and Fuller 9 speed. Cab had the “brown” trim same as the Bison / Buffalo.

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I meant the Daf did it have the split screen

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OOps sorry !! no it was a full screen.

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Cab was like this but it was a six wheel rigid.

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I was thinking of the ones before that model Wilsons Transport at Bradford had one.In fact they had one right up to closing their doors in the late 2000s

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Must have had better luck than us, ours proved to be very unreliable, in fact I wish I had never seen the damn thing !!!