here yah go
can any body tell me what this is
a Scammell hitch ■■
thats what i thought dennis
but i couldnt figure out it locked on
I think it may be a Scammell self coupling,if it is, units were usually Scammell Scarab(3 wheelers!) or Bedfords used by the railway companies for local distribution.
It has been donkeys years since I saw this, where and when was this taken. cor memories.
thats the motor
by the look of it,it were maybe a tanker motor as the twoo pipes u can see were marked inlet and outlet
Leyland Comet ?
Yep the infamous scammel automatic coupling
Definitely a Leyland Comet. When I was a kid my old man had 3 of these in 29 seater coach form.
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good detailed write up here…even the lights and airlines connected automatically…just needed to release the handbrake and fit the trailer number plate. 
BLIMEY !!!
I used to use those when I was a night yard shunter at National Carriers about 30 years ago.
The scammel coupling could go under, and attatch to, a fifth wheel plate coupling so it could double up to move ‘normal’ artic trailers.
i passed my class one in a army owned bedford with that coupling and the lights and airlines did,nt connect themselves. 