Leyland Contractors, ours and yours: Some Qustions

Sum Scammels scrounged off the net











Leyland Scammell Coal truck. This old tipper was working at the coal washery at The Oaks. NSW
cya

Sum Scammels scrounged off the net

Leyland Scammell Coal truck. This old tipper was working at the coal washery at The Oaks. NSW
cya

I've seen a photo of a Super Constructor-I think it was the Quarry Industries one-fitted with a Mack V8-looked like a non turbo END864/255 h.p. in place of the original Albion/Leyland O.900 motor-actually 927 c.i.d.

Good pics there Swishy. The Constructor is of course a completely different animal which harks back to the "old" Scammell company from before Leyland days... In fact, I'd say the Contractor was a sort of an "anti-Constructor" in that it was deliberately conventional, cheaper and of a wider appeal (well at least that's what they were expecting at Leylands).

Fageol100, I'm not surprised about any such conversion, the Leyland 900 was not a common unit and parts would not have been cheap + you gained (at least) 30 hp with the Mack unit...

Tatra, I don't think those Mack V8s were great motors though either.

I might be on the wrong track Fageol, but this Quarry Industries Scammell has a Mack motor.

And another shot.

That's the one Tacho-thanks for putting those pictures up.

That's the same truck as Swishy put up a few photos back.....Quarry Industries No 2.
The motor is up in the other shed, still with the rod out the side. It looks a bit the worse for wear now.
Murray

Murray, did your KW W924R with the 12V71N and the big diffs replace the Scammell at Quarry Industries?

Yes, Kevin Fairley drove both.
I did contemplate a restoration job on the Scammell at one time but it is still not available and is deteriorating more every time I see it....a rare truck out here.