The return of the Whatizit No. 5838

Not a ZIL, KRAZ, KAMAZ, JaaMZ or BELAZ.



The ones you had in Oz did look different...

Cheers,

T

Tatra, I'll guess AEC or Leyland bus chassis?
Jeff.

A portaloo with a view

wouldnt hold much on that tray

Yep i reckon AEC

Foden??

G'Day All,

Jeff was first with the answer and also the only one who got it right. What you see is another piece of obscure Israeliana, one of a few Leyland Royal Tigers built as trucks by Leyland Ashdod. No, they would not have held much in the way of weight but the thought was they would be used to carry bulky (read: tall) but light items, like plastic containers etc., which would have not been possible with a "normal" truck (because the chassis was significantly higher). I don't know whether there was any difference between the Royal Tiger "truck" chassis and the one used for the bus/coach; engine was the usual 600 unit with Wilson 5sp preselector box. The cab was a modified (Israeli) bonnetted Super Beaver cab.

Other than the above, some bus cooperatives converted old Royal Tiger buses into trucks to transfer recon engines/boxes/axles/tires etc. between bus depots - here's two such Egged concoctions with cut & shut bus bodies (pics from Egged's site):





They also converted some into mobile workshop/recovery vehicles...



Cheers,

T

Now that's a handy looking jigger. Imagine what Cribby could pickup with it. Mobile home it tooo.
cya tim

Tim,

From what I remember it had a fully equipped workshop, a kitchen and a sleeping berth inside so you're not far from the truth.

That's a preserved older version (1956 Royal Tiger):



Cheers,

T

PS: Thinking about it, you have exactly the same chassis in Oz:)