Leyland Crusaders in Australia

Just checked the paperwork on my Crusaders. Chassis no. of the 1976 is WHV52231, my 1973 is WHV52232, so running numbers but the later vehicle has the earlier number.

I believe WHV means Watford Heavy Vehicles, which was the Scammell Factory.

So, did the come to Aus as knocked down kits or complete vehicles? How many were sold here. My 76 model is the heavier spec model, longer chassis, bigger diffs, 65t rated on rego.

Perhaps it sat around at Leyland for a few years until they could sell it? The paperwork I got with it indicates rust and waterleaks through the roof of the cab when new.

Paul

...g'day Paul .. she very possibly was the company demonstrator from way back, and only first registered in 1976

Hi Detective
Engine number of the 76 was 8VA135224 according to the original CAGA Lease Purchase Agreement documents.

Perhaps some GM expert can tell us the year of the engine.

Paul

Me no Xpert
But most will agree eye'm a drip under pressure
LOL


1971-72

Lancashire built Leylands had date related sequential numbers but that was not the case with all manufacturers. For example Thornycroft created batches of numbers for a particular model, maybe 10 or 100 at a time, so even though the batches might have been more or less sequential at the time of allocation by the time the actual trucks left the factory they could be years apart. Maybe Scammell had a similar mad system.

I had this with a couple of locally assembled CKD cars I had. 2 Rambler Matadors, the earlier number car was complianced later, although I was led to believe they were all assembled in one batch and sold over a 4 year period. I was told they were complianced as they were sold.
Possibly a similar situation?

Jarrod.

Reminds me

bought a new Nissan Navaro end of june 2014

looked @ the vehicle build date March 2013
15 F Months old WTF
jumped up n down ..........n they gave me 1000 off

so they should


but there claim to fame was ....... it is compliant 2014
n eye sed me can import a 50 year old roket from the US n get a 2014 compliance stiker

caveat emptor ....... (buyer Beware)

LOL
cya

Swish,(at the risk of being a smartar$e) You should've checked That before plonking your hard earned on the Table..

'cause rest assured when you go to trade it In,
They'll value it as a '13 model............

HaySeed U B right
But under pressure from our accountant B 4 end of FY

Th@ B my x cuse n eye'm stikn wiff it

LOL
cya

I signed up to buy a new car once and was a little suspicious about the age so I asked the salesman "what is the build date on these" . He assured me it would be no older than 3 months, so I scribbled that on the contract next to my signature.
Then I go to pick up the gleaming beauty and the salesman was trying to stop me looking under the bonnet. When I did I find it is about 18 months old so I nicely ask for a price cut. They say no and I tell them where to park their "new" car and point out the not so fine scribble on the front of the contract. After a couple of weeks I got my deposit back and bought a new car off somebody else.