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1 week 4 days ago #255613 by Lang
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1 week 3 days ago #255616 by mammoth
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They were so common back in the day hardly anyone has thought to bring examples into the historic fold. This one looks like it deserves a place, especially as it's diesel.
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1 week 3 days ago #255618 by PaulFH
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Think Telecom at the time had some.
Diesel & 8 speed fuller.
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1 week 1 day ago - 1 week 1 day ago #255628 by JOHN.K.
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Australia Post had a lot of lazy axles with 240 petrol and 8 speed suitcase box...........the suitcase box was supposedly German made Eaton,and came as a six speed or an 8 speed with a range change ......same housing for either..........earlier D series had 4 speed Borg Warner or  New Process or 5 speed Turner boxes ...which were not much good ....Nothing Turner made was any good ,ever .
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1 week 22 hours ago - 1 week 22 hours ago #255629 by Lang
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I reckon the Turner box in my various Commers both 5 and 6 speed were the nicest small truck gearboxes to use of anything else I have driven. Many a car of the era had less smooth gearboxes.

Admittedly the first one was brand new but the other three trucks had half a million miles on them and still going great.
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1 week 3 hours ago #255640 by JOHN.K.
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Commers had Commer boxes ,not Turners,the early bubble cabs had David Brown boxes. ......main users of Turners were Ford and Bedford ,along with some Leylands .....Spicer boughht Turner ,and the Spicer Turners were fitted to IH ACCOs in the 1980s and 1990s .....easily recognized as having no top .......Spicer sold Turner to Caterpillar ,who closed the factory down because nothing they made was any good.
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