Leyland Buffalo: What's the Story?

Here`s something similar for you Tatra.Someone has put this KW cab on a Leyland,over powered by a V8 Perkins.The pic was taken in the same yard my Road boss came from, complete with a bit of TK Bedford cab sort of welded,duct taped on to the back of it.There are other atrocities there as well,like a Ford F 700 on a Mack NR chassis.What where they thinking?

Older cab but it looks to have the bigger grill in it Cam by the pic .

David.

Cam,

That thing - seen a pic on BLB and linked to it on an ATHS thread

But then, the truth is weirder than fiction:



The K100E on the right was hit on the LH corner but that's not the reason for the set-back axle, it was a KW option and chosen by some European and Israeli hauliers - the KWs are a part of Friderici's (Switzerland) fleet that used to do the Middle-East routes, which were probably as hard as anything you have down under.

Pic from the Ford Transcontinental site www.fordtranscontinental.nl/

Cheers,

T

Interesting Site Tatra,is the chap still playing with the big Fords?it doesn`t look like he has updated his Site for a while.

Bigcam, the answer to your question is I've no idea, sorry...

By the way, to give you an idea what the Europe-Asia routes were like for these guys, see here:

www.toprun.ch/truck/2008-11/ba/

Loads of pics from Swiss trucker Claude Rey-Mermet (sadly no loger with us), featring the Friderici K-Ws.

Cheers

T

Martin Phippard - name rings a bell - put me out of my misery please.

Scammell OSS had a Bedford cab. Can't think of any other Scammells that were that way. Again, put me out of my misery.

He`s on the BigLorryBlog quite a bit Andy.

...and also wrote a book or two, if I'm not mistaken, and his photography is here to see: www.hankstruckpictures.com/martin_phippard.htm

As for the Bedford cabs being used on Scammells, unless Grandad is pulling me leg, he might have thought about the Bedford/Scammell semis you mentioned.

On the subject of the McRobbie Buffalo, at the end of the day if 100% originality is not an issue (leaving out the $$$$ question), then I suppose any good used cab which can be fitted and will look "right" is an option...

Cheers,

T

Is the cab on the bonnetted Super Hippo and Buffalo the same ?

Cheers, guys, Martin's name rang a bell from Hank's site.