Sacrilegious is my middle name unfortunately, the thought of being able to buy any part over the counter anywhere in australia is pretty tempting, unfortunately that means some of the original stuff has to go
Drove a diesel one in the 70,s absolute heartache, steering would pull your arms out of their sockets if you didn't have your left leg burned from the metal engine canopy inside the cab coupled with the wind blowing up your trouser legs.😂😂😂
Hiya Mate, In the UK back in the 1970s 1980`s a lot of "BANGER RACERS" (oval track racers) bought these and gave them a recovery back for transporting their race cars about. many came as Bread delivery vans but all types were used. Commonly known as "Threepenny bits" with their cab side doors resembling the old UK currency of a Threepenny bit. A solid but not fast truck that was not too heavy for "legal" reasons.. Sadly we don't see many about here no more. Enjoy your truck mate. - Ian - UK.
The Morris/Austin/Leyland FG was never intended as a motorway basher, it's intended environment was the UKs overcrowded towns and cities. The driver could exit the cab and still stay within the width of the vehicle and still make a nifty exit when the coast was clear.
100% , my good friend and neighbor is in his 80s, and used to have one of these , converted as you mention, into a car transporter for his F1 stock car (late 70s). He changed the rear drive axel, something to do with driving licence laws, down plating the carrying capacity. That new axel however was longer geared, and he says it flew........ but had the worse brakes!
These were mainly light delivery vans. You could drive with the doors open and better than sliding doors. You could open the doors without hitting cyclists etc. and saving time. The extra windows were to see how close you were to the kerb or other vehicles. The petrol engined ones were very quiet and smooth and not too heavy. They were cheap to buy, economical and reliable. Many were sold, originally as Ausin then British Motor Corporatoin (BMC) and finally as Leyland. Still better than many modern delivery vehicles.
I drove one back for 4months back in 1972, it was one of the 3 worst vehicles i have ever driven. The steering was extremely heavy, the brakes were push and pray. It was a FG 550, with a BMC 4 pot98 hp engine, coupled to a four speed crash gearbox. It was a heap of s..t that broke down all over Britain. The regular fault was split fuel lines, which spewed diesel oil all over your legs, via gaps in the engine cover.
I was a van boy in one of these old trucks, it was a BMC diesel version, the company had four off them, no turbo or any thing like that, just a old flat diesel engine, they would hardly pull you out off bed, but one thing for sure they were reliable & would just not stop, you had to wait until the engine ran for a while to get a heat from the engine cover, only problem we ever had was the diesel freezing, we some time had to light a fire under the tank, the odd time a flat battery mostly in winter & push started it with a fork lift, the good old reliable trucks.
@@elheffeschopshop Hi, it was through the 70/80's though the company had been there well before me, they ran them trucks until 83 & then bought four old fords, it was quite a adventure, no power steering, no power breaks, no radio, & no power at all, i became a driver HGV/ PSV truck & bus & we are definitely spoiled these day's, but unfortunately they have gone to far with technology & you have a bloody light & buzzer for the slightest small problem, it's not much fun any more.
God ! The 3d (Thrupenny bit ) saftey cab! Doors di not project beyond cab. Leyland or Morris badged. Can't drive the original then? Driver's were driver's at that time.
I live close to leyland in NW England where they made some of this beauties They are a cool looking cab and was popular back in the day Looking forward to to see you graft it onto the Isuzu 👌👍
My dad was an apprentice at Leyland Motors in the 50s. Unless you want a museum piece, this sounds like the best thing to do: keep the cool cab and bin rest to make it actually useable. Can't wait to see the end result.
Nice to see an antipodean version as most of ours over in blighty long gathered to rusty graves and a shame as they were nice looking machines and a doddle to drive too and keeping them running wasn't difficult if you did the oil changes etc semi regular. Was a lovely era for trucks and lorries, Bedford and Ford both have gawjus looking lorries and trucks around then, I abs loved the Ford D series for its clean lines and dogged reliability.
I cannot sell the chassis or engine until my truck is finished and registered, just incase they try to claim the id of my chassis as their own truck, the cab has no numbers :(
These trucks were badged as Austin or Morris, then BMC and finally Leyland. The ones that I drove for a company in Kent ranged from about 5 tons GVW to 9 tons GVW. They were fitted with 6-cylinder petrol engines or 4 or 6 - cylinder diesel engines. The gearbox was non-synchromesh but reliable, as were the engines.
Start ya bastard... I love Australians... These were everywhere here in the UK when I was a kid, usually delivering bread for some reason, I think the electricity board and British rail used them too. They looked like nothing else. I saw a kid get hit by one and he bounced on to his arse and back to his feet and ran off, the bread fella looked like he was going to explode he was laughing so hard, no idea what happened to the kid.
The fg trucks were first built by Austin / Morris then BMC and lastly Leyland I have a 1965 fg k60 crew cab overhead linesman mobile workshop ex Southern electricity 6 cylinder petrol engine I have had it for about 15 years and just finished a total restoration to make it look like it did brand new to southern electricity it's never let me down runs beautifully
This will be an epic build! That cab shape is next level cool, especially with that corner glass and those insane doors, and it looks pretty dry and rust free? Was there one of these out at Heintzes in the Barossa? I know there were a few old Leylands out there. Looking forward to the rest of the build!
Ah Heintzes - I wonder how much longer that place will be there. Most of the really good stuff is gone, but there's still 3 or 4 KE1x out there, but they're all pretty roasted. Still probably worth someone getting the steering boxes as some stuff out though. I miss just walking around that place aimlessly.
He's pretty good with prices, but getting some of those cars out of there would be a mission. I'd say whatever you want to grab, do it soon - he's really getting on now and doesn't have any help out there as far as I know - I don't know how much longer it will be operating, and who knows what will happen when he eventually passes. Let me know if you ever want a hand or company if you're heading out there, I'm always keen for an excuse to wander through. He apparently also has a place around Mannum somewhere, but I've never seen or found it.
During my childhood in the 1970's my late Father drove one of them Fg's here in the UK for mother's pride bakery cool build IMHO I would of gone with the Izuzu engine and what could of been fitted to the original chassis for historical reasons. And fitted a beavertail body to transport or recover old car's in looking forward to seeing the next instalment 👍❤️
Because i post a video every week and im only one person, this was mainly done so i could make room in my shed, i will show the build in great detail once i start :)
We put a sunroof in to cover roof damage and just cracked open gave it ventilation. Petrol engine not as bad as diesel modern sound deadening is better than blankets we had, we calked it the threepenny bit cab.
You'd need ear defenders driving one of these, and arms like arnie to deal with the steering, not to mention a burnt left leg from the internal engine canopy and a shite gearbox😂 anyone???
These when called SHOWKNEES as you can see your knees threw the window.my late dad sam cope drove 1 as he was a delivery driver for a steel stockholder back in the day.
Wow, just WOW! Started my working career as a ''van boy/drivers mate'' in one of these, mid '70s. Fridges, tv's, cookers, beds, hi fi's! I well remember it was us van boys who had to rope the load securely, read maps--(out of actual.....BOOKS, shock horror!)--and push the bloody thing in snow/icy weather in North East Scotland! Frozen Diesel in the winter, baking hot in the summer, ahh, the joys!!
I used to drive the tipper version of that. Double clutch gearbox. No syncro on any gear. Hot as hell in the summer because of the engine position. Cross ply tires that means you slid around on the slightest ice or snow. Wipers that were next to useless in all but the lightest rain, The only good thing about it was the tipper mechanism and the little port holes in the cab so you could see the kerb when manoeuvring.
First time viewer on your channel👍 this was the first type of commercial truck i ever drove brings back some memorys no a/c in them days so we used to tie the doors open to headboard for ventilation in the summer 😅 of course no health and safety to worry about liking the channel.
Hahaha that sounds dangerous, did you have seat belts atleast? Thanks for watching mate, there will be a heap more on this build when i finally get a start on it
Worked on a few 40 years ago. I wouldn't want to run one of those Petrol powered things today with the greens pushing the price of fuel up to save the planet. They averaged 5 MPG in the old money but were smoother than the Bedford's and Fords etc of the same era. I used to ring changes on the engines in place which they would need every 90-100 miles . The joys of carburettors! .Using the cab on a later truck is a great idea and actually done a lot more in OZ than people realise. You going to run proper truck air bags? Springs were ok in the 20th Century but nothing beats air bags(which were being used in the 1930's on Busses in the US) for smooth ride and hauling a decent load.
Di takengon aceh tengah di tahun 1976,disaat itu bus ,truck kepalanya panjang petak ,adamerek gmc,dodge,chevrolet, di takengon pernah saya lihat.bus baru beberapa hari masuk perjalanan dari medan,ke takengon parkir di jalan putri hijau bus merek layland tinggi lebar dan panjang busnya busnya cantik warna putih berles biru merek busnya layland aceh tengah.disaat itu aku masih kecil hanya melihat dan bermain main memegang bus layland yang indah dan cantik disaat itu layland bus. Model baru ,
Lol, old bubble diesel, I drove one of these old ladies 40 years ago when I had a milk round, never let me down, don't think I ever drove it with the door closed, 🤣
Used to work on these in the 70/80,'s diesels though for a Leyland truck dealer as a fitter. 2 engines diesels then a 4/98 & 6/98. 98 being the bore size & the 4/6 the number of cylinders. 60hp & 100 hp respectively with a 4 speed box & 45mph. Interesting as I never worked on a petrol FG even though I worked there for 10years.
@@elheffeschopshop because of the old english coin ‘three penny’ had multiple angular sides like the cab (sort off 😂) the one we had, had a diesel in and wouldn’t pull the skin off a rice pudding 😂 that’s a cool project 👌🏻😎
love this build . whats the reason for the need of the chasis and body numbers ? the isuzu has rego and chasis numbers doesnt it ? are you going to rego it as a leyland ? or isuzu ? the reason i ask is i have the same npr as a ramp truck and was thinking of rebodying with a 40,s chev truck body . my hopes were to use all the isuzu mounting and hinge points for ease of engineering .have you looked into legality,s yet ?
Thanks man :) Just to prove that i legally own the leyland cab and that its not stolen etc and it cab be put into the report to say the new cab number etc (most of these old trucks dont have numbers so it may not matter) I have looked into the engineering slightly, but until i start building i dont really know what mods i will need, ie moving engine, cab mounts, possibly tilt etc
@@elheffeschopshop i was sort of hoping that it would be looked at like a bus the body on them things are made from thin shit , there used to be a f350 getting around northam with a xd falcon sedan body mounted on it and a caravan body bolted to the back legal so it was rumored, i never saw it in person just on market place . i think im not sure ,as long as its just a rebody ( no chassis /breaks /steering/suspension mods to running gear) it wil be pretty easy . i was hopping you knew
Anyone who is like "but it was original and running" I say the original form is slow and dangerous on the road. The only cool thing worth saving is the cab. Your plan is great and I'm excited to watch the progress.
@@elheffeschopshop Well .....First things first innit ?? Good luck with your other projects ! .......but I will be keeping an close eye on this project of yours , that`s for sure !! Thanks for posting 1
