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27 years old and still in service.
1985 Leyland Constructor OIL3102 hard at work in the Marches today -
Operated in definite no frills condition with a wonky indicator and rust visible around the cab, 3102 could be heard coming from a fair way away!
Fab.
Innishannon Steam & Vintage Rally 2004.
1965 Dublin registered Electricity Supply Board Scammell Constructor (BZI 848) at Dunkereen, Innishannon, Cork 6th June 2004.
A fine pair of Constructor tippers with Loosemores Transport from Shrewsbury are seen on reclamation work with Komatsu tracked shovel, back in 2004.
Seen leaving Tilcon's St. George Quarry, this OJ Jones of Porthmadog Constructor appears to have the 'Soma' rear axles normally found on the Scammell S26, rather than the normal Leyland/Albion or later Rockwell varieties.
Anyone know why?
SX 596 a Leyland Constructor eight wheel tipper dating from January 1990 was parked up on Agiou Georgiou in Ayia Napa, Cyprus on June 2nd 2018. It was apparently owned by Sofianos Constructions & Renovations Ltd.
Preserved Leyland Constructor Q131 SES masquerading as Dundee Corporation Transport Dept. 38 was an unusual exhibit at the Horsham Bus Rally which was held on September 3rd 2017. This vehicle was new in 1984 to the Royal Air Force (RAF). It passed from the RAF to a dealer in Wisbech who installed the current heavy-duty towing equipment in 1991. They sold it to Baldoukie Motors of Tannadice, near Forfar, who sold it on in 2006. The vehicle is powered by a Rolls-Royce Eagle 265 engine.
Rolls-Royce powered Constructor six-wheeled tipper 'Donnie Brasco' charges to the crusher with a full load of stone at Ven Ven's/Rainbow Mix quarry on Malta. Confined to quarry work only and now somewhat battered and reduced to a rigid six-wheeler, she was, nonetheless, still 'doing the business' causing dust clouds a few years ago.
Leyland Constructor 8 wheeler F228GND.
Run for the last 20 or so years by an owner driver, this lorry is now in the care of a skip firm. It is still in use and undergoing "tidying". It is on it's third engine and second cab - also its third body and second set of rear axles.
The current engine is a Rolls 340 TX which is a little asthmatic. The previous engine was a 325 which despite persistent water problems, pulled extremely well. Prior to this the lorry was fitted with a 270 which suffered a broken crankshaft.
The Rockwell rear axles are from a Foden - fitted due to their cross-locks -- if this gets stuck on a tip then the rest of the vehicles stand no chance!
The Leyland has also been fitted with rubber suspension to counteract the excessive rolling found with the steel suspension when travelling over bumpy ground. This also eliminates the numerous breakages found with the original installation.
The body was homemade around 10 years ago and was fitted when the chassis was lengthened.
The cab came from a Roadtrain found in Skegness -- the doors were cut down to fit.
Dunstable, 18 October 2007; this 1984 Leyland Constructor of Travers Environmental Services was to remain on the road for another two years.
A rare 30.19 Leyland Constructor with Gardner 201 engine from the Tarmac fleet. Seen in Ripple Lane in Barking Essex in 1982.
Believed to have now been cut-up in a Maltese scrapyard, Zahra Ltd's narrow-cabbed Leyland Constructor eight-wheeled mixer is seen in happier times when still working in 2008.
Well-looked after Leyland Constructor 30.30 eight wheeled tipper from the nomadic fleet of Regis Aggregates Ltd, then based at Cradley Heath. An early M-registered Leyland-Daf 75 eight wheeled tipper brings up the rear. The company finished some years ago now.
HSU159 Scammell Constructor was operated by W. Bull and Son of Tideswell, Buxton.
I have been unable to find any information on the history of this vehicle, either before or after the date of the photograph. I assume it was originally a military vehicle and I also wondered why so many of these heavy recovery lorries had Scottish (Glasgow) registrations.
A great looking vehicle you must agree -there was another one owned by Hoyer but was in Hoyer Livery and was the usual full cab version...also sold off at the same time...
I did plenty of laps around the yard in this -i loved it!
And positioned it for best pics etc..
This 1988 Leyland Constructor mixer with conveyor, joined the Edworthy's fleet in 1994. She served with the firm for ten years before retirement in 2004.
Cisitalia was an Italian sports and racing car constructor. The name "Cisitalia" derives from "Compagnia Industriale Sportiva Italia", a business conglomerate founded in Turin in 1946 and controlled by the wealthy industrialist and sportsman Piero Dusio.
Dusio commissioned several automobiles from Europe's leading designers. He provided Pinin Farina with the chassis on which the Cisitalia's body was placed. The body was more or less handcrafted, with its aluminum panels shaped over wooden forms. Because of this time-consuming process, only 170 models were produced between 1947 and 1952. When first presented to the public at the Villa d'Este Gold Cup show in Como, Italy, and at the 1947 Paris Motor Show, the Cisitalia "202" GT was a resounding success. The two-seater Cisitalia "202" GT was an aesthetic and technical achievement that transformed postwar automobile body design. The extraordinary Pinin Farina design was honored by New York's Museum of Modern Art in 1951. In the MOMA's first exhibit on automotive design, called "Eight Automobiles", the Cisitalia was displayed with seven other cars (1930 Mercedes-Benz SS tourer, 1939 Bentley saloon with coachwork by James Young, 1939 Talbot-Lago Figoni teardrop coupé, 1951 Willys Jeep, 1937 Cord 812 Custom BeverlySedan, 1948 MG TC, and the 1941 Lincoln Continental coupe). It is still part of the MoMA permanent collection.
(Wikipedia)
Leyland Constructor tipper in the ownership of Recycled Roadstone from the West Midlands. The Leyland was registered in Feb. 1987 and last on the road in 2000.
1989 Leyland Constructor 24-26 260 Turbo tar sprayer operated by Colas, Grantham.
Scan of a purchased slide.
There are not as many left working now so it was nice to capture this very tidy one Tipping at the top of the quarry.