What car?

solarsailor · 30th January 2021, 14:35

Stumbled across a video entitled "ROVERFEST-Wroxall Abbey-13th August 2017" on youtube and decided to watch it. These two cars appear quite early on in the clip but I have absolutely no idea what they are. They've got British Leyland badges on the grille which means I was definitely around when they were built but I don't remember ever seeing anything like these. Any ideas?

Ian G · 30th January 2021, 14:43

Leyland P76 I've seen a couple around the shows
Info here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyland_P76

J1MBO · 30th January 2021, 15:59

Those are screenshots from one of my videos Andrew

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As Ian says they are Australian Leyland P76s, not the most awe inspiring name they could have come up with.

Another link, this one from AR Online : https://www.aronline.co.uk/cars/leyl...and-p76-story/

Jim

solarsailor · 30th January 2021, 16:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by J1MBO

Those are screenshots from one of my videos Andrew

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As Ian says they are Australian Leyland P76s, not the most awe inspiring name they could have come up with.

Another link, this one from AR Online : https://www.aronline.co.uk/cars/leyl...and-p76-story/

Jim

Yes they are screenshots, hope you didn't mind me using them. It's not exactly an awe inspiring thing to look at regardless of its name, but then the Aussies can hardly be accused of making beautiful cars.

J1MBO · 30th January 2021, 19:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by solarsailor

Yes they are screenshots, hope you didn't mind me using them.

No, not at all Andrew

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Quote:

Originally Posted by solarsailor

It's not exactly an awe inspiring thing to look at regardless of its name, but then the Aussies can hardly be accused of making beautiful cars.

True, but imho the coupe didn't look half bad.

Jim

patrolman pete · 1st February 2021, 10:16

Checkout Hubnut on Youtube for for some very interesting Leyland Australia cars. He road tests a P76 4.4 Rover V8 on a visit last year. Other brilliant road tests include the 2.6 litre straight six marina , a Wolseley 24/80 straight six 2.4 B series , Austin Apache , Morris Nomad and from the Ford stable a Mk 3 Cortina 4.1 straight six that sounds great

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Ian G This is my second home Small Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Land of the Eel Posts: 6,315 Thanks: 2,328 Thanked 2,991 Times in 1,431 Posts	Leyland P76 I've seen a couple around the shows Info here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyland_P76

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J1MBO This is my second home Roverless & now carless Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Wilmslow Posts: 15,583 Thanks: 2,457 Thanked 2,428 Times in 1,301 Posts	Those are screenshots from one of my videos Andrew . As Ian says they are Australian Leyland P76s, not the most awe inspiring name they could have come up with. Another link, this one from AR Online : https://www.aronline.co.uk/cars/leyl...and-p76-story/ Jim

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patrolman pete Posted a thing or two Rover 75 club se tourer CDT and a Connoisseur SE Diesel Auto Saloon Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Houghton - le - Spring Posts: 1,418 Thanks: 618 Thanked 333 Times in 197 Posts	Checkout Hubnut on Youtube for for some very interesting Leyland Australia cars. He road tests a P76 4.4 Rover V8 on a visit last year. Other brilliant road tests include the 2.6 litre straight six marina , a Wolseley 24/80 straight six 2.4 B series , Austin Apache , Morris Nomad and from the Ford stable a Mk 3 Cortina 4.1 straight six that sounds great