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16th February 2020, 14:50 | #1 |
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Hi, a couple of days ago we followed a lorry with the blue and white L logo and the name Ashok Leyland. Actually seen a number of them now. So Leyland continuous, not British but Ashok. Was nice to see the L sign.
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18th February 2020, 18:28 | #2 |
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Loads of mahindra vehicles around. Seems as if India has a good domestic vehicle manufacturing base. We had a wonderful 30 day backing trip in India, highlight for me was seeing the ww2 sights at Kohima and reading the fantastic story of its defence.
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18th February 2020, 18:31 | #3 |
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Opt are the bus manufacturer has links to Ashok Leyland
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20th February 2020, 16:32 | #4 |
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I remember, back in the day, when I used the M6 near Preston, I regularly saw chassis units on the motorway.
They were out of Leyland and, I assume, under test, The guys were perched up in the open air, wearing crash helmets and didn't hang about!
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22nd February 2020, 09:39 | #5 |
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The trouble Wrightbus is based in Ballymena near where I work and you regularly see chassis with strange tent structures on the cab areas to protect the drivers delivering them - not much in the way of crash protection though.
The famous Leyland "plug hole" badge (or '@rse - hole' as my dad amusingly always calls it) is a rare sight on the roads now. |
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