Thread: Leyland P38 - Half the car they should have been

<span style="color:blue">is that a marina on the end....?


these must be new old stock.....the ones they couldnt sell......




i wouldnt mind having one of those.....i reckon they would be great for a long
distance road tour around oz.....and they can carry the fuel required as well....
i think they could take a couple of 44 gallon drums in the boot......</span>

I used to own a P76, it was a great car and I never should have sold it. Considering its age and how it was driven ( back when I was an apprentice mechanic, I think you can figure it out), it was pretty reliable and a lot of fun.

My favourite is the convertable P76 (?) on the end of the row

Coming from a BLMC family i grew up in Austins, Morris's and of course the P76 V8 Auto Super model. Dad wanted a Targa Flourio, there was one in mildura he used to ogle over, but never got one.

Thinking back. The P76 was the 1st car i ever drove on a road, coming back from the Tip with Dad he let me drive it.

Dad (OldFart) loved it to death. I can rember one week when it was in the shed with the heads off getting work and we were forced to use the Austin 1800 ute as the daily driver...... Another Car i loved. Thats why i bought one.... or 2.... and Still have a Austin 1800 Ute in much disrepair.

Not that long ago i was looking for a good conditioned V8 P76 as a toy, but the price kept me away. $5000 for a average one..... Forget it...

Great built car. Sadly out of the Big 4, 1 had to go and Leyland was Axed....

Steve

Love the P-76 and the 1800!

Steve,
I think it was your ute I was trying to get a few months back, but couldn't get there, and my mate in Melb. had no where to hold it!

There are heaps of excellent P-76's still running around. Between my Dad & I we've had about 15 or so. Downscaled the "fleet" now, but have a huge shed of parts, and still 3 registered.

The owners of these swear by them (and occassionally at them). Much like Landy owners, there is a stigma one side / fanatical obsession on the other side!!

They were ahead of their time, and so much better than a lot of the crud running around at that time. If they had a decent company behind them and not that knobhead Mr Stokes - thing would've been different.

Here's two of my favourites.

73 V8 Executive & 1800 Sedan



Looked a treat, went like a treat!!!



The Austin

Go the Crab.......

Here is my old Babe that now resides on my Wifes Ring Finger.....

It was Stock apart from the Engine. 1800S Spec Engine with twin Carbs and 1800S Gearbox.
Love the Bench Seat......







Now Who has seen the 1800 V8 getting around Sydney????
It has a Rover 3.5 V8 in it and was built in the late 60's by BLMC and Repco.
It looks Stock, the only give away is it is about 4 inches longer.

Steve

P76 i can understand, but landcrabs!, you blokes are odd, a vehicle only a mother could love thats for sure, although 3.5 in one would be cool

The boot of P76 was huge. My mum used to drive one. It was converted to hand controls and with the brakes and accelerator set up like a bike it used to fly. It was the only car she could pul herself from her wheel chair into the front seat and still pull the chair in after her.
They were very reliable or oursa was.
Ex RAAF training car. The teches used it for practice, they would pull it down and rebuild it each week before we bought it.