Thread: AYI 077 (The Leyland Brothers S11a 109)

Originally Posted by Rangier Rover

Had a closer look in detail this morning and took it for a run. No horrible noises or vibrations and the GMH and gear box are sweet as. Clutch is nasty though Very sudden. ...<snip>.

Holden type clutches are a nightmare, however you can fix it!

Get a "Borg and Beck" pressure plate from a TE20 Ferguson tractor or Vangard Velox also get a Land Rover OEM "Borg and Beck" pressure plate for a series Landy. Have the internals from the Landy pressure plate installed and set-up into the TE20 housing. The TE20 housing bolts directly to the OEM Holden flywheel and then you will have a Holden engine with the clutch "feel" of the standard Land Rover.

We'll see how this goes... I've used paint to put images together otherwise over time the pics will get very resource hungry

If this works OK I will continue to do so



In its former glory




Edit... Looks OK to me. I'll put some together of the interior, Structural problems and other smaller details soon.
Tony

Looks good from this end too...

Looking forward to the rest

I would invite anyone to come forward with any pics or info from books etc. Some of you must have them
Every small bit of information will help this cause from here

Tony

cooool glad to see it starting its new life
i have a couple of photos from the book my life as a leyland brother by mike leyland. is that where you got the photo in the previous post from?

Originally Posted by Rangier Rover

I would invite anyone to come forward with any pics or info from books etc. Some of you must have them
Every small bit of information will help this cause from here

Tony

Why not write to Mal Leyland and ask him?

Garry

Originally Posted by garrycol

Why not write to Mal Leyland and ask him?

Garry

Far better than writing to Mike Leyland, who recently hasn't been replying to any letters, emails or phone calls. (Vale: Mike Leyland 1941-2009)

I have the book Discovering Australia, by the Leyland Brothers with some pictures. I don't have a scanner but will try to get access to one.

I remember at primary school the library had Off The Beaten Track, Further Off the Beaten Track and Leyland Brothers' Australia , these were longer versions of the same with lots more pictures of the Land Rovers used in the Off the Beaten Track TV series. I used to borrow these a lot. They also had books of the Trekabout series, when they used lesser vehicles, I didn't borrow these as much. I remember Mike and Mal came to the school once with a film called Kerry's Animal Roundup, so maybe they donated the books to the school library then.

Jeff