1927 Leyland Q
1927 Leyland Q in Look Up and Laugh, Movie, 1935
Class: Trucks, Simple truck — Model origin: 
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◊ 2023-07-31 21:12 |
![[Image: lookupandlaugh1935bg01000218.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/32612/23/lookupandlaugh1935bg01000218.jpg) |
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◊ 2023-07-31 22:06 |
Leyland, but I’ll need to do some work. -- Last edit: 2023-07-31 22:23:31 |
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◊ 2023-08-01 20:55 |
Plate says it’s 1927, but it looks a bit older to me. However… |
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◊ 2023-08-02 14:00 |
Two sets louvres, Leyland Q, available 1927. |
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◊ 2023-08-02 15:27 |
^^ Thank you. -- Last edit: 2023-08-02 15:28:20 |
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◊ 2023-08-08 13:01 |
After some searching more information...![[Image: leylandqh26-ton1925.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/558/23/leylandqh26-ton1925.jpg) Leyland Q-Types were 4-tonners from about 1925, the QH being a 6-Ton. Not all of the Q-Types had the double louvre sets. Possibly added later? ![[Image: leylandmodelp1920s.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/558/23/leylandmodelp1920s.jpg) Some or all of the 5-Ton 1920 Model P trucks (presumably preceding the Q-TYPE?) also had the same double louvres. |
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◊ 2023-08-08 16:17 |
Still on solids, but the subject is on pneumatics. This would have been a bit of a changeover period on heavier vehicles as those on solids were restricted to 12mph, but pneumatics were still a bit new at that weight. |
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◊ 2023-08-08 19:50 |
I have found one Leyland press photo from January 1927 of a similar truck on pneumatics but with shaped (not flat) wings. The Commercial Motor at the time, 1927-9, said conversion to pneumatics had too many problems to be feasible. One being the wheels, being spaced-out, increased the track and the flat wings no longer cover the complete tyre. The truck in the movie has possibly been converted later in the 1930s. Another four photos 1929-30 show pneumatics on the front but solids on the back for load bearing; conversions or factory-originals is unknown. However the vast majority of original Leyand trucks of the late 1920s are on solids. -- Last edit: 2023-08-08 19:51:52 |
