1935 Leyland Beaver 6-Ton Forward Control

1935 Leyland Beaver in All Creatures Great and Small, Movie, 1975

Class: Trucks, Simple truck — Model origin:

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Author	Message
Sunbar ◊ 2006-06-26 12:26	The truck in the centre.
DIEHARD ◊ 2006-11-28 20:23	Leyland? see Link to "www.eriding.net"
240 Gardner ◊ 2007-04-17 18:19	Actually, the wheels look a little small for it to be a Beaver - it looks more like a Cub or a Lynx to me. The Beaver in the link www.eriding.net is a "22-cabbed" Beaver, as announced in 1947. The film shot is a pre-war vehicle
dsl ◊ 2014-09-02 01:31	Seems Cub K-series 1935-39 no bonnet cab.
Sunbar ◊ 2016-03-15 12:03	I believe this has the longer 14ft wheelbase rather than the Cub's 11ft wheelbase. Therefore it would be a Beaver 6-Ton. The pre-war (1938) Lynx appears to have been a lightweight Cub based chassis of 5-Ton, 12ft and 14ft wheelbases, with semi-forward control only as produced by Leyland. -- Last edit: 2016-03-15 12:39:08