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Freight Rover Sherpa 300 Series ex-Royal Mail

Freight Rover Sherpa 300 Series in London's Burning, TV Series, 1988-2002 Ep. 8.09

Class: Cars, Van / MPV — Model origin:

Freight Rover Sherpa 300 Series ex-Royal Mail

00:40:13 Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Comments about this vehicle

Author	Message
jcb ◊ 2014-07-21 23:25	Can a Freight Rover badge just be seen ?
jcb ◊ 2014-07-22 09:51	Freight Rover 300 series
Sunbar ◊ 2014-07-22 10:56	I believe Freight Rover had vertical grille bars not horizontal, plus a badge in the centre not off-set to one side. Leyland DAF grille and badge I believe. Leyland DAF 200 Series (1989–1993) G=1989
jcb ◊ 2014-07-22 11:04	It is too big for a 200 must be a 300 or 400.
jcb ◊ 2014-07-22 11:11	Looked at You Tube and its definetly a Freight Rover 300 series , G959XVW plate checks out as a Ford Transit so false . -- Last edit: 2014-07-22 11:15:06
Sunbar ◊ 2014-07-22 11:15	Yes JCB, its not a 200 since there is no small grille at the bottom of the windscreen, 400 series for Leyland DAF I guess. edit: Cannot understand the grille for Freight Rover but accept that registration was changed. -- Last edit: 2014-07-22 11:17:58
jcb ◊ 2014-07-22 11:17	Freight Rover 300 .......... -- Last edit: 2014-07-22 11:18:05
Sunbar ◊ 2014-07-22 11:20	I did not realise that the grille must have changed prior to going to Leyland DAF - I'm constantly learning new things!
jcb ◊ 2014-07-22 11:22	These were a minefield from day one when some bright spark at BL decided they should be named 'Leyland by Austin-Morris' !!! ''John Barber did create something of a hitch in the marketing of the new van at launch time – he overruled the name Sherpa, insisting that the new van should be given the extremely cumbersome title of: “The new Leyland Van from Austin Morris”. After six months of general trade and customer confusion, the Sherpa name was re-instated, and it never looked back. Things were helped by the fact that Ford couldn’t meet demand for the Transit, while the Bedford CF experienced problems with its slant-four engine.'' -- Last edit: 2014-07-22 11:25:20
Sunbar ◊ 2014-07-22 11:31	Two of some of the first vehicles I was involved in way back in about 1970. The Sherpa was code-named something like Austin 110 (memory failure -edit: correct I believe at the time it was based on the wheelbase in inches a common idea at BL) and the Bedford CF. On the sliding door versions both used the same door latches so were known as CF/110? latches and strikers from memory. -- Last edit: 2014-07-22 12:22:25
Sunbar ◊ 2014-07-22 12:07	1974 Commercial Motor On 'Sherpa' van release in 1974 "Long Awaited Light Van from Leyland. ..the vehicles are now known by a type number rather than a name Leyland 185, 215, 220, 240 and 250. covering 13cwt to 22cwt." http://archive.commercialmotor.com/page/13th-september-1974/89 The various models in the new Leyland light van range are to be known by a type number rather than a name. Rather surprising in view of the long and honourable Leyland tradition of denoting their models by name. However, I hear that the new van was originally to be given the name of Sherpa because of its ability to "go up hill and down dale with the minimum of effort" but someone in the heady heights of the BL hierachy decreed against it. Hence the 185, 215 and 240 etc. Link to "archive.commercialmotor.com" By the time of the Road Test on the diesel version in September 1985 the 'Sherpa' name was introduced. -- Last edit: 2014-07-22 12:24:59
Sandie ◊ 2015-10-21 22:41	10.13: D855REV: /vehicle_650175-Freight-Rover-Sherpa-300-Series-1986.html
Sandie ◊ 2015-11-30 21:49
Sandie ◊ 2016-10-26 03:16	12.07 :
Sandie ◊ 2016-11-15 19:46	Older model in 12.10 : B375OLN = May 1985 FREIGHT ROVER SHERPA 350 DIESEL.

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