Author Topic: SOLVED: Djetset 1042- Boudica 10-Litre V8 special by Terry Pine (Read 716 times)

Djetset · « **on:** May 13, 2020, 11:35:59 AM »

Name this machine and its creator for a point please.

marmer · « **Reply #1 on:** May 13, 2020, 05:39:39 PM »

1940s Leyland chassis?

Djetset · « **Reply #2 on:** May 14, 2020, 06:29:31 AM »

Quote from: marmer on May 13, 2020, 05:39:39 PM

1940s Leyland chassis?

It might be a Leyland chassis, but I can’t find 100% confirmation I’m afraid and I have my doubts.

Djetset · « **Reply #3 on:** May 18, 2020, 12:21:36 PM »

Experts...

Djetset · « **Reply #4 on:** May 23, 2020, 05:16:43 AM »

Pros?

gte4289 · « **Reply #5 on:** May 26, 2020, 05:39:16 PM »

From Australia?

Djetset · « **Reply #6 on:** May 27, 2020, 07:28:00 AM »

Quote from: gte4289 on May 26, 2020, 05:39:16 PM

From Australia?

No.

gte4289 · « **Reply #7 on:** May 27, 2020, 07:37:29 AM »

Djetset · « **Reply #8 on:** May 27, 2020, 07:52:58 AM »

Quote from: gte4289 on May 27, 2020, 07:37:29 AM

UK?

Yes.

gte4289 · « **Reply #9 on:** May 27, 2020, 09:43:42 PM »

Does the name begin with the letter D or O?

Djetset · « **Reply #10 on:** May 28, 2020, 03:55:29 AM »

Quote from: gte4289 on May 27, 2020, 09:43:42 PM

Does the name begin with the letter D or O?

No.

Djetset · « **Reply #11 on:** June 03, 2020, 05:46:37 PM »

Masters?

Wendax · « **Reply #12 on:** June 04, 2020, 01:09:59 AM »

Based on a van or truck?

oko94 · « **Reply #13 on:** June 04, 2020, 03:05:31 AM »

Homemade or built by a company ?

Djetset · « **Reply #14 on:** June 04, 2020, 03:09:27 AM »

Quote from: Wendax on June 04, 2020, 01:09:59 AM

Based on a van or truck?

More truck than van based.

Djetset · « **Reply #15 on:** June 04, 2020, 03:10:55 AM »

Quote from: oko94 on June 04, 2020, 03:05:31 AM

Homemade or built by a company ?

Homemade.

gte4289 · « **Reply #16 on:** June 08, 2020, 08:21:59 PM »

Unknown chassis, but is the engine manufacturer known?

Djetset · « **Reply #17 on:** June 09, 2020, 01:55:14 PM »

Quote from: gte4289 on June 08, 2020, 08:21:59 PM

Unknown chassis, but is the engine manufacturer known?

Yes, I'm 99% sure.

gte4289 · « **Reply #18 on:** June 09, 2020, 02:14:04 PM »

Was the engine manufactured in the UK?

Djetset · « **Reply #19 on:** June 09, 2020, 02:15:51 PM »

neilshouse · « **Reply #20 on:** June 19, 2020, 12:50:43 PM »

I thought it looked familiar, however details seem to be a bit confusing.

According to several online sources it's a 1959 Trojan Lorry built by Terry Pine with a 9999cc V8 Diesel engine.

It's been named Boudica.

gte4289 · « **Reply #21 on:** June 19, 2020, 01:01:50 PM »

Quote from: neilshouse on June 19, 2020, 12:50:43 PM

It's been named Boudica.

That's what the word on the windshield says! I was missing the 'B'.

nicanary · « **Reply #22 on:** June 19, 2020, 02:03:28 PM »

I'm not much of a truck afficianado, but I can't work out what donor vehicle it could have been. Trojan didn't build trucks as such, just the 1-ton 15cwt van. I think. Maybe someone can enlighten me.

Carnut · « **Reply #23 on:** June 19, 2020, 04:10:52 PM »

Trojan never built anything bigger than their post-war chassis-less 1-ton van, which you will remember in its Brooke Bond livery (did anyone else buy them?!) It went out of production when Trojan ceased to exist in 1959.

But they started out in 1924, when their vans were built by Leyland Motors in Kingston upon Thames.
They only built 5 cwt, 7 cwt and 10 cwt vans before WW2 so the puzzle vehicle must be based on one of their 1950s 1-ton vans, and continued the Trojan tradition of making pug-ugly vehicles...!

nicanary · « **Reply #24 on:** June 19, 2020, 04:35:39 PM »

Quote from: Carnut on June 19, 2020, 04:10:52 PM

Trojan never built anything bigger than their post-war chassis-less 1-ton van, which you will remember in its Brooke Bond livery (did anyone else buy them?!) It went out of production when Trojan ceased to exist in 1959.

But they started out in 1924, when their vans were built by Leyland Motors in Kingston upon Thames.
They only built 5 cwt, 7 cwt and 10 cwt vans before WW2 so the puzzle vehicle must be based on one of their 1950s 1-ton vans, and continued the Trojan tradition of making pug-ugly vehicles...!

How the heck did they fit a 10-litre V8 into that frame?

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Author Topic: SOLVED: Djetset 1042- Boudica 10-Litre V8 special by Terry Pine (Read 716 times)