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New Zealand and the end of the line. The Leyland plant at Zetland closed in October 1974, and production of the P76 ceased, although CKD (completely-knocked-down) assembly continued in Petone, New Zealand, in exchange for NZ-assembled Rover P6s that were shipped to Australia. In New Zealand the P76 was successfully sold in V8 form only in Deluxe, Super and Executive forms all the way until August 1976. Other P76s were imported into NZ as complete cars. NZ-built P76s can be identified by a 'Z' stamped onto the chassis plate immediately after the 076 model designation - i.e. 076Z. After production ended surplus stock spare and the wagon is currently undergoing basic restoration. All of the coupés sold at auction did not have registration compliance plates fitted to them as final registration testing and approval had not been completed on either station wagon or coupe bodies. Currently - in 2018 all 10 coupés and the single wagon survive. have been sent to Rover in Britain for examination before being destroyed. Just before the plant closure in 1974 and its subsequent takeover by the Australian military, Leyland Australia's styling department were still working on the P82 styling, and one single 1/5 scale clay model survives of the P82 in the sedan "short front and rear" variant. Life Life Life Life Life Life Life Life Life Life Life Life Life Life
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Leyland Force V8s were sold off by local distributor NZ Motor Corporation and were popular as boat engines. Leyland Australia produced some 56 or more Force 7 coupés, the majority of these were crushed at the factory to enhance the value of the 8 that were auctioned off in 1975.[6] Leyland Australia auctioned off the last eight Force 7 coupé prototypes to the public; these all still exist and are owned and indeed regularly driven by their private owners. Another car, an Omega Navy one with white trim, was sent to Britain and was used by Lord Stokes for some time; this was later sold to a private collector, who in the last two years sold the car to a New Zealand collector, which is where it resides now. One is at the National Motor Museum, Birdwood in South Australia which is on permanent loan from Leyland Australia. A smaller mediumsized car, was also intended called the "P82". Styling for this car became a competition between Michelotti and Leyland Australia's own internal design department. In 1982 - claims were made in some motoring papers that Leyland in Britain had decided on Michelotti's version but at the time the ex-head of Leyland Australia's design department was unaware of such a decision. This car was intended to replace the Morris Marina in Australia but only one prototype car and styling mockups were ever produced. At least two experimental V6 engines were made, with one being based on a cut-down Rover V8 at about 2.6 L and another based on the actual P76 V8 motor at about 3.3 L. Concepted as a high volume/profit car – the P82 was designed to have many body styles placed over the same basic structure and was intended to be offered in 4, V6 and V8 forms dependent on body style. After the Australian plant closed, the prototype car was reported to have been sent to Rover in Britain for examination before being destroyed. Just before the plant closure in 1974 and its subsequent takeover by the Australian military, Leyland Australia's styling department were still working on the P82 styling, and one single 1/5 scale clay model survives of the P82 in the sedan "short front and rear" variant.
Secretary Snippets. Well what lovely weather we have had over the last few days, for the school holidays and the Easter break. A Garage Raid has been organised for this Sunday April 28th at Steve Maunder Meet at Steve & Fiona’s place at 2p.m. (13 Mahoe Road Manunui (Struggle Town) See you there. Norma
Programme April 27/28th Classic Racing at Taupo April 28th Garage Raid Steve Maunder Meet at Steve Maunder at 2p.m.13 Mahoe Road Manunui (Struggle Town) May 26th AGM at 2p.m. & a visit to Kevin Rule’s place.
Classic Racing At Taupo From: Tim Hill [mailto:tim@hrcevents.co.nz] Sent: Wednesday, 27 March 2019 11:53 a.m. Subject: VCC Races at Dennis Marwood Classic Meeting TAUPO - April 28th
Hi all, Following the hugely successful Roycroft Trophy Races last weekend at Hampton Downs where we were joined on the grid by the Formula Juniors, we have the opportunity to have 1 last outing for the season. We have managed to arrange grids for VCC Cars at the Dennis Marwood Classic meeting being held at BMMP Taupo on the weekend on 27/28th April. There was some discussion at HD about preferring 1 day or 2 days and now I can confirm that we have been offered the 1 day option to run on SUNDAY 28th April. Other Classes racing at the meeting are: Historic Muscle Cars/Historic Saloon Cars, Historic Sports Sedans, Toorace Trofeo Series, Formula Libre/Sports cars, Improved Production cars, Super Karts, AES/Arrows, Escorts /Small Fords. However, in order to make this happen we really need a field of 20 cars, so please spread the word and also get your entries in. Entry now open online at www.motorsportentry.com FJ have also been invited so plenty of chances of good racing and mixed fields. Best regards Tim Hill Series Co-ordinator
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Leyland P76 wagon prototype some 56 or more Force 7 coupés, the majority of these were crushed at the factory to enhance the value of the 8 that were auctioned off in 1975.[6] Leyland Australia auctioned off the last eight Force 7 coupé prototypes to the public; these all still exist and are owned and indeed regularly driven by their private owners. Another car, an Omega Navy one with white trim, was sent to Britain and was used by Lord Stokes for some time; this was later sold to a private collector, who in the last two years sold the car to a New Zealand collector, which is where it resides now. One is at the National Motor Museum, Birdwood in South Australia which is on permanent loan from Leyland Australia. A smaller medium-sized car, was also intended called the "P82". Styling for this car became a competition between Michelotti and Leyland Australia's own internal design department. In 1982 - claims were made in some motoring papers that Leyland in Britain had decided on Michelotti's version but at the time the ex-head of Leyland Australia's design department was unaware of such a decision. This car was intended to replace the Morris Marina in Australia but only one prototype car and styling mockups were ever produced. At least two experimental V6 engines were made, with one being based on a cut-down Rover V8 at about 2.6 L and another based on the actual P76 V8 motor at about 3.3 L. Concepted as a high volume/profit car – the P82 was designed to have many body styles placed over the same basic structure and was intended to be offered in 4, V6 and V8 forms dependent on body style. After the Australian plant closed, the prototype car was reported to have been sent to Rover in Britain for examination before being destroyed. Just before the plant closure in 1974 and its subsequent takeover by the Australian military, Leyland Australia's styling department were still working on the P82 styling, and one single 1/5 scale clay model survives of the P82 in the sedan "short front and rear" variant.
Despite the V8 model winning Wheels magazine’s Car of the Year for 1973, sales of the P76 were adversely affected by a variety of issues: component manufacture strikes limiting parts availability, production problems at Leyland Australia’s plant in Zetland restricted supply of the car the release of P76. Coincided with the first oil crisis when fuel prices increased dramatically. As a result, demand on all larger cars subsided. Hence not withstanding generally favourable press and public reaction to the car , sales did not reach expectations. British Leyland announced plans to sell P76 in the UK. However, production ceased before plans could come to fruition
Unreleased P76 derivatives
Although development had started much earlier - the Force 7 coupé was announced in 1974 but eventually only 10 preproduction coupés survived. By the time of the factory closure in 1974, one Force 7 was already in England for secret testing, Leyland Australia kept one example and finally donated that coupé to an Australian museum with some other components of the P76 production line and the remaining eight coupés were offered for sale to private buyers in an auction after the factory had closed. The handbooks had even been printed and were offered for mail order sale by the auctioneers. There was to have been a base six-cylinder Force 7, a more powerful Force 7V with the V8 unit, and a range-topping Tour de Force. All the surviving cars are the "mid" range Force 7V. It was unusual in that it had full seating for five adults and a large rear hatchback, the first of its kind produced in Australia. It shared few body panels with the sedan. At the time of launch, the company announced the intention of introducing a station wagon/estate version later that same year,[2] and at least three, prototype station wagons (estate cars), which shared much of the sedan's structure and body panels but with more upright rear door frames, were built: one was broken up by Leyland Australia for examination of the body strength, one was crash tested by Ford Australia for Leyland to gain part of the registration certification and the last and only surviving example was eventually used as a factory hack until it was sold at the same auction as the Force 7s as part of a pair of cars which included the last car made. The wagon and the "last" car remain in private collections.