Sold with the V5C, Class 2 HGV, keys, some equipment.

Leyland were to make a significant contribution to British truck design when they launched their new ‘Ergomatic’ cab in 1964 as a replacement for the comparatively short-lived ‘Vista-Vue’ cab.

The cab was designed to give the best combination of driver comfort, safety and efficient use of space possible within its intended price bracket.

Its most notable feature was its ability to ‘tilt’ forward thereby exposing the engine, giving better access than the previous fixed cab designs.

So good was this cab that it was still being fitted in mildly updated form to some Leyland chassis as late as 1981.

HDR was built by Carmichaels of Worcester, and saw service with the City of Plymouth fire department.

It comes with a Carmichaels owners manual with information related to the engine, including body construction of ply with alloy covering, 400 gallon water tank, two ladders, a 45ft Lacon and a 35ft BAL, and the Honda portable pump, stil...