Liz gains ground
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URING the first six months this year, around 30 per !nt of the total Leyland offal° production was fitted ith the naturally-aspirated 12 engine option.
This alternative to the turcharged 511 engine was fered for the Buffalo at irls Court, last year. Coinired with the 172kW 30bhp) of the 511, the naturly-aspirated version of the arathon's TK12 engine .velops 151kW (203bhp) at 100 rpm.
The Buffalo is currently fling well. More tractive iits were registed during the .st six months of 1977 than in e whole of last year.
The same option was made ,ailable for the Octopus ght-wheeler in February. But cause most of these chassis e intended for tipper operaIn, with a consequent long it to a bodybuilder, the gistration figures are not t available.