Sherpa Freight Rover LDV alert

[Saabnut]

18 hours ago, AnthonyG said:

Is my memory playing up, or were early Sherpas ever sold as ‘Austin-Morris’, like the last J4s? I presume this was so they could be sold out of either franchise without bothering with different badges. 

My '78 camper has "Leyland-AM" as the make on the V5 so possible

[quicksilver]

19 hours ago, AnthonyG said:

That is lovely, a proper J4 with a snout like the Tundra green one you posted above.

Is my memory playing up, or were early Sherpas ever sold as ‘Austin-Morris’, like the last J4s? I presume this was so they could be sold out of either franchise without bothering with different badges. 

According to AROnline it was launched with the cumbersome title of "The new Leyland Van from Austin Morris" but within six months was renamed the Leyland Sherpa. Late seventies Sherpas did indeed have the green/blue Austin-Morris badges on the grille, and the last of the pre-facelift vans around 1981/2 were badged as Morris Sherpas in that brief period when BL decided Morris would be the brand for all light commercials that also spawned the Morris Metro.

[New POD]

10 hours ago, quicksilver said:

According to AROnline it was launched with the cumbersome title of "The new Leyland Van from Austin Morris" but within six months was renamed the Leyland Sherpa. Late seventies Sherpas did indeed have the green/blue Austin-Morris badges on the grille, and the last of the pre-facelift vans around 1981/2 were badged as Morris Sherpas in that brief period when BL decided Morris would be the brand for all light commercials that also spawned the Morris Metro.

Would they have had the Plug hole of doom logo ? 

Still in use on trucks built in India

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashok_Leyland

Apparently they call it the Hurricane logo.