Leyland Force 7V Auction July 14th.

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Burns & Co Bayswater, Melbourne Auction 14th July is brimmed full of quality and fortunate enough to be offering a super rare Leyland Force 7...here’s a little introduction to this outstanding opportunity.

This Force 7V was one of the ten, (out of a rumored 56 near complete vehicles), that survived the crusher when Leyland Australia ceased Manufacturing.

*At the time of auction in 1975, it was the only known registered vehicle to survive. It is also alleged to be the only 100% complete vehicle at the time with the addition of a "B" pillar stiffening plate.

*It was registered as Leyland Australia's engineering and product development vehicle (original registration number HBR 278). Senior engineer Kjell Eriksen used it as his company car for evaluation purposes. At time of auction it had approx. 11,300 kms on the speedo.

* Being a development and evaluation vehicle, it had been fitted with most of the options for that era, power steering, air conditioning, AM radio with electric aerial as well as dual exhausts. It is alleged to be the only known Force 7V to have been fully optioned with all these items and the only one to have been fitted with dual exhausts.

* It was purchased from the auction in 1975 by Warren Wright who owned Con Wire Cables that provided choke and throttle cables to Leyland Australia and B.M.C.

* The current owner purchased the vehicle from Mr. Wright's estate in September 1990, making him the third owner including Leyland.

* The vehicle remains in original unrestored condition with only tyres, mufflers, rear shocks and brake master cylinder being the major items replaced. The engine remains untouched barring the usual servicing procedures (oils, filters, fluids etc) and has only traveled 28,714 kms at the time of writing. The original Uniroyal tyres are in storage and will go with the car if sold.

* The vehicle has full company documentation including log books with service history, company car pass to the Product development/ engineering/ model evaluation department, company letter outlining instructions to the driver in the event he/she gets questioned by authorities, a form to complete in case of an accident as well as a driver observation note pad.

* The vehicle has been fully road registered since being purchased by the current owner, with the registration only recently expiring on the 13- 05-2019.

General details

* The Force 7V was the first totally designed, engineered and built hatchback in Australia. (The Morris Nomad was also a hatch built here before the Force 7 but was not designed and engineered here, so there will always be a debate over which one was first).

* The Force 7 shares only the windscreen with its P-76 cousin as far as exterior panels are concerned. It was a completely re tooled vehicle which was slightly shorter than the P 76 also. The interior on the surviving pre* production/evaluation models were derived from the Super (mid-range model) in the P 76 range.

* All ten Force 7V vehicles survive today with 8 in Australia (6 privately owned and 2 in museums), one in New Zealand and one in Greece. It.is believed that only 5 of the survivors are in original, unrestored condition. With two of them in museums, obtaining an untouched original example is becoming near impossible