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	Leyland P76 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Leyland P76 was a large car produced by Leyland Australia, the Australian subsidiary of British Leyland.
		The top-of-the-line aluminium alloy 4416 cm³ V8 unit was unique to the P76, and was a development of the ex-Buick V8 that was powering the Rover 3500.
		The Leyland plant at Zetland closed in October 1974, and production of the P76 ceased, although assembly continued in New Zealand, where it was sold successfully in V8 form, until 1976.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leyland_P76 (459 words)

	Leyland P82 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		When Leyland Australia discovered the parent company planned to build a conventional car of the approximate size and specification it wanted, this car –; the Marina – was substituted as a relatively short-term model to enable work to progress on the bigger, and at that time, more important P76.
		Leyland plans to introduce a four door sedan with a fifth, hatchback door at the rear, rather like the Renault 16.
		Leyland is experimenting with a fibre-optics system which works rather like a mini-TV screen in projecting the information from the actual instruments onto the instrument lenses in front.
	dspace.dial.pipex.com /town/way/yuw18/austin-rover/p7682p82f.htm (1421 words)

	Leyland P76 - anything but average (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Morris Marina was renamed the Leyland Marina and given four and six cylinder versions of the E series engine.
		Giovanni Michelotti styled the car, but Leyland Australia redesigned the front and rear ends – the rear end of the car was and still is the least popular aspect of the vehicle.
		Leyland Australia’s financial position was worsening as a result of falling sales and P76 came to be the car that would make or break Leyland Australia.
	www.users.bigpond.com /jimjarron/p76.html (897 words)

	Leyland
		The P76 was launched in 1973 by BMC-Leyland in an attempt to break into the lucrative “Family Car” segment being held firmly by the 'Big Three', GM Holden with the Kingswood, Ford with the Falcon and Chrysler with the Valiant.
		But the P76 was to have a dogged life — many pinning the eventual failure squarely at the marketing guys who, while correctly pointing out that its boot was big enough to hold a 44 gallon drum, left most Aussies scratching their heads and asking why.
		In fact, only ten survived: one was sent to Leyland in the UK for testing and was subsequently bought by a British private collector; another is in the Birdwood Mill Museum in South Australia.
	www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au /car_info_leyland.htm (835 words)

	MILESAGO - Features - The Leyland P76
		What influence Leyland’s rivals Ford, Holden and Chrysler may have exerted is unknown, but given that the P76 was in many respects superior to the competition it is not unreasonable to assume that, at the very least, a certain amount of media “spin-doctoring” may have occurred.
		This was a pitfall that Leyland's competitor Chrysler had avoided by sharing many sheet metal and component parts between the Chargers and the Valiant sedans.
		Only ten survived: one was sent to Leyland in the UK for testing and was subsequently bought by a British private collector; another is in the Birdwood Mill Museum in South Australia.
	www.milesago.com /Features/p76.htm (1350 words)

	Rallysport Magazine On-line - Leyland P76 - More than just half a car. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		For the ordinary motorist in the early 1970s, the impending arrival of the Leyland P76 was exciting news.
		Problems with quality control and lack of dealer's showroom stock meant that the P76 was never going to be able to match the Big Three and when the fuel crisis raised its ugly head, it signalled the end of the Leyland, even though the P76's fuel consumption was no worse than that of its competitors.
		Leyland Australia had a couple more aces up its sleeve in the form of the Force 7V Coupe and a planned station wagon but these never got to go on sale.
	www.rallysportnews.com.au /cms/A_20166/article.html (1430 words)

	Leyland P76 - Australia's Own Car - The Hat-trick (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		John Smidt, a Leyland parts dealer in Sydney, has a couple of P76s, including a top-of the-line Executive, one of the rare Force 7s and the only station wagon in captivity.
		The P76 Executive is 'Bitter Apricot' and the station wagon 'Country Cream’ Somebody at Leyland picked the colours from a Dulux range and they or somebody else gave them the witty names.
		Leyland being Leyland, when it wanted to get rid of the wagon it might just as easily have shoved it under a press.
	www.webtrade.com.au /p76/magazines/wheels/wheelsnov82001.htm (837 words)

	Leyland P76
		When the P76 was launched on the 1st June 1973, the Leyland Australia had accrued losses totalling Aus $30 million, and it provided something of a grim backdrop to the car's launch.
		The P76 was offered with a longitudinally mounted E6 engine, which had been expanded from 2227cc (as used in the Kimberley) to 2622cc.
		The Leyland P76 was unfortunately very short lived (being taken out of production at the end of 1974), and this is because BLMC were forced to close the Leyland-Australia factory at Zetland, downsizing the operation significantly.
	www.austin-rover.co.uk /p76storyf.htm (1350 words)

	Leyland P76/P82 index
		The Michelotti styled Leyland P76 could have swept away all before it: the styling was right for the time and place, the V8 engined version was strong, and a promising range of upcoming variations meant the P76 could have done nothing but succeed.
		Leyland P76 in the UK The P76 was seriously evaluated for sale in the UK.
		There can't be many P76 owners in the UK, but Dave Eadon is one of them, and his Targa Florio P76 was the subject of this Car of the Month feature.
	www.austin-rover.co.uk /p7682indexf.htm (278 words)

	Engine Capacity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Brief History of the Leyland P76 4.4 V8 and how it relates to the Buick/Rover 215/3.5 V8 and the Buick 300 V8 Buick 215 sold to Rover in 1963 apparently because of high production costs (lots of blocks thrown away due to poor casting technology/metallurgy of the time).
		Leyland Australia P76 gets raised (approx 17mm higher) and stroked Rover 3.5 block + crank with same pistons but bigger main bearing shells in 1973 - new capacity is 4.4 litres.
		P76 4.4 crank can be used on the 3.5 as a stroker crank.
	www.roversd1.com /engine_capacity.htm (1006 words)

	Leyland P76 - TheBestLinks.com - Australia, Automobile, Holden, New Zealand, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Leyland P76, Australia, Automobile, Holden, New Zealand, Sydney, United Kingdom...
		Sales of the P76 were adversely affected by problems at Leyland Australia's plant in Zetland, near Sydney, which was beset by stikes, power cuts and steel shortages.
		The Leyland plant at Zetland closed in 1975, and production of the P76 ceased, although assembly continued in New Zealand until 1976.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Leyland_P76.html (249 words)

	V8 Owners Forum - Leyland P76 4.4 Rebuild (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The P76 uses hollow pushrods to oil a very simple set of pressed steel rockers which are stud mounted as opposed to the normal shaft mounted rockers.
		Leyland used the Chevy type rocker types because they were cheaper to produce, not because they were considered superior.
		I don't think Standard P76 hollow pushrods are an suitable option, specially with Rover/Buick heads because they don't require valve stem seals due their rocker design.
	www.v-8.org.uk /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2114 (605 words)

	Leyland P76 Racer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The 'Spanish Olive' coloured P76 is standard apart from a two-barrell Holley carburettor mounted over one of Ross Calgher's worked Manifolds as well as LSD and Calgher extractors added.
		The coloured photo is of the Ross Calgher / Malcolm Andrews Leyland negotiating a corner during the 1000 KM race at Pukekohe circuit in 1975, when it finished the race in 18th position.
		Another Leyland driven by David Oxton lead the race for some time, but a Chrysler Charger was the eventual winner.
	www.roverklubben.se /p76racee.html (225 words)

	Historic Leyland P76 Racing Team to Disband (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The historic Leyland P76 Targa Florio Team disbanded recently due to lack of sponsorship and the owner's move to Bangkok, Thailand.
		Targa NZ creator, Mike John, whose father also owned a Leyland P76 Super, Dry Red, was very enthusiastic about the entry of a Leyland P76 in the inaugural 1995 Targa New Zealand.
		The Leyland P76 had had a brief and successful racing career in New Zealand in the 1970s and was runnerup to the Chrysler Charger team in the Benson &Hedges Production car series.
	www.emediawire.com /releases/2005/6/emw246365.htm (946 words)

	Leyland P76 misunderstood :: ABC Perth
		Mention the Leyland P76 and some people think of an unusual V8 motor car built in Australia in 1973.
		James Mentiplay is the President of the Leyland P76 Owners Club of WA.
		He reckons it was a good car at the wrong time : " (manufacturer) Leyland was virtually broke before the P76 was released...", he says.
	www.abc.net.au /perth/stories/s1233221.htm (282 words)

	BMC E-Series engine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although designed when the parent company was BMC, by the time the engine was launched the company had become British Leyland.
		Examples of cars using a version of the E series engine:
		Leyland Princess 2200 cc models, plus Wolseley 2200, Austin 2200 and Morris 2200 badge-engineered versions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/BMC_E-Series_engine (231 words)

	leyland p76 \| car review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A car originally designed and built in America is the first truly new Australian car since the Leyland P76, claims Toyota.
		TONY DAVIS and the Drive team present the seventh annual P76 awards, Australia's only motoring honours where the losers are winners.
		Toyota is chasing family-car buyers with the Avalon, the first all-new Big Six to challenge Holden and Ford since the Leyland P76.
	www.drive.com.au /leyland-p76-articles/@spg502/results.html (398 words)

	CW Resource (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The P76 was intended by Leyland Australia to be its saviour after a string of expensive failures.
		A little over a year after the launch of the P76, Leyland Australia was forced out of business.
		The Leyland P76 and Dr Hewson's GST are good examples of marketing failures through poor implementation of plans after good initial research and strategic planning.
	myphlip.pearsoncmg.com /cw/mpviewce.cfm?vceid=682&vbcid=2491 (1651 words)

	Leyland P76 & Force 7
		he P76 as styled by Michelotti, was offered with the E6 engine in 2622cc form or "Rover" V8 manual or automatic form - the V8 was available in 4416cc displacement, as opposed to the standard 3528cc used in Euopean and US Rovers.
		The car was later used by Lord Stokes as his personal transport, before being sold via auction to an enthusiast.
		The P76 was thoroughtly evaluated for local (UK) consumption, but after consideration, the plan was dropped as the gap between the Rover SD1 and the Jaguar XJ6 3.4 was far too narrow to justify the expense of local homologation.
	dspace.dial.pipex.com /town/way/yuw18/austin-rover/p7682infof.htm (620 words)

	V8 Owners Forum - leyland p76 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		the car is a 1973 leyland p76 made in aussie, has only 15,000 miles on the clock from new, but has been stored for last 3 years.
		You can also use the Harcourt inlet manifold made in NZ as this can be provided with small spacers to fill the gap caused by the extra width of the 4.4 litre Leyland engine.
		As for the gaskets, head gaskets and most block gaskets are interchageable with the Rover V8 but the valley pan cover and rear seal are totally different.
	www.v-8.org.uk /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2426 (577 words)

	Aussie Musclecars Other Cars Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The P76 was hailed with acclaim at its launch.
		However it was poor sales and build quality problems lead to the P76's failure and Leyland Australia's demise.
		(Leyland is an English car manufacturer that had a branch here.) Due to the extensive problems, the car was dubbed P38 (half the car it was supposed to be).
	aussiemuscle.totalnfs.net /amnfs/other.html (529 words)

	Leyland P76 - Australia's Own Car - Original Press Release Photos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		I recently purchased an original press release pack from a motoring journalist.
		Three quarter view of Leyland P76 emphasizes the clean lines, huge glass area and low bonnet line with concealed windscreen wipers.
		Leyland P76 Executive interior showing reclining bucket seats with cloth trim.
	www.webtrade.com.au /p76/archives/press-release.htm (151 words)

	Xweb Discussion Forum
		Rover donks are probably a bit on the high-dollar side in your neck of the woods, too.
		A pity you probably never got the Leyland P76 over there, as they had a 4.4 litre variant of the 3.5 Rover motor in them (which was a cinch to take out to 5.0 litres).
		BUT, both the Rover and the Leyland motor are based on a -- wait for it -- Buick motor.
	www.network54.com /Forum/12159/message/1127991945/Your+lucky+day! (508 words)

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		The NZ Leyland P76 Owners Club Targa Florio Team began assembling at Pukekohe on Labour Day, Monday 23 October, for documentation and scrutineering.
		Of all the spots to have come off in the central north island I picked a place outside a garage that new first hand what a Leyland P76 was.
		Once the Leyland was pulled back onto the road we saw that the chassis rail on the right-hand side was twisted.
	targaflorioteam.homestead.com /files/TargaReport1995.htm (3691 words)

	Ultimatecarpage.com forums - View Single Post - RX-8 Wheels COTY - finally a new Libery didnt get it
		In 1988 it would of been the vn that won it, and wheels gave the award to the alloy "v8" leyland p76 (which by all reports are good cars), the 6 cylinder p76 was underpowered and chewed thru a lot of fuel.
		In 1988 the honda civic should of won it and in 1982, well who knows what they were thinking.
		apparently leyland credited the whole P76 range for the win and wheels kicked up a stink cause they specifically gave it to the V8 model, bit of trivia there.
	www.ultimatecarpage.com /forum/showpost.php?p=28338&postcount=10 (179 words)

	Targa Florio Team Prospectus
		Sponsors get certain other benefits that are offered by the event promoters such as access to hospitality viewing areas and other privileged access during the event.
		The Targa Florio Team was formed in early 1995 by Geoff Ogilvie with the assistance of the NZ Leyland P76 Club and its then President Ed Tubman.
		Shortly after this fabulous effort the entire P76 production was canceled (Targa Florio and all).
	www.homestead.com /targaflorioteam/files/TargaCV2003.htm (1917 words)

	McLellan's Automobile Literature :: Cars & Trucks - Leyland (Items with photos)
		Cover is photograph showing three-quarter frontal view of yellow Leyland P76 Saloon parked on sheep ranch.
		Back cover has specifications for the Leyland P76 Deluxe, Super and Executive models, with list of safety features.
		Sheet has two photographs showing the OHC Six Cylinder and the Aluminum V8 engines, with discussion on how they work; and b) "Leyland P76.
	www.mclellansautomotive.com /sales-lit/bymake/leyland/index.shtml (131 words)

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