Description
H&H Classic Auction @Pavilion Gardens | Buxton, Derbyshire
27th Nov, 2024 13:00
1952 Leyland Beaver
No Reserve
Lot details
Registration No: MXV 610
Chassis No: 504471
MOT: Exempt
Understood to have originally been used as an NHS mobile x-ray vehicle
Previous long-term ownership from 1996 until 2019
Offered with a spares package
The Leyland Beaver name survived for over forty years from the first appearance of this distinguished model in 1928. Within ten years of its inception there was an almost confusing assortment of Beavers suitable for just about every task a lorry could perform. Leyland Motors had perfected the top-weight four-wheeler and dominated the market for this particular kind of work vehicle. After the Second World War, for fifteen years or so, Beavers were often seen as part of wagon and trailer outfits, their lorries exuding strength and reliability. Beaver production lasted until 1971 when it was phased out in favour of the '500 series' Buffalo.
Manufactured in 1952, the Beaver offered was first registered on the 2nd of July that year and is understood to have been originally used as an NHS mobile x-ray vehicle before thereafter passing to Newcastle University School of Medicine. Finished in the attractive colour scheme of Dark Blue and Red paintwork, the Leyland was in previous long-term ownership with a company specialising in vintage lorry funerals, with the Beaver used regularly on some four hundred occasions, with some notable journeys including to the Isle of Wight, Scotland, and in the snow from the ‘Beast from the East’.
Upon the retirement of the previous keeper from funerals in 2019, the Leyland entered the ownership of another specialist funeral directors, in which it has remained in service with since. Benefitting from a new clutch and full gearbox overhaul in 2022, the Leyland has covered less than 1, 000 miles since. ‘MXV 610’ is due to be driven some 45 miles to the sale, and is offered with a comprehensive spares package, and a current V5C document.
