A Delivery Mileage Morris Leyland Sherpa 250 Minibus with 87 Miles from New! - SOLD!
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
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A delivery mileage Morris Leyland Sherpa 250 Minibus with 87 miles from new!
EQUIPMENT
Factory built passenger carrying vehicle, nine forward facing trimmed seats, side and rear doors with steps, sliding windows, front sun visors, wood veneer fascia, engine stop lever, two-speed wipers with flick-wipe, two speed heater/demister unit, front and rear ashtrays.
EXTERIOR
Finished in factory optional single colour gloss paint in Navy-Blue, (Code JAL). The paintwork is incredible and has been preserved thanks to dry indoor storage away from damaging UV light. Boasting perfectly straight panels and no rust. Further factory originality is seen in the panel seams, spot welds and genuine ‘Leyland standard’ paint with the occasional run! Close scrutiny reveals a small ding to the driver’s door and one to the nearside rear panel. A repair to the drivers step due to jacking error has been professionally carried out. Thin poorly applied factory underseal remains with areas missed due to poor quality control and full inspection of the box sections and structure will amaze. There are coloured factory paint dabs, PDI markings and even a paper parts label still attached to one rear leaf spring!
INTERIOR
A true time warp interior even down to the nostalgia evoking British Leyland smell! The black vinyl seats, (Code PMA), are as new with the only imperfection being a small nick to the rear bench seat corner virtually hidden which probably occurred when assembled. The headlining is in perfect condition, as are the PVC padded door panels and full-length rubber floor mat. The wood veneer fascia and all switchgear are immaculately preserved. All equipment and gauges operate. There are unmarked wheel arch tubs, cab steps with factory information plates and even the original glue to the floor covering which has never been lifted.
ENGINE & TRANSMISSION
Factory fitted with the dieselised version of the BMC B-Series engine, this simple 4-cylinder 1798cc unit develops a wheezy 52bhp and 107Nm of torque. The unit pulls strongly and cleanly in all gears and the traditional diesel clatter is simply delightful! The spotless engine bay is untouched even down to the original sound deadening fully intact to the bonnet underside. The inner wings, bulkhead and slam panel are immaculate and factory plates, stickers and stampings remain untouched. The four speed all-synchromesh gearbox is surprisingly easy to use.
WHEELS, TYRES & BRAKES
The steel wheels wear full cover stainless hub caps in lieu of chrome centre caps and commercial rated 195 R14C tyres replaced the originals. An unused spare wheel and factory tyre remains in the underhung cradle. Standard fitment brakes and all braking ancillaries such as the zinc plated front calipers look almost new!
HISTORY FILE
A letter in the history file dated 23rd November 2018 from Nigel Harrison of the Morris Commercial Club confirms that following a vehicle inspection, this Minibus was manufactured in the UK and exported when new to Portugal. Portuguese registration took place on 25th March 1982 using plate number IZ-00-41. A copy of the Passport to Service details the Minibus being first registered to Josefina Rodrigues Viegas Perfinas. It is reported in a magazine article in UK publication, Classic Van and Pick up, that tragic bizarre events befell the first owner following the loss of life to him and his wife prior to collection. Complex Portuguese inheritance laws meant that property of a deceased went to the state after a number of years unless claimed beforehand. A system that allowed claims to be made was in place, however it was a convoluted affair that could, and very often did, take years to resolve. In the meantime the Dealer was under an obligation to keep the vehicle in its current condition unused until the issue was resolved, which did indeed take many years. In fact this Sherpa remained with the dealer in secure dry storage for decades. In 2016 Mr Alan Jeynes of Redcar, Cleveland, saw an advert for the vehicle placed by a classic vehicle Dealer in Santa-Maria de Lamas, he promptly purchased the Minibus blind and arranged transportation 1,500 miles to his home! Full UK registration and recommissioning has taken place and in 2018 the second UK owner purchased the vehicle to join his eclectic collection of classic cars due to Alans poor health.
My mates mum had the van one in the same blue, we would go off on Camps with her and my mum with 6-7 children from the same village in the back with no seats and my mates grandmother also sat on the floor, she would be telling us ghost stories on the way down to the coast...happy days!
Memories!
BRING BACK THE SHERPA. I HAVE HAD MANY VANS OVER MY 57 YEARS OF DRIVING AND THE SHERPA WAS MY FAVORITE.
Thank you we like Sherpa's too!
That is exceptional. Owners must have spent hours to keep it this good, even though it has so little use. Hopefully a museum will purchase it, where it can maintained, kept safe from the elements and displayed for people to appreciate.
Exceptional!
Never though a minibus could have the wow factor. 😊. 🇬🇧
Wow indeeed!
That is an amazing vehicle. They had their bad points about them but they were very good engines especially the diesels. Beautiful condition.
Amazing, thank you!
I genuinely thought that every single one of these, without exception had turned to dust. How do you find such rare gems like this?
Indeed, very poor production control and dissolved quickly!
@@KGFClassicCars Typical of Leyland vehicles.
@@jasoncarpp7742 Typical of just about every vehicle manufacturer in that period, tbh.
I have a 1980 Autosleeper Sherpa and that too is excellent and rot free. It's not as new of course like this one but has done just 40000 miles. Good ones are out there.
I don't think they were any worse for deterioration than most other vans of the time. In some ways they were better with the chassis being less corrosion prone than the Transit.
Wow.. just wow! This makes me speechless! What an absolute find. Wouldnt have thought that there would be any left! This is truly remarkable, and a fascinating history
Yes indeed, remarkable and fascinating history.
I hope this ends up in a museum some day, it deserves nothing less.
Thank you for sharing!
Always loved the Sherpas. I fell in love with it first time I saw it up for grabs.
Always loved the B Series diesel engines too. Plenty of them still giving good service in boats, especially on the canals.
I never realized the automotive versions also were stopped by pulling on a manual stop lever. Common mistake for people to go to start the next time, and cranking over and over before realizing they hadn't pushed the stop lever back in! Lol
Good luck with the sale, and I hope it goes to a new caring home. Doug
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Factory fresh looking Sherpa Minibus amazing condition 👍👍👍
It is like new!
That is pretty amazing, i remember seeing loads of these in that exact colour transporting the police to the miners picket line in Yorkshire, that in itself isn’t a good memory as they were Thatchers henchmen but definitely a museum piece.
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Who's that's cool. I recently had a Leyland DAF 400 appear in my life and I wish any part of it was as clean as this!
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I bought an old ‘Freight Rover’ Sherpa van which was ex Metropolitan Police. It had a 2 litre petrol engine in it.
A few days after the purchase I drove it from London to southern Italy. When I got there it was using more oil than petrol plus a front wheel bearing had gone.
A good friend of mine down there who is an Alfa Romeo mechanic - now he works at the Alfa factory in southern Italy.
The told me the engine will need various bits and bobs so in the end I asked him to do the whole job.
He did it in his shed in the evening and one late afternoon I saw the van had been moved so I went round to check to find it parked under an oak tree with ropes over a thick branch and the engine hanging in mid air being lowered on to a metal trolley.
He stripped the entire engine down, made a list of parts needed (I flew up to get them and returned a couple of days later), he had polished the engine and did some minor upgrades to it - to cut a long story short, the van flew after that work.
I also had a ‘U’ bolt break on the rear suspension - the bolts holds the axle to the leaf springs. I went to my friend and he told me to follow him a few miles slowly. I ended up in a barn and this metal worker bloke made me a new ‘U’ bolt from a rode of steal, threaded it and fitted it all for a tenner.
After that I did 16 round trips in it from southern Italy to London.
The van cost me just £850 plus the engine parts and time - and the U bolt of course.
The only extras I put on it during my time with it was a decent hifi with house speakers fitted behind the seats and a pop top glass sun roof.
Thank you for sharing!
Gosh, this brings back the memories. We used one of these as a lockup van when I was policing in “British West Hartlepool” back in the day! Hours of fun driving round the Golden Mile following the droves from pub to pub to keep the peace! From The Smiths Arms and The Stranton to The Clansman and The Devon! Thanks for the memories!
Thank you for your memories!
I've got me a mustard one of these. Not in quite such good nick mind you but it still runs :) never seen another one since I've owed it though and that's a few years now!
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I loved these vans.... they look like a proper, well... van lol... and the ones I had over the years ALL had great bodies on them- unlike the other rusty vans out there....
Yes, they were a tad "agricultural" to drive- but that's their charm, right ? :D
I remember Jaws driving one of these in the Bond movie "The Spy who loved me" !!
Thanks for sharing
Wow truly blown away by this, what a find. It will no doubt find it's way to a dedicated collector who will take good care of it.
Thank you for the kind words
This has to be the best genuine example anywhere in the world.
We agree! Thanks
We drove them in the RAF in the mid 80's.You could get the back end to step out dead easy-no warning.A right laugh to drive.
Thank you for sharing happy days!
Should definitely go straight in a museum. Never driven. Ronnie would smile.
Needs to be preserved!
Simply astounding! What an incredible find!! Haven't seen one of these for ages and thought they'd have all rusted away by now.
Astounding!
Worth every penny, even as a lhd. Truly stunning example, time warp condition, too good to use.
Thank you for the comments.
Agreed.
That's unbelievable condition. In my RAF days I used to hold the record between Scampton and Binbrook airfields. Had a Sherpa on three wheels a couple of times. One is a mature fifty something now and drives at a far more sedate pace.
Great memories thank you for sharing!
Even with high milage these must be as rare as Hens teeth, where has it been? Sealed up inside a mine? and 87miles!! Amazing!
Amazing!
Omg,,you guys could find an alien in a brothel house,lol,,,what a fine example of a vehicle,,,just brilliant
Brilliant example!
Our school had a green one back in the 1980s went across Ireland in it, great fun.
Great thank you for sharing!
That's absolutely incredible, it deserves a place in a museum or someone's pristine car collection
Incredible!
Used to drive these with the Post Office.Happy memories.Later ones had the Perkins Prima diesel as fitted to the Maestro/Montego.Hope it goes to good home.Too good to use!Absolutely amazing (and l usually use that term sparingly!).
Lovely😎❤👌👍!
Amazing!
Has to be the best Sherpa van of its kind anywhere .
Thank you
What can i say unbelievably as new amazing you never cease to amaze that wont be around for long
Thank you for the kind words
Dam, this is as rare as hens teeth. Also if you could find one of it's younger siblings (LDV I think) it would be so full of rust and on it's last toe rather than leg. Just wondering if this is a sign that time travel does exist lol.
We will take a look................
Amazing, surprising story behind it, I know in Spain at least two units surviving in my province but for sure not in this condition.
Totally amazes me how you find so many jewels!!
Keep watching for more!
The most interesting vehicle featured on your channel for a long time, and that's some accolade!
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The indicator and windscreen wiper switches are familiar because they were also used in the Morris Ital.
Indeed, and many others too!
Omg when I was a painter we used to paint 7 of these every 3years in orange and black roofs for the local newspaper in huddersfield so I know every inch of the sherpa Van back in the late 70s and early 80s
Thank you for sharing!
Interesting story. One that saved the van from rusting away like the rest of them!
Very true!
Very nice. Never seen one before. Would love to own one.
It could be possible!
What a find! On a fast dual carriageway in 4th gear this would, I think, be very loud. They probably decided that fitting a radio was pointless...
You wouldn't be going very quick either!
This is rarer than that stuff that doesn't come out of a rocking horse's arse !!!!!!!!!!!
Very rare!
If I had £16k and a deathwish I would buy this without even thinking about it. That "wood" trim is glorious.
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That brought a tear to my eye
Keep watching for more great cars!
Mother of God. What a piece. Stunning
Stunning!
About the fourth time this machine has been for sale in the last couple of years, each time for a higher price, It seems to be a commodity like gold. I had to sell mine in 1990 as I was being hassled by the police twice a week in it towards the end. Folks might be interested to learn the minibus examples had the diesel engine tweaked to 58 bhp, up from 52 in the van.
Thank you for sharing, this is much rarer than gold!
The Sherpa remained almost the same shape for 32 years when introduced in 1974 replacing the J4 until 2006. The first facelift was in 1982, the second in 1984 when the Sherpa name was dropped, and became Freight Rover 200, the third in 1989 Leyland Daf 200, the fourth in 1993, LDV200, and the fifth in 1997 LDV Pilot. Any of these vehicles are rare today even an occasional LDV Pilot. Vans had unique styling then, and it is hard to distinguish the replacement Maxus from a Ford Transit or Vauxhall Vivaro immediately as they look very similar with the sloping front.
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It just gorgeous
Thank you!
A pity that they never had the Dolomite Sprint engine in them . Just imagine...A 16v engined van ! In 1976!
Nice!!
Que restauración más perfecta, es una maravilla.
Not restored all original!
Superb! Tempted for my tour company! :-)
Why not!
wow left hand drive....send it to us in Montana,it needs to live out its life in the Mountains
Thank you why not, buy it??
@@KGFClassicCars if it was already in North America i would consider, but with all associated costs, I'm sorry I live 2800 miles west of the east coast ports in western part of the state of Montana, i have a gray market land rover 110
Have driven one. Should be delivered to nearest scrapyard!
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Cant be many of these left in this condition great looking van
Great find!
That is incredible!
Yes it is!
Interesting vehicle. I've heard of the Leyland Sherpa, but I've never seen one in person.
Not many left now!
@@KGFClassicCars Probably not. I've not seen one, and I visited the UK twice in my lifetime.
Obviously not originally built for UK roads being LHD... but 87 miles... someone's bought this & left it sitting doing nothing for all those years.
Last time I was in a sherpa it was the bigger wide body panel van... and that was more than 25 years ago now.
Sat in a dealers yard in Portugal!
Apart from 1st! How in the world has this survived so long unused? Did the dealer just forget to sell it, and found it when they had a clear out?
Its not the sort of thing you just keep 😳
Please read the history history section in the description.
A stunner
Thank you!
@@KGFClassicCars are you on insta?
Amazing. And an example of KGF not over pricing because in reality, to the right person, would £20k really be over the top? I mean where are you going to find another? So £15995 is very fair I think. Makes me feel better about my recent comment about your Golf’s price 😉
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Holy moley ! 😮
😎👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
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Rare indeed these days. It's future may well be with a company whom hire vehicles out for film work etc.........
Maybe!
One of these passed me on the M5 like i was standing still ,but theres always a but 2 minutes later the bottom of the engine spread itself over 3 lanes!
Oh dear!
@@KGFClassicCars they are ugly, but it's nice to see a survivor ,but a lot different from the bland mobiles of today.
The top speed of a four speed Sherpa 250 is about 72 mph, hepled by better aerodynamics than other vans of the period. Over 65 they make a low droning, hunting noise like a Dornier bomber. Engines go on until either the pistons break in half or the teeth wear off the timing gear. A pre emptive rebuild at 150000 miles, then another every 100000 will keep it going.
UNREAL
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They were ok nothing complicated
No all basic equipment!
@@KGFClassicCars just an austin cambridge with a van body
very good :)
Thank you! Cheers!
I always liked the long snout design of the Sherpa. Looked friendly unless you owned it and it committed suicide by rust.
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Unsold export?. Unanimous, should be preserved in a Museum.
Was sold the buyer died just after collection!
Old school mini bus
Many schools used them as minibuses!
Rover P6 wheel trims from the earlier cars.
Many cars used same parts!
There's probably more Sherpa's in the Himalayas than Sherpa vans now since most of them have rusted away. I bet the diesel model didn't sell as well as the petrol ones due to it being very underpowered. The NA Perkins Prima that replaced the B Series diesel engine in 1986 in Freight Rover 200's wasn't that much more powerful either but bulletproof.
Thank you for sharing!
I guess it got those dings during shipping to Portugal ☹️
They are very minor often storage dings occur!
Now somefolks think I'm a little strange... however I love those vans... and think I might have to go and change my pants...
We like them too!
Properly looked after good condition.
Thank you!
WOW!!!!!!!!
Wow indeed!
I wonder if the British Motor Museum at Gaydon has an extra space for this. It's an absoloute timewarp.
Timewarp!
What looks best, this or the equivalent transit? What great condition this is in! When vans came with petrol & diesel....remember working on these & maestro vans at a rover dealer. 🤔
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Wow!!!!
Wow!!
Serious are really serious.......seriously.....
OMG!!!!!
You really have a time machine......
Can I use it next Friday or the Friday after next? I'll do the Divi round mine😉✌
Sorry only to be used by KGF Staff :-)!
A left hand drive mini-bus Sherpa van? good luck
Thank you!
I bet you're the only person to have slammed that door in all those years.
Thank you for sharing!
Wow, where do you find these cars, stunning cars.👌👌👌👌👌
Stunning!
Just watched a video upload of another vehicle that you posted 3 years previously and you were wearing socks in that video !!!!!! Are they the same socks from all those years ago? 😜😜😜😜😜😜😜
Yes same socks always red! PS they have been washed!
The car's KGF find wow shame it's left hand drive but hay it's nice anyway
Wow!
Wow
Wow!
Seriously, who buys one of these and literally never uses it, would love to know the story behind this one
This is a channel that does include decent and comprehensive history in the description, I forget to read sometimes, it's easy done.
Oops my bad, should have checked there first, that is quite the story, I hope this gets preserved further as there can't be another one like it in the world, awesome thing! Thanks all that pointed me in the right direction
All our videos come with an extensive write up its always a good read!
Why they were shite when new?
Vehicles of the era where not as good back then!
How do you do it and its lovely could i ask how old and a bit of where it came from thanks mark
See Description!
We're safety never mattered 😂
Not back then!
Am I the only one who noticed the old skool BMX's up top 🤣
Yes lots of retro on display in our showroom!
How is this possible?
Very special.
Do you still own this I am interested.
Sorry now sold!
Is it a diesel?
Yes it is!
Do you people own a time machine? I see no other explanation for how you end up with half the vehicles you acquire 😅
Ssssshhhhh don't tell any one :-)
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Thank you for sharing!
Junk when it was made, junk now
Thank you for your view!
WTF!
Indeed!
Its says 139 miles? That a high miler!
139km = 87 miles
@@KGFClassicCars My mistake.
A truly dreadful vehicle. They don’t make them like this anymore, thank goodness.
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KGF Classic Cars My pleasure.
Awful pile of junk
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Oh.... great memories.... trunions come to mind🤬. A cruise ship has more accurate steering 🤣🤣🤣
Memories!