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The Constructopus

            15th April 2010

The Constructopus was born......

From the owner:
The Constructopus was one of the last ( if not the last ) TL11 Octopus off the production line in about 1981/2. We bought two. 

The first went on the road in 1982 as a 'Y' reg (UUJ 840Y) and was run till 1988, when the body was removed and fitted to a Mercedes 8 wheeler F830 BUJ. 

The Constructopus was fitted with a new body straight away, but was not registered until 1986 and went on the road as D567 PUX. It was straight away an old lorry, as the Constructor was out then. 

We ran it for a few years with the ergomatic cab, but then i had the hairbrained idea to update it with a cab off a Leyland Cruiser tractor unit - BIG mistake. It never was much good after that and so after numerous breakdowns, i had enough one day, and scrapped it. 

The body was fitted to a Constructor 8 and i sold the chassis to Dave Morris form Pembridge, who was going to put it back on the road as a tipper. This never happened, and i bought it back off him a few years ago. 

We now have a reasonable ergomatic cab for it and will rebuild it soon

Taken on: April 15, 2010

Tags:

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Camera: Nikon D200, f/8.0, 1/160 sec, 18mm (=27mm), ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D200
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.006 sec (1/160)
Focal Length:	18mm (35mm equivalent: 27mm)
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Contrast:	Low
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	GIMP 2.6.8
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