A thing rarely seen

"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse) 07/01/2015 at 16:44 • Filed to: Dennison, Rolls Royce

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Have a Dennison truck with another thing rarely seen, a Rolls Royce Eagle engine.

Dennison make trailers in Ireland and Britain but in 1977 they got the notion of building the trucks that tow them as well. They made 250 before deciding to stick with what they knew.

Rolls Royce used to make diesel engines for a variety of uses, mainly in the UK, but the arrival of the likes of Volvo and Scania who make their own was bad news for makers of proprietary engines and so in the 1980s they sold out to Perkins who couldn’t make a go of it either and closed down the old RR plant.

kanadanmajava1 > Cé hé sin 07/01/2015 at 17:00

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This is interesting. Finnish truck manufacturer Sisu also made trucks with RR engines. My example is an M-series Sisu. But now that I looks that Dennison truck I see more similarities than just the engine choices. That cab seems to be nearly identical. Even the wipers are parked in the same position (despite the different steering wheel position). This needs to be investigated.

Edit. Investigation done. Sisu cabin chapter From Wikipedia: “One of the most distinguishing cabin type is the riveted forward-control M-series cabin which was introduced in 1969. They were also sold to Northern Irish Dennison Truck Mfg. Ltd. which used them in their largest lorries. ”

Cé hé sin > kanadanmajava1 07/01/2015 at 17:39

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Dennisons were “kit” trucks with everything (bar the chassis I suppose because as a trailer maker they make those anyway) bought in. The smaller British makers of the time did the same which is another reason they couldn’t compete with Scania, Volvo and so on.

Incidentally they’re not based in Northen Ireland. The trucks were made near Dublin where they still make trailers.