Dennison Trucks

carchaeologist

Just doing a bit of reading up/research on Dennison. These were assembled/constructed in Rathcoole in Dublin in the late 70s/very early 80s before recessionary times forced the closure of the truck making side of the company. They went back to making Trailers.
As i understand it,they only made approx 150 Trucks,would that be right? I would have though there would have been more sold.


This above picture shows a January '81 Dublin reg'd Dennison MK2 with a cab designed by SISU in Finland. It appears to have a Rolls Royce 265 engine too.




Some more pics here of english trucks.
http://northwesttrucks.fotopic.net/p65167880.html

greendragon3

class pics there lad , my dad speaks very fondly of the walls double drive tractor unit , she used to be parked up in sligo general hospital back in the early eighties when they were doing the extension , he said the driver used to keep her like a new pin despite working her very hard daily

carchaeologist

Was 920AZL Walls only Dennison?

vw4life

my Da had a 8-wheeler dennison tipper back in the early 80's,used to park it outside my school at the time,pretty cool tellin the lads who owned that truck:),as far as I know the chassis cracked on it and cost a fortune to fix:eek:,seen a tractor unit over in the transport Museum in Howth recenty:)

PanhardPL

Dennison T/u
Dennison Trailers
Dennison front

PanhardPL

Dennison 8 wheeler

101sean

Recall seeing a few of those Dennisons around in the past and at shows lately but nothing like that Yellow Drombane one, that really is fugly! Looks like it was based on a Foden cab?

It was around the same that Hinos that were starting to be imported which must have affected sales.

Silvera

AFAIK, Dennison Trailers are still in business in Naas, Co. Kildare.

I have seen '920 AZL' at many classic shows over the years... and it's always a pleasant surprise to see an original Irish-built truck so well preserved!

Wheelnut

Was there a special road tax rate for vehicles made in Ireland such as this one?