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  1. Stupid question time, Has anyone moved a Bedford MJ (GS, no box) on DROPS Flatrack? Thanks in advance!
  2. Cosrec, Been away with work so access to this means has been limited. This thread has confirmed a few things, the particular vehicle we were considering is a rot box so thats out of the equation. The overall speed and roll over characteristics of Foden DROPS don't make it attractive and we're not after one for 'riding about in', it needs to comply with various criteria to make it viable. Lots of advice gratefully received, thank you.
  3. The vehicle we are interested in is already registered, I'd like to know the collective wisdom on here about options and potential re registering.
  4. A group of us are interested in buying a Foden DROPS, what do other owners have them registered as? Any pros and cons? Hints and tips for taxation class, registering and general licensing issues?
  5. Before I joined the regulars, I served in 37 Signal Regiment (V) and had the misfortune to work on National Communications Radio System (NCRS). It consisted of a computer system in a small box body mounted on a twin axle trailer towed behind a GS 110. This was issued to us in 1993/4 and was designed to provide post nuclear strike high frequency (HF) communication using a large multiple dipole antenna array that would computer analyse a set of HF frequencies and send data over the most favourable freq. Our 110 GS wagons were modified by fitting metal plates along the full length of the load bed to provide the ballast to tow the twin axle NCRS trailer or 'horse boxes' as we called them. With the ballast fitted, these wagons were effectively ruined and the handling was horrible. I did my best to remain in the more 'punchy' Mobile Signals Troop equipped with 109 FFR's fitted with UKVRC 321 and manpack UKPRC 320's. Our 110 GS's were all KF registrations (41KF90) and our 109's were KB's (83KB10)
  6. In my opinion, both are 68 Pattern jackets, the one with the 'bluer' coloured zip is earlier. Era? 1980's to early 90's They look to be in good condition!
  7. Quite right, our Sultans had them, there isn't much else available that has the same flame killing ability.
  8. That type of BCF extinguisher was banned in the early 90's by the Montreal Protocol, most of them in Land Rovers and Bedfords were replaced by 2kg dry powder extinguisher, these were larger and a pain in Series 3s as it was fitted in the passenger footwell, it got in the way and the clip caught the back of your heels!
  9. Robin, It most certainly is a BV and it proved to be brilliant over the three months my crew lived out of our 110 FFR Rebro, a bit of a throwback to when we had Sultans as armoured CP's. I wired it to the 24v signals batteries using a cut off BV lead (wires C and D from the lead if I remember correctly) It needed the engine running to boil the BV but it worked fine. I upgraded to one of the new silver BV's later when they came in, that was much better because it draws a much smaller current (15 amps rather than 60 !!) and it has a switch on the front.
  10. Those seats with the grey trim are for late Defender / Wolf onwards, they fit in slots fitted to the inside of the body. The Series seats were normally in a black trim with larger brackets to fit over the tub sides of a soft top vehicle. An example of the later grey seats can be seen in the picture below (along with a younger me pretending to strip a 'borrowed' USMC M16)
  11. As an update, we have:- CVR(T) Sultan Got One! FV 436 110 FFR with Clansman fit Series 3 FFR with Clansman fit. Got One! Airportable Land Rover. Got One! Bedford MK/MJ GS. Got One! Bedford Tactical Aircraft Refueller Bedford UBRE Honda XR250. Got One! Harley Davidson dispatch bike Supercat ATMP. Got One! Thank you to everyone who has replied so far, still room for more!
  12. I think the hood wire and rank slide will have been removed by the owner, a fairly popular modification. I have removed the wired hood and compass pocket on my PCS CU MTP Smock, it won't annoy the SSM because thats me... I've also removed the front zipped pocket flaps that sometimes catch in the zip when its opened and closed. What is interesting is the design of Future Aircrew Clothing System (FACS) for rotary crews, it will be a two piece design based on PCS CU but with the wired hood removed, a civilian type hood retainer flap and forearm pen pockets.
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