Stonefield

Well we don't seem to have a thread for Stonefields so I thought I'd put some photo's up

Is that ex-Police??. I have only ever seen two on the roads. Both civvy contractors vehicles.

they would be something different on the mv scene

Mark

A couple of stonefields under test in Woolwich Arsenal 1st in 1979 2nd 1986

If i remember rightly. Didnt the demise of Stonefield. Later renamed Gomba Stonfield come about after a rather dubious Asian businessman bought the company in the late 80,s. Panarama once did an expose on him and some of his business deals. The company went bust in the early 90,s.

http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1984/mar/07/stonefield-vehicles-ltd-government

bit here on this site

There was a Stonfeild in DERA use up to the year 2000, as a trials vehicle.

Dodgy deals......... hmmmmmm 'alledgedly' from what I been told you would be spot on.

Malaysia was the only country that gave a large contract to Stonefield. A small number went to the middle east. I was reading the last lot that arrived here had no diffs but were still being paid for.

The Goombas went to the Army here and the diesel ones went to the police. The diesel ones 'I think' look a lot better

The diffs are extremely rare, hence I shipped some back to the UK several months back. I think they would be quite a different vehicle but the market price for the petrol ones is very low in UK. Was looking at jamming one in a container with some other stuff that was getting shipped but never happened. It's a pity as the whole saga around the Stonefield seems mired in the typical government interference in MOD affairs type deal. From this set of trials the RB44 was selected. I have a bit of a soft spot for them, in that respect.

The Stonefields were designed in the old stonefield laundry in Paisley, hence where the name comes from. A family friend was one of the company directors when they where going through the MOD trials. One of the founders of the company was the man who brought the first Volvo trucks into the country as Ailsa Volvo. The family friend still has tons of info on the vehicles from his time with the company. Are there any of these vehicles still around in Scotland?

The Stonefields were designed in the old stonefield laundry in Paisley, hence where the name comes from. A family friend was one of the company directors when they where going through the MOD trials. One of the founders of the company was the man who brought the first Volvo trucks into the country as Ailsa Volvo. The family friend still has tons of info on the vehicles from his time with the company. Are there any of these vehicles still around in Scotland?

There is a Stonefield forum... http://stonefield.takeforum.com/2009/02/23/stonefield-in-malaya/

not very active as I think the number of Stonefields in the UK is not many. There is a guy on there trying to put the history together as there is nothing out there about them.

I know of two in a Junkyards here and one on the road.

An ex-member of our group had a Stonefield, did quite a few shows up to the mid 90s, got no photo's unfortunately. He got it as a rolling chassis with no engine or gearbox and dropped in a Perkins 6.354 and an LT95 box out of a Rangie with air operated tbox. He couldn't understand why it kept blowing centre diffs until he checked the diff ratios. Turned out they are different front and rear and the original New Process transfer box was torque apportioning, cured by fitting 101 axles! It was right mongrel of a machine in the end. Think he still has but he now uses a Unimog.

Can remember the v early 4wd mags reviewing it in the early 80s (along with other stillborn 4wd ideas!) and in the bad snow in 1987 Kent police and ambulance sevices had 6 wheelers on loan. Went past the assembly plant in Strrod a few times when the Malaysian order was being built.

Whats this then a change in layout to the forum, mention was made of both police and ambulance versions of the Stonefield so heres a piicy of both types together takes a bit of working out for us mere mortals so hope the photo is on

It seems a few years back there were only 16 registered in the UK, but they think that's fairly inaccurate as some of the vehicles listed had already been scrapped.

I thought that for a UK made vehicle it is becoming quite scarce.

found this piccy today

Enjoy

Mark

thats a newer one ie the high mounted lights :cool2:

I snapped one at Thruxton D-Day show in 2001. It was an ex-police diving unit vehicle but was painted green. I agree they are interesting and the story seems to be one of all manner of unfortunate circumstances coming together. I only know the snippets mentioned in previous posts. Nice to see Mike has found a few in Malaysia. Always good to see something different.

MB

thats a newer one ie the high mounted lights :cool2:

I cant remember when that was taken, but it was at a fire engine show in Derby

Mark

I like the high mounted lights better than the lower ones which to me seems odd

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6 x 4 Stonefield for sale on ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130360784565&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

It has been on its side so a bit of damage, more photos here.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/46796327@N05/sets/72157623260621758/

Regards rog8811

A couple of other raritys to remember The Esarco. I think CMV or MM did an aricle on it last month. And even rarer. The Glover Webb Tureag DPV. Apparently one was used on trial by the SAS during Granby. I have only seen a few pictures of one. But there is one in existance in the Cobham area.

by the rego this is Royal Navy??

http://album.sixappealwheel.org/g999ps-album/Falklands_March_2009_b

Looks like it.

well another trip to junkyard land

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Another Stonefield with the Goomba upgrade

I was asked what it was worth today and my brain had two thoughts:

1. The vehicle is an increasingly rare piece of English (Scottish) manufacture and the diesel versions are even rarer as the Malaysian Army was the only country to buy them on a large scale.

2. The vehicle is pretty much an orphan on the collectors list and petrol examples on Ebay are lucky to get over 1000 quid.

There was talk of a book being written about the Stonefield history which would be an interesting read given the decision to buy RB 44's made many people bitter and I guess more so now that the the RB 44 was not a huge success.

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Mike,

what are the two vehicles behind the Stonefield in your last post, are they Auverlands?

R