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I See this pick axe for sale early today and it says its a WW2 Axe Head for a Lorry,

Would this be the same Axe Head that would have hung on a K9.

What other tools would have hung on the K9,

Shovel, Pick Axe, etc

He was asking £25 for it

 

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Regards

John

 

don't know why the picture doesn't show

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The K9 carried the standard British Army pioneer kit (knife fork and spoon) pick head and shovel on the outside N/S rearcorner of cab and pick helve stowed in the cab in the N/S corner by the passenger seat K9 GS.jpg

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Scott, is that K9 yours? We've just been discussing surviving cargo body K9s and I haven't seen that one before.

 

Not mine I'm afraid. It was on a garage forecourt off the A30 in Cornwall where it was undergoing a brake overhaul. I didn't get to find out who owned it though. Army VRN is 41BG77 which makes it 1951 and an original GS according to my list

 

K9 GS 3.jpg

 

Note the back to front Wessex Wyvern on the front view .......... they do everything different in Cornwall

K9 GS 2.jpg

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In all the excitement about GS bodies - and that looks like an original wooden GS or FFR body - I didn't notice at least 3 other oddities with it, two of which might add up to a significant other oddity. Anyone else spot the differences (not the non standard indicators)?

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Full marks! Given the lack of a hatch, the fixed screens and one or two other points this may well be a very early K9, one of the first 400-odd to be built.

 

Very Rare then Sean, its a wonder it hasn't been seen before,

Id like to have a look around it

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Anyone else spot the differences (not the non standard indicators)?
Correct with your observations. Ours doesn't have a roof hatch or opening screens either. You didn't note the rear wheels though! They're off a Morris MRA1 with very shallow J section. This obviously reduces the rear track even more ...... must make road handling interesting. Picture below of K9 with FFR body -- the give away is the radio battery stowage box on the nearside, same as the van type signals bodied versionaustin-k9-1-ton-ffr.jpg

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Correct with your observations. Ours doesn't have a roof hatch or opening screens either. You didn't note the rear wheels though! They're off a Morris MRA1 with very shallow J section. This obviously reduces the rear track even more ...... must make road handling interesting. Picture below of K9 with FFR body -- the give away is the radio battery stowage box on the nearside, same as the van type signals bodied version[ATTACH=CONFIG]95168[/ATTACH]

 

Very Nice looking Lorry Scott,

What area of Somerset are you from

Regards

John

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You didn't note the rear wheels though! They're off a Morris MRA1 with very shallow J section.

 

Not sure they're a feature of an early K9 though!

 

Is that FFR quite an old photo, Scott? So if you have an early vehicle, the one in the photo can't be yours. I think we need a photo of yours.

 

Very Rare then Sean, its a wonder it hasn't been seen before...

 

I'm starting to wonder if they are that rare. That's four we know of in just a short discussion on this thread; mine, Scott's, the one in the photos above, and the one in Gloucester. Still only a 1% survival though!

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Not sure they're a feature of an early K9 though!

 

Is that FFR quite an old photo, Scott? So if you have an early vehicle, the one in the photo can't be yours. I think we need a photo of yours.

 

 

 

I'm starting to wonder if they are that rare. That's four we know of in just a short discussion on this thread; mine, Scott's, the one in the photos above, and the one in Gloucester. Still only a 1% survival though!

 

And they are All fairly Local to us Sean

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[/font]an;418067]Mines 61-BG-80

Any info on it

 

John

 

32BG48 DIS (date in service) 1951 Austin K9 1 Ton Wireless 4x4

61BG80 DIS 1951/2 Austin K9 1 Ton GS 4x4

 

Haven't you heard of Sheppys? .,...... and I think you've seen ours before John, didn't we meet at Haselbury earlier this year?

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32BG48 DIS (date in service) 1951 Austin K9 1 Ton Wireless 4x4

61BG80 DIS 1951/2 Austin K9 1 Ton GS 4x4

 

Haven't you heard of Sheppys? .,...... and I think you've seen ours before John, didn't we meet at Haselbury earlier this year?

 

Yeah your right Scott I Have seen your Lorry, Number Plate through m

Sheppys Cider Farm.

 

Regards

John.

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Haven't you heard of Sheppys?

 

Yes, that would have been the second guess. Your list has the DIS for mine correctly, at any rate. Why would it have 1951 / 2 for John's; is it an estimated list? That's a tidy truck, Scott, restored presumably?

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Yes, that would have been the second guess. Your list has the DIS for mine correctly, at any rate. Why would it have 1951 / 2 for John's; is it an estimated list? That's a tidy truck, Scott, restored presumably?

 

It says Manufactured 1952 on my Registration Document,

First Registered 2000 Sean.

 

Have you any service history for my truck on your list Scott

Regards

John

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  • 1 month later...
Not mine I'm afraid. It was on a garage forecourt off the A30 in Cornwall where it was undergoing a brake overhaul. I didn't get to find out who owned it though. Army VRN is 41BG77 which makes it 1951 and an original GS according to my list

 

[ATTACH=CONFIG]95145[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]95146[/ATTACH]

 

Note the back to front Wessex Wyvern on the front view .......... they do everything different in Cornwall

 

Anyone know where and who owns this truck

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