Roof hatch on post-war vehicles

Humber 1 Tons had them as well. I'm not into guns but these fittings are for guns of some sort. I have a picture somewhere of two guns mounted over the passenger hatch.

the mounting you describe is for mounting a gun it was fitted to numerous british vehicles postwar Bedford rl comer q4

ford commer cab and antar as well as others l believe the weapon was the BREN

Clive, Wally, thanks.

Wally, I don't recall ever having seen these mounts on an RL or Q4, and I can't find any on a quick Google either. Any on a Commer cab Ford would probably have rusted away before anyone had a chance to mount something on them.

Clive, unless there's a bit I can't see, that Humber mount looks different.

The ball type mount I refer to is conspicuous on this photo of a K9, particularly if you view it full size. One above the passenger side A post on the bracket silhouetted against the sky, one above the driver's side wiper blade:

http://visitbrighouse.com/brighouse1940sweekend/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2013/01/Austin_K9_Dave_Carten_web.jpg

Anyone got a photo or exploded diagram of something fitted to it? In practice, were they ever used?

The early RL trucks had these fittings around the cupola, here is a pic of one in Malaya, coming together with a Hillman (or Singer)

Sean that Humber mount is the only one I have seen. But the owner said it was from drawings he made of one he had seen some years before & this was his interpretation of it. I don't know what the real thing was like but I wonder whether this mount is perhaps not rugged enough.

Anyway my recollections was that the frame he made up was anchored to the roof fittings. These can be seen better on this Humber.

Thanks chaps, interesting. Richard, I hadn't noticed those on early R types, thanks. Must have been deleted on later vehicles (1960s). Clive, yes, that's the style.

I suspect if you three learned gentlemen aren't familiar with the mounted equipment, and there aren't plenty of photos showing it, then the mounts were probably used rarely if at all. I suppose the most likely place to spot them would be in photos in conflict zones.

DUG out a few pictures of the gun mounting points on a few of the vehicles they were fitted to they do differ in design found

the one on the FORD COMMER CAB think it would out last the truck have a picture some where showing the gun mount fitted on the frame on a MILITANT

SECOND vehicle

Third and last this for SEAN

Thanks Wally.

Interesting that the RL is a very early one (in fact, pre- or very early production, judging by the high headlights). Now I look, of course, rather than working from memory, all the RLs in the manual and user handbook photos have them, of course being early ones as well. Just skimming through a Google image search for RLs, they look to have been deleted by about 1958 or earlier.

The Martian appears to have double mounts, front and rear of the hatch. I see what you mean about the Ford one!

Don't go out of your way, but I'd be interested to see the Militant one if you do find it.

You can see them on the roof of my Mili if you zoom in. Unfortunately it was so rotten ive had to scrap it and she now sports a "clean" roof!

... Unfortunately it was so rotten ive had to scrap it ...

I thought you meant the Milly for a minute then!

By the way, someone's nicked your front diff :-D

 

By the way, someone's nicked your front diff :-D

:nut: I was hoping that having such a large lump awol would make the steering a little lighter! But alas, no!

BTW - i still have to scrap the roof, so if anyone wants the balls off it, let me know!

Balls still available until I do a scrap run Saturday morning. Yours for the postage fee.

Are you really posting in public to ask people if they want your balls?

Yep!!!!! Would use the correct name if I knew what it was!