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  1. Yes, i think you are right. They look like Fiats to me.
  2. Just out of curiosity and because this topic needs some excitement to get it really going. 1962 RAF Farnborough, during the Cuban missile crisis. A Fordson major breaks down while cutting the grass and they call out an external agricultural engineer. Surely, the site is so big they would have their own RAF maintenance personnel who would be well aware of the repair and maintenance requirements for their own equipment and would not call in a company of agricultural engineers to fix it. I expect that there is a logical explanation for this though. Anybody?
  3. We already did that a few years ago on this forum. We need something new and original to find and then disprove the existence of.
  4. It might be an idea to mention Andy's other thread and see if we can draw any comparison:
  5. We all believe the subject to be absurd yet we cant stop looking. It is like a long drawn out car crash. Every ridiculous claim is given an explanation. Lets see what happens to this one. The father chiselled off 100's of data plates off tanks. Chiselled off, not unscrewed, so they were rivetted on? How long does it take to chisel off one data plate, or hundreds, or the 1,400 that either were or were not chiselled off? He had a long attention span i suppose? He did not at any stage think "Sod this for a game of soldiers, I am off to the pub".
  6. Yes, indeed. Winston Churchill definition of a fanatic A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
  7. I know the story has changed a bit as we have gone along, but might this be the answer that we have been searching for.
  8. Matt I have to congratulate you on a stunning piece of statistical analysis. Just beautiful. A quick question or two though. Where would these 1,000 people eat and drink? Would they be allowed off site and into town during their down time? Is there anything which would prevent them from talking to a bar maid and saying "You would never guess what I have been doing". As the war had ended, would they be allowed to carry cameras and photograph what they had seen.
  9. Yes, 37. If it was 17 the date would be on the handle.
  10. Only two pre 1920 trucks. Super looking auction though.
  11. I came across this super Peerless Lorries Ltd badge on EBay. Post war company for selling off surplus Peerless lorries and spare parts.
  12. Sorry, no, it is not mine. I photographed it a few years ago and thought it looked similar.
  13. Not seen that before but i dont think it is related. I found another photo of it and it says "The Peerless Whittler - The Burke manufacturing Co". Lots of different models on this website: Mechanical Pencil Sharpeners ~ 1910-1919 (officemuseum.com)
  14. I picked up this rather nice and sparky Simms SR4X Magneto. It has an RAF stamp on it and i think that it is anti clockwise rotation. What was the SR4X used on within the RAF? The J has just the SR4. any thoughts please anybody.
  15. "There was only one tree in the field Padre and you had to park the bloomin Riker on top of it!"
  16. Yes, you are probably right. Also the nail varnish is a bit dodgy too.
  17. We had completed this task very quickly and the tyres were loaded for the trip home and putting back on the lorry. A photo shoot had been arranged with Barrys B Type and a lovely young model who wore a replica LGOC clippie - bus conductor uniform. I am pleased to say that the solid tyre vehicle enthusiasts did not bat an eyelid nor act out of the ordinary to cause this young lady any embarrassment.
  18. Second wheel we pressed sprocket down so the oval tyre had to go on first. Unfortunately this was too easy and we could see day light between the tyre and the wheel. This was no good, but luckily we knew of a steel fabricator nearby who cut as a steel shim to go in between the wheel and the tyre. We had to hold this in place with a pair of ratchet straps and tapped over the edge of the shim to hold it in place. The shim started to runkle (a new word we made up on the day) which we had to tap down with a hammer. Second tyre went in over the top and job was done.
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