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  1. On my original 1945 brake cable the round ball, isn't a round ball, but a rounded square, so it would fit through the flats of the eye bolt.
  2. Seems a good contender and at least it proves the term was used, as well as 'School of Military Engineering'. I suspect the E.T.C. was a department or building within the complex. THANKS !!
  3. I have a 1950's Phillips 'Trade' pattern army bicycle. I noticed the other day that stamped into the handlebar cross piece is E.T.C. 5, presumably the depot that claimed it as theirs. Trying to find a fit for the abrieviation E.T.C., the best I could come up with was Engineering Training Center. It could be 'Electrical' of course, or 'Training Camp'. Anybody know? thanks.....Gareth
  4. Thank you both for your replies, I have now finally beaten my gearbox into submission aided in my struggle with an article I found online that recomended using the 1st gear position rather than 4th as per handbook. It also explaine the positioning of the cam plate with greater clarity than I had found to date. I have put the link to the page here as it may help someone else in the future. It has worked for me. https://www.hermit.cc/tmc/technote/gearbox/index_cam_quad/index.htm
  5. I have now rebuilt the gearbox twice now, since the problem was detected, both times without success, as its either stuck with a false neutral between 3rd and 4th and won’t shift. This was with the cam plate positioned at 4th as per handbook> rebuilt it again with the cam plate in the neutral position as suggested by a YT video, with the result I can change between neutral and 1st, but it won’t change up to 2nd and above. There was no visible damage to the cam plate or gears. Are all the cam plates made of Mazak?
  6. As the bike was only taxed for 9 months in 1947, I am assuming the 5009 miles on the clock is genuine. All bearings were replaced during the rebuild and I didn't notice any undue wear on the cam plate. It is possible I did not position the plate correctly when I put the box back together. It has changed up and down in the lower gears quite happily several times, it was only when it went up to 4th that it hit a false neutral coming down again, which was fortunate as we had to push it home. No other gear could be selected afterwards.
  7. My 3HW went out for its first test ride since 1947 yesterday and although it performed well in the lower gears going around a field, its brief foray onto the highway to check 3rd and 4th resulted in a permanent false neutral between them, when my test pilot attempted to change back down to 3rd. I understand false neutrals are not unknown in Triumph gearboxes. Any suggestions what to look out for when I disembowel the naughty thing?
  8. My mate said they didn't want to give away the exact positions of the collapsing perimeter, by burning them as they arrived, also burning vehicles would have hindered movements within that perimeter, but he was expressly told not to burn his lorry.
  9. Hi Paul, you can never have enough info, so if can pass anything elso on I would be interested, a PM would do fine or on here. The late date would acount for the style of makers badge, and the paint under the botttom bracket where it has been preserved by oil and mud is deep bronze green, a colour usually thought of as post war. I plan to restore it as the rust has bitten the paint too much for it to be a pleasant patina. Nice to know the bike and I are the same age. I think I got it from a green-sheet ad.
  10. This is what I am begining to discover, although I am slightly confused by the four digit frame number. I was under the impression by the post war period I should be looking at a 6 digit minimum with prefix letter. Am i right in thinking this is a Mk VI model?
  11. Hi all, what’s the collective thoughts on this Phillips military bicycle, it would appear to have a low serial number of 1181, but the alloy makers badges I thought were well into the late 40s early 50s. It is shod with 26”x2” 1 1/3” tradesman’s tyres and is about a 25” frame. The only other markings are either an O or a D stencil painted on the rear mud guard and a very poorly stamped ETC 5 on the handlebars. I have had it so long, I can’t remember where it came from, but it is just possible it was from the Enfield factories, but I am not certain.
  12. Just as an aside, I was watching a TV documentary about the retreat out of Burma in front of the Japanese advance, in which a gunner said they were forced to bury their guns as there was no boats available to carry them across the Irrawaddy (I think it was). So I wonder if enterprising scrap dealers have ever found them, or did they just bury the breech-blocks, which seems more likely. Or perhaps they were retrieved during the subsequent re-capture, who knows, but burying large objects during a retreat seems to me to take too much time.
  13. The point being that once you 'donate' you give up title the object, if it was 'on loan' that is different kettle. Why have the IWM given up this potential income, have they had the good sense to loan the items albeit indefinitely, what caveats if any are in place should the American museum fold?
  14. If only, and I didn't get the crane jib either
  15. My Morris Commercial C9/B came from Harry Pounds
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