Redherring

Well done all. Glad this sparked some interest. No red herring here - the name actually comes from my internet football team (AFL dream team) - aussie rules! My cousin Pete found the door up in the hills in southern NSW while hunting deer. Neither of us had any idea of its origin despite looking up the usual books & internet. We had figured it probably featured on the back of something. Can't wait to tell Pete he had it upside down! Cheers.

The chassis seems to have every type of grease nipple. Can you still obtain the original ones in UK?

Don't you love a challenge!

Thank you for your interest. Not armoured.

Does anyone out there know from what this door is from? Found in the Australian bush; miles from anywhere and the only object in the vicinity. 'Curious' :undecided:

...and where can one acquire this book?

There is something magic about restoring these old vehicles. Look forward to updates. Maybe keep the pics big but their file sizes small. Takes a while for some picture heavy pages to travel all the way to Australia.

Ah disorder! We just love to pull things apart. Natural curiosity or just an inate desire to be destructive? Do we destroy before we rebuild? Chaos theory.

On the subject of Allis tractors, they were very popular here in Australia. Nearby to here there are quite a few unrestored units including a KO crawler with a gaping hole in the crankcase after a minor explosion from inside, several M crawlers, 2 early 'round bale' hay balers, a c1927 E? motor, and many common-or-garden farm varieties including rowcrop. Have photos if you're interested Regards Robert

Hello there. We farm angus cattle in Western Victoria. I acquired an HD7 which was refurbished over a twelve month period. Its history is a little obscure. The crucial numbers are covered by heavy metal. We think the conversion may have been done for the army in Australia during 1945 or 46? Had to replace radiator, truck wheels came from half way across the country, new CAT tracks - originals were Allis 'wide'. It now runs beautifully. I know it's the wrong colour! Regards Robert

Handy... Thats a very impressive pile of bits. Big work load. Please let me know the engine model.

Just as a matter of interest. The water pump on a Leyland motor (RAF family) pumps water directly into the cyclinder castings via an outside pipe. Water is pumped in at four points opposite each cylinder. Circulates. Returns to the radiator via the brass tube bolted above castings. Who knows which method of cooling is the more efficient. Leylands also used huge radiators.

Those mated castings. Has this design purpose? Coolant circulation?

Ahh! I got it wrong. They are AEC boxes. Difficult to read the plate but it appears the smaller top box was built 10-11-17 could be part number B3778... Series D?? Humble appologies to you Thornycroft enthusiasts. Hello AEC enthusiasts!

re... Australian clearing sale Along with that anvil your missing...:-D

Tim, Thornycroft boxes currently covered and difficult to get at. Will photograph when have marginally more than a spare moment. Robert

Indeed. This is the remains of an AC1 so-called; (approximately 65 built, your photo shows the only factory-built AC3). This AC1 was converted to a crane in the 50's. We know it was used to shift large blocks of concrete being the substructure of the breakwater in Portland (Australia that is) harbour. It ended its working life in a quarry north of Colac. The conversion involved cutting a trianglular shaped section including the third bogie from the hull. The rear of the hull with idlers was retained, 'rotated', and welded back onto the hull so that the rear idlers sit on the ground. This format supports the crane and its load. The original gearbox is retained. The AC1-crane was driven by a small International motor (deceased) through a vintage Thornycroft truck reduction gearbox. The winch was driven by a parallel drive train via chain drive through another Thornycroft box. Robert

Found another photo.

Hi Trevor Impressed by your research. The photo attached shows my truck and some scrap-iron I acquired from a quarry! Regards Robert

Hi Cosrec. I was intrigued and studied this too by stepping the fiim through the explosion. There is surely a gusher under the tanker immediately before the explosion. If you are right about ignition then why did this 'gusher' not go up in flames as well? Right through the explosion and aftermath the underside of the tanker seems to be free of fire? There must have been some fuel (petrol or 'gas' in the US) left in the tank - look what happened to the trees/road on the left. Could the gusher have been diesel? It is puzzling. Robert.

How did you perfectly centre the object onto the faceplate?

Well that's my exitement for the day.

Nice truck. Where did you find it? How did it survive? Regards

A heavy guage railway line offcut sits on my bench. Approx 60kg/m. Dare I say no-one would pinch one of these? Robert

Recipe: Take one original RR chassis. Cut steel, roll, bolt and weld together. Cooking time: many years. Consume with relish.