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Bottom curves in a bit - so not a Quonset , or Romney . IIRC a Iris was a smaller Romney. I suppose the main positive ID is size. Does seem a standard Nissen. I knew a Scout hut & Village hall , understood to be Nissen , but re-planted post WW2 on brick raised foundations & side windows fitted.

Smiths flat heater , good one 12 or 24 volt - bit more than £10 ---------- Not so common Smiths universal type square. Last for ever and ever.

Depends on how much you wish to spend , there are Smiths square cab heaters that would look OK , Smiths flat heaters (as S2A & Lightweight Land Rovers) , most Smiths barrel heaters are now goosed (bellows element leaks) . I would just go for a Clayton with demister , as fitted to S1 Land Rovers as optional extra. http://www.s-v-c.co.uk/product/clayton-classic-barrel-heater-with-demist/

Impetuous purchase mate. Go to a factor & price up the best by such as Dayco or Gates. Work to the following reference & convert. These cogged vee belts were fitted to the late S3 refurbished crated cartridge units (along with a Rover bog-std 614670 for fan) :- Continental ContiTech - SF AVX13 x 1325 So - belt section / size for any conversion = AVX13 & length = 1325mm

I - am suspecting Clive's Anderson is a "Walt" ?

So - has the Mickey Mouse DP washed off after 70 years ? I am coming more towards thinking I am lacking something without one ! I only recall observing them in back gardens whilst on railway journeys , I don't think they can have been in use locally - too rural ?

Had a search on completed listings £150 for a minta , only a single bid. It had to be collected at quite short notice. Yes , that is more like - I could find room for something like that, Will have to remember to keep watching. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/World-War-Two-Anderson-Shelter-Complete-Panels-Great-Condition-BUYER-COLLECTS-/221599139320?pt=UK_Collectables_Militaria_LE&hash=item33985685f8&nma=true&si=hq9ekbId4%252BcPRTdZ%252FV39qY43fT4%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WW2-WWII-Anderson-Shelter-Rare-Version-/251696842065 Lots of watchers but no bidders (as yet). I think I could find a space for it , somewhere near the compost corner , too good to part-bury , I suppose it should be under a roof to conserve ? as - 75 years old. If it were local to me & the starting money was abt. £50 - I would have a crack at it LoL

I am now of the opinion that the Winston O.C.C.S. operation by Rotinoff must have been in the 1950's , probably small private mine clearing - well clear of the NCB pit. The only thing presently, I can find is that Rotinoff were at Perkinsville in 1950's :- http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/p707.htm Rotinoff Construction Ltd. evolved into Lomount Mining (themselves just part of a larger construction group) , Lomount always had large sites and were direct contract to the NCB Opencast Executive - the last Lomount / NCB site that I recall was a few miles south of Lanchester and must have lasted several years until abt. 1990

This purchase probably pre-dated the latest eBay selling rules :- Here is part of the new eBay sellers responsibility update ...... " Starting from 15 September (2014) , we will introduce requirements that all sellers take responsibility for return postage on items which are faulty or not as described ........ for those sellers who choose not to facilitate a return or provide/fund return postage for items that are faulty or not as described, we may refund their buyers without requiring them to return the item and in turn we will seek reimbursement from sellers ". Prior to this the buyer had to provide the return postage so this should prove interesting with the unscrupulous buyers out there so beware if you sell ,,

I may be stupid ,, but BUT was this bloke not a bit naive - expecting a new watch , or at least a new watch-strap on a old and possibly operational refurbished mechanism ?? - all for £35 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/money-saving-tips/jessicainvestigates/11227942/EBay-Money-Back-Guarantee-my-battle-over-fake-watch.html Seems to me Telegraph with DM standard of reporting , IF Mr John Bell had taken a screen-print of the actual eBay listing and the DT had printed same - then possibly my interpretation of events may be different ??

Probably best if you sign-in on the Ex-Military land Rover Association Forum , Search the Electrical board. Lots of info. on mods to bog-standard condensers , lead mods etc.

2nd blush - yes tis done. Rivet - counter ? it would look better with the screens over the new leads as far as the plug-caps.

Obtain a new set of bog-standard 12 volt HT wires. Best to keep your original dizzy cap & screened leads. Remove the 4 qty. screened HT leads to plugs from dizzy cap. You can use if you wish to make things easier , carefully remove the screws holding the inner thermo-set plastic dizzy cap from the outer shell. Secure the 12 volt wires to the inner-cap , re-fit outer & cement around the apertures with silicone mastic , fit 12 volt plugs - connect & GO !

It was North Tees Colliery :- http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/n004.htm Born & bred in the area , as lads we used to get on out bikes & go off to OCCS to watch the plant working esp. drag-lines , I do recall cadging rides on Vickers Vigor but don't recall Sherman. Often strip-mining (as well as restoration work) with box-scraper was used at old Board & Wall pits to get at stacks (pillars of coal left holding the roof) , some fields had props holding corrugated sheets up only 6ft or 8ft under the surface. My memory serves me bad here , ISTR that North Tees was in fact Long Wall mining & that miners were seen walking to & fro in full kit as late as 1968 , leading me to think that when the NCB pulled out it was private underground mined by the under 30 man rule and then strip-mined . I would therefore guestimate those photographs at abt. 1970 or very early 1970's , don't recall any box-cuts there involving drag-lines at all. Unfortunately - in mid 1970 I went off to sea as a Junior Engineer , so would not have been around . Hutchinson is a common local name , I guess Ian Huthinson is / was related to the Hutchinson family who built & still run a garage The Mickleton Service Station - I guess they may be able to tell you more..

BANNED - only where COSHH Regs. are applicable - the stand was made in 1950 when 40 hour per week + was standard , obviously a risk present. Infrequent DIY use esp. out of shed , taking normal precautions , correct breather cartridge / breathing air or Airflow helmet - no more dangerous than exhaust fumes walking down a city street.

It is all about exposure time.. http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/particulate_final/particulate_final_s06.htm http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?45262-Grit-Blast-cabinet&p=416057#post416057

This photograph often appears in books , just imagine if that propellant pump assembly landed on your shed ! http://www.v2rocket.com/start/deployment/st-stephens-rd-sept-17-1944-b.jpg

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-29884847

I tend to "Time-Line" the rear oblong red reflectors after 1974 , certainly by 1976 (just now - uncertain of exact change-point , I would guestimate the round rubber type into 1975). It would be worth looking at VRM's & photographs of rear ends in such as the MJC book - probably possible to date the lower tub if no holes ever for round reflector. Split tail-gates - there are a few differences , abt. 4 qty. variations - but they can get swopped about.

1974 , the Solihull Despatch-Out record would state the vehicle colour , likewise - the Solihull re-plating several years later , I would expect the Despatch-Out record to state the vehicle colour - second bite of the cherry ? From what I have seen these records don't state much ,but the colour for some reason is there. However as the chassis does seem to be a replacement - it would hardly be definative . Without original chassis steel DNA and present lack of traceability , you are on a hiding to nothing but I admire your determination to close the huge gap of several years. I would like to see several more photographs of the hardware , in particular the view of rear. The more pics the better , sometimes obscure age related parts can be seen that could give further clues.

Be fine once hitched up , until then - it would take a 4 man Commando to shift it !

Info as posted on Ex-MLRA Forum by - RM Lightweight Postby mastigo4 » Mon Feb 21, 2011 5:58 pm http://forum.emlra.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8665&p=57094&hilit=unitary+trailer#p57094 EMER Wheeled Vehicles U207 /8 Modification Instruction No. 12 gives instructions and plans to install the Unitary Radio Kit in a 15 cwt. Sankey trailer. This was for the Royal Marines, to allow use of the Land Rover for general services. It included provision for hood-sticks & hood. In the EMER installation the URK was fitted facing the rear. In this picture it faces forward, so this was presumably a local modification. The radio set is a C42, possibly a C45: the Antenna Tuning Unit is mounted on the canopy. There may be something mounted on the Dexion, but it is hard to tell. This is the first photo I have seen of a URK in a Sankey. If anyone knows of others I would be most interested. Incidentally I did once mount my vehicle's URK in a Sankey, before I knew of the EMER. It fitted well, and I am a little surprised this arrangement was not used more generally. Alan Knell 13FM87 TRUCK UTILITY FFR 1/2 TON ROVER SERIES 3 1625.0778 2320-99-893-2847

Royal Marines , with a bit of luck you should be able to view the photograph.