racer Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Hi everybody, I do apologise if this has been mentioned before, today on a visit to the Anson engine museum I found a Daimler sleeve valve engine from a mark IV WW1 tank. It was in an amazing condition, most probably new and unused, it was rumoured to have been taken to the USA during WW1 to be evaluated for manufacture there and it later went to the Ford museum. It came back a couple of years ago and will be restored to running condition to be part of a WW1 display. Andy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean N Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Blow! It was the end of year running weekend, wasn't it? I meant to go and completely forgot about it. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morris C8 Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Is this a tank eng or a large truck eng. ww1 photo taken in France. Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 Hi Keith, this is only a guess but the fact the engine has a fan that would be close to a radiator seems to point to a truck engine rather than a tank, also it looks to be to small, any more idea's anyone ? Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Peskett Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Illustration of Daimler tank engine with final drive from original WW1 Daimler publication. Richard Peskett. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redherring Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Re the unknown engine... It has similarities to the White and Poppe 4 cyl. I have a photo of an early Halley sporting something similar... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave.cran1 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 On 10/27/2014 at 6:59 PM, Richard Peskett said: Illustration of Daimler tank engine with final drive from original WW1 Daimler publication. Richard Peskett. hi there, do you have the reference for this image, the leaflet or book. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Could be one the pair of Tylor engines used in the Whippet tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Peskett Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Illustration from Munitions of War, BSA /Daimler war record. Chapter the 105 hp tractor and tanks , plenty of illustrations., my copy is too tight to scan., available on ABE books but expensive but a very interesting book. Richard Peskett. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave.cran1 Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Thank you Richards, much appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave.cran1 Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Is there a page number, tried to access via various libraries, seeing on various between £130..300....must be a good book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mammoth Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Ian Skennerton who runs Arms & Militaria Press in Queensland Australia, published a very fine facsimile in 1999. I emailed to ask of the chances of any copies available. The answer is that it is long out of print but critically he only included the pages related to small arms - so don't get caught out. Maybe if there is enough demand he might be persuaded to photocopy the pages relevant to HMV buffs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosunAl Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 I found a copy of Munitions of War, BSA and Daimler on-line at the University of Calgary Library. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a way to download the entire book, but could read it page-by-page. Thus I was able to copy about 30 pages of material on Thornycroft vehicles by copying one page at a time. This is not as tedious as it sounds and took me only about 15 minutes. http://contentdm.ucalgary.ca/digital/collection/cmh/id/106331 Bosun Al 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nz2 Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 Did you locate a second book which had the Thornycroft material? I've searched their index and not found it. Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave.cran1 Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 20 hours ago, BosunAl said: I found a copy of Munitions of War, BSA and Daimler on-line at the University of Calgary Library. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a way to download the entire book, but could read it page-by-page. Thus I was able to copy about 30 pages of material on Thornycroft vehicles by copying one page at a time. This is not as tedious as it sounds and took me only about 15 minutes. http://contentdm.ucalgary.ca/digital/collection/cmh/id/106331 Bosun Al Thanks for the link to the portion of the book. just what I was looking for ta. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosunAl Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 A pleasure to help someone after all the questions I've asked! Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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