FMW MATEY CHATHAM DOCKYARD TRUCK

[oats and barley 10]

looks a really tidy fwm matey naval dockyard truck just gone on gumtree faversham kent £1250 used in ww2?

[Richard Farrant 34]

1 hour ago, oats and barley said:

looks a really tidy fwm matey naval dockyard truck just gone on gumtree faversham kent £1250 used in ww2?

FMW company was formed around 1970, so very doubtful it would have been used in WW2.

[oats and barley 10]

That was an obvious joke, the vendor states it was used to pull 5 ton trailers about in the war at chatham dockyard and with a thick wall ford 711M  1300 block in it from new i doubt it, maybe he meant the gulf war. anyway it looks really tidy and your neck of the woods 

[Richard Farrant 34]

5 minutes ago, oats and barley said:

That was an obvious joke, the vendor states it was used to pull 5 ton trailers about in the war at chatham dockyard and with a thick wall ford 711M  1300 block in it from new i doubt it, maybe he meant the gulf war. anyway it looks really tidy and your neck of the woods 

The HM Dockyard at Chatham had closed before the Gulf War, so he probably meant the Falklands War !

[oats and barley 10]

I wish i never posted this heads up no more

[Nick Johns 16]

DVLA search shows the FWM year of manufacture as 1981

https://www.gumtree.com/p/other-vehicles/fmw-ex-navy-tug-truck-used-in-the-war/1320125153

 

Edited November 9, 2018 by Nick Johns

[Baz48 13]

15 hours ago, oats and barley said:

I wish i never posted this heads up no more

Yes you do it's a nice little truck of a type the Navy has used for ever they just keep on evolving

[oats and barley 10]

I know somebody on the forum was restoring a matey just thought it might be of interest, and somebody else has a military recon engine on ebay £950

[Tony B 17]

It was the little Mercury Tractor that was used in WW2. A friend of mine has one. Delightful to drive as the acelerator is in the middle of the pedals. Caused me a few frights over the years.