radiomike7 Posted June 12, 2008 Author Share Posted June 12, 2008 Now I'm confused, according to Andy's pic http://ccmv.fotopic.net/p43685807.html 330UVX is 02BD16, yet in 'Tugs of War' 02BD16 is claimed to be from the REME/SEME collection. Did Bordon sell it on or did they have it on loan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 (edited) The picture of 330UVX on this site is fitted with a Darlington type 70 winch, the one one the photopic site has the Turner winch. They are not the same vehicle. Someone is swapping number plates around on two different vehicles. 02 BD 16 was in the first batch of steel ballast bodied Mk 1 Antars, ( with Turner winch) (and has the fuel tanks above and across the chassis behind the cab)and is at REME Museum. The Antar on this site is a Mk2 or Mk1B depending on who you listen to. It has a Darlington winch and is a fifth wheel tractor. It cannot carry a ballast body because the rear winch rollers are different and don't allow one to be fitted. Its fuel tanks are either side of the Chassis. Edited June 12, 2008 by antarmike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Great looking vehicle as seen at the Aldham Rally 08 June. see what I mean.. two differnt vehicles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiomike7 Posted June 12, 2008 Author Share Posted June 12, 2008 (edited) Thanks Mike, I had spotted the winch and assumed it had been removed. The fuel tanks were an obvious clue which i missed, while the number plate cloning must be a speed camera scam. Edited June 12, 2008 by radiomike7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Well spotted Mike !:bow::bow::bow::bow: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian2b Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Some front and back pics from when the vehicles where both dispalyed together at Aldham 2006. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Cor, look at A** on that!!:yay: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 X 6 Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 I understand that he is setting up a museum to comemorate the building of the "Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme" in Australia. I have it on good authority that it cost around £6500 to export each Antar to Australia. Someone else can add it all up but it is serious money !!! Has anyone heard anything of these two Antars since their arrival in Australia ? A quick search of the web has revealed nothing. In a business plan of the museum published on a website the proposed opening date was...I think ....em.. 2006. I hope these two Antars were not simply acquired to give substance to an ultimately unsuccessful fund raising scheme, the proposed museum would have cost A$3.2m, and are now just standing unloved, bewildered and very home sick under the punishing Aussy sun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 I can't see the sense in taking over two Petrol Engine Antar to re-create the Snowy Mountain scheme Antars, when they were built with the Diesel Version of the Meteorite. They just wont sound right, but I expect they will get parked up in a building never to turn a wheel again. There are so many minor differences between the Civvy Export model and the Army tank transporter, it will be hard to make a beleivable fake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Mike , do you know of any civilian models in preservation ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 (edited) Hills of Botley had the ex McAlpine Antar, (also diesel Meteorite ) at the back of their yard at one time, but I don't know what happened to it. Some of the ones that went from Military to Civilian Haulage survive. The Chris Miller Antar was with the Lawtons as were a couple of the ex DMD Antars. The Elliots of York Antar was definitely scrapped. (The back bogey going under their Pacific when converted from chain drive to shaft drive. Mike Pickup has a Mk3 that worked for a while for a demolition Contractor. Brian Baileys Mk3 of course spent a long time in Civilian usage at Manchester Airport. I have lost track of the Blue, ex Short Brothers, Swansea Antar, but I would think it is still around. Edited June 13, 2008 by antarmike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 The Hill Antar (new to Mc Alpine) in happier times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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