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Hi all, this one? Best Regards, Adrian

Hi @anguscattlejulian Good Luck, Adrian

Hi, All, The photo was taken outside the 'Hotel de Ville' (town hall) in Nevers, Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. I can't get quite the same angle. The photo is overstamped with the detais of the removals firm, but painted on the trailer is LANDRY-BAILLY. There's a few people in France today with this surname. Best Regards, Adrian

Hi @Niek Baecke Yes, I think I saw that one, but discounted it because of the yellow paint. This should have been applied in the period before 1950, especially with a USAF number applied on top of the yellow. and so is unlikely to have happened during civillian use. By the Korean war it would have been pianted Strtos Blue, so there would ave been no yellow paint layer. But it's all just guesswork, we'll nver know. And it is a most excellent find, what ever it's history. Best Regards, Adrian

Hi @Niek Baecke Well, you got your money's worth for a non military vehicle (-: It would be interesting to know where the bike was found. I've had a quick look through Naval Air Stations, and there seems to be only one that was an NAS during WW2, and was transferred to the USAF from the Navy in 1948. Naval Air Station Banana River in Cocoa Beach, Florida was originally opened and operated from 1940 to 1947 as a USN airfield. It was then deactivated as a naval installation in 1947 and placed in caretaker status until it was transferred to the Air Force in late 1948. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Space_Force_Base#Naval_use_in_World_War_II You can check the rest of the list to make sure I've not missed anything: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_airfields Although several others ransfer to the USAF and USAAF, they all seem too early or too late to account for the 1944 date of your bike, or the colours of the paint. I guess Banana River would go well with a yellow paint scheme (-: Best Regards, Adrian

Hi @motorfahrer Thanks (-: @Morris C8, Kieth, thanks too, as ever. As Motorfahrer says, possibly home leave. Do the order that the photos appear on the negatives give an idea of progression from place to place? Best Regards, Adrian

Hi @Niek Baecke I did some research on USAF colours for a WW2 Westfield Columbia G519 bicycle painted green/yellow/blue. The full discussion is here: USAF G519 Bicycle My own contribution is as Mercian, from post 4. In summary, during WW2 at least some USAAF vehicles were painted yellow, presumably for flightline visibility, and probably not in 'active' areas. The blue colour on your Cushman may be the Strato Blue used by the USAF post February 1950. You can compare it to the bicycle in the thread. I hope this is of interest. Best Regards, Adrian

Hi Citoroman, I think you are right. The piers look very similar, even if the middle one is missing. Thanks (-: Best Regards, Adrian

Hi . Thanks for the photos, I always enjoy them. I think this is the replacement (from a similar position). Best Regards, Adrian

Thanks, @PITT24423 Looks like it's from a railway wagon. http://www.oberschlesisches-landesmuseum.de/über-uns/aktuelle-meldungen/759-neue-eisenbahnpublikation-die-breslauer-linke-hofmann-werke.html Best Regards, Adrian

Not much help, but here you go:

Hi, it's an odd duck, but probably what you'd get if you applied 1950's American School Bus design rules to a British chassis. The high roof, and rounded rear windows make me think this. Below, a 1955 US school bus with a GMC chassis. Photo: Darron Birgenheier via CC Best Regards, Adrian

Hi All, I've seen at least two BSA 'Parabikes' in the Brown colour as original paint. One of them I own, frame and bars only, bought from the US where many were sold after the war through Sears catalogues. More details and photos are here: Best Regards, Adrian

Hi @garys39 I agree, it's an odd building facade, and I wondered if it might be a vent for the Paris Metro, but I was unable to find an example like it. There are 'fake' buildings in Paris for this purpose (London too). https://laughingsquid.com/paris-faux-building-facades/ Best Regards, Adrian

Hi @Morris C8 Keith. I put some time into trying to trace this, without success, except to say it is in Paris. This time it is not a needle in a haystack, but a needle in a pile of needles, with some missing. Café Biard was a chain of Parisian coffee shops. There were 15 or so in 1900, and far more by 1940. This article explains more: https://www.parisladouce.com/2021/07/ancien-cafe-biard-de-la-rue-montorgueil.html I checked the addresses listed, there were a couple that looked promising, but the Hausmanian architecture of Paris is all very similar, and I could see detail differences on the building across the road each time. Also, roads like Ave de Sevres have been heavily redeveloped. Finally, I searched for period postcards, and that threw up even more addresses, so I admit defeat. Best Regards, Adrian

Hi @Ink8455 And Welcome. That's nice, I've never seen that lable before. Can you tell us any more about them (or point us to an appropriate site?) Thanks, Best Regards, Adrian

Hi @craignation Thanks, the photos help. https://handcartz.smugmug.com/CARTS/Vickers-Cart-1/ The link shows these tyres in use on Vickers gun carts. The first example has different spoke lacing, the others seem to be similar to yours, except that the fixing nut is different. Yours may be another variation of this, or wheels from this application reused for another, or these tyres would have been available for civilian applications. I hope this helps. Best Regards, Adrian

Hi @craignation Photos would help, as ever. But do they look like this? Best Regards, Adrian

Hi, as an addition, the two officers are wearing the two different patterns of British Made European Theater of Operations (ETO) jackets, supplied under reverse Lease/Lend to US Troops. This also means that the photo should not be before 1943 when these became available. Photos Sourced from AIOLFI Best Regards, Adrian

I'm hoping that's En Masse... Spell checkers can be so annoying. (-:

@GoranWC51 Hi Goran, your best method is to contact Chrysler directly, they still have the builder's card for it. You should receive something like this, which, since it is the birth certificate of your truck, is a nice thing to have. Here is a discussion of who to contact, and the details you will need. http://expode.nl/how-to-request-your-dodge-build-card-in-detroit/ Let us know what you find out. Best Regards, Adrian

Hi @andywis Cheshire Steve last visited in February, but if you put an @ in front of his name, he at least gets a notification that he's been mentioned in a post, which might help. @Cheshire Steve Best Regards, Adrian

Hi Pete, As you probably know, there is a Leyland Retriver for sale on Ebay at the moment. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/393275435377?hash=item5b910ae971:g:erMAAOSw7WBgiRlI&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=709-53476-19255-0&campid=5336904490&toolid=10001&customid=ksokvr44xw001j83007hw The seller helpfully gives a picture of his data plate layout. He too is missing the plate upper left. Perhaps, since neither vehicles has it's original body, it was a body plate? Best Regards, Adrian PS, I do enjoy the restorartion work you are carrying out on this early WW2 British truck, thanks for sharing it. Photo Credit: Smiling-Jack-D.

Hi All, I identified this object on another forum, and thought it might be of passing interest here. Peerless Tire Pump It's probably not the same Peerless company, and it's not as if you need a Tire pump (-: But it dates from 1912, and it's always good to see objects whose build quality makes them usable over a century later. Best Regards, Adrian

Pity. I wonder what happened? I was looking forward to seeing how that developed. Oh well, each to their own, I guess.