les freathy

The awnser to some of these may be in the forum somewhere but here are some old photos of preserved MWs, question is are they around now as they probably are and who now owns them the first five were taken at the old Shottersbrooke rallies in the very early 1970s and the last one at one of the early Duxford shows. Lets hope they all pop up in the right order this time

chers

Les

and a better photo of the body

John

attached is a listing of the kit installed in a type X Ford WOT machinery i hope you can read it OK

The photo is 1940s and its rail mounted any ideas

i dont think this one has been here before autocar semi tanker

A couple of Reo shots

heres one from the IWM collection

Thanks Egg? i had a feeling Pete was involved it was a sad loss to the movement when Pete died

cheers

Les

Way back in issue no 45 of Wheels and Tracks Bart featured a set of photos of this supurb large scale model of the Pioneer artillery tractor but never got as far as explaining what happened to it. I and i am sure many others would like to know did it survive and if so where is it now. It is well known that most if not all of the Rootes collection of models built to the same exacting detail survive within the the IWM collection which by the way if anyone from the IWM reads this should all be out on display and not tucked away in cabinets, i well remember these on display as a kid at Lambeth in the 1950s

Just been watching a Coast programme which featured the Faroe ilse a mentioned was made of the British occupation during WW2. they showed a restored Bedford QL now is this from the Faroe,s or was shipped out for the programme to emphasise the point of the British involvement. It was also mentioned that when the Army left they left around 300 military vehicles for the locals to use as transport now do any of these survive in one way or another bearing in mind the weather would not have been on the vehicles side and are some still in use out there, some interesting points here i wonder what awnsers we will get

cheers

Les

Glynn

Here is a photo of one of the early aero screen 15cwts, hope its of use

I think the first photo is a early preserved wrecker, seems to have a Belgian number plate. Thes second is the one trialled by the British MOD seen here with a suspended Martian

Ive had these in the Diamond T collection for quite a number of years now i may be wrong but i think the late Pete Landers had a hand in these, Pete was a part owner of Diamond T JSU 825 and excellent model maker

Top brass taking a chance

Computers never cease to amaze me, you put them in order and the bloody thing decides to place where it thinks best so the top photo is the bottom caption. Methinks i need to give my computer a John Cleese thrashing

Still grainy but a few more middle east Champs

1 has interesting LCT markings

2. middle East command sign on th left bumper

3. Royal Fusiliers at the Tarhuna training area, wheres Tarhuna

Not the best quality but Champs in various middle east locations

1 Royal Fusiliers on a landing excercise in Melitha Bay Malter in 1959

2. Champs that have been air lifted to Jordon seen at Amman in July 1958

3. British forces in Port Said during the Suez crisis

Mr Diamond 981, is that you Alan?

No problem with the Leyland Daf Mark i had intended to cover from the late 1940s ie Bedford 0 series to the Leyland to try and get a complete coverage, not seen the RMP display vehicles in blue colour before, Maybe a another model idea coming on

A few more to get this thread on the move, first two are the revamped MK with the TL tilt cab. Most of these cabs replaced the tactical refueller with just a few as general service.

photo 3 and 4 are the bedford TK 3 ton these were used for base duties and driver training, not many of these have made it into preservation which is a surprise as it is quite a easy vehicle to rebuild and maintain

I am well aware that we have a number of varied threads on the forum that discuss types of P W British 3 and 4 ton trucks but felt it would be benificial to start a pictorial thread covering the many types and even more on the varient side of these military trucks that to be honest we have all grown up with since 1950 to the current Leyland DAF.

So to start why not the long serving Bedford RL 3 tonner and a prototype Austin F J rated at 41/2 tons FV 13701, this vehicle lost out to the Bedford M series but a very small number were used most likely some of the submitted prototypes

Just found another one in the draw this one waiting for a buyer at a military sale, be nice to find one like that unrestored these days

Following up on the discussions on large fuel tankers i have never been sure if this model was produced late in WW2, it shows up on a few pics taken in the late 40s and often in the 1950s with Sabres and Starfighters

A couple more K9s in service

Some information for you guys in Kent and East Sussex for that matter. On Sunday 13th September a group of us into classic commercials and military will be holding our third road run from Folkestone to Lydd airport then round camber back down the A259 to Ashford and on to the A20 to the airport cafe at Sellindge. We would welcome a few more paticipants so if we can tempt you on this day please PM me for further details and times

thanks

Les