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  1. ekawrecker
    I saw 'Martins' tipper, it wasn't a genuine one, just a 'normal' Militant someone had put a scow ended tipper body onto. What Albion is Will's?
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    Yes, they're very nice! I've never seen any in preservation 6 X 6, I've only ever seen a couple in a yard once. I wonder where they all went?
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    Well done on your achievement Mike, which seems no mean feat bearing in mind the hurdles you have faced. I found this on Ebay today-item no 220378263358- just what you need now (not!!), although it might have been handy a little earlier perhaps?
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    Thanks for posting that, not seen it in those colours before.
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    The Douglas Matador looks nice!
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    Good point Mike, thanks for pointing that out. I'd forgotten the end of the 'Rzeppa' axle casing is slightly tapered, and the 'Tracta' casing is parallel. Just goes to show how easy it is to forget important details!
  7. ekawrecker
    ........No N.O.S, it's AS..
  8. ekawrecker
    Sorry, this is one of the few photo's I've got that I didn't take myself. I will try and contact my friend who gave me it and see what he knows.
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    Not sure I'm afraid.
  10. ekawrecker
    You can fit 6.25 diffs in a 7.9 axle as the half shafts have the same number of splines and the main axle casing is the same forged type on both 'Tracta' and 'Rzeppa' jointed axles. (there was also a cast front axle but you'd know if you had one!)
  11. ekawrecker
    Even though the chassis seems to be longer than the one in the pictures posted by 'Antar', I was wondering if this might have been an ex-Military Constructor as well?
  12. ekawrecker
    A Matador hunting crusade! :-D (I can't say anymore for fear of revealing my true identity. lol)
  13. ekawrecker
    Glad you liked the photo Steve, I also found these in my filing system! Surely the best kept and least abused Timber Matador ever, just look at the cab interior!! A real credit to its owner 'Kinver Sawmills', who had run it since they bought it in 1964. They even had the redundant body stored carefully nearby. Seen in the late '80s at their yard.
  14. ekawrecker
    If my memory serves me correctly, this Scammell Constructor-NGY593-has already featured earlier on this thread as it's now in the process of being restored. After Stan Wass and the MoS had finished with it, S.Grundon bought it and used it to move skips from 'road lorries' across the dump for emptying and it was at their yard in Colnbrook I took these pictures of it in the late '80s. It even looks as though there is a Ruddington Auction lot number on the left-hand front wing?
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    Success!:-D....My filing system, (a big box in my cupboard) is better than I thought! I took this at Giffords yard in Cobham in the late '80s.
  16. ekawrecker
    I take it you want 'SOMA' ones, and not 'Rockwell'? I assume they're not the same?
  17. ekawrecker
    I've often wondered if the 'Man from the Ministry' actually exists?
  18. ekawrecker
    From memory, in the mid '90s Simon.
  19. ekawrecker
    RAF reg no 03AY12 if anyone cares!:-D
  20. ekawrecker
    Bob Ansell was from Wisborough Green in Sussex. He converted a few Matadors for timber use according to the book 'Men, Mud and Machines' by Maurice H. Sanders. I think I might have a picture of your Matador whilst it was with Giffords. I will try to find it and post if I'm successful!!
  21. ekawrecker
    The Glaswegian dustbin lorry operator had another 2 Militants, a skip loader and another dustbin lorry, both of them the more conventional Militants. I can't find the pics at the moment, but when I do I'll post them. In the meantime heres another HAA Militant with the 'Rusty wheelarch disease'! I saw this in North Yorkshire and it worked the A170 and surrounding roads including the notorious Sutton Bank.
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    An imaginative use for another one of the batch of 0859 Militant RAF tankers was this conversion to a dustbin lorry! It's also been fitted with the more conventional 14.00x20 tyres and wheels. I saw this one operating in Glasgow in 1987, but I'm not sure how long it lasted in this form.
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    This is an 0859 Militant 6x4 tanker as operated by the RAF reg no 37AD13, which I saw in a dealers yard in the late '80s. One of the least common Militant types, they were also unusual in being fitted with 11.00x20 tyres all round. (twinned on rear axle!)
  24. ekawrecker
    My pleasure 6 X 6, glad you liked the pics. My friend rallied his Militant for a few years (I took it to GDSF in the late '90s) and it's in bits at the moment having the cab and body done. Rest assured, he'll be keeping it as a gun tractor.
  25. ekawrecker
    These two 0860 Militant 6x6 Artillery Tractors went through Aston Down MoD auctions in 1993, very late for these type. They were latterly used as driver training vehicles. A friend of mine bid for and won Lot 356 which was a non-runner caused by a broken gear linkage rod between the gearchange unit and gearbox (suprise-suprise!) When I went to collect it, I took another rod, bolted it into place and drove the Militant on to the low loader.
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