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Some interesting unipower pics on FLICKR .look on scammell amazons photostream .
Here's the link;
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Correct Mike, it's a CR100 Amazon.
The one pictured at Withams is now being restored back to the correct blue colour by a chap in Kent.
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These are a couple of pictures I took of one of the Contractors waiting to be auctioned off in January 1991 at an army depot in the south of Sydney.
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U.P.D. was responsible for the design of the Rzeppa constant Velocity joint.
Are you sure Mike???
I know you are a knowledgeable chap, but I think you'll find a certain Alfred Hans Rzeppa, an engineer working for Henry Ford invented it in 1926, with a slight revision in 1936 (2 years before Universal Power Drives started trading in 1938)
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In those days Unipower was not a manufacturer.
The Manufacturer was Universal Power Drives Ltd, of Perivale.
Unipower was a brand name for their products.
Unipower became a manufacturer later when Scammell was taken over by a company who had aquired the name, and started to use it as a company name rather than a brand name for its products.
According to my 1971 edition of 'The Observers Book of Commercial Vehicles',(foreword by Piet Olyslager), Unipower was a company; "Unipower Limited" of Aintree Road, Perivale, Middx
This was also the case in the 1974 edition, and by the 1978 edition, AC Cars Ltd of Thames Ditton were the owners.
Whilst I accept they were originally 'Universal Power Drives', by the seventies and the time of the vehicle I posted the picture of they were trading as Unipower.
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This photo (of a photo, hence the quality), shows a Martian being suspend towed by a Unipower Invader.
I think Unipower was one of the manufacturers vying for the contract that eventually went to the Bedford TM 4x4. Can anybody confirm this to be the case?
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Watts of Lydney operated this rather fine example which I last saw in the late '80s. Anyone know where it is now?
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Who remembers when Diamond T's were used on motorway contra-flow recoveries?
M40 between J6 and J7 in the late '80s
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My 1953 AEC type O853 Matador was recieved into storage at 35MU from Crossley. IT appears that Crossley, not AEC supplied the order.
I'll copy and post the record card in a minute.
Do you think that it might have just been bodied by Crossley?
When Crossley was part of ACV, they ended up building just bodies as the chassis for their buses were just 'badge engineered' AEC's.
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I found these interesting pictures whilst 'mooching' on the internet today!
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Is it him that owns the ex Hills of Botley Constructor?
Yes Mike, that's him, although he was trying to sell it on a 'well known internet auction site beginning with e' about a year ago, so I'm not sure if he still has it.
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http://www.coombevalley.net/eigore.htm
Do we kmow this one?
The chassis/cab that Coombe Valley didn't use is the one Dave Devereaux of Bedford has converted to a tipper/HIAB version.
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There's getting to be so much stuff on these threads it's becoming hard tell if one is duplicating links already posted so.... I'm hoping this link to a very interesting site is new to the forum and not already on here.
Bit of deja vu going on here Mike?:yay: (Post #286)
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I wish you'd brought it round to my place instead. I seem to remember it had been standing there for years. Still, at least you didn't have to tow it very far. Where are you based ekawrecker ?
I'm near Heathrow, but I was in Devon with the Scammell towing other stuff about and it wasn't far as you said.
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Thank you for posting these two great pictures Brooky. There was one living at Newbridge near Bath and another at Winkleigh Aerodrome. I should think they've both moved on by now.
I towed the one at Winkleigh to Preston Issac's Cobbaton Combat Collection about 3 years ago.
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According to the Registration Certificate I acquired this lorry from Ted on 02 05 1999. Getting this Scammell into it's present condition has been an expensive and very time consuming business. The 'photo below shows this same lorry standing outside Ted's house in the state in which I bought it almost 10 years ago.
Well Done 6 X 6, What a transformation, it looks great. A Proper Job!
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Happy New Year everyone.
Searching through some of my old pictures I found this shot taken in the early eighties at a TA depot at Prestatyn, North Wales of 54BH04, a FV12003 Mk2 Antar ballast tractor?
Apologies for the quality-it was a very misty day if I remember rightly.
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Happy welding John, nice to see some pictures of it.
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That is something of a hybrid which Jacksons of Morpeth put together themselves. Crusader running gear with Martian recovery gear on the back, a very capable vehicle, as you can see it retains the Martian earth spade under the rear end.
.....and AEC Mammoth Major back axles.
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There's getting to be so much stuff on these threads it's becoming hard tell if one is duplicating links already posted so.... I'm hoping this link to a very interesting site is new to the forum and not already on here.
Very good 6 X 6, thanks for that, something for everyone there!:coffee:
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Just remembered where I saw the picture!
It's on Neil Fraser's excellent CCMV site. Heres the link;
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Ex.Chris Miller Mighty Antar.
From Big Al's Truck Stop website - copyright James Sleight.
This is the ex Boscombe Down long wheelbase Big Ben/Antar? seen in another photo on the back of a yellow low-loader trailer.
Whilst at Boscombe Down it was re-engined with an AEC AV760 engine.
It's never been owned by Chris Miller.
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Some really good stuff on there Andy! Thanks for the tip.
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The Army also ran some Scammell S26 drilling rigs.
I think these were based at a Royal Engineers unit at Barton Stacey near Andover?, and have since been sold to Nigeria.
Scammell Amazon
in Transporters & Wreckers (All Nations)
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Do you mean the FVRDE/RARDE/MVEE?
As I understand it, they had both of the Amazons (LOO/YPL) and their trailers for moving new or modified tracked vehicles, guns, etc from Chobham/ Chertsey to various ranges and other places without having to rely on other Army regiments.