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Richard there were a couple of other laundry orientated replies but they have gone. Nope he's not a boiler/laundry man. He would be very much a front line participant.

Nope Richard this was just normal issue clothing illustrating the difficulties he had encountered in two extremes of clothing.

Not really Wally, but you are spot on with the era, this trial was in 1966/7

Lauren yes it does have an effect. A cunning suggestion but this man would not normally be seen by the enemy.

Yes well done Bernard it is indeed to do with the problem of vast amounts of sweat soaking his clothing. The next stage is to determine why he has become sweaty & why this British trial was being carried out in Australia?

Something more basic than that.

Australia yes but not rockets & chemicals

No somewhere a bit bigger Richard Nope you were on the right track before, it is a BC Smock. It does & there is a reason Nope it is the same material. Only in the broadest sense it is nothing particularly special

Richard yes well observed & deduced. There is a common thread between the two pictures.

Yes I know where you are heading Derek but this is well over 1,000 miles away. Not a radiation issue.

A very good interpretation Jerry. But it's not actually that, he hasn't been burnt, his shirt has just got hitched up.

Maybe this will help?

Yes interesting film, thank you. Seehund was also the name used for a naval infra-red vision system.

Hardly Tony this man has had a proper haircut Not as far as I know.

What's the significance of this?

Not entirely worthless as some of the mechanisms could be transplanted. But one needs to wary of fiddling around inside with the risk of dust from the radioactive paint being dispersed, particularly as the temperature needle has broken off somewhere. Although the functionality of the wires could be determined with a multimeter & some thought, generally people are not confident with electrical problems. So for the hassle involved I think people would prefer to pay a bit more than rock bottom to have something that is more complete. Sorry, I'm not trying to belittle it to get a bargain as I have several spare ones in reserve :-)

.......and Humbers! You can test the MPH & RPM indicators by unscrewing those protection covers & spinning the brass connectors with your fingers & watch the needle rotate. As for value, not good I'm afraid. It appears that the coolant needle is missing and the leads are missing not just their connectors but the identifying sleeves. The protective covers on the rear of the main dials would be fitted on new stock items. So it might suggest this used panel was defective & replaced by a new item that had its protective covers transferred to this panel.

Welcome Alastair. I wonder were you ever involved with Hornet/Malkara drops or got any shots in your archives?

Older types of rotor seem keen to absorb moisture although they might appear dry. I have noticed how the insulation resistance improves after leaving them out in the sun for an hour or so. May not be significant on a good one but those with stress lines that have not produced a discernible crack it may be significant. I can test rotor arms as long as they are mounted on the distributor shaft.

Paul I can test those items individually and without the vehicle if that helps.

If you are going to W&P bring any suspect components with you & I can test them ie capacitor, rotor arm, distributor, coil, leads & sparking plugs. These are not simplistic tests with a multimeter that can be misleading or pointless. The capacitor needs to be tested at its working voltage 300-500v & the HT components I can test at 5Kv. I have built a coil tester which can run the coil & you can see the HT produced. It is true that most automotive capacitors are 0.2 mfd & will do a satisfactory job. It must be a distributor capacitor as it is rated at 500v. Using say a suppressor capacitor will cause failure as it will be rated only just above the vehicle voltage.

I had one of these & think I sold it via the forum 5+ years ago. At the time it stimulated some posts about its purpose. But I'm afraid I can't recall what the conclusion was. (Although the arrow doesn't necessarily mead WD)

Yes it should be possible to feed the input from the variable PSU and observe the output change as the critical voltage is reached. Just a question of getting my head round a unit I'm unfamiliar with and time!

Wayne the knotted thing halfway down the choke is non-conductive cord of some sort. I think it is just to give the winding some rigidity to hold the winding close to the former before it was coated in shellac. It looks like the one in mine.