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Thought that was going to work. Got a Word page into a 450kb jpg, transferred it to the phone, displayed it as a thumbnail, but said it was unable to open the file. I'll try Chris's method in a minute, always wondered what that button did!

When hunting for books at shows, I have to carry a heavy file around which lists all my books & documents. There are about 4,000 entries which I need to check to avoid buying the same thing twice. Now I know you can buy blackberries, fancy phones etc that can use Word, Acrobat etc & send emails & surf etc. But they are a few hundred quid & besides my phone gets bashed around. Despite the precaution of protecting it in an old sock, the top of the case is nearly worn through, the back panel has broken & got lost, so the battery has to be held in with sticky tape & the screen is cracked. It still works, but it has a hard life so I don't feel I want to fork out on an expensive gadget. This Nokia phone has a camera & memory card. So I can display a small album & I would like to display at least some of my key document lists. There are some scanned book pages I have transferred to the phone & with zoom & my glasses on I can read through the document. So is there any neat way to convert a Word page to jpg, none of my photo editing suite will open a Word page. I suppose if all else failed I could scan a printed page & save as a jpg, but was hoping there was an easier & nicer way to do it. Or does anyone know of a budget O2 phone that would allow me to do this?

Seems quite feasible when you consider that a dynamo is in effect an alternator but has a mechanical switching system performing the role of a rectifier to produce DC.

Possibly yes, but the chronology is over the place. It is predominantly January 1972 & August 1969 all mixed up. One of the FV1609s in the 1969 clips has characteristics that match a photo of the time that was definitely mine as I can see the VRN. These characteristics are the paint distribution, non-original wing mirrors & asymmetry of the visors. However most of the FV1609s would have suffered paint aimed at the vision slits, had mirrors broken with non-original replacements & very likely ended up with wonky visors. So I can't be certain of the clips. But the still photo shows it was certainly there in the Bogside & got a hammering. I wish I could find a picture of my Shorland in action, but that was in Belfast. There seemed to be little coverage of those riots as most of the the world's media had converged on the Bogside.

British Soldier - Belfast 1970s Interesting mix of footage given the title. A fair bit of the violence shown in the clip was not actually in Belfast, it was in Londonderry. Some of it before the 1970's & was not directed at soldiers, who were not yet deployed, but at the local police force. None the less disturbing record of violence.

I think that is very wise. The Jolley B60 base plate is a nice large aluminium baseplate that helps dissipate the heat. I have just converted the 12v Shorland to electronic ignition & I was pleased to see the kit maker supplied some heat sink paste. I think this heating problem has a lot to do with some of these cheaper kits working for a while then suddenly failing.

Perhaps this is the chance to publicise my annual offer to test your condensers on a Megger. This is the only reliable way to test these distributor condensers. Outright failures do occur but most failures are more subtle & cause problems when the engine is trying to deliver power. Over the years people have brought along their condensers for testing. Be they new, NOS or used only about 10% are actually in good order! Will be at W&P in Shorland with EMLRA. There is no fee or catch and I do not sell condensers!

As it happens I have in front of me a 1943 edition of Guide for Stores Accounting & although strongly influenced by the British vocabulary system this book was published by the New Zealand Military Forces. Group A stores include Section X stores comprising, searchlights, generating-sets & general electric light stores. If that helps! .

Wayne, W10/6675-99-200-2948 comes up as Level Surveying made by British Aerospace as pt no. S331-347. I have a W10 COSA dated 1993 but it is not listed in that. Well at least you know it is Army given the DMC. I have a number of defence manufacturers catalogues over the years & will try to see if such a thing is listed from BA & in what year.

You are right CW it was not built as military vehicle. During its early career the British Army thought that disorder in the province might be controlled by fitting riot protection screens to Morris Travellers! Rest assured that this non-military vehicle was eventually requisitioned in 1971 & entered Army service for 6 years as 27 BT 68.

Shorland? Oldest surviving one in the world, be alright?

Wayne thank you for coming forward with that explanation which all seems perfectly reasonable given the prestige of the event. As a FoTM & one time exhibitor of MV at such events, I am pleased you have cleared the air of slight hurt/doubt about the display policy. We now know what aim for in future years. I know it might be difficult to evaluate what might be booked in. Perhaps I could suggest future entries are accompanied with a photo of the vehicle & occupant in appropriate uniform with an undertaking that the exhibit is presented as the picture depicts otherwise admission would be declined. I have just read through what I have written, it is not at all meant to be sarcastic, but an acceptance of how privately owned MVs might get involved in the event again for mutual benefit.

Well it was over 100 miles for me. I had booked the Shorland in but with heavy rain forecast (that never happened) I thought better of it & took the boring stuff. As it was it took 5 hours, of which one hour was spent travelling 3 miles to get past Salisbury. The highlight for me (yes apart from seeing the weazles & that lot) was when this turned up on Sunday for a few hours. No guns or flags here, a few minor concessions to modernity but pretty original. Particularly when you consider that in 1965 this was re-bodied with a car & used for stock car/banger racing. It is a tribute to the vehicle's design that it withstood all that nonsense & was rebuilt by the present owner from another Humber. I just wonder if any other vehicle, of any type, survived banger racing to be rescued & restored to its original configuration?

Seems a sweeping statement, but probably could be true! I have watched this pig over the years originally registered as XOC431T & used by a well known dealer from the midlands. You can judge the date by the van next door! It was painstakingly restored by someone in the Surrey area & recently he sold it in the MVT Green Sheet for somewhat less than it is now valued. But that's inflation for you! It was indeed sold in 1967 but only realised £65 in those days.

As it is I'm going to Evesham, but if Amberley had it as a 2-day show then I might have gone. I hate these 1-day events which are only worth going to if you are very local, with a longer event they could attract more entrants who would then feel it was worthwhile in terms of travel time & fuel costs.

Andy, I'll have a look, as time permits, if there are any clues in these. I have this in EMER WHEELED VEHICLES: C 039 Transportable Container, 3 Ton, Truck Mounted. Transfer of EMERs to AESPs. Misc.Instr.No.10. Jun.1982 C 037/1 Signals, Transportable Container, Truck Mounting, 3 ton. Penthouse. Mod.Instr.No.1. Mar.1970 C 037/1 Signals, Transportable Container, Truck Mounting, 3 ton. Door grab handles. Mod.Instr.No.2. Jun.1972 C 037/1 Signals, Transportable Container, Truck Mounting, 3 ton. Warning plate – body mountings. Mod.Instr.No.3. Aug.1974 C 030/5 Refrigerated Transportable Container, Truck Mounted. Data Summary. Dec.1970 C 037/6 Transportable Container, 3 Ton, Truck Mounted. Mod.Instr.No. 1, 4, 5. C 037/8 Transportable Container, 3 Ton, Truck Mounted. Mod.Instr.No.2. Nov.1981 C 030/9 Shop, Equipment, Instrument Repair, TC, CB 368. Data Summary. Aug.1976 C 031/9 Shop, Equipment, Instrument Repair, TC, CB 368. Operator’s Instructions. Jan.1977 C 032/9 Shop, Equipment, Instrument Repair, TC, CB 368. Field & Base Repairs. Jul.1977 C 038/9 Shop, Equipment, Instrument Repair, TC, CB 368. Part 2. Inspection Standard. Oct.1977 C 037/12 Transportable Container, 3 Ton Truck, Mounted, CB 362, ERV Rapier. Mod.Instr.No.1,2,3,4. C 037/13 Transportable Container, 3 Ton Truck, Mounted, CB 363,Rapier HORV. Mod.Instr.No.2. May 1976 C 030/15 Shop Equipment, Telecommunications Repair, Truck Mounted, CB 361. Data Summary. Jan.1982 C 031/15 Shop Equipment, Telecommunications Repair, Truck Mounted, CB 361. Operating Instructions. Jun.1982 C 035/15 Shop Equipment, Telecommunications Repair, Truck Mounted, CB 361/0. Inst.Instr.No.1,2,3,4. C 037/15 Shop Equipment, Telecommunications Repair, Truck Mounted, CB 361. Mod.Instr.No.1,2,3,5,6,7,8. C 039/15 Shop Equipment, Telecommunications Repair, Truck Mounted, CB 361. Misc.Instr.No. 1.Apr.1982 C 039/21 Shop Equipment, Telecommunications Repair, Truck Mounted, CB 365/2. Misc.Instr.No.1. Apr.1982 C 030/21 Electronic Shop, Control Equipment, Electrical Repair, Truck Mounted, CB365/3. Data summary. Feb.1976 C 038/21 Electronic Shop, Control Equipment, Electrical Repair, Truck Mounted, CB365/3. Part 2. Inspection Standard. Sep.1977 C 039/21 Electronic Shop, Control Equipment, Electrical Repair, Truck Mounted, CB365/3. Misc.Instr.No.1 C 039/23 Shop Equipment, Electronic Repair, Truck Mounted, CB365/5. Misc.Instr.No.1.Apr.1982 C 037/24 Transportable Container, 3 Ton , Truck Mounting, CB370 AIV, AMETS. Mod.Instr.No.1. Aug.1980. C 037/24 Transportable Container, 3 Ton , Truck Mounting, CB370 AIV, AMETS. Mod.Instr.No.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9. C 039/24 Transportable Container, 3 Ton , Truck Mounting, CB370 AIV, AMETS. Misc.Instr.No.2. Sep.1980. C 037/25 Transportable Container, 3 Ton , Truck Mounting, CB370 AIV, AMETS. Mod.Instr.No.1,2,3,4,5,6. C 037/30 Transportable Container, 3 Ton , Truck Mounting, CB305 Mk2 (Signals). Mod.Instr.No.1 Nov.1978 and in FAESP: 2510-C-030-101 Transportable, Container (CB 300 Series) Purpose & Planning Information. Nov.1990 2510-C-030-201 Transportable, Container (CB 300 Series) Operating Information, Nov.1990 2510-C-030-522 Transportable, Container (CB 300 Series) Repair Instructions Chaps 1 to 4.1. Nov.1989 2510-C-030-522 Transportable, Container (CB 300 Series) Repair Instructions Chaps 6-1 to 6-5 & Chap 13. Nov.1989 2510-C-030-532 Transportable, Container (CB 300 Series) Inspection Standard Part 1. Jun.1990 2510-C-030-601 Transportable, Container (CB 300 Series) Maintenance Schedule. Mar 1990 2510-C-030-711 Transportable, Container (CB 300 Series) Illustrated Parts Catalogue Chap 1 to 2.2. Jan.1991 2510-C-030-711 Transportable, Container (CB 300 Series) Illustrated Parts Catalogue Chap 2.3 to 4. Jan.1991 2510-C-030-811 Transportable, Container (CB 300 Series) Mod Instrs 23 to 34. Apr.1991 2510-C-030-811 Transportable, Container (CB 300 Series) Mod Instrs 35 to 44. May 1991 2510-C-030-811 Transportable, Container (CB 300 Series) Mod Instrs 45 to 47. Feb.1991 2510-C-030-821 Transportable, Container (CB 300 Series) Gen Instrs & Index. Instrs 1 to 16. Nov.1988 2510-C-030-821 Transportable, Container (CB 300 Series) Gen Instr 17. Mar.1990 2510-C-030-821 Transportable, Container (CB 300 Series) Gen Instrs 23 to end. Feb.1988

Yes it does Chris & I have had just that problem. Jamie, you say you have cleaned, refurb etc the tank. If you are running off one tank are you sure you have switched the changeover switch to the correct tank? Unlike a Rover changeover, in the Pig it is not logical. On the Pig when the tap lever is fully clockwise the LH tank is connected, usually set so lever points forwards. When it is turned fully anticlockwise, the RH tank is connected, usually set so the lever is pointing left. The other thing to consider is whether you have a failed diaphragm in the fuel pump. If this is so then fuel will leak into the sump, so check your oil level has not gone up or smells of petrol!

One of the films boasted that real locals were used & grew hairstyles of the time, together with the shops being painted to match everything in detail. Yet the events at the illegal assembly at the start, recorded on newsreel footage, were rather different to what was shown in the film, not to mention the Foden water cannon which transposed itself to a Saracen with a sort of hose pipe thing in the turret!

Paul don't believe everything you see in the films. BS predated the arrival of the first Mk 2 by about 10 months!

Maybe it is GAYCO or GACO as in George Angus & Co Ltd. That NSN gives a VAOS with a prefix that is general MT spares, not vehicle specific & uses the GO (George Angus) code so it might fit several vehicles as there is also a RAF vocab ref no which is general & not vehicle specific. There is also a Foden number & a RN one. It was used by UK, NZ & Australia. Any clues there?

Adam, yes all good Piggy stuff there. Although the chronology is all over the place. Other than the clip of the prelude to BS, all the shots of rioting are aimed at the police & predate Op Banner (well just). I have a strong suspicion that the RUC pig going over the barricade was mine. I say that because the paint pattern looks much the same as a shot I have of it later showing its no. plate. In the full clip, just after the pig goes over, there is a single policeman who suddenly finds he is alone the wrong side of the barricade. He fires his revolver in the air & scrambles to safety. The earlier shot of a priest & a community leader in front of an Army Mk 1 is where they are asking the crowd to "go home" but the priest is shouted down by a trouble maker, well aware of the TV crew, is shouting to the soldiers "Shoot the priest, shoot the priest".

Yes they are nice find, I think many of us have stocked up & surprised to find them still available. Very sensible to replace it whilst the system was down & before the old one fails on you. I had one fail & it was a real nuisance having to bleed everything again. Just make sure that the long push rod from the foot pedal can just move very slightly, no more than 1mm, where it pushes onto the master cylinder. This verifies that the master cylinder is returning to rest fully.

Martin, have you got any more pictures to share please? Not to pick holes in, but it is of immense interest to see these vehicles in their original habitat. As in-service picture is worth so much more than a picture of a rally field.

The Humber book says start with the nearest, yet my Land Rover book says start from the furthest! Or is the key point to have a method to work from somewhere & avoid missing something?