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Someone sent me a picture of the rad in their civy 2A. It was very much in the style of mine but smaller. However there was a plate on in showing it was made by Serck in Birmingham. So I shall do a bit of hunting for Serck & see if there is anything more local to Salisbury.

I'm pretty sure it was something Land Rover fitted rather than Shorts. Both Shorlands with this rad were supplied as export models. But it doesn't appear in my Series 2A IPCs, nor even in the 1-Ton supplements. Although I think the 1-Ton came out officially in 1972, but the vehicles in question had 1-Ton spec & were made in 1965 & 1968.

And did you realise that in Britain we packaged 375,000,000 items in preparation for D-Day.

Well I suppose if you are going to off road it then you could fit the rear one at the front. But it does serve the purpose of maintaining the position of the chassis on the axle housing, as at present it just rests on a rubber moulding in the inverted U of the chassis. Yes it looked a bit improvised but I didn't want to be a misery when you have a new toy. Is that the proper downpipe? It should go very close to the shock absorber & should have a plate on the pipe fitted with asbestos From where I'm looking, the tyres look in a very good state.

Adam don't get too carried away. Do you have the belly plate that fixes to the bolt holes I've marked in yellow? This attaches to the diff guard that fits where I've marked in red. Identical to the rear guard which I see is fitted. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/fv1620/img0752mk6a.jpg[/img] BTW Don't fill up the nearside tank ;-)

Yes it does, I agree. But that's the catch. On the Series 2 forum people have posted pics of their rads & they are of very similar style, but are smaller.

Robert yes ok, but Reading is a long way away. There is a place in Southampton that did my other radiator. Although it's good to hear where people get good service. I posted this on the Series 2 forum & one guy was full of praise for a firm that work wonders for him. Fine I thought then looked at his location - Malta!

Trying to revamp my 1965 Shorland, not been driven for 12 years. It deserves a new radiator as even back then overheating was an issue. Although this is only a 4-cylinder petrol it had over 3 tons to carry. The radiator is much larger than a standard Series 2A of the time. I wonder whether this radiator was used in any other? I have a Mk 1 Shorland IPC but it only covers the bodywork etc not the detail of automotive components. I have a Mk 3 IPC but that is entirely different engine & radiator. I know radiators can be recored. This is what I had done on the Shorland SB301 prototype with an identical radiator, but this radiator has multiple failing repairs on the top & doesn't look a good candidate for rebuilt. So does it ring any bells as to being fitted in any other vehicles of the time?

Pretty sure it is. The part number is: in FVRDE = FV17528 in VAOS = LV6/MT9/AU/LK/72072 in COSA = 6/MT9/2530-99-836-7809 I know of a source of reasonably priced ones. But first some diagnostics. When you depress the brake pedal, does it stay down or return? When you lie underneath the drivers side & look up at the master cylinder, can you move the main brake rod an inch or so. There should only be a mm or so of free play. So is the master cylinder jammed on?

Well funnily enough. My office space will just happen to double so I can have a central aisle of back to back bookshelves across the middle of the room. Whether I will be able to find anything more easily is another matter. The dilemma is do I keep EMERs in their proper sequence, Army Code books in theirs etc or do I group together all publications of any sort that relate to a subject eg Rover, trailer, Humber etc publications together? Like in a photo library do you put, say all ambulances in a group or file them under vehicle type? Now we are all digital I do both but with paper documents, don't have luxury of duplication.

4 armoured, 1 softskin, 3 trailers (all postwar). Ah but, how many EMERs, AESPs, Manuals etc do people have? At last count it was about 5,000 :rtfm: :shake:

Yes well done. I saw this at Sabre Sales, Southsea together with a lot of unissued mule pack saddlery. I spent a morning there recently, I had quite forgotten the vast & varied stock Nick has buried away down there.

Nope

Nope

Yes well done, but how early & was there anything special about it?

Yes

Probably not.

Nope, but good pick up on its asymmetry.

Dooh yes, yes, yes. I have been waiting for "the penny to click". It is the the cover for the auto-disengager from 4WD for Mk 2 Pigs. ie M.O. No.28. See page 6. http://www.hmvf.co.uk/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=38&topic=5261.0

AFAIK it is British, the thing is a funny colour I agree, those are paving slabs. Here is a full frontal.

There are at least two that were preserved. 08 FK 85 (formerly 3597 XI) was at Beverley. Another (08 FK 84/5 or 48 FK 64/5 - not sure which of these off hand) was restored by the RUC Historical Society. It looked a nice restoration but it was restored to the Army configuration of a single water canon cupola, whereas the RUC version originally had a double water canon.

Nope, it carried a specific item of equipment.

There were 35 altogether, I believe 14 are rusting away over there as the owner will not part with any. Anyone answer how many Ferrets did the RUC have?

Nope

Yes, yes, yes, calm down. I was just delving around trying to find the final photo. The man in the photo was just filling it with air to show what it looked like when full. When the platform was released from the aircraft the bags were empty. They were meant to fill up from the downdraft of the drop. Oh yes & it just happens to be a Humber in 1955.