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There was the Trailer, 1 Ton, 2 Wheeled, which spawned: GS on chassis No.1 GS No.2 on chassis No.5 Mk.1 Water Purification on chassis No.1 Mk.2 Water Purification on chassis No.1 Mk.4 Pigeon Loft on chassis No.3 Mk.1 Pigeon Loft on chassis No.3 Mk.2 AA Command Post on chassis No.4 Mk.2 Gas Welding on chassis No.2 Mk.1 Gas Welding on chassis No.2 Mk.2 Gas Welding on chassis No.2 Mk.3 Gas Welding No.4 on chassis No.5 Mk.2 Petrol Pumping on chassis No.5 Mk.4 Pole Carrying No.1- not specified.

also not forgetting... Alvis BMC Rover Sankey Shorts

or is the a 24v version even?

Well actually I was thinking of "Waltz for a Pig", because this is nearly what happened on the way to Overlord. But some of you are far too young to have head of "Waltz for a Pig". It was the B side of later versions of "Substitute" by The Who. There were contractual wranglings between Reaction & Brunswick I think. The original B side was "Instant Party" (but this was actually a different version of "Circles" that was on the "Ready Steady Who" EP) http://www.45-rpm.org.uk/dirw/who.htm Anyway this is all showing my age. The most horrifing sound in the Pig this year was on the M27 in the middle lane trying to get into the inside lane to turn off to the Denmead Show. It was the sound of the B60 going at 4,000rpm as the carb spindle jammed. My nearside mirror had been blown out of vision by the velocity of travel, I had to barge my way in, braking by foot & handbrake into the hard shoulder to nearly roll down the embankment & kill the ignition. A "foolish person" had pulled in front to the hard shoulder to have a chat on his mobile. I was very shaken, frightened (nearest near-death experience I have had) & bloody angry as I went to exchange nicities with the "foolish person" he sped off very quickly.

My current beside reading, which I bought at Malvern, is "Field Service Hygiene Notes India 1940". Very absorbent, eh absorbing I mean.

The only music I want to hear in the pig is the sound of the engine that is still running, particiular when I am in the middle lane of the M27. .

Jack. You make it sound as if it,s the blind leading the blind! I am sure you are more technologcallyadvanced than most of us having had the umph set up this much needed & ever growing site (many thanks BTW) So for the dim, how does one blog? Are there message pads like this & images linked to a photobucket sort of thing or do the images go up direct with the text? Or do you send up things in a pdf, or Word format. Do you have to register to establish a blogging place or can you just do it. Is the blog place password protected so that jokers can't put inappropriate pics. I'm not thinking rude so much but a picture of a rusty chassis just when you are getting to the end of the restoration, could be someone's idea of a larf. Is there a place for suggestions & comments & chat as result of something seen? Or is it like reading a diary but not able to interject? So maybe a blog FAQ section would encourage people to be forward coming?

Jack. I'm a bit technology dim with this blogging concept. Could individuals just up load stuff to their particular project as & when it happens, or would it have to go to a blogging manager to put it together & post it? Does this have to be as it happens from now or can it have a retrospective content? eg I have a vehicle that I have spent 6 years restoring most of the work has been done but I still have more stuff to do. If I posted what I had done so far is that contrary to the ethos of a running diary?

That seems a good idea. In your experience would you say it would be pretty unusual for a condenser to go low resistance/short circuit? I would have said that was the case, as the leak/short tends to blow a short circuit open - as a design feature. But you see people putting a condenser accross an ohmeter & seeing it give no reading pronounce it as working ok I agree hitching in a parallel condenser is a uselful get you home expedient. Although the condenser used should be rated at 300v at least to withstand the voltage induced in the primary when the points open. I think you did mean any distributor condenser. A lot more elegant than in the REME Recovery Manual which talks about making a condenser from some wire, two old cans, some stiff paper & some insulating tape!

I have several lighting issues I have wrestled with on my prototype pig. There are two rear red lights on each side. One pair is for tail lights & the other is for stoplights. But the turnlight when operated overules the brake light on that side so the brake light on that side flashes whilst the other side it role remains as a brake light. I believe some classic US cars function along these line. I have taken advice from DoT in Whitehall & this is ok for the era of the vehicle (1956) At the front each side there is a pair of opaque white lights. One pair sidelights the other pair turnlights. Given the average modern driver is unlikely to grasp what a flashing white light means I have painted the turnlight bulbs orange. So it looks ok at a show but when in use reveals the expected orange. Now you can buy orange bulbs, but not 24v 10w ones! So I have used glass paint from a craft shop & that works very well. Although I don't go out after dark. I do miss not being able to give a headlight flash to an overtaking vehicle. To operate my lights I have to pull the lighting switch then turn it 3 clicks then make sure my headlights are main beam by turning a large knob on the horn assembly. There is no way on knowing when I am main beam so I have cheated & fitted a blue main beam indicator bulb. Not authentic to the vehicle but in the place where it was done on production pigs. Without being able to give other drivers a quick flash I find some lorries behave with an appalling beligerance & cut me up. To punish me for being a slow vehicle & for not flashing them in. So I have a relay & push button I am going to wire in discretly before next season.

Well it seems that Buckets, Water, Canvas, Mk.5 is still the latest version & used not just by UK but, Spain, Singapore, Malaysia & New Zealand. Even the RAF have a part no for it 21E474. It conforms to the specifications required in Defence Standard 72-3 Buckets, General Purpose & to Britrish Standard 3358. So the UK seems fairly commited to canvas buckets to this day :-).

Right well you asked for it! Definitive evidence, I quote from: Complete Equipment Schedule Army Code No.33606 Launcher Guided Missile Truck Mounted Armoured Malkara (FV1620) 1 Ton, 4x4, Humber. Item No.195 J1-7240-99-943-8717 Buckets, Water, Canvas, Mk.5 So it looks if I should have to carry one of these damn things around as well!

Here are the new regiments: http://www.modoracle.com/?page=http://www.modoracle.com/news/detail.h2f?id=9703&category=all&refresh=3B0BC985-C93C-43E5-BE41DB7B409595DE

Paul surprising the wheelbase of the Pig is shorter than the LWB 109 Rover. The pig WB is 9ft ie 108. But what is this then? It is a Land Rover body on a Humber chassis, well really! Look on the bright side at least he didn't call it a Jeep!

Richard that's a ridiculous suggestion, hold hands! You obviously have a poor understanding of etiquette & of what is required of participants. You have to grip the vertical rails throughout, otherwise you fall over. Ah I misunderstood I thought the fetish was buckets per se. I didn't grasp that it was canvas that was so special for you all. In which case, then you need this: Now you see why it is hung out at the back of the vehicle.

This is what I use my buckets for:

Do not trust anything that she says until you have everything in black & white. I remember her in her former job (DoH) & the misery that persists following polished spin is breathtaking.

My clothing is base on practicality. Green lightweight trousers are cheap & comforatble. but for the middled aged are wonderful because you can keep your glasses in the side pocket without breaking them when you sit down unlike when you are wearing of jeans. For shoes again nice cheap green trainers or more correctly "Shoes, Training, Fitnes, MT002". So the trousers & shoes sort of blend in. To demonstrate that I am not trying to wear a uniform but didn't manage to get it right. I favour a T-shirt this usually is vehicle related, which acts as a sort of advert for the vehicles of interest, in that sometimes a trader or enthusiast might iindicate they have some bits for sale I might be interested in. Although I got caught once out when I was hunting for Vigilant missile kit. I had a shirt with "Vigilant kit wanted" Then several people asked me about it because they had not heard of such a kit, was it an Airfix one? When it gets cold I wear a denim tank suit which must be quite rare as I got lots of offers when I wear it. That is offers to buy it off me. It was actually given to me by a now deceased member of 2RTR who had last worn it on Hornet/Malkara trials. So when I am with the Hornet it is quite compatable with it. I have been given a Para Sqn RAC maroon beret to wear with the Hornet. but I will not wear it as I have not earned it. I am aware of the achievement that such a beret represents & regard it with respect.

What was the military reg of your MW? I am always hoping I can stumble on an exRUC one.

When this database is finished will non Bedford owners be able to view it & contact the owners? I am thinking OY & MW here. It is just that I know of some that were used by the RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary) in 1950s. If they were listed according to the military registration I may be able to identify some.

Stop it, I like it! Yes posting is a pain, but in the circumstances if you PM me with your address, I'll post one. Don't get too excited it is just the casting thats on offer, then just pay me whatever the postage is sometime. Well when I first met you I recognised an enthusiasm that was genuine & I wanted to reciprocate. People's age/dress/look doesn't matter. I just remember learning a lesson in life when I was a student & attended the student health service & got not quite a dressing down, but a seal of disapproval from my doctor that the way I dressed (mod!) was not befitting the course I was studying & I thought what right to you have to prejudge me. Hard to think when you look at me now! Anyway when you were here I think the fact that I recommended that you DON'T buy my pig perhaps got you even more interested in a perverse way. I showed you what to do to the pig to help you & strange as it might seem as a moral obligation to the pig, or at least the next person who would buy the pig.

Paul. I have a few of just the cylinders. If you are prepared to clean them out or poss rehone them. You are welcome to have some. You know where I am or I could take to Malvern.

I belong to: MVT Friends of the Tank Museum Ex-Military Land Rover Association Old Comrades Association Parachute Sqn RAC

I think you still have the lens cover on, no picture visible here.

13 BK 83 entered service as a FV1601 GS truck on 16/12/53, which was also its stated date of manufacture. The original engine fitted was serial no. 6646. It would be have been made into a FV1613 in 1958-59. Note that this is quite rare not a FV1611 (APC) nor FV1612 (FFW) but a FV1613 which was an ambulance. It was later converted into a FV1611 for NI & then uparmoured to a Mk2 in 1973. The droning noise, is that all the time or when you drive along? Is it continuous or more of a knock/thud? Does it actually work in 4WD when the 4WD lever is down or are you just being driven along on the front wheels or put it another way with the 4WD lever up does it move? Can we have some pics?