john1950

A couple of 432 driver restraints and various assorted length straps, some with brass buckles and some steel.

At least you know what it should look like when assembled. I cannot quite make it out but if that has a starter motor to the right of the dynamo on this side that may be a different engine.

I think there is a Thornycroft archive. if you have a chassis number it may be a good place to start. According to the photograph the ones built for the RAF had petrol engines I have seen them with a Meadows petrol engine.

I should have realised it was not a Gardner of that era as it is a mono block. Finding gaskets for that will be interesting. You did say you like a challenge. Low revving slugger the last Thornycroft I drove was a Sturdy. It will probably be BSF and Whitworth fastenings.

That is going to be fun putting that back together. There is a good Gardner engine site on Facebook they know there engines inside out, also where to get parts from. If you can find the engine information plate. If the main engine drives a generator it is a late build. It would probably be cheaper to find a running engine than rebuild the one that you have. Do you have the starter motor and dynamo?

I think it is a Coles mkV11 crane the same as fitted to an AEC 0854. There was a blog about 4 or 5 years ago of an AEC restoration and I think someone had spare crane manuals. Yours looks like the short wheelbase Thornycroft Amazon version. I am guessing it has a Gardner 6LW power plant. I would think the crane engine is by now a replacement I think originally they were Ford petrol powered. If you have photos of the engines we should be able to pin them down.

Hi what engines does it have? Does it have a screw lift jib or is it winch and rope luffing.

I have straightened some of that type of skate, they do not like uneven concrete. Even for just a little truck you will find by the time you have jacks, axle stands blocks, and wheel chocks, they use up a lot of gear.

Axle stands and wheel skates.

One step forward and two back. You will get there in the end.

Paul Brook Restoration in Appleby Cumbria has some tin ware for sale he may have what you are looking for. He has some QL stuff as well including glass.

24V, eleven tooth pinion,  end bracket can be rotated to fit either side of engine. NATO stock number, (01) 95705541044428(30)000001. Part number, CAR GO 110347 

I have one of these with the cable.

You can get different widths of flap but it is the 20 part that is in the description that matters.

Those are the wrong tubes, you need long stem 90 degree valves.

Perhaps the newer ones read to reserve on the gauge in red.

Sorry this is not what this forum is about in my opinion, Chill out please. 

Two other things to look out for with the extra width tyres. Tyres catching on full lock, and the tread foot print. You may have to adjust the tyre pressure to get the correct ground contact and not just centre contact. 

Watch changing tyre sizes you may have to do paperwork. Check with testing station first. Price seems heavy.

Perhaps they were to be used to decontaminate in case of gas use, as radio active fallout was not really known about during WW2. Or maybe against parasite's. 

Its been a while since we had an update, hope everything is well. 

Its on now, he has done all of the hard work to a very high standard working under difficult conditions.

Yes I remember the Scania combo. I don't think they offer it any more. Volvo are now offering that combination. With the L60 the supercharger gives low speed induction air pressure positive flow and when the turbo's get up to speed they take it to the limit. but I notice there is no mention of an intercooler package. This would have put the induction air temperature above the optimum for best power from the package. A standard Leyland 680's favourite trick was to suck the bits of turbo that broke off in and spit them into the silencer. Balancing turbocharger spools in those days was not the science it is today. Roots blowers if the revs get to high suffer from rotors kissing as the lobes elongate. Of coarse there was the Foden FD6 mk V11 4.8 litre which was supercharged and turbocharged but I think they were only around the 225 bhp range. They only had a single turbo. Stretching the memory now.

It looks like a supercharger turbo compound set up. same as GM use.

Working like that they would need specifically designed bearings and impellers.