Great War truck

I bet he is. Even i am upset and i didnt know about them until ten years after they had been sold.

Great pictures. Not heard of the Dragon before. Very unusual.

It does look good doesnt it? very pleasing to have a part that does not need a full rebuild. On the subject of parts needing a full rebuild, we have had this bit knocking about for a while: It is attached to part of the subframe which was so rusty it had rotted through altogether. Not knowing what it is Tony tied it to the good subframe so we wouldnt forget it and we might find inspiration. Inspiration came on Saturday when Steve identified it from the original manual i acquired. It is the bracket to support the fuel filter! Now we just need to find a fuel filter just like that. Tim

Over the weekend the prop shaft was taken out of the torque tube, cleaned and was found to be in excellent condition.

What nationality FWD do you intend to make a model of and what sort of body do you have in mind? Tim

Ah you are a humourous bunch. Try this one:

A fabulous purchase. Certainly worth the money you had to pay for it (tell the wife i said so). I am really pleased that it has gone to a good home and look forward to seeing it some time. Brilliant stuff. Tim

The FWD with the red painted FWD badge. Am i right in saying that this one came out of Canada and now lives in California. I forget the name of the owner, but he had several FWD's. It has the steel artillery workshop body i see. Quite unusual. Thanks Tim

What fabulous photos. This is the Furrer collection. It included a vast collection of uniforms, helmets, equipment and guns. Mr Furrer bought it all from a Hollywood film prop company with the intention of opening up a museum. The tanks appeared as Japanese ones in the film Sands of Iwo Jima. The museum was destroyed by Government laws (of course) and Mr Furrer had a breakdown. The story of the very sad end is here. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=932&dat=19800602&id=PCALAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vFIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6976,3107656 The contents of the museum were jointly purchased by Hayes Otoupalik and Gordon Clare (Gordon i understand occasionally looks at the forum so he might be able to add to this thread). They restored some vehicles and sold off others. Now Gordon and Hayes are both getting on a bit so Gordon has just sold off his FWD. Hayes still has his FT17 which he has restored to running condition and boy is it a cracker. He released a DVD all about it. Worth getting if you are in to WW1 tanks. He had a second FT17 which he recently sold off to the US National WW1 museum. That one had taken a direct hit and the crew had been killed. It has not been restored and never will be. The other vehicles have been sold off to other museums across the country. Nothing has been lost. I have a list of the museum inventory. It makes very impressive reading. The White artillery observation truck is wonderful. There is another one of those at Aberdeen (or is it Fort Knox). How did you come across the photos John? Tim

I think this one is all original. I bought "Wings" for Steve for Christmas. He has not reported back on it yet. I remember watching the TV series first time round. Then spent years looking for it on Video. Very suprised to just stumble over it just before Christmas.

"Something definitely doesnt sound right - i think it is the tappets"

That must have been terrifying. Crushed or being ripped to shreds. hang on i think i will run away instead. The start of the war was very fluid around Antwerp and the idea of riding cars into battle was quite possible and rather "romantic" in some people. That idea didnt last long though. Tim

here is another one:

So as the other one is just about finished, have you bought this one to keep it company?

That could be it. I see that the starter arm sits in a rest, so maybe the whole thing lifts up. It could be for starting tanks, but it would be really annoying of you stalled in the battlefield and had to wait for a starter to catch up with you. I see that the arm does not stick out as far as the read mudguards, so you would really have trouble backing up to be in the right position unless there is another piece missing. It is a very curious machine. Thanks for posting it. Tim

Steve has had a busy day in the shed. He cleaned up the gearbox input shaft by just tickling it with the dremel and now the gauge slides all the way along beautifully so we are very pleased. As we couldn't do any more to the water pump and the drive shaft today, we have started to take the prop shaft and torque tube to pieces. As it was in use until recently, it all looks very good and we hope that we will only to have to clean it and replace the oil seal before putting it back together and fitting it.

It is quite different from the Hucks on the Model T. It looks too low down to start an aeroplane engine, unless i am missing something. Tim

Does that include half tracks? Thanks Tim

Well that is an unusual arrangement. i can see all sorts of potantial problems.

So what do the yellow crosses mean?

They look great. It would really ruin your day if one landed on your head, or in fact dropped on your toe. Tim

Oh bogger! Secrets out then huh?

if you buy next Months Military Machines International, there is a whole article on Locomobiles and several pictures of this one as it looks now having been fully restored. Tim

Ok. So definitely built for the military. I know the G3 was not very good, but i cant imagine the military replacing it with a Cozette. Dont know much about them. Seem to go into racing cars and agricultural machinery. Are you going to look for a G3, or see how it runs on the Cozete? Tim

Sits this. I think I know what it is, but it has been heavily modified. Too much so to make it worth saving, so it will probably stay where it is.