Great War truck

What rotten luck. Sorry to hear that. I must say however that advances in medicine really are coming on in leaps and bounds. Maybe in a few years they can solve this with a course of medication. You never know, so dont let it get you down as depression over an illness can be as bad as actually having the illness. Tim (too)

Tony has sent me the rest of his photos from his transmission brake assembly fest and as you can see it is mostly self explanatory. Having cleaned and painted the parts we took off last year it was a case of making new pins for everything and reassembling it. Reassembly is of course the most rewarding part.

Thank you for your kind comments. We are very lucky in having space (never enough), storage, the tools and in Steve and Tony the marvellous skills that makes this all possible. Also it is only because of HMVF that we are able to doccument this whole restoration as we go along in such a readable manner. I am sure that when we take the Dennis to its first show that a few people will nod their heads and say nice restoration, but it is only the people who have read this thread who will ever know what has gone in to it. Looking at my first postings (2006 i think it was) i said that we would be finished by January 2008. Well we had been working on it for two years in 2006 and now it is January 2009 and we have at least another 18 Months on it or so. We will get there. Tim (too)

Is a Flame thrower a fire arm? I saw a good replica for sale at Stoneleigh and a de ac version. Dont thinki had seen a deac one before. Tim (too)

Did the Crossley engine come from Cobham by any chance. Steve tells me that they had a couple but which have since gone on to new homes? Anway, this is what your Daimler would have looked like in military service. In this particular instance this one has just won a best in show truck competition. it looks very shiny indeed.

This has reminded me to post some more photos of Tonys work on the transmission brake linkage. As you can see he has done a cracking job cleaning everything up, painting it and making new pins and bushes for it. It really is coming along now.

Brilliant Colin. This is indeed worthy of a thread on its own. I have some photos of other Quads that we should add. Joris can you start up a new pre Ww2 thread for Nash Quad and move Colins photos across. Thanks Tim (too)

The gearbox and rad look in fabulous condition. I appreciate that you have a few big parts missing but you have a great place to start from. I have some original photos for you which i will send on to motivate you further. Tim (too)

Hi Colin Yes it could have been done like that, but it transpired that the method we used was in fact the same method used by Dennis 90 years ago when they fabricated the scuttle. Steve rediscovered it when thinking what would be the best way for us to do that and then a few years later we got a chance to examine an original one and you could see that they had used the same method. So are you going to post some photos of your Nash Quad on here at some stage? You can demonstrate that WW1 truck ownership is growing. Tim (too)

Not a standard WW1 paint, but it should look like something on our Dennis restoration. You might have come across this already, but here is the link: http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?t=429 We have a photo somewhere of soldiers mixing paint on the Western front. They are mixing it in a wooden barrell and using a shovel to add the ingredients. Anyway, we match our paint to an original shade that survived on a Thorny J. We get it from Craftsmaster paints who can be contacted at http://www.craftmasterpaints.co.uk email zita@craftmasterpaints.co.uk Paint reference 2228 - Raddle Brown We us a satin finish. Dont forget to use a really good primer and undercoat. Craftsmaster can probably advise. When are you going to get stuck into your Daimler then? Tim (too)

Lots of details here. Sadly there are no Daimlers there: http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?t=10828

Thats very good of you. In fact the whole line up looks to be most interesting and desirable. The FT 17 would probably be at the top of my take home wish list pile though. Tim (too)

That is an Italian Pavesi Tolotti from about 1916. I have seen another one as a timber tractor. possibly still in use during WW1. Tim (too)

Yes, i will be there. it will be good to meet up. I have a helmet shell for you to work your magic on for me. Maybe i should mail it to you beforehand? Tim (too)

Thanks for confirming that. I was beginning to wonder. Still rubbish weather here today. managed to get a few miles out of town and passed a van that had slid on ice headfirst into a Zafira. Nasty. Tim (too)

They are probably at the museum by now. Lots of sun here, but very cold and the roads are all compacted ice and snow.

Thats right. Dave freeman. One of them survives at Prestons place. It is of course an OT 810. Tim (too)

I just got stuck on ice a couple of hundred yards from home. Roads here are terrible, all frozen slush. Sad to say that i will not be with you tomorrow either. Have a good time. Tim (too)

I normally write a message on a brick and throw it through the window of Kelysey publishing. I must say he is yet to respond to any of my bricks.

Oh you guys!!

Am i right in saying that you cant (legally) export classics like these out of Malta? Tim (too)

I can think of six survivors and one replica. Who wants to have a guess at where they all are? Tim (too)

Rick Are you aware of any survivors out there? Tim (too)

Greater war truck pointed out this marvellous model of a Fowler road loco: Much nicer colur scheme than those garish showmans engines. Tim (too)