Great War truck

This might be the same one as the Chatham one after a years work on it: This is how it looked a few weeks ago:

No other guesses then? Oh well. it was "Those magnificent men in their flying machines".

Whoops sorry. Didnt mean to guess so soon. Which film was it? Or is that to be another seperate topic?

It is wonderful to see such generosity and kindness. Well done everyone. Jack, i am a little hard up this Month, but should be better off in November. What date do you need the money by? Thanks Tim (too)

It looks like a film prop. I would suggest that once it was an M38A1 that has been played about with quite severely. Tim (too)

The sandwiching of wood between metal was used by several manufacturers. It is quite possible that you saw a Daimler Y Type, as there was a partially restored one that came from around that area. If i remember correctly, the chassis was painted white. It is quite strange how WW1 trucks keep turning up. Steve just put me on to this one which was restored as a bus in the 1950's. It featured in a well known film. Would anybody like to have a guess which film it was? Tim (too)

Well you are missing out, it is great magazine. You are just about there. It is in fact an AEC Y Type from WW1. This one has been parked up in the same location for at least 60 years probably more. The engine and gearbox were apparently removed by the Fleet Air Arm (who are just down the road at Yeovilton) during WW2 for one of their lorry's. Apart from that it is remarkably complete, having the original wooden body and hood bows still in situ. The existence of this truck has been known for at least 30 years, but the owner refused to part with it. He has now died and the farm it resides in is being cleared. It was quite likely that it would have been scrapped if an MV enthusiast had not noticed it while considering the farm buildings for redevelopment. Anyway, it has now been saved and the new owner is looking for a suitable Tyler engine. Can anyone help? Tim (too)

Gosh, now that would be a find indeed. The rad has a similar shape to it, but it is older than a Hathi. Tim (too)

If you have read MMI this Month you will know what this is about. If not, you wont. But in either case you may be intrigued as to what was found behind the bushes.

Steve will be along in a moment no doubt to tell you exactly how he did it. He is becoming a dab hand at it now. Here is a series of photos showing him in action:

Thanks. The video adds an extra dimension to it all. In the meantime, Father has been busy painting up the gearbox: Which is looking quite good now. Steve has been spinning in brass the oil filler breather cover for the gear box. Here is the breather showing the hole drilled off centre:

Just found this thread. What fun! Great job and hope to see it sometime. Tim (too)

Yes, you are quite right. The thing is that i am aware of the risks an dangers, but let my guard drop for a moment and then the fun and games started. At least E-Bay were on the ball as it could have caused all sorts of fun and games. Tim (too)

I am a great E Bay user. I have positive feedback of over 800 and have never had a problem. I received an E mail today from E Bay telling me my account had been blocked due to suspicious activity. Nothing new as i always receive this sort of spam. I was then quite suprised to find that my account had been blocked becuase they were suspicious of the listing of a 60" plasma screen TV. It appears that somehow my password had been harvested and the listing put in so my high feedback could be used as leverage. Anyway, after about 45 minutes work the listing was removed, password changed and access restored. My worry is how was my password harvested. The only idea i have is that i recently put some items up for sale and then had an enquiry from the USA for cost of postage. I guess by clicking on the reply part of the message somehow my password got copied. A bit of a worry. This probably only affects sellers, but the message is that if you receive any e-mail from an interested customer do check on your E Bay messages to see if the message is replciated there. I am quite internet savvy, i am very cautious with fire wall, Norton virus protection etc and i still got caught out. I guess it can happen to us all. I will be extra cautious in the future though. May be i will stop selling thigns on E Bay. Tim (too)

British, American or German? Then we can determine whether the unit of measurement was correct. Tim (too)

A jerrycan? Tim (too)

Surely it is the part of Rene in Allo Allo. Tim (too)

Yes, it is a copy except for the colours. Gold on blue. The naval beach batallion had a similar patch, but that was gold on red. All fascinating photos. Tim (too)

Starting bid was i think £6,000,000. In truly ministry of defence way (albeit Brazilian), just before it was sold it was completely refitted which cost in excess of £6,000,000. I really felt sick when i heard it was to be scrapped.

Doug sent me a photo of his J type chassis. It is as you can see quite different. Does anybody have any thoughts? Tim (too)

It certainly looks like fun.

That was quick. Well done. The front of the chassis is quite distinctive. Tim (too)

You may remember the last WW2 surviving British Aircraft carrier coming up for sale on E Bay a few years ago. As you might have guessed it did not sell. Here is what happened to it. Hankies at the ready chaps, it is pretty awful and gruesome. Tim (too) http://www.hms-vengeance.co.uk/farewell3.htm

It looks to be in great condition. I look forwards to seeing more photos at ground level. Tim (too)

Just to give you a clue. It is not a steamer and quite right the engine is a later addition. The thing that you see on the back is a winch! (we must assume that it was not for self extraction). Without giving too much of the game away, it is now too far gone for restoration, although it has some useable parts, most notably a diff!!! The problem will be getting it out and away. It would be impossible to get the whole truck out, so maybe that is a good thing. In answer to the other questions, no it has nothing to do with us. We are very privellaged to meet so many nice people who have the same interest as ourselves. The people who collect trucks from the WW1 era do seem to gravitate together and share photos, information, finds and horror stories. The internet really is a marvellous tool. Any more guesses as to the chassis? I know of two regular posters who will know for sure. Tim (too)