Great War truck

I quite agree. If someone says that they want to see a certain type of article why not write it themselves. Much better approach than just complaining that it does not hold something that you want to read or that the contents are otherwise a bit dull. Anyway, very best of luck to Ian. It will be a hard job to keep everybody happy.

How much did you get for the data plates?

That's rather nice. Looks different from the Continental plates on the Heavy Aviation but Continental made engines for all sorts of WW1 trucks. I wonder where the rest of it is?

These four pictures show the lower plate and bottom tank.

The top and bottom brass plates for the Radiator core have been beautifully and very kindly machined up for us by Barry H and they are now ready for the next stage of the Radiator construction – using them as templates to drill the holes for the clearance bolts in both tanks and for the tapping holes for some studs in the bottom tank only. The second of these three pictures show one plate on top of the other!

The book ships without names has a brief history of each vessel. Which ones was he on?

OK. I think Ian in the UK needs one as well. How is Adrian fixed for one?

Hi Carey That is a great find. The last one I saw for sale was in poor condition and was about $450. Great to see the original glass is in place. The pintle hook. Is that the same as the FWD one? Sorry it is a poor photo. The only one that I could find at this moment. Tim

One of the things that caught my attention at Malvern is this tool box. The owner said it came from Ostend and was a WW2 German tool box that had been then used by a Royal Navy bomb disposal team. The tools are an odd mix but mostly wood working tools which seem unlikely to be for bomb disposal. Inside is a Marines name attached to a RN “dismantling Party”. I have not come across that name before but imagined that it was more to do with taking interesting things away for examination whether it was gun parts, torpedoes, radar etc. He provided copies from a German manual to support his view as to what it was. What do you all make of it? Thanks Tim

I quite agree with that. Interesting that what I would consider the best MV magazine of all time - Wheels and Tracks was almost entirely full of articles like that. Really detailed information on obscure vehicles that I knew next to nothing about - like the Radschlepper Ost which was a favourite read. I suppose everybody has very different interests but I really don't want to read another "buyers guide" on a Jeep, GMC or Land Rover. If someone wants that sort of information then a forum like this is best. I do enjoy reading about other peoples restorations, but really don't want them to be dumbed down. For example in the latest CMV I would like to have known how the Karrier rad was fixed as it did look very poorly indeed and then suddenly it was repaired. Doesn't say how he did it, which was a shame. Show reports are good, but dull when they take up 8 pages or more. Same for museum visits. CMV covers all historical periods which is good as any vehicle from any period can be of interest if the article is well written and dreadfully dull if it is not. I really want to buy a magazine that has something I cant get for free on the internet or that I can find in a book. Just thought I would add a bit more fuel to the fire. Tim

Not many I would think Phil. The UK being a lot smaller than the USA we really only have two club newsletters/magazines, Windscreen for the MVT and Imprint for the Invicta Military Vehicles Preservation Society.

Is that a Staghound with a Crusader turret? Whoever thought that would be a good idea? Probably looks really good though.

So, you have all stated what you don't like about an MV magazine. What sort of articles would you like to have to make it more interesting?

I had a bit of spare time today so selected the best of the three side lamps and gave it a wire brushing: I was quite pleased with the end result: Just needs a bit more tidying up then I will put it in primer and start on the next one.

Windscreen is very good (he said without any sense of bias).

Thanks Steve That is very kind of you. Best regards Tim

My sincerest thanks to BH for undertaking and then explaing the next step. Steve abandoned his traditional pencil and paper to draw the radiator top and bottom plates in 'SolidEdge'. This is 3D CAD modelling programme, so that once the basic drawing is complete a rendered image of the completed parts is only a mouse click away. The drawing process is very simple. A sketch is first created without any dimensions and these dimensions or 'parameters' are added later. The sketch automatically adjusts as more parameters are added. A CAD drawing was required so that it could be machined on this CNC milling machine. This machine has glass slides on all 3 axes and is capable of positioning to 1 micron (one twentieth of a 'thou) under stable temperature conditions. The first task was to clamp the 3/8" brass plate to a sacrificial bed plate and drill some holes through which it will be bolted down. With the plate bolted down we are now ready for the machining operations. The first operation is to pre-drill the plate for the tubes and the bolt holes around the periphery where the plate bolts to the tank flanges. The final holes are not drilled, but cut to size using a milling cutter and a process called circular interpolation. Here the milling cutter traces around the inner diameter of the circle. This means that any size of hole can be produced with one size of cutter. For the radiator tubes we requested an offset of 0.01mm from the nominal size so that the tubes would be a snug fit, but not overly tight. The final finished plate. It looks almost as real as the rendered image!

That's interesting. It is a post war one disguised to look like a wartime one. It is now being civilianised and it is the one that was in Downton Abbey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz2O1milqMI Not that I have ever seen a single episode you understand. I was told the driver was given directions to "just drive down that road at a gentle 30mph!".

Thank you Steve That is very kind of you and yes please we would love to have them. I will send you a PM with my address. Thanks Tim

Thanks Not from a Liberty B truck then. Something smaller. Any more photos?

I came across an interesting article on the Womens Motor Corps of America. Very much like the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry. Middle, upper class girls who could drive an ambulance. The adverts look very patriotic but I don’t know if any of them made it to France. I suspect they were driving ambulances in the USA. I love this picture. The girl in the middle looks rather appealing and I suspect she might have a better chance of hitting her target compared to her two compatriots.

Exactly that. An off the shelf item.

Could be Timken, Detroit. Do you have any photos please?

We have been looking through our lamps to find a pair of P & H side lamp. We found three in need of some work and one oddity. The odd one is made by the Economic Car Light Co London: Which I have never heard of. I wonder if it was a post war surplus lamp dealer and they took off the Miller or P&H badge and refurbished the lamp for resale. Anyway, it will not be much good as it has a bit of rust on the back: But on the plus side we did get a couple of good bits off it: Most notably the glass which is in super condition.

Yes please. If you could send me the contact details that would be very helpful. Thanks