Great War truck

It is indoors now Steve and they have painted it LGOC red, well red.

Still no end to the pandemic and the team has not been together for some time. Steve has continued making the patterns for a new Radiator for the Dennis at his home in Leicestaershire whilst Tim has continued with his researches and writings at his own home in Oxfordshire. Tony back at base in Devon has been working on a new threaded Puller to enable us to get the very firmly stuck second back wheel off the Peerless.

Some work now being done on the back wheel that we have taken off the old chassis and at present, work is going on to remove the wheel chain retention brackets - all heavily rusted.

This latter work is revealing the true condition of the back wheel which is not as sound as we had hoped and something for the team to discuss when we next convene. It may be that we have no choice but make a visit to the Wheelwright for a professional opinion.

The article is a bit misleading and it states that it probably only relates to classic cars built after 1990 (how strange is that?):

However, Mr Laidlaw has warned some classic models may be exempt from the added tax charges if they are of “historical interest”.

This may be possible if experts believe the model is rare and could be included in a historic motoring collection.

Models which tend to pass the threshold include cars which were built before 1990 and are no longer being built.

Cars of significance or those who have achieved some level of sporting success may also be exempt from the added costs.

In answer to Chris's question, as we will be outside the EU anything purchased from Holland should be zero rated for VAT if you can provide commercial evidence that it will be leaving the EU. However, on bringing it into the UK you will be charged duty and VAT. If you had purchased the parts from a Dutch dealer who was already registered for VAT in the Netherlands you would have been charged VAT anyway, so the only difference will be import duty. 

Simons Locomobile is about one minute in on this one:

GDSF WW1 Homecoming convoy entering Blandford. - YouTube

London to Brighton 2011:

Keep looking. If there are two then maybe there is a third.......

Problems come in threes i understand.

Yes, that is a beauty. Wonderful for the narrow lanes of the Cotswolds.

What do you make of this one? 

It was as long ago as last July that we decided to take the two wood rear wheels off the complete chassis and in their place replace them with the iron wheels that we have in stock. We had decided to fit the wood ones to the lorry that we are working on at the present and the iron ones will go on and stay on the second Peerless.
The first wood one came off easily and an iron one was fitted in its place to keep that lorry mobile but we were unable to remove the second wood one from the axle - it was very firmly stuck. At the end of that day, we had to give up on it and it was left for the next time when we could all get together - and would perhaps also give us more time to work out how to remove the stuck one.
It rather looks that we shall not be together again until the Christmas break,
Anyhow, we have decided to make a substantial threaded "Puller" to screw on the hub of the stuck wheel and try that approach to get the wheel off. The thread on that hub is 5.65" diameter and 16 tpi.
We quickly found a bit of 3/8" thick plate in the Scrap Box to bore out and thread for a trial fit - we think that the actual thickness of the Puller needs to be greater than 3/8" - perhaps 3/4" but that must be obtained.
The thread cut easily and the trial piece has been screwed on the hub of the wheel already removed and that is a good firm fit.
So the next job, is do all of that again with a thicker bit of steel.

Oh yes. I remember seeing that one now.

Yes, you are right. It is very unusual to see a Lewis on a combination like that. 

Here is an interesting image. Photographed in Tunisia in 1930. 

Did you ever get to Lloyd Van Horn's truck museum?

Now sadly broken up.

Do you think some of the exhibits ended up at the I80 truck museum?

Thanks. Yes, that was very interesting. I remember watching things being sold off and thought it a shame, but at least they are now being used and cared for while everything else remains locked in a warehouse. 

Ah, you must be single or have a very understanding wife!

Yes, it does look like an Enfield with a Minerva behind it. So probably Belgium, but didnt a load of Minerva's also go to Russia?

That looks nice. Pleased to see that you brought it inside now it has started getting colder in the evenings.

I have just finished reading the latest Tankograd publication ”Kraftrader” (German military motorcycles), number 9 in the series of “Imperial German Army weapons and soldiers of the Great War 1914-1918 and what a stunning piece of work it is.

Apart from a few photographs and comments in other books this is a subject which has never been covered in any detail before. The author Jochen Vollert has drawn upon his own photograph collection, selecting more than 200 to illustrate the book and what superb highly detailed images they are.

Spread over 12 chapters the book explains the motorisation of the German army, the different German motorcycle makes and their variants, non-German manufacturers, captured motorcycles, repair workshops before ending with despatch rider uniforms and documents.  

Spread over 96 pages this really is a fantastic book and sits well with the others in the same series. What excites my curiosity that for 2021 there are two further books in the series to be released. The subject of German mechanical transport in the Great War has been overlooked in the past but Tankograd are going out of their way to correct this.

Limited to a print run of just 700, the Tankograd books have a habit of selling out. More information can be found on the Tankograd website:      

https://www.tankograd.com/cms/website.php?id=/en/World-War-One.htm

Yes indeed. Too good to scrap. There are several survivors in the USA. I dont think any ever made it to Europe during the war though.

In 1929 FWD Slough offered this three wheeler which looks to be predominantly built from parts of leftover Model B's. I wonder how many they sold?

There was a model A at Hayes. No idea where it has gone.

There is a link to it here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jacksnell707/2911145763/in/photostream/

and

The cab over engine chain drive Model A Locomobile was introduced in 1912. The worm drive Model B Locomobile was introduced in 1915 of which the Riker is pretty much the same as the Locomobile. The Model A was purchased in small numbers (at least 40) by the US Corps of Engineers. I am not aware that any were used during World War One. I dont know if the Model A and the Model B had the same engine. 

There is a ladder visible through the windows, so it must be from inside.

Good luck with it. Quite an incredible find. Can you tell which model Karrier it is and roughly which year?