Great War truck

I think you might be right. Telegraph pole alongside would correspond with that. Tim

I think he is joking about the 155. Tell him you are joking right?

Hang on. I have just remembered it is me that is organising it. Here are some photos from previous years: http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?20140-Swinbrook-2010&highlight=swinbrook http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?14342-Swinbrook-MV-gathering-and-road-run&highlight=swinbrook http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?9185-MVT-weekend-at-Swinbrook&highlight=swinbrook Yes open to all. We can accomodate in the usual field some quite big vehicles. The Foden was a squeeze through the gate but it went through first time. if we have the reserve field then you would have to do a bit of manouvering. Drop me a PM if you want to come. Tim

Seriously? Tim

We do not seem to have posted much of late – but the work has been carrying on just the same! In addition to everything else that Steve has taken on, he is also building two 7 1/4” Gauge Hymek Locomotives for our Model Engineer Society – that project has been going on for sometime and Steve would like to get that one finished now and out of the way so that he can concentrate on the Thorny - that has taken some of his “Thorny” time of late! All the planning with the “Thorny” engine has taken more time. In between bouts of household maintenance, Tony has continued making engine studs and these are all now finished so that we should have a clear run when the re-assembly of the engine commences. Today, just for a change, Tony decided to make the two main fixings for the clutch springs – the originals are bent and corroded. This is just a simple turning and threading exercise. The first picture shows the clutch assembly – notice that the picture was taken nearly a year ago when we started to take the engine to pieces and you can see the original parts in situ with Steve gently attacking one of the nuts with a hammer and chisel! They are 7” in length overall with 1/2” and 5/8” Whitworth threads at the ends. The main diameter is 1” and they are machined out of 1” steel bar. These three pictures show the embryos taking shape. The threads are screw cut in the lathe to about 4/5 of the depth of thread and the last bit then finished with a die. The 1/2” threads are done but the 5/8” threads will be a “tomorrow job”!

Yes, this is all the surplus AEF equipement being disposed of. Strange that they appear to be selling it to themselves, but i guess that the Polish relief commission is a different Government body. Just an internal accounting adjustment. Here is a photo of a British horse drawn disenfector in service with the US Army.

How many of these were in US Army service? Do you know how they were ultimately disposed if?

if it has been underwater for 60 years it is probably not much good for anything. I am suprised though. I thought the cost of rasing it would be as much as the scrap is worth.

When you say "pulled up", has it been at the bottom of the ocean? Tim

Great job. Looks stunning.

I think the truck is a Packard.

great pics. target 31 is an m75. Tim

Hopefully this link will take you to a video of 100+ Champs driving around in circles. Great fun. Tim http://s30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/Greatwartruck/Video/?action=view&current=MVI_0181.mp4 Well done Paul and the team. A really great day out.

Sorry. My bad.

Thats great. Wish i could be there, but there we go. have fun everyone.

Lots 19 to 22 will be of interest. I wonder what he will be left with - a Jeep perhaps?

This has been identified. Apparently it is a Nelson LeMoon! One to google i think.

The cylinders are now back from being re-bored – 60 thous have been taken out so that the diameter of all four cylinders is 4 1/2” plus 60 thous. The pitting is so deep in the one cylinder so that it is still very much apparent after re-boring. It is not safe to bore the cylinder any larger and let us hope that the sleeves will take care of this. This sequence of 3 pictures show the first block. This is the other cylinder block – there is still some rusting apparent at the top of one cylinder but this not deep and again, we hope that the sleeving will take care of that

I am intrigued how the advertizing works on HMVF. I guess it focusses in on searches which are made on my computer and sends me things it thinks i might be interested in. At the moment i keep being offered top class hemorrhoid medicine, Asian girls who like English blokes, Russian girls who like English blokes; older women who wear short skirts and English blokes who wear uniforms who like to date anything with a pulse (it appears to be the same bloke who sometimes dresses up as a policeman and sometimes a soldier). What does this say about me? (no one mention about being a pain in the ars** bit).

Thanks Tony. It is early days. I dont think we will be going though. Tim

Sorry. I just thought i would ping this one again. I expect so. Will you be ready in time? Tim

Steve thought he would have a look at the coupling between the two cylinder blocks. Father managed to separate the two halves a little while ago but of the rubber seal there was little sign and the sealing surfaces were very poor. Steve put both parts in the four-jaw chuck and gave them a light skim to bring the surfaces back. Once that was done, he made up a seal using O-ring cord. This is simply a strip of 1/4” diameter rubber which is cut to length and joined using ‘super-glue’. The tricky bit is to cut the ends flat and square so Steve made up a simple guide in the form of a collar to push over the cord. . This worked well but he then found that there cord was simply too big in diameter to allow reassembly of the castings! A rummage in the ‘Old O-ring Bag’ found a perfect fit so that is one more job ticked off. One can try to be too clever some times it seems!

Ah yes. Thanks. That looks familiar. Do you have a Peerless car by any chance? Tim

Thanks for that John. Very kind of you. We are amazed at the number of hits we continue to get and always delighted to have so many people share their good ideas when we reach a problem. Wherabouts was it on the AACA forum? Tim

Roy. My understanding is that these boxes were supplied with US built ambulances to be used by US ambulance companys for the transportation of US wounded. I would certainly agree with you that they would not be used by the British.