Gordon_M

As David said, bridge pontoon sections.  About the right size to fill the back of a 3-tonner with maybe a bit of the sharp end sticking out.

I've seen very similar in Aluminium, but with the age of your photo these may be steel, but still relatively light.

I remember original weasel pumps are desirable because they have a different body to fan dimension from the civilian Champion one, but don't recognise it.

How good is your thread recognition?  Take that plug out and see if it is NPT maybe?

24 minutes ago, Zero-Five-Two said:

Sorry, I was trying to be modern...... thinking of our younger readers

I think the new shield looks more balanced now, but that is without paint.  Once painted, contrasting colours can sometimes be deceptive to the eye and change the overall appearance.  We'll see. 

We are a traditional lot up here, nothing too new-fangled.  We still pay for our paint in Groats hereabouts, and the price of Woad is shocking.  8-)

5 minutes ago, Zero-Five-Two said:

Nice try, but no cigar for that one 😁(LOL).  It only looks like that.  In actual fact the centre of the cross is  about 20mm higher up the shield.  

I think 3/4" out would be noticeable ( I don't speak metric ... ). Let's see how the new version looks then. 8-)

Great work with the rest of it, but as for the cross, if you look at the monochrome image, the centre of the cross is in the centre of the shield, and the rest of it takes care of itself.  Your centre is too low on the shield which is what makes it look off.

Shepherds hut and Ferguson to tow it with.

34 minutes ago, johann morris said:

Thanks Gordon, when you say varnish, what sort of varnish?

 

The sort you get on bare electrical conductors in a motor, that brown stuff, any electrical repair place could let you have some.  Basic suggestion was to coat everything inside that assembly apart from the contact areas, and smear those with vaseline or grease.

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so i decided to knock something up myself.

Hmm, understatement or what? As regards the rings, I'd protect the contact areas, varnish the lot, clean the contact areas again and then a dab of vaseline.  Your main potentials will be at the brass / copper joints.

19 minutes ago, LarryH57 said:

Of course the K2 was only 4x2 but it still had a four man stretcher capacity and ability for the attendant to stand up between the casualties, rather than crouch.

I think that was the point.  The K2 wouldn't be a problem on the average airfield, and the 4 x 4s were freed up for the sharp end where four wheel drive would be much more use.

12 minutes ago, LarryH57 said:

The Austin K2 Ambulance was offered to the USAAF as reverse Lend Lease, so very common on US airfields in company with Crossley and Fordson Fire Tenders

I believe it was pretty much straight swap.  Dodge WC54 ambulances with four wheel drive for K2s, which were just fine on airfields.  One can but imagine the US drivers comments ...  🤣

If you have a complete engine you are good to go

Good luck

Don't have anything spare here, but I'm assuming you already know:

Bench seat and screen, same as contemporary US Dodge hard cab

Rear body and toolbox, same as Canadian C15(A) and F15(A)

If you have a D15 you should have, or be looking for, a spare Canadian 236 cu in 25" long block from a D15 or D60 as a spare, as that engine is the main part that is difficult to get.

I didn't think so.  I'm sure you'll find something for them to do.  I asked because I have seen very similar nuts where the top bit has been slit and crimped to have the same high friction anti-loosening effect.

Nyloc nuts?  or are they just cut and crimped rather than Nyloc?

Nice work on those nameplates.  Not easy to get that good a consistent finish

I'd think between them they would have connections for any of that stuff.  Hope you get a result.

Good luck with it.  Out of my comfort zone I'm afraid.

Thank you.  The cast cross braces the engine is attached to must be original chassis braces, though?

You may want to have a poke about on here, too:

http://forums.justoldtrucks.com/Default.aspx

Well that is an excellent start.  Is that mounting frame part of an original chassis?  It looks to be too complex just for a transit frame.

25 minutes ago, Minesweeper said:

I see that Steve has already replied but I did not see that until I have just had a go as well - so I have deleted my reply! Pointless for two of us to tell you the same thing!

No problem, two different takes on it.  I'm wondering if that external surface could be plasma-sprayed up with some sort of deposit, but given the high speeds it is likely to seat retirement not much of an issue.

Ah, OK, thought there must be a reason

I'm surprised you didn't fit the clamp half bolts through before machining, or was there just physically not rom to get them in there?

13 hours ago, Richard Farrant said:

I remember the 7.2 in Gun as the staff referred to it as the 'Spike Milligan gun', I was told he donated some money towards it.

regards, Richard

 

I wonder if that was the famous Goon show artillery type, from when the Milligan and Secombe originally met?

From Wikipedia, can't figure out how to link it:

Milligan and Harry Secombe became friends while serving in the Royal Artillery during the Second World War. Famously, Milligan first encountered Secombe after GunnerMilligan's artillery unit accidentally allowed a large howitzer to roll off a cliff, under which Secombe was sitting in a small wireless truck: "Suddenly there was a terrible noise as some monstrous object fell from the sky quite close to us. There was considerable confusion, and in the middle of it all the flap of the truck was pushed open and a young, helmeted idiot asked 'Anybody see a gun?' It was Milligan."^[8] Secombe's answer to that question was "What colour was it?" 

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1 minute ago, Zero-Five-Two said:

Got an open day, vintage bus running event planned for late September at our place, so she will appear in that as allbeit as a static exhibit in the back of the workshop. And hopefully a run out to Matt Fosters do in suffolk in October if all goes to plan.

Sounds about right, nothing too taxing but enough to blow off cobwebs.  

She is looking wonderful, but I expect you will be waking her up so she doesn't forget how to run some time soon, even if there is nowhere in particular to take her.