paulbrook

A chrome wheel nut eh??

I have a hubcap off the front axle that I have been meaning to turn into a workshop clock since 1982 but not got round to yet. Maybe as part of this job I will finally do it.

I used to have a perfect chrome "ANTAR" off the front of one too but not sure where that ended up.

Sadly the inside of the cab of the gate guardian isn't going to get done (it will get tidied up and blanking plates put over the dash)

As far as the panels are concerned I have always counted on the fact that I will be making them which is pretty much why I got the job in the first place (ie mad enough to attempt it..). I keep telling myself that it is no worse than a clients classic Renault 4 that I have just done the chassis and bodywork for.

Just a wee bit bigger thats all.

Which one?

Not sure about vehicles but all the plant belongs to a civvie company (Barlowworld?) So it isnt even army....

Right then my old buckets of shackles....

One very time-ravaged and poorly-looking Antar (even I drew breath when I first saw it and I am used to working on complete monsters) will be arriving in the workshop next Monday for refurbishment as a gate guardian (this one is pretty much just a rolling carcass with no innards) whilst one which was going to be a gate guardian will in fact take to the road again.

Honour is satisfied all round as not one but two Antars get a new lease of life and just to keep this thread on the boil I will post some pictures and some text of the refurbishment starting next week. I have got my snap-on panel beating tools at the ready and an extra big steel rule....

That said if anyone has any Antar panels or windows in their shed now is the time to do the right thing and donate them to this worthy cause.

As my ASM used to say - its only nuts and bolts....

Excellent! Just what we need and well done you (and well done son for suggesting it). We should make this a sticky and all of us get out there and take/make more!

Blimey. I remember both of those toys when they were owned by someone else (:-D).

And I know who - er - liberated them. Great to see them again!

Ahh pallets? Racks?? I think they were only called racks so we could call the system DROPS (demountable rack offload and pickup system).

They were all supposed to be compatible across NATO...

Anyway just to confuse the issue the replacement for DROPS is EPLS..

Guess what the P stands for?

This is an interesting one. from my old scammell photo's.

 

http://www.protruckservices.com/Scammell Drops/scan00016.jpg

 

Clive

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protruckservices.com

That is the Scammell IMMLC (improved medium mobility load carrier) trials truck that was in competition with the Foden that was eventually chosen to go into service (the 8x6). The location is Crocker Barracks Sennelager Germany and the date about 1982.

Engine was an Eagle 350 and it was coupled to an Allison auto box. The LHS is a Multilift Mk4

Foden and Scammell both produced MMLC and IMMLC contenders for the contract - eventually one of each was chosen (although there are/were lots more MMLC than IMMLC)

Hi Stal.

 

The scammell Drops mmlc's were origanly built with 1600x20 but were changed because of two

roll overs that happened on trials. The MOD asked for the smaller tyres that are fitted, but left the axle ratio's

as they where hence the speed difference.

 

I think this is the same that go's for your S26 sldt. I know that Dave crouch's EX-Army Demo 6x6 S26 recovery is

on 1600 x20 which if i remember correctly was scammells standard tyre for the MOD's S26 model.

 

 

Regards

 

Clive

Mmmm thats not quite as I remember it (I led the DROPS User Trials Team in the 1980s)

The issue with the MMLC was getting the thing to meet the criteria for medium mobility whilst staying within the construction and use dimensions and acheiving the necessary tilt figure (and therefore stability round bends and on side slopes cross country) This was particularly problematic with the DROPS as the load handling system raised the centre of mass of the load rather a lot.

MOD wanted the ground clearance, Scammel resisted, but eventually the MOD boffins prevailed and the "big wheel" MMLC was rolled out at Chertsey in front of a group of senior folks, whereupon during the demo it decided to have a lie down on its side.

So back to the original wheels it went.

Long and bloody cold eh? Well that will be a bit like last year then where for an entire week my workshop never got above minus 7. My store got down to minus 18, killing a brace of batteries and a tractor engine block which had anti freeze in but obviously not strong enough.

Dont let anyone tell you that even a weak solution of anti freeze never goes solid, it does.

So for 1/4 and 5/16 BSW read 1/4 and 5/16 UNC then....

Just working on a M38A1 at the moment and I am not a million miles south of you - if I can be of assistance please shout - either here or get my address off the website below.

There are a few piccies at http://s484.photobucket.com/albums/rr206/RustyTrucks/M38A1/

BSW and UNC are the same (or interchangeable at least) up to 1/2in UNC as far as I remember, and square nuts for UNC are relatively easy to find (I did all of an Allis Chalmers U this way as all the nuts are visible).

there way is ok but if you were bumped they would never get out, but then again if it came to the point where the truck drivers are getting bumped things have gone very very pete tong

Everybody fights these days - which is why an increasingly large proportion of loggy vehicles are armed and armoured - there is no such thing as a front line anymore (there probably never was...). And bugging out has been replaced by fighting back like bandits and calling in an airstrike or two.

There was a great story (how things have changed) of senior chap being briefed by a young loggy captain on what is known these days as a Combat Logistic Patrol who was suprised to discover that the young man, as well as his own vehicles had a platoon of infantry and a brace of attack helicopters under command, a battery of light gun in direct support and an on-call B52 bomber.

Not much requirement for cam under those circumstances...

Ahhhhhhhhhh here we go

the video is here and the cam bit is 5.06 minutes in:

http://www.youtube.com/user/dstmedia#p/a/u/1/G1bpCI8R-RU

Fed up with searching for that elusive flange bracket for the 1963 GS shovel? Well watch some videos instead of the place that trains anything and everything to do with military wheeled (and one tracked) vehicles:

http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/Video/DefenceSchoolOfTransport.htm

and here

http://www.youtube.com/user/dstmedia

I might be able to find and post a speeded up vid of the full cam sequence as taught at the Defence School of Transport...

But it might take a day or two to sort out.

Shadow screening is a skirt that goes around the vehicle to disrupt the very distinct shadow underneath. Normally seen as a sort of roll of hessian or its modern polyprop equivalent tied to the sides of vehicles. The same material is used to cover the windscreen, other windows and lights and so on to stop reflection and glare.

Cam isnt just about hiding, it is about obscuring the identity of what's underneath.

Well I think its an interesting change from something that looks like an Asda carpark with everything in serried ranks (and no space in between for decent photography). And done right the view from ground level will be fine (and you will be protected from marauding overhead threats less those with decent thermal cameras or sideways looking radar).

It's your train set - go for it!

That said I can't help saying in response to the piccies where's your shadow screening and windscreen and shiny bit covers?? Tut tut.....

The smallest BOC ones are called flamepack 10, and there is a larger flamepack 20. I think therese were called portapack, and the bottles were quite thin.

Sorry I don't have dimensions

Standard gear on most 60s/70s wreckers but I am damned if I can remember what its nickname was. It was unlikely to be complimentary I think as if I recall the gas didnt last very long...

For this application I would apply it with a brush to the spotlessly clean and crack-free block, let it go off for 5 minutes, then place the gasket in position. Make sure all the holes line up (long story so I won't bore you). Apply with a brush again to the upper surface of what is now the gasket. Wait another 5 mins (have a look at the head to make sure it is spotless and crack free too while you are waiting). Head on, bolts on, clamp it down like it says in the manual.

It does say that you can apply a second coat if you want, but in this case with a new gasket I wouldnt bother. Just make sure you have a good even coverage.

You should be able to get it in a decent motor factors but dont be fobbed off with any substitutes, especially those with the stuff best used in the bathroom and not in your engine.

Have you tried CanMec? http://www.canmec.co.uk/

I think I remember that film - it showed warrior escorting some 8 tonne; they get to a dodgy area and the warriors close down (close all the armoured hatches). Meanwhile in the 8 tonne the driver winds his window up.....

Wellseal.

Easily available off fleabay and never bettered.

Thats all that needs to be said.......

The RSJ is by far the best - I have a big 2 tonne crane and you just cant get the height clearance you need for a tidy lift. It was quite cheap off fleabay though and does a grand job of smaller things (2-300 kg) which it can manage at max extension