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spoke to a retired REME lieutenant colonel ,he gave me short shrift "no such thing as a red becon must have been mistaken" :shake: that told me.

hi 6x6 i did a lot of head scratching but just did not have the heart to cut her up to do it especially in front of the other one :cry: it would of been GBH:( . i think that the bits i am missing will have to be get as i go along as not sure whats missing :??? and there seems to be some diffrences between the models.

the rockwell was never fitted the chassisis 6" wider and the chassis hight to the top from the ground is 4" lower plus the channel that makes the chassis is 14" high x 6" wide , came of a 8 wheeled tipper, all in all a bad match:argh: but its very strong worm and crown same as scammell . i have herd that the diffs may be interchangeable with scammell ones:confused:

i liked those pics , nice to see them in service although a bit of a misshap has occured .:clap:keep them coming.

thankyou all help would be gratefully receved ,i will start writing up the list of numbers,thanks:-D

thanks antarmike it seems your correct i dont wont to get in trouble with the police got enough trouble paying for all the fuel:shake:

" yeh no sweat" witch year ? 2020 ? have you booked in yet ? are we going comercals or military mark and adrian were thinking of the later.

hi 6x6 yes it is a restoration project,mine,she is the first one i bought .when i bought her with a mate he put up the money i did the work. we got her for £600 and the person we bought her from said that he had to have the rear axle back plus alot of other stuff. Hence she was shelved and my mate lost intrest. i then bought his share and took her home . i tryed to get an axle but could not find one for love nore money so bought a foaden double drive rockwell to graft into her (a major undertaking):confused: . however over the last 12 years i have been collecting the bits needed to do her,:-D still short of some bits but im getting there.

thankyou i would be very grateful thanks.:thanx:

here is a few more bits of her

this is my next prodject. I LIKE A CHALANGE.:shake:

hi mate thankyou for the info ,do you know what piriod that was and if it was resticted to only them ,thanks :???

i am trying to get some bearings for the lorry ,i have got the part numbers but they seem to be army numbers is there any way to cross refrence them to a number that a suppler could recognize :??? .as i would like to get them before i start the job.:cry:

yes i know what you mean but if it is any thing like the cars i work on the regs that apply are those at the date of manufacture and if it has been registered abroad its all differant even if of british manufacture. i was wondering if that would also apply to american vehicles eg fire engines . i have seen american engine in britain with a red light it displayed an alabamar plate + english plates.:??? still did any british recovery vehicle display a red becon at any period , i am still none the wiser?:???

dont worry the cab is not as bad as it looks to do.today i folded up the panels for thor i have got to say it was not as bad as i thuoght it might be , thor marked it out and there is no left or right the pannels from one side fit the other got both sides ,the roof front bulk head and one roof curved pannel from one 8x4 sheet of 18 gauge it took about 3 hours all he,s got to do now is paint and fit .ill have to do mine now :-D iall the hard work seem to be in the preperation and striping. good luck looking good :-D

i think there was some for sale at dorset i think they to were from the foden wrecker about £40 i did not need one so did not pay to much attention sorry:-D

mine came out of a foden i cut of the ends and welded on mine. it has lasted well ,on bolting them in i put rubber between the straps and tank as that is where most of the rust was :-D

thanks for that. i was talking to a chap the other day about the rolls engine, he enquired about the vehicle i was putting it into ,he them said that when he worked in the reme works at warminster they took delivery of some scammells and that in 1950 they were classed as heavy salvage vehiles and as such they had a red becon not an orange one but were later down graded to medium recovery and had a orange becon. i have spoken to a serving MP and he said that if it is so then i can have a red becon as long as it is not used to to deceive or misslead as i have never seen one with a red becon i would like to know if this was correct.:???

hi mate you call that a shed its biger and better than my house do you live there :??? if so do you need lodgers if not what about squartters. im all packed and on way. ill ring when half way put the kettle on:rofl::rofl:

could you let me have some pics one of mine is the one on the left.yes they came straight out and were parked.i think they were bought because they were to cheap not to. i paid £600 and had to return the rear axle ,(now in LSU) and engine and gear box air boxes taps and spare wheel carrier were returned , hence not much left had to shelve her.

you cant do that :nono: sit back and relax then laugh at them trying to move:rofl:

thanks for that. i have also another question, at the moment i have a standerd 7 pin plug for trailer lights, i have a millitary socket one for the lorry and one for the trailer the wires are numbered but i do not know what wire goes to which function. i have looked in the manual but it postdates this. :confused: ps, all help gratfully receved.:-D

at work we use a soda blaster it works well but is slow work and the soda is inert and can be washed away with worm water then a thin covering with an oil will prevent oxidization.

thats alright, you have as much as you wont i have posted the pics forgot to revers pic lets see who else is on the ball:rofl:

i was asked to put pics on here hope it works.1st my first back in 1993 was a to bigger job and other partener in prodject pulled out so ended up in 2nd pic last two pics is of no nuts when i got her in 1998 just got her home, big job still doing jobs now. :-D