Maurice

Niels I fully agree with you , these Dozers where used , and have a history , the only Centaurs with battle history are the support howitzers from the Marines in Normandy .And only 2 of them survived.

Adrian , I have somewhere the metal bit without lamp , if that is enough for you then I will dig it out .

Wartime tail light to put on a gun Barrel

The Matador Engines I cleaned where painted grey , rocker covers and sump where black , but found another one which was all grey , exept dynamo and Starter .

It is etched Aluminium , and rivited to the bonnet , it is the same diagram as in the Manual.

It is a wiring diagram which is fitted to the bonnet , Lubrication is at passenger side behind bonnet side pannel.

the PZ IV was on loan.

Hi , I was there as you can witness in the previous pictures , had a good time , but have some thoughts about the new organizing. First a lot of entrants subscriptions could not be found ? second no marshals to control the layout , we where in the WW2 field , but we were surrounded by Post war vehicles ? Showers and toilets OK , same as last year , so why 10 pounds extra? Another thing that an onyes me a bit is that all civy vehicles have to leave the Field every day , and others just put a magnetic thing on the side with Bundeswehr , or ISAF, UN , and or Ford K `s with Berlin Camouflage, they can stay on the Field , and drive around the whole week.

it was a field mod , there is a WW2 picture with this mod

Pete even the Canadian built 7 1/2 ton recovery trailer has 2 ford master cylinders actuated by 2 air wheel brake booster like on a Diamond truck , and then 2 1 1/2 inch wheel cylinders per side

Yes the canadian trailer has a Ford Master cilinder , with 1 1/2 " CMP wheel cilinders , everyting on the axle is Ford Marked.

It is a Canadian Built trailer , I got one restored exept for the pumps , so if you need dimensions for the box or rear tray , then I can help.

. Were owners in UK approached about this film are is it all French owner vehicles? The cardboard cut outs are the most authentic ones ! regards, Richard Richard , I got a letter from somebody in France asking for my2 Aeroscreen Bedfords and AEC (anyway has to be a rounded cab one which I don`t have ) , and gave him the price for transport 3oo km each way , plus petrol for on the set , and didn`t even talk about taking leave myself , and the reply was : Euhm , but then I can`t make any profit ! So the prop guys want to make double fees over the vehicle owners without doing something themselves. For UK based vehicles , maybe the Ferry is already too much .

I straightenned mine myself , used a jeep trailer axle which I fastenned to a workbench , and then put a jack on the workbench to push carefully on the outside of the rim on several positions to press it straight again .

I will give it a go as well . Looks promissing.

Front brake cilinders are the same on the MK1 militant , and Matador, Plenty available over here , because in a local yard there where about a 100 Militants cut up , but the axles are saved.

off topic , Gerry , I can see in the list GMC tooltruck with winch , but to my knowledge they were never produced , just the open canvas version. the ones I have seen have a non strenghtened chassis , so must have been ordinary cargo trucks , Compressor trucks had again a different strengtenned chassis .

I usually search for history under the civvy paint , from all my vehicles my C15 had factory olive drab with outside overpainted beown . my Royal enfield CO was brown as well , but all my other canadian & British vehicles where in different shades of olive drab , so they went in these collors again .

Howard , I think your Chevrolet has a switch on the dash for the convoy light , My 11 cab does , later 13 cab Chev`s have a dip switch in the chassis on the right hand rear wheel arch .

So best solution is to book in on another less trouble show , Yes I have to be back at work the monday morning , so I have to have one of the night ferries back . Wy do they not respond in a more apropiate way to the People who make their show, and get them proffit .

This box sits in front of the radio Shelf in the righr rear back of a MK 1* Canadian Carrier it sits on a 45 degree mounting plate . Very rare item , because they are attached with a webbing strap .

The Big G can also be found on US Shermans who had their casting done by General steel . A grizzly is easy to be identified by the little hatch in the floor in front of the gunner for the Snake device.

I have got a 6x4 Studebaker .

Another way is to spray the knobs with a 2 pac paint , and fill the white letters in with white spirrit based paint afterwards , whipe off eccessive paint , and when almost fully dry whipe off remaining paint , works always good .

Is it just me , but it looks like they don`t want anything on display , because for every vehicle extra or bike , you have to pay extra , so in my view people will just be bringing the most convenient thing for them , just to see old friends. If this would have been a new show there would be very few subscriptions . Traders seem to be very few either.