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38 minutes ago, Pete Ashby said:

OK Kevin it looks like Wally is right about the no hand signals  I've photo shopped your photo to bring out more detail and below the hand is written R H DRIVE !

 

The white bar under the 60 denotes GHQ troops and for MEF this could be Motor Battalion

the Camel we have already discussed

The 35 in a circle is a max speed limit sign

The truck reg number is Z457394 this is a Ford WoT2 15cwt GS on contract V4433 

Pete

 

 

Thats brilliant Pete, such a huge amount of info from just a few details.

I did note the R H Drive on the original but as it is not in white didnt associate it with the hand stencil.

Kevin

Here you go, see what you think?

This could have been taken at one of two places, some of the photos have 'at the beach - Alexandria' on the back then the another couple say 'Jaffa Beach' which I know is in old Tel Aviv. 

Note the white hand stencil.

Kevin.

I will scan it and post it for you to see.

The Photos are taken in Palestine.

Kevin

I am looking through some photos of my Grandfather taken in the desert during WW2.

One photo shows them in the back of a truck and it clearly shows the markings on the tailgate.

One, which I presume may be a formation sign (?) Is a stencil of a camel over the numeral 60.

Also of interest is a large stencil of a white hand within a white circle with a line through it, I presume its a 'dont touch' sign.

Kevin

On 6/20/2020 at 11:12 PM, early british ww2 said:

There’s hardly any material relating to them Even in the archives and IWM Believe me I’ve looked It just seems strange that they put a lot of effort into winning the 1935 trials and all for what ? So Britain’s could make more beetles than Commer did !?

Yes, your right. Go to all that cost and development for the Beetle then pull out? At the time Rootes were such a huge company I am surprised they decided to loose out on future contracts and the revenue from it.

I really like the way we all tackle these type of jobs, seeing how others do things is such a good reference .

On 4/23/2020 at 1:04 PM, Chris_Collins said:

The trickier bit was to get 90 degree bends in the ends of the top hat.
I already had a strong tool made up for previous job so I added some guides into it.

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I love the homemade press, it looks very effective. 

The Nubian looks great, what good projects.

39 minutes ago, retalator said:

Its starting to take shape again but still have many hours of fabrication of the cab to go

I think it looks really good and is starting to take shape. All the hours spent now will be worth it.

59 minutes ago, D Andrews said:

Not sure there are no vehicle images in the book

as this maybe just for the chassis

 

i did find this online

Reminds me a lot of the Karrier CK6.

Kevin

Curious, what does the Guy 3-5 ton Six Wheeler look like?

Kevin

If they didn't check inside when they took it imagine their surprise when they did open up the curtainside and saw the Steam lorry!

On 5/24/2020 at 3:53 PM, Tomo.T said:

Well the cylinders are back in the queue for further engineering, while I summon up the courage to drill holes in the newly refurbished barrels.

There has been a further advance on the lamp front, when a familiar looking item popped up on e bay.

This turned out to be the exact item we needed and well worth the asking price.

Once cleaned up and re-wicked it was fitted into one of the sidelamps to make a good pair. This released the old civilian tank (with brass trim) to rejoin it's old mates the bezel and badge in the new rear lamp.

That will conclude the lamp saga !

The old box the lamps are sat on is a genuine 1917 'equipment' container and will provide the design for a lamp box.

Another little project !

That box is a real nice piece of history in itself.

Well I think you should be pretty pleased with yourself, lovely bit of tinwork.

Well that sounds like some positive news.

2 hours ago, Foden7536 said:

Sorry to have to share this, a friend has had his Scania curtain side lorry stolen last night. In the back was his Clayton Steam Lorry. Please can people keep an eye out, and also be aware of this theft, it’s certainly making me think about the security of our vehicles.
 

You just can't under estimate how low people will go to make money. This is appalling behaviour but alas not uncommon these days.

Lets just hope it is found soon and still in one piece.

Kevin

This is what is so good about a forum, the advice and leads is worth its weight in gold as they say!

16 minutes ago, Great War truck said:

And then there were two!

Superb work.

I saw this advertised recently when looking through carandclassic. Some interesting lots.

Would be interested to know which sealant you go for and how effective it is.

Its good that the repairs will be facing the chassis.

Kevin

39 minutes ago, Doc said:

Sunday evening at the end of week 13 of lock-down (can you believe?!) and time for another update.

It was time for the front wheels to come off the stand and be reunited with their respective stub axles. First the off-side wheel, which had to come up over the top, before being stood out of the way.

Next the near-side wheel was lifted off the stand and manoeuvred to a convenient location.

Off-side wheel was re-fitted first; I was offering the wheel up to the stub axle while David raised or lowered the front of the chassis with the chain blocks.

Next the turn of the near-side wheel. Copious amounts of grease were applied to the stub axle, thrust faces and floating bronze bush before the wheel was slid into place.

Next the front wheel greasers were re-fitted.

Followed by the hub caps.

I'll be on the phone to Trojan Special Fasteners in the morning - the 3/8"BSF x 1 1/4" bolts and nuts used on the hub caps had previously been allocated to the bulkhead buttresses. I'll be needing some more.

I have also sanded the chassis from one end to t'other. I'm hoping to get top coat applied over the next couple of days; I fully expect every fly, gnat, locust, moth and other nameless flying pestilence to descend on my little corner of Suffolk as a consequence.

It looks superb in my opinion. You are certainly getting plenty of work in during lockdown.

Kevin

1 minute ago, phil4280 said:

thanks guys for the praise!

Ok here are the details on the Humber.

I purchased it in early 1995 from the Lowther/Hampton Bush Fire Brigade west of Sydney. It had not run in years and I gave my self less than 6 months to get it done up, registered and on the "Back to the Track" run to Darwin. Also I had to get the beast up to Brisbane where I was based in the Army. Needless to say I did do the trip and covered 9000 km and consumed $3000 in petrol. (see attached photo of the beast next to a tiny termites nest at the old WW2 Snake Creek ammo depot site)

FV1601A "Commer"

Engine No. 13746

Chassis No. 6310141

ARN. 105-810

Its about twice the height of the truck!

Just thought I would bump this one up, still on the look out Commer/ Hillman etc.

Interestingly I was chatting to a chap recently who has a 1939 Commer Superpoise tipper tucked away in a barn, its a civilian truck but imagine the work it would have done throughout the war.

Kevin.

1 hour ago, m606paz said:

Look the upper grille? 

 

Similar to the utility but whereas this grill mesh is 'square' pattern I recall the utility being made up of 'diamond' pattern.

Kevin

All these lovely pics are really making me think about what respray we should give our 47 Minx.

I have put off her external 'refit' for a number of years now, all the usual, door bottoms bubbling, rust flecks here and there so she needs a respray.

She was painted grey before I bought her 15 years back but originally she was black which can be seen if you take the door cards off. 

Kevin