alsfarms

Thanks to this forum and those fellows that use it!  I have received a couple of good references that will help the Riker project along.

Al

Thanks for your reference above.  I have sent you a PM.

Al

On 7/4/2020 at 3:58 PM, MatchFuzee said:

Sorry, wrong link for the archive, this is the correct link:-

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://bportlibrary.org/hc/wp-content/uploads/BHC-MSS-0003-Records-of-the-Locomobile-Company-of-America.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwipp-LMyrTqAhXiWhUIHVFzBakQFjAIegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw2Du2pN8iz6j7WGKE73Yuf6

Thanks, I am hoping to network with those that mostly deal with the early Alvis military items.

Is there a group that caters to the Alvis military hardware?  I am new to these parts......

Al

Do you have any pictures/sketches of how you intend to build/add the upper deck and staircase?

Al

Hello, nice reference material regarding Riker.  Does that archive also include information on later Riker developments that would speak about Riker drive train on the trucks? It would be nice to see documentation on the similarities of the engine and transmission of the Riker Trucks and the Locomobile automobiles.

Al

Here is another WW1 Riker picture

Al

Were these armored cars built on a commercial chassis or on a modified automobile chassis?  Does anyone have a picture or two to share of the 1937 Alvis Military special?   I have a couple of later Alvis automobiles and understand that WW2 and later Alvis was a big player in the Military equipment arena.

Al

Sounds like you have a very active group for WW1 vehicle stuff in the UK.  Not so much here in the US, (at least in my rural western area).  You are a bunch closer to where the action was for WW1.  They did do the re-enactment of the first cross country convoy from coast to coast.  That convoy came actually quite close to where I live.  Do you have any of the original history of the Riker in the photos above? 

Al

What is the earliest year that Alvis built and provided military equipment?

Al

Yes.....patience is important, for sure, when looking for "bits and pieces".  In the past I have had antique automobile projects that have come together quite nicely with persistence and patience.  You do need to look under every rock along the way as you never know what you will find or be referred to by another hobbyist.

Al

You are seeing the same thing that I am seeing.  I am hoping that a few may be involve with restoration in the UK.  Sadly, probably most of them went to the scrap yard after being worn out and are now someones stove!

Al

Kevin, You put a smile on my face!  I wish I could say a "pile of bits and pieces" but can only say chunk at the moment which includes the engine.  Here is a few pictures.  The Riker engine is the last development of the Locmobile 4 cylinder engine.  It has 4-1/4" bore, 6" stroke, manganese bronze crankcase, five main bearings and full pressure oiling.  This is actually quite advanced for the time frame it was manufactured.  As I recall it is rated at 42 hp.

Al

Hello Kevin,

I do not have near enough, at this point to, to build a truck.  I do have a very complete engine and some other Locomobile pieces, that could be used, left over from the 1909 Locomobile project as seen above.  I have heard that more Locomobile and Riker trucks, of the WW1 vintage, are in England and other locations in Europe than exist here in the US.

Al

Does anyone know of current restoration of a Riker/Locomobile truck or are currently involved with a restoration?  I would sure like to step up and take one of these WW1 Riker trucks home, sadly I am about 100 years to late!

Al

Deseret, Utah, USA

I am looking for any information relating to Riker trucks that were used during WW1 by countries other than the USA.  I would like to network and learn more about the Riker make and the type of work it was assigned to do as well as the numbers of trucks used during the war.  I will attach a picture that shows a Riker "Mess" truck heading over seas for duty.

Al 

Hello,  I am new to this forum and would like to introduce myself.  I have an interest in all things old, whether it be shop machinery (16" 1926 Lodge and Shipley geared head lathe) of farm equipment (I am a farmer in the western USA) or home (I live in a two story Victorian home built by my Great-Grand-Dad in 1899), automobiles (own several because I simply like them or have some form of attachment I like Brass era but also do Classic and even a 1957 Corvette) lastly I have a fondness for work horses that get things done and have owned a 1917 Packard five ton, 1947 First Series GMC dump truck that I still use on the farm and have a few scraps of a 1917 Riker/Locomobile 4 ton.  I can carry on a good conversation about any of the above mentioned things and hope to be a participant on this HMVF forum site.  I am active on several other auto related forums and find it rewarding to invite help through shared knowledge that flows in both directions.  I will post a picture of my home, one of my favorite brass era project, (1909 Locomobile when new) and one of a 1917 Riker truck when new.

alsfarms

Alan D.

Deseret, Utah, USA