MrEd

Holy thread resurrection but did this ever sell? I am looking for one of these for my ww1 artillery display ed

Hi Robert I don’t sorry, I swapped it for some bits for my WT

what an amazing resto, i am constantly amazed by the skill of the people on this forum!

Completely not helpful but I love that font

Stick with the penman off you have one. Much more modern trailer! I would have one if I could justify the cost

yeah the width difference isn’t much but makes a surpringly difference! I can’t remember who made my WT - I think universal, but will check tomorrow. you don’t need to have the flap, the tailgate is designed in such a way that it avoids the towing pintle on the rear when swung down as can be seen in this photo (which is a mk3 WT)

yes agreed, he has dodged a bitsa! having towed both NT and WT with a defender, a WT is perfectly manageable and can be reversed, a NT is a bit of a nightmare behind a defender to reverse tbh as you can’t see it in the mirrors until it’s jack-knifed. NT is great behind a series vehicle though

To answer your points: 1. Look at the rear photo of my narrow track - 03es07 - look at the mount holes for the rear hitch, the lower set of holes are central between the upper and lower edges of the rear crossmember, and the upper set of holes are nearer the top edge than the bottom set of holes are. I post the photo here again for easy reference. But zoomed in to clearer illustrate my point. I also attach a zoom of the trailer in question with 2 red dots where the holes will be on that (they are obscured by the later tub) 2. you say that the rubber pads are missing on the tub - and that is correct because they would never have been fitted to a wide track tub. The tub is a wide track tub not a narrow track tub so of course they are missing, the wide and narrow track rear leg arrangements are very different. The narrow track tubs NEVER had a tailgate in them but the wide track did. If you look at the photo above of my NT you can see the rubber pads behind the legs. additionally on this trailer in question you can clearly see the 4 mounting holes one each side that the rear Jack legs would be bolted to. I have marked them below. These would not be present on a later wide track as the legs swing out to the sides from underneath and stow horizontally, not vertically at the back like the NT - this design change allowed the addition of a tailgate because, as you say, the rear vertical legs don’t work with a tailgate. 3. the wide track a frame was different to the narrow track, it was wider and not as deep. All wide tracks had leaf springs like the narrow track. There are various other bits in the photos of the trailer that indicate it’s a narrow track chassis and running gear - the rear skid plates, the hand brake mechanism, the front Jack leg, the longer and slimmer shape of the a frame, the evidence of the rear jacking leg mounting points. The absence of a bowser filling hole is a red herring - some had them and some didnt, on narrow tracks it was a modification in service and I have had both NT and WT that had or didn’t have them! 4. the tubs you reference at paddocks were wide track - a mate of mine purchased 2 for £100 each. Paddocks still have them, NOS, for £500 each…. This is not any type of interesting rare trailer. It is simply as I stated above, a narrow track chassis that has had its tub replaced by a later wide track version. To facilitate this the rear Jack legs have been removed as the later tailgated tub would not be compatible with the rear vertical legs and they aren’t really needed in civi street so it’s would be an easy decision for someone to decide to remove them. It’s a bit of a cobbled together job tbh and far from original but probably quite useable if all you want to do is drag stuff about! Narrow track tubs were definitely of a better construction to the wide track tubs though - having welded up both types! I can definitely vouch that a wide track tub will fit onto a narrow track chassis with some fiddling about - I have offered one up before, but decided against it and just sold the bare NT chassis.

I think the top pair are covered up rather than missing - look how close they are to the top of the crossmember on a NT and then look at that blue trailer - I think they are covered by the tub lip bit at the bottom because the (incorrect) tub is overhanging the rear so is sitting ‘over’ rather than ‘on’ the chassis - a NT sits on, but a WT sits ‘over’ at the back - I can take a photo later if the detail of the WT

Also this bit under the tub isn’t right for either NT or WT - it looks like the front A frame has been lowered (probably to suit towing behind a normal landrover with a lower tow bar than a NATO on the rear hitch - like a nato on a DB or something. you can see the holes that would have held the light and reflector mounts at either end on a NT rather, so my money is on lowered A frame rather than a piece of steel added to raise the tub. I would have to look at my WT etc to see if a WT tub would cover the top two holes of the hitch mount on the rear of the NT chassis, they are quite near the top of the rear cross member and could easily be covered up rather than missing.

I don’t think this is any mysterious hybrid experimental trailer or anything to be honest. There is a simple explanation. That looks like a narrow track (early Sankey with no tailgate) chassis that someone has put a wide track (later model Sankey with a tailgate) tub on. Probably because the original tub rusted away. The narrow track tub has two rows of cleats for the canvas, and the WT has one - you can see the holes in the sides in the images for a single row of cleats. You can also see the mount for the number plate light which is WT specific. This all points at it being a later tailgate tub. The front draw bar is clearly of NT origin (and therefore the chassis going by other features (rear cross member etc)) - the front A frame is different between the two models. So the chassis is NT narrow track rear wide track rear narrow track front wide track front - you can see the difference between the 2 mans then side shots so you can see the tub and clear differences (ignore the wolf wheels on the NT NT WT so it’s a NT chassis that’s had a later WT tub fitted to replace a rusted out original tub (that wouldn’t have had a tailgate). NT sankeys were never made with a tailgate, but the later WT ones were made only with a tailgate. I also doubt this would have been done in service - the correct tub would have been fitted, the army wouldn’t fit a later tub and do all those light and A frame modifications etc - they would have fitted the correct tub or just demob the trailer in a rusty state. So, in my opinion, someone in civi street had a narrow track that the tub rusted out on - that they replaced with a WT tub (they were available as new tubs only from a few dealers for around £100 about 10 year ago) and then modified the lights etc to suit becuase they couldn’t be fitted back on on their bracketry as they didn’t fit with another and wider tub in place.

I have twice used Guildford radiators in Cranleigh, surrey to recore old style radiators and have been very happy

Is the top right generator input maybe?

One on eBay at the momenr https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Clansman-Radio-Land-Rover-Rebro-Unit-RD4C-/134031033094?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

When I registered my Land Rover I had it insured on the chassis number before it was registered and was legally able to drive to a pre-booked MOT without registration plates. Once I had the MoT I then was able to get a registration plate. Only time I have legally driven a car without a number plate!