Wolfy

How about desert RAF!

I looked at the Jeep for a friend, it was in a horrendous state and well overpriced even with a new body tub.

An amusing presumably WW2 period photo.

The Very Mobile Bath and Laundry Unit.

Hi,

Join the Tilly Register, John and Mike have good knowledge of RAF and general vehicle markings and Tillys were based on these cars -

http://www.tillyregister.com/

Good work Simon, would be nice to see pictures.

I made a radio harness from scratch using a roll of canvas bought on ebay, I used old bags and bits of strapping for the brass buckles and very pleased with the results.

Sadly given up on this show for now at least, its lost the sparkle it had at Hop Farm. :embarrassed:

Potentially a sad ending for such a useful tool.

Unfortunately it falls between someone wanting a mobile Generator but preferring cheaper to run modern reliability and vehicle owners not really having a use for it, finding a box trailer more practical.

No doubt someone will use it for a display, I hope so.

Hi Alastair,

The 4.2" mortar seems to be thin on the ground in the UK.

So far I only know of 3 for shore, 2 mobile and 1 infantry and rumors of 2 others.

I have collected a few bits up but this will be a long term project and if I do get it done I will need a Loyd to pull it.

Peter.

This one was the third mortar trailer I've had Peter and it was nice it had the front tailgate, a friend has another in bits. I know of about 10 in total. The GS is also a nice trailer and very thin on the ground.

Good luck with the restoration a very worthwhile project that will look great behind a carrier.

haha funny. Have had 6.

Ryton are playing it safe for now I think, D&B kept going...good for them I say, hopefully wont backfire.

Yep exactly what I did, drill out the spot welds on the original reinforcement plates and weld the originals onto your new 300 tdi bulkhead. Easy.

I saw the ones on ebay, it did make me smile, I guess if you don't have an original bulkhead or access to them the new repro ones are good. I remember tracing around mine on paper and posting them to another builder...

I'm wracking my brain to think what other small differences in bulkheads there were, need to look at my build photos....this was 12 years ago.

The A frame starts at the outer edge of the box not inset.

Closest I can see for a military Land Rover in this period is a Brockhouse.

Hi Tomo,

Welcome. Do you know Harry Cotgreave? I'll introduce you if not, he's heavily into Steam locally but crosses into our Wallingford MV group also.

Carleton

Good progress!

I have 3 tilly engines the same and will do a rebuild on 1 or 2 of them.

I'll pm you about the protective shield around the fuel pump, I need to make one of these and need some dimensions please. :kiss:

Good progress guys, be good to see it finished.

Very interesting guys, seems there could be a whole host of things made there just post war particularly if we could take over production of the VW factory and beetle car which has a nice link to the REME museum.

Tony it does make me wonder how many trailers actually have their original wheels, possibly the minority, maybe a puncture was a wheel/tyre swap rather than immediate repair.

Very interesting Richard, I did wonder if the 9 50 meant September 1950, quite fascinating our kit was made there.

Just had a thought, maybe after the war we took over the factory and made wheels for our trailers there??

The companies website doesn't cover the war years.

ok this is weird. I was prepping my standard 6 stud WW2 Mortar trailer wheels for paint and found these markings below.

I googled KPZ and it brings up a German company making among other things wheels of the type on British WW2 trailers.

http://www.kronprinz.de/english/company/history.html

So what's going on here? Maybe they were made post war but extremely unlikely, I'm certain they are the original wheels just like all the other 6 stud pattern wheels.

Does anyone else have these markings? What are peoples thoughts or is there a simple answer?

The 6 stud wheels with the reinforcing flutes are the later variant, anyone have these markings on the non fluted wheels?

Correct Clive, flag holders front and rear.

Yes John both Taskers, the serial numbers were only about 90 apart.

The angled brackets are for flags, if the trailer was being used in heavy traffic areas they placed a flag on the side of oncoming vehicles.....the old chap at W&P told me this.

I would like to see the wartime picture.

Good things come in twos as they say. Both handled hitches being refurbed.

I do!

Reg number still looks like 69 EG 69 to me but could well be FG. Tyres are WD marked Mar 56, could be replacements though. Army Contract number 6/VEH/17396

Tony the mk2 trailers had the raising leg with clamp, mk1 had the pin going through the leg tube. A friend told me yesterday another 10cwt trailer had the mudguard brackets like this but cant remember which one.

Interesting summation Chris, makes sense.

Richard the hinged airborne trailer sounds very interesting, do you have any pictures?

The trailer tows very nicely, very solid. It looks very 'British' with those razor blade tyres, I'd prefer 6 x 16 on there.