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Another thought occurs - have you considered giving Withams a ring? They dispose of shed loads of MoD kit and may have a few tucked away somewhere. Although not likely to be the cheapest option......

If you have no luck beforehand Rob a trawl through the trade stands at somewhere like the W&P show might pay dividends.

This is the record card for my old girl - you can see the dates she got dropped to class 2 and 3 (B & C)

Well worth noting - thanks Rob

Richard is probably better placed to advise on this but my understanding is the class A, B or C referred to age/perceived reliability. A vehicle would enter life in category A being brand new then at a certain point in a vehicles life it would be downgraded to B then at another point to C.

One of the two that David Crouch is selling by any chance???

If we are talking fully autonomous vehicles (no wheel or pedals or gear shift etc.) then control of the vehicle must be passed "up the line" so to speak Either a central or interlinked regional control centre(s) will be needed to manage traffic flow. So the first issue that springs to mind is security. Imagine if you will motorways filled with cars, vans & trucks, all fully autonomous, guided by these control centres. A terrorist faction takes control of one of these centres and routes on-coming traffic into the opposite lane whilst dialling the speed up to max. The resulting carnage would make driving a 40 tonner into a crowd seem like a baby party.

Missing record cards are a definite possibility - but long periods of time in store before issue to any unit are not uncommon. The record cards for 55 FM 58 show she was received by the MoD in January 1974 ( built in December 1973 according to Gaydon) but not issued until 1978. However, in fairness, the first entry on the record card is delivery to one of the CVD's on the Jan '74 date. Certainly the later MoD plates are more informative then the MoS ones. How things change. But what ever - time spent in the Far East makes a nice change from the more usual UK/BAOR/UK service all the life Will make a good talking point when displayed at shows!! Just a thought - might be worth asking on the various RCT/ex-Forces group pages on the web if anyone remembers that mil-reg. I found some one who remembered driving mine back in BAOR in the Seventies - and he's been promised a ride/drive once mine is on the road

Interesting history!! Delivered to the MoD on 6 March 1956 Held in storage until issued to 221 Base Vehicle Depot, Singapore in '67- so its widely travelled Transferred to Ordinance Depot, Hong Kong in '68 Transferred to Central Vehicle Depot, Hilton, Derbyshire in '71 so now back in the UK Transferred to the MT Wing at Bordon in '71 Transferred to the Vehicle Depot at Ashchurch in '78 Next line looks like it went to 41 Command Workshops for repair - can't read that too well Comes back to Ashchurch Vehicle Depot Issued to 235 (West Lancashire) Squadron Royal Corps of Transport VR - a TA unit in '76 Moved to 238 Squadron Royal Corps of Transport VR in '77 - during this time the UIN was changed from A3703B to A3705A Moved to 562 Squadron Royal Corps of Transport VR - a South London based unit - in '80 Returned to the Vehicle Depot, Ashchurch in in '81 Moved to Ruddington for disposal in '83 So - your old lady has seen a fair bit of the world in her travels :-)

Bruce and Hus in speedo's on an ice lake - not sure either my eyes or my nervous system can take that!!! :nut: :nut:

Looks like he has two Martians up for grabs - the other is a rarer artillery tractor. Wonder why both have no engine??

Do you have the spare wheel carrier - should be mounted behind the passenger side of the cab???

Mine is a '73 S3 FFR and the sill panels are fitted - going by the paint that was on them they've been there from day 1. Spring shackles look to be the same as the original posters.

I put it down to old age Sean :-) From my records the different types of Mk 1 were as follows: FV 11001 : Tractor 10 ton General Service Medium/Heavy Anti-Aircraft 6x4 FV 11002 : Tractor 10 ton General Service Medium/Heavy Anti-Aircraft 6x6 FV 11003 : Truck 10 ton General Service Crane Bridging 6x4 or 6x6 FV 11004 : Truck 10 ton General Service Tipper ( End Only ) 6x4 FV 11005 : Truck 10 ton General Service Tipper ( Three Way ) 6x4 FV 11006 : Truck 10 ton General Service Fuel Tanker 2500 Gallon 6x4 FV 11007 : Truck 10 ton General Service Cargo ( 14 ft ) 6x4 FV 11008 : Truck 10 ton General Service Cargo ( 18 ft ) 6x4 FV 11009 : Truck 10 ton General Service Fuel Tanker 2500 Gallon 6x4 FV 11010 : Tractor 10 ton General Service for Semi-Trailer 6x6 FV 11011 : Truck 10 ton General Service Crane Missile 6x6 FV 11012 : Truck 10 ton General Service Cargo Dropside 6x4 FV 11013 : Truck 10 ton General Service Crane General Purpose 6x4 FV 11014 : Truck 10 ton General Service Excavator 6x4 or 6x6 FV 11015 : Truck 10 ton General Service for 20 ton Trailer 6x6 FV 11016 : Truck 10 ton General Service Cargo ( 18 ft Dropside ) 6x6 Front hook 7 ton Winch FV 11017 : Truck 10 ton General Service Self Propelled Launcher 6x4 FV 11021 : Truck 10 ton Tipping Platform, Self Loading, RE 6x6 FV 11022 : Truck 10 ton Heavy Duty ( RAF ) 6x6 FV 11031 : Tractor 10 ton General Service Light Anti-Aircraft 6x6

Many thanks Butch - will file this info with the vehicle data. Now to resume the hunt for a silencer that doesn't involve modifying the exhaust system. :)

Something like OMD-75 or its equivalents do you think Andy?? Can'tt really see OEP220 or OM10 being suitable.

Appearances can be deceptive The 8 is "Truck 10 ton General Service Cargo ( 18 ft ) 6x4" As others say - she looks shorter than that so it would be worth taking up Robs offer to verify the chassis number. Is the MoD data plate still on the chassis (passenger side just behind the tyre inflator? If so you can pull the mil reg from that and look it up on the RLC Museums archive web site. This is my plate:

What oil would be used Andy? Lack of a servicing schedule for the Mk 1 make dumb questions inevitable

Welcome to the insane fraternity - that's a nice find you have there. Rear wheel arches say artillery tractor, Load bed says Bedford TM?? Should keep you out of all manner of trouble - except financial - for years to come :)

Have you tried a search on the RLC achive's site for 32 YY 16??

Was thinking only the other day that both you and the Cubed one had been conspicuously absent. Glad to hear all is well :-) :-)

Is that a pit that the trees are surrounding Clive??

"Reasonable" and "undercover" have a nasty habit of being mutually exclusive terms

Minor update - 5 litres of Jenolite and 2.5 litres of Bonda Primer got delivered today so as soon as the rain stops I can make a start on the rust that's not being cut out and patched. One slight drawback to this is I have a shipping contain about 2 feet from one side of the vehicle and a horse box the same distance the other side - and the owner of the storage site doesn't like it being pulled forwards and blocking the yard on the weekends.

That was always a bone of contention for Greg, the marshal for that area. Unfortunately until whoever booked the pitch turned up there is no way of knowing what they are doing. LH at the racecourse was a bit better for this. so hopefully that will continue after the relocation. Certainly a workable idea Mike. Until we see the site plan its all speculation - it is known however that the organizer has been in touch with the Historic Commercial clubs to try and get more civilian HGV's, buses and coaches there from this year on. Maybe they would go where LH used to be - although the bus owners I know would freak at the amount of dust thrown up by tracked armour entering the arena!! :)