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Hi Ben Did the bonnet hinges have a slider pin and groove in the hinge butt to allow the bonnet pin to be slid into position when fitting the bonnet to the vehicle? I have seen this on a number of Edwardians. I noticed this on the Shuttleworth Crossley Staff Car and then found the same on my own vehicles. Certainly used on other vehicles of the period, due to my limited experience I am not so sure about the need on large lorries? The last image is my first attempt during another (none military but the same design) restoration, I find most things take at least 2 attempts unless your name is Steve or Tim! Ben is doing a fantastic job Tom

No not Tommy's War, I will let you know when it is launched Tom

This will be interesting to those who are involved in model making. Not yet launched.

Thornycroft half way through this film.

Chocks in front of wheels, how did that work, must have been a bit bumpy!

One single foot operated band brake for forward movement and one single heel operated band brake (drum 3/4 " wide and 2.5" diameter) for reverse movement. Must be degreased with petrol before use or it runs away. No Handbrake at all Steering by Tiller 12" diameter wood rimmed hand-wheel (where a steering wheel is normally placed) for gear changing, clockwise 1st gear anticlockwise 2nd gear. Speed control by changing ignition timing. Fixed throttle Passenger facing driver You really do not want to know any more, and we are getting off subject.

I have experience with a sprag; Had the car I was driving not been fitted with a sprag it would have rolled backwards been written off! The hill was too steep for the car when carrying passengers and even the driver. In the end I had to walk along side whilst controlling the vehicle! The other use of a sprag is to hold a vehicle when winching typically with an old Foden STG5 (1935 to 1947)which when a full strain would only have the sprag touching Terra Firma until the cable breaks.

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Thank you for your comments The crowning of the project was being involved with the Western Front Association commemoration of the BEF.

There was huge pre-sale interest in the 1918 Holt 75, which has been meticulously restored and boasts WW1 provenance; this lot received masses of media attention. While this leviathan came under the hammer there was a reverential hush as the crowd knew this was the 'big one'. With an opening bid of £100,000, bidding then crept up in £5,000 increments to £125,000. Due to the level of work involved in getting this historically important machine into such incredible condition, the vendor was not willing to let it sell at this level. However, some nifty negotiation after the fall of the hammer means that we can now report that this magnificent beast sold for £150,000.

For Sale: http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22724/lot/137/

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I can also have had good service from these people with a number of sets of crown wheel and pinions, for the Crossleys. Tom

A very interesting project You may wish to contact the Beamish Museum as they have a AW replica and so must have had info to build it. http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Armstrong_Whitworth:_Cars Tom

I understand a Schneider tank has been discovered complete except for armour in a French scrapyard in recent times, it had been used with a winch on a vineyard for many years. The particular machine was never a tank but used as a carrier in WW1 and will eventually be restored as a tank. I hope to see it when I visit France next year.

I pretty sure New Zealand was offered a German A7V Trophy tank but did not want the cost of shipping even as ballast! Also from memory a WW1 German tank went to the US only to be scrapped in WW2. I stand to be corrected on these points!

Never to miss a chance to hijack a thread and promote my favorite Marque: Very Rare image of a ........ Staff Car with German Sturmpanzerwagen A7V Does anyone have any info on this particular tank? Possibly Tank A7V number 540 was abandoned between October 6, 18 Wasnes-au-Bac and Bouchain

Yes there were some Crossleys with what could be wood, or possibly steel wheels for the RNAS

Here we are on the banking trying not to fall over. The yellow bike is the machine we took there and back in the back of the Tender!

Hi Steve, After a busy start to the year driving through France to Montlhery I have not been out very much, spending my spare time working on a restoration. So having recuperated I would very much like to come down to Old Warden to see Old Bill! Plus the other old lorries of course. Hopefully time and work will allow. Here is a video of the Montlhery Revival, I recommend it to anyone who is interested in Mechanics, it is none competitive and run for enthusiasts, not the public! This should give a flavour: In addition to the motorcycle we also ran the Crossley around the track and found ourselves a little bit to high on the banking resulting in the passengers all scrunched up against the driver on the bench seat and it felt like we were going to fall over! A Crossley Tender was driven on the Brook-lands track fitted with a Hispano Suiza engine! Extract from Motor Sport: 'Mr. Marsh had just put an Hispano Suiza V8 acre-engine into an ex-RFC Crossley tender at Farnborough after the war when he was posted to India and never saw it again' It was said the clutch had to be changed as the Crossley clutch would not take 200 HP. No pictures that I know about. Tom

Central Paris in May for lunch when traveling down from London / Dover/Calias via the Somme to the Montlhery Race Circuit transporting a motorcycle On the way back to the Calais Ferry we visited the Flesquieres Tank, Cambrai, and Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, Belgium.

Lovely survivor I do like the brake compensator mechanism

Very disappointing for me to see a dead Crossley being pushed in front of the public! And transporting PJ I have to admit I have done this, but only in private. Of course with the larger heavy lorries there is more incentive to have an engine which starts.

Looking at the road run it makes me think about WW1 machinery and the wider public. Although the WW1 aircraft are at the most interesting end of the first world war equipment as far as most people are concerned, they are really quite restricted in how they can interact with the public. WW1 Vehicles can go and mix with the public. But the public has to make an effort to go to the see WW1 aircraft.

Should Have been there http://nzh.tw/11437528?r=ipfb http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/last-post-first-light/67991593/peter-jacksons-anzac-parade-vehicles-roll-through-wellington http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/67702220/wellington-roads-meet-vintage-trucks-ahead-of-anzac-day