alan turner (RIP)

Stevo says no tank/vehicle is copyrighted but again with the NMM Nelsons uniform is copyrighted as an article, so any item can come under that heading if properly applied for.

I know that the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich has a blanket no photo policy inside and out and every item is copyrighted, this costs them money to renew each year as new items arrive but the copyright overlall lasts 75 years, so they can make their money selling post cards and pamphlets about exhibits and of course charging for giving permission to use an item in a publication,TV programme or film.

Strangely the RA Museums Chevvy quad which had been re-engined post war with a bedford 28hp unit and again in 2002, had a vac advance retard distributor but no vacuum pipe connection, ON query I was informed that none was fitted so that the engine became governed to certain revs.

Thanks for the comments Roger, as I understand things there is to be a New funded ROF Museum under construction down at Glascoed wales and as Woolwich was ROF1(W) a lot of the negatives are heading that way.

The Arsenal photographers did keep shoot cards or index books but we have never been able to find any references to to the bulk of shots, just one book from 1952 which only covered about 200 entries which we could tie up.

There are other shots of crane mentioned under trains at war thread from earlier in the year.

see what you get when you mess with the Philadelphia experiment

blimey they must be big mice up your way to make such a meal of the tailgate.

were my eyes playing up or was the Sherman crabbing left track in as it came down the hill

It didn't get any better post war either attached views show centurions being gauged at Longmoor Military railway.

This may be the last posting from this source as the society has been given 3 days to vacate it's storage site and the contents are being dispersed mainly to Greenwich Heritage centre and possibly the RA Museum. Luckily the rubbish remains rubbish, but its the remainingdamned good content that has to be kept, so i shall fight on

or the RA steeplechase Woolwich to Abbey wood or Belvedere, just that Thamesmead is in the way now

Adrian thats what I used to notice when I was driving Firepowers Chevy Quad, 80 year old ex gunners Deaf as a post always got into the commanders seat quicker than I could get into the drivers and as for the grins on their faces afterwards, well it just made your day, especially when they were with screaming kids in the back.

bet he whipped up the side and into his position like a 19 year old.

That would make it a piece from the Armstrong factory at Woolwich Arsenal then.

the belgian medals page certainly seems to show the medal on its first page design the same as is the all important ribbon showing it to be an albert medal

all the mags of the time stated it was a merlin and 27 litres but of course the meteor was a down rated merlin for road (?) use

tony there was a merlin engined car long bonnet convertible used to go up and down the A2 until it caught fire, mock RR grille which didnt please RR, that was over 30 years ago.

There is a picture of Churchill at this event resplendant in top hat and surrounded by police is a recent copy of britain at war

Erith Model Railway society held a model train weekend at Firepower 5/6th june, good number of stalls and evidence of some well made soft skin vehicles on various stands.

not me Puul, fraud prevention was my speciality when I was in The banking business.

Hi Mister Paul you wanna buy feeelthy pictures of military vehicles nearly 26,000 to choose from from AC to yale and most tracked items up till 1990

Don't wish to upset Clive but as the Sarri shown has a flat top is it really an ACV. The images I can come up with Including having seen the one at firepower ACV have all got a higher apexed roof with extra metal above the hatches plus the wing fittings on the angles and therefore cannot have a turret fitted.

looks russian.

The bantams weren't all bad I had a d7 175cc then a D10 175 Bushman which went like the clappers and screamed like a little honda, happy days. would love another BUshman but these days I feel I would break bones rather than bounce off the road as I used to.

Rob I asked how easy is it to transfer ownership from museums to an individual apparently the process is horrendous with everthing being offered to other museums first in relevant journals and publications, if no takers then to tender or as has happenned to some obscure pieces recently, scrap value then torched.

While on this type of theme some of the guys at firepower have tried to get a gun team together and have had donated a 2 pdr A/T piece ex larkhill, however it has no sight mast nor sites and they are hoping that someone might like to donate such a thing, if they are feeling very generous, as there is no cash to hand to buy things.

They are hoping to get the chevy quad running to go with 27 limber and 25 pdr that I have driven with before, again no reddies. ITs a tough old world in Museums.

The D 20 is probably ex Iraqui from first conflict

Certainly is a 25pdr with the sexton cage wrapped aound it

They look like some of the last pieces from the Rotunda