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Morris-Commercial C9/B, snapped at Beltring in 2006. Is this the one now at the Manx Museum?

wet it down, it could help showing the numbers more clearly.

Topsy turvy Shermy . . .

Another C8 4x4 15-cwt - a Dutch one no less! Snapped at Oosterbeek, The Netherlands, last year.

Thanks for the confirmation and the date. Getting closer! Here's hoping that Morris survived the past 25 years. . . .

Just been scanning some photographs I took at Beltring in 1999. Pair of Morris-Commercials: C8 4x4 15-cwt GS truck (273 GRP) on the left, C8/AT 4x4 anti-tank tractor (L4571261) on the right.

Thanks for the hint - now, how do we find out where this truck is today?!? H.

Great to see those old catalogs - thanks for sharing them! I found an online calculator at http://www.measuringworth.com/ppoweruk/. This is the result: Another comparison for the Dodge Tony's uncle bought: So vehicles were not really cheap in those days - remember demand was much higher than supply.

Rick, Could it be? I don't think so as "YFO 725" is a British registration, isn´t it? Thanks, Hanno

Thanks Rick, You mean the Autumn Issue? http://www.mvt.org.uk/Windscreens/ws2010_autumn.html I do not see it listed in the contents. Is the article about this particular Predictor or about the type in general? Sorry for asking all these questions, but information is hard to come by. Thanks, Hanno

Ed, Would that have been this Morris-Commercial C8/P Predictor? Photo from Miliblog.co.uk. Regards, Hanno

About time to revive this thread. I found the photo below at Miliblog.co.uk, which features a load of pictures taken at HMV shows many years ago. It is labelled "Morris C8 Anti-Tank Tractor (YFO 725)", a Morris-Commercial C8/AT 17-pdr Anti-Tank Tractor, most likely converted from most a Morris-Commercial C8/MG 'Portee'. My question is: who knows if YFO 725 is still around? Thanks, Hanno

I think you are right. I was going by the file name and thus ran aground. Should have checked my bearings. Going down into the holds now to see if I sprung a leak

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That's a shame, W&T does not deserve to slip into obscurity. Anyone unfamiliar with W&T, you do not know what you are missing. Especially if they are offered for 0.50p or 1 quid, get all issues you can lay your hands on as they are worth their weight in gold! It seems the W&T contents list has also disappeared from their site, so I am copying it below as an easy reference: Issue 1 Canadian Chevrolet C8A - 4X2 Whites - Sinsheim - Four Generations of Bedfords - Keep 'em Rollin' - Maple leaf Jeeps - 12 Ton 8X* New VLTTs Issue 2 8-ton 8X8 T20 series - Water-Rovers - The Patton museum - polish 6X6 Stars - YPR-765 - Cook Bros. 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Issue 7 History Relived in Canada - Ford at War - Auburn Bodied Jeeps - 12 Cylindered 77 Footers - Praga 6 Wheelers - Hetzer Issue 8 D-Day Plus 14,1610 - Desert Chevrolets - Identity Parade - Ford at War Part 2 - Praga V3S Issue 9 SAS Land-Lovers - Normandy 1984 - Early Willys Jeeps - Museum at Cleres - CMP Seminar '84 - Development of the Jeep Issue 10 The De Henriquez Arsenal - Opel Military Cars - Discoveries - Market Garden 1984 - Normandy III Issue 11 A Harley WLA - Treasure-house in France - Bastogne 1984 - Lionheart '84 - Zundapp 1921-1984 Issue 12 OTO Melara's Gorgona - Eight Ton 6X6 - Vintage Tracks - Sd.Kfz.7 turned 7/1 - Collections - the new REME museum Issue 13 The Red Ball Express - International M425/426 - Vintage Tracks II - The Hornsby Tractors Issue 14 Super Heavy wreckers - Alexander's Ford tourer - Wooden Wheels - South African 8-Wheelers - Satory X - Dutch Truckers Day Issue 15 Tetrarch & Alecto - Recovery on the Plain - RAC Centre Open Day - Post-War Vickers Tractors - Oddball Expresses Issue 16 The Simplex Servi-Cycle - Austin 15-CWT Trucks - Vintage Tracks III - The E&L Transport Fleet - Hemispherical Wheels Issue 17 Cranes & Tigers - General Motors Continental - Wooden Bodies - Patton Museum Completed - BAEE '86 Issue 18 Dutch Truckers' Day - T13: Self-Propelled 47mm Gun - General Motors Continental Part 2 - deception on Wheels - Decoys & Dummies Issue 19 Mini & the Moke - Ford of Belgium Part 1 - Hungarian Armour - The Stuart Hybrid Issue 20 The Dodge 6X6 - Marmon-Herrington FF6 - Chaplains on Wheels - The Churchill Flail Issue 21 Chinese Fighting Vehicles - Schwere Wehrmachtschlepper - The Sinai AFV Graveyards - A Dodge Carryall - Ford of belgium Part 2 Issue 22 The Budge Collection - Airborne GMC Trucks - The Palestine Emergency, 1936 - Reforger 87 - satory XI - The unicar Concept Issue 23 Maus Lives! - The Leyland Martian - MVs in Service: Switzerland - Where There's a Will...! 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Argosy Issue 34 CMP Wreckers - East Germany - 1/4 Ton Trailers - Neptune - Nimrod - Some Aussie Specials Issue 35 Humber Hexonaut - Kubinka, USSR - Tempo: from 3-Wheelers to Land-Rovers - Germany's A7V Tank Replica - Some Dutch Specials Issue 36 Building Half-Tracks - Salvage in the Desert - Marmon-Herrington THD-315-6 - The Royal Navy's NACT(X) - Nicholas Straussler Issue 37 Straussler Trucks & Tractors - CMP Assembly Overseas - Schwere minenraumer - Dutch Specials Issue 38 Trucks for Albania & Yugoslavia - Tracked fire Fighters - Hummer Update - Straussler AFVs Issue 39 RAF Road Haulage in North Africa - GMC's M-Series 2 1/2 ton 6X6 - Alvis & Alvis-Straussler - Berliet T12 Tractors - A Tiger Lost & Found Issue 40 OT-810 Semi-track APC - Willys MT-TUG - 6X6 Super jeep - Ford/Marmon-Herrington Snogo - DD Tanks Issue 41 Concrete Armoured Vehicles - India's Ford Wheeled Carriers, NZ Pattern - US Staff Cars in Germany - The New Desert Rats Issue 42 Australian Army Vehicles - German Ford COE Trucks - 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Wartime Reminiscences Issue 52 Semi & Full-Track tank Retrievers - Marmon-Herrington Developments - MT in New Zealand, 1930s-50s - Ram Tank variants - Auto Union's 1500A & S Issue 53 Around the world with a GPA - tabby Night-Driving Equipment - sexton SP Guns Issue 54 Diamond T Tank Transporters - M20 Prime Movers in Civvy street - lanchester & The Great War - Czech HET Trailers Issue 55 Special Issue, Surplus & Disposals - US Vehicles of WWII - Canadian Disposals & Returns - The Dutch Inheritance - Holland's Vehicle parks Issue 56 Lanchester, the Second Generation - AEC Armoured command Vehicles - Surplus MVs for UNRRA - Back to the Track Issue 57 The Einheits Diesel - Surplus MVs for UNRRA (2) - FV3800 Series SPGs - A Ram Called Sheep Issue 58 Gun Carrier Machines - The Mercedes G5 - Trackless Tank T13 - Reminiscences Issue 59 The Campbell Villa Armoured Cars - US Army Ammunition Trailers - German MT, WWII & Beyond - MV Events Special Issue 60 Charioteer FV4101 - German AFVs, WWII & Beyond - Guiberson Radial diesels - Reminiscences Issue 61 OM Autocarretta - The Fletcher Flair Prototypes - Japanese War Spoils - Reminiscences (Trieste) Issue 62 British Panthers - Dodge M880/M890 Series - Reminiscences (MoS tank transporters) Issue 63 DAF YA-318 & -328 - The Austin Tilly - The Anglo-Canadian Caplad - Mathis & the VLR86 Issue 64 GMC SWB Dump Trucks - The Bob Semple Tank - Danish Dummy tanks - Recovery Axles Issue 65 Land Rover at 50 - LeTourneau in World War II - The last fighting Panzers (Syria) - Tracked Rapier Issue 66 Early british SP Guns - LeTourneau after 1945 - SFOR Vehicles - Saumur - Reminiscences Issue 67 Western Star - LeTournaeu-Westinghouse & Wabco - Moto Guzzi Mulo Meccanico - The Birch Guns Issue 68 Exercise Ulan Eagle - Tanks, Light T7 to Medium M7 - C8A Prototype - The MVT at 30 - LeTournaeu Supplement Issue 69 Carrying the Lance - Rotatanks & Rotatrailers - The Morris MRA/1 - Exercise Eskimo Issue 70 MOWAG of Switzerland - Jeeps in Wehrmacht Service - Tanks on the Eastern front - The Avenger - Albion 8X8 Tank Hauler Issue 71 GMC Bolster Trucks - The SUMB, alias Simca-marmon - MVs in the Baltic states - Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania Issue 72 Early front Drive Scammells - The Wehrmacht m.E.Lkw. - Project Bushranger - Clydesdale Issue 73 German Spoils on the Eastern Front - Tanks from English Electric - UK tank Mission - Eurosatory 2000 - MVs in Service: AFNORTH Issue 74 The Hillman Tilly - Three wheeled Motorcycles - The DAF/GM Connection - Fiat/SPA Combat Trucks Issue 75 Final Issue - Bart vanderveen; A Life with Wheels & tracks

Excellent find! This will take your project a huge step forward.

Thanks for the lead. A quick google search turned up web pages like this: http://www.rafcomrades55-57.freewebspace.com/photo.html So indeed it seems MV Devonshuire was a troopship which sailed on Cyprus. Will do some more searching later, thanks!

Great job! For your reference, here is a picture of a South African Army Land Rover, taken from a workshop manual found here. Interesting to see they were of the Pick-Up type and powered by the 2.6-litre 6 cylinder engine. Also, they were built in South Africa by Leyland SA (PTY) Ltd.

Thanks, I was just checking his booklet. You are right, he owned a D8 which was sold and was then "being used on land drainage for a contractor in Suffolk".

Markus, Great choice, a Standard Beetle in grey. They do not come more basic than this! That is how I like them the most. You could also opt to paint it as a Bundeswehr Beetle or any of the Beetles in service with other Armies around the world. Regards, Hanno

Is that the ex-John Marchant one? Good to hear one is preserved and hopefully being restored!

Chris, Correct, see http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?21617 But the MRF tyres come (or used to come?) in two variants, so anyone planning to buy these make sure you get the right ones. Regards, Hanno

See http://www.angelfire.com/nj/healing/Cyprusnewsphotos.html for a Champ in Cyrpus. It appears to be in Light Stone. Note the tyres with a road / sand tread.

Thanks Rob, and good luck with the restoration! If you come across any other peculiarities, please post here and I'll try to help. And if you ever come across cab parts with Dutch stencilling, please let me know as I'd like to have one with the "price tag". Regards, Hanno

Markus, Welcome! One of these? VW 1200 Standard version (w/o chrome and other embellishments) in Postgelb LF63 semi-gloss with black wheels and bumpers? Great Beetle, I love the Standard version! Regards Hanno from Holland