johnwardle

I've never seen a Daf with a Steyr cab, the Leyland Daf 4 tonne cab is a Leyland Roadrunner sleeper cab, although visually similar the only items that could be interchangeable between the Steyr & Leyland Daf cabs would be the door mirrors.

I wouldn't bother contacting the MVT I am a MVT area secretary and I have not had any information about the. MOT testing changes. I have had a look at the DVSA website and I can understand your confusion, it doesn't explain how to go about getting a MoT or how you get the most recent safety inspection certificate that you have to produce to the relevant authorities. This seems to me to be legislation thought up by someone that has no concept of the classic heavy vehicle world. This legislation was probably thought up by the same people who decided that MoT testers now have to check that brake discs and pads are not missing!!

My guess is that they are 12 volt, I had a problem with water getting in to one of the headlights on my Leyland Daf, I searched the internet and couldn't find 24 volt sealed beam headlights anywhere. If you need some 7 inch headlights that take H4 halogen bulbs I just happen to have some new ones for sale.

It flew over heading east at 16:30 then about 15 minutes later a bright yellow biplane that I couldn't identify flew over also heading east, maybe that had been at the same show.

Thanks for that Richard, I'll keep an eye out for it on the way back.

Yesterday afternoon we heard a twin engined plane approaching and we were very surprised to see a Bristol Blenheim fly right over our house heading west towards Warminster. I checked the Blenheim website and the only event it was attending this weekend was Old Warden, so the big question is, where was it going?

According to the Royal Enfield history websites and British Forces Motorcycles by Chris Orchard and Steve Madden, the largest bike built by Royal Enfield during wartime was 570cc. I used to know someone who worked at the Westwood factory, he was a wheelbuilder, but sadly he has died. As the factory closed 48 years ago you will have great difficulty in tracing any previous workers. Whoever told you about a Royal Enfield 700 single obviously got their facts wrong as they never existed.

There is no such thing as a military plating certificate, they are issued by DVSA (VOSA), if the previous owner registered it as agricultural, then it would not have a plating certificate. My suggestion would be to get it MoTed at a DVSA approved testing station and ask them for a new plating certificate.

David, p.m. sent with part numbers. John

I think that you will find that the clutch in the military Leyland Daf 45/150 is a lot beefier than the civvy Leyland Daf 45 which was a 7.5 tonne and designed for road use only.

Where are you in the south/south west?

A Google search for Bedford MK manuals brings up a link on gov.uk>uploads which has a pdf for MJ operating instructions and it's free! Digging about on that site may yield other manuals.

49 AT 19 is shown as being issued to QOY , Queens Own Yeomanry, my dad's old TA regiment on 13/07/1995, until 27/04/1999, there were 3 squadrons, Y Squadron based in York (my dad's lot), C Squadron based in Cheshire (the late Duke of Westminster's unit), and A Squadron based in Ayr. So as your vehicle served in both the RAF and the Army, Bovington will hold the record card.

Hi Mark, which version would you like? G.S., Dry Air Charging, Welding or Water Tanker.

I was jokingly offered a Jackal by the RQMS(T) to get home from work yesterday, wish I had taken him up on the offer, one and a half hours from Warminster to Westbury a total of 5 miles. With a Jackal I could have driven down the verges, added bonus of not having a windscreen to scrape.

What you can't see is the Top Secret invisible force field that protects the occupants but allows them to shoot out.

HID and LED lights are totally different, to change to LED is a simple bulb change. HID lights need a transformer and new wiring. As a Bedford MW is MOT exempt I would give LEDs a try, safety over originality anytime.

Hi Lizzie, pm me with a list of what vehicles that you are looking for and I will scan and e-mail them to you.

Hi Lizzie, I must have missed this post, here is a photo of the load bed of a F.V.16104 Truck, 1 ton G.S. Welding, 4 x 4, MORRIS MRA1. The description is " The plant is a 'Plant welding electric, single operator, engine driven, output 300/400 amps.' with a dropping characteristic. There are cupboards which hold the necessary items of welding kit and a portable table for use in the field. The welding generator is bolted to the floor of the vehicle with the engine radiator at the tailboard so that maximum draught can be obtained.

I took a photo from the book with my tablet, the cylinders are permanently fitted so they are not in cups. The full description is "There are two delivery points from the 10 air bottle reservoirs of which 4 are large bottles and 6 small. The bottles are clamped to the body sides and are permanently connected to each other and the engine. Cupboards are provided for accessories". I was given this book a week ago and it is an absolute gold mine of information on 1950s & 60s soft skin vehicles, for example the average mpg for this vehicle is 13.2!

Photo from another angle showing the layout of the air cylinders, in the description of the F.V.16103 in the Data Book of War Department G.S. B Vehicles dated 1960 it states that "There is in the order of 1 ft 6 in space available round the compressor" sorry about the quality of the photos

If you need any spares for RAK15/2 let me know as I have a few parts available and also copies of the manufacturers instruction manual complete with loads of spelling mistakes.

There was one of these advertised for sale on this forum in July 2016 with some very good photos

There was a comprehensive oil equivalent list on this forum in 'Clives Corner it lists both British and U.S military oils & greases with civilian equivalents. It seems to have vanished now maybe you could contact FV1609 and see if he still has it, if not I have a hard copy of it that I could e-mail you.