TooTallMike

I wondered if I'd be spotted! I towed it from Beltring to the Lingfield area via A21 and A25. Thanks Mark for your help with hooking-up and the route :tup: I've never been back to the site this late before and I was surprised to see how many MVs are still there. The guys with the tractor were still working hard at rubbish clearance and there are still a few tents dotted about! The mud has subsided a bit and actually the ground doesn't look too bad. On a side note, I'm not surprised things have been going missing: I drove the truck straight in, hooked up and drove out with the Ford on the back without being challanged and Mark drove his Audi in twice without any trouble.

Yes, I may interested if you do have any joy with this.

Did it look like this :whistle::

Looking at the wiring diagram it's on the feed side to the switch so yes, you should have lost all lights. Also, 30A would probably have welded your screwdriver to the light unit so I guess it's only hit that one circuit. Sounds like you need to play 'hunt the fusebox' :-( (that or it's frazzled an already weak connection somewhere, but I'd look for fuses first.)

I'll bet a tenner you won't get anyone in any department anywhere who'll put down in writing what you can and can't do with this. The DVLA, VOSA, DfT etc. all end their emails with something along the lines of "this only represents our opinion and it's ultimately down to you to choose". It sucks because the only way to truly find out is to be a test case, which may hurt. It therefore encourages people to exercise extreme caution 'just in case'. It would appear from your research into this particular case that there's nothing in law to say you can't drive this vehicle on the road. If you tear the road up you can expect to have to pay for repairs in the same way as if a truck is caught ripping up a kerbstone or whatever. The only thing is, in a tank you're more likely to be identified and traced than a truck which can do a runner much more easily. So I'd say it's up to your judgement whether to do it or not. I doubt a copper will be impressed if you've just ripped up the tarmac and your only defence is to say "...but Kevin at DfT said it was ok".

Exactly! I tell you, there's a whole world out there...

Hi Lawson, As standard there are no fuses. There's a 30A thermal trip circuit breaker on the back of the lighting switch which will re-set itself. However, many owners install fuse panels so if they don't start working again by themselves I'm afraid you're going to have to hunt around - Mike

You're all just jealous... :tongue: btw. to get my current avatar I innocently typed 'camel knees' into google images. I learned a new term! Over 18's only! :schocked:

Just called him to check: apparently they had a personal invite from a Major-General or summat so it's all ok. :-)

It's not anyone from here. I don't think they were involved in the Pageant. They're planning on taking a REO, RL and 101. I'll give him a bell and check he knows the score. Cheers for the heads up :tup:

I had a call from someone yesterday asking if I wanted to join their convoy to Pirbright. I said I thought it was invite only but he said they were told they could just turn up :dunno: I'm busy anyway so it's irrelevant to me.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6925312.stm Just saw it on the news!

I'm already a demi-god :angel: but thanks anyway. :-D I'll need to copy them out and you'll have to give credit to the book they're from. I'll PM you later.

It looks like yours has Banjo axles so in its current form it would be a CCKW 352 F2. Have a look at the number stamped into the chassis above the front right road spring to find out how the chassis left the factory. I wouldn't trust the cab plate as it may well have been re-cabbed, re-bodied, re-engined etc... Chassis number will be in the form of e.g. "CCKW 353 30338 A1" I've got the series build dates based on chassis numbers if you want to know roughly when it was built?

If I still live here by 2010 I'll probably convert a pre-'72 109" to coil-sprung chassis, 200tdi and uprated axles etc. The irony of the LEZ is that it'll probably push up sales of petrol vehicles, which will be exempt. Go figure! :dunno:

This may help: The vehicle designation codes are as follows: A - 1939 B - 1940 C - 1941 D - 1942 (design year) C - standard (normal control) cab F - forward (cab over engine) cab U - amphibian K - Front wheel drive W - Rear wheel drive X - special extra lwb chassis 352 - swb (dual spare wheels & fuel tank behind cab) 353 - lwb (single spare & fuel tank under body) A - cargo body w/o winch B - cargo body w/winch C - stake wagon D - Fuel tanker w/o winch E - fuel tanker w/winch F - van body G - water tanker w/o winch H - tipper w/winch L - tipper w/o winch 1 - split axles 2 - banjo axles Cab codes are: 1608 - CCKW hard cab 1615 - AFKWX hard cab 1619 - CCKW soft-top cab 1620 - AFKWX soft-top cab Jack's is therefore a CCKW 353 B1 with a 1619 cab, and Alan Greene's truck in the US is a CCW as it has a non-driven front axle. You can also now see the origins of 'DUKW' and 'AFKWX'. (info from "The GMC 6x6 and DUKW A Universal Truck", Boniface and Jeudy 1990) - Mike

A friend has asked me to identify this item with a view to selling it. It describes itself as a Waymouth-Ross Naval Rangefinder No. 90636 The front is fitted with series of concentric brass rings which can be moved and set relative to each other to establish your height or that of the enemy, and a focusing telescopic eyepiece with a 2-part prismic lens. When you turn the large brass wheel you move a ghost image relative to the full image until the two line up. This I presume is then the range. The dial for the operator's height goes up to 200' so I presume it's for shore-based (cliff-top) use rather than at sea. There is also a thumb operated lever on the rear which pushes up against a small brass sprung stopper the height of which is set via another thumbwheel on top. There's a WD crow's-foot marking on the rear along with a hardwood handle and a mounting hole. Can anyone shed any more light on this?

Directional note anyone coming to the show: the turning from Mason's Bridge Road into Kings Mill Lane is EVIL :evil: if you're coming from the East Surrey Hospital end. Even in a Jimmy you need to be on the other side of the road. It's a lot tighter than it looks on the map. I got the Ward and trailer round in one and Grasshopper did it in the long bed M55 but you need to be prepared for it and swing right out! nb. just obtained 1/4 tonne of extra firewood :naughty:

Excellent news chaps! We'll be having the traditional BIG fire on Saturday night so bring flammable items and beer! We're setting out the site this weekend. Fingers and everything else crossed for good weather...

Do also look at my post in this thread on this subject: http://www.hmvf.co.uk/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=38&topic=2684.0. I've been involved in this on behalf of our group since before the public consultation began. The original proposal was for all diesel vehicles over 3.5tonnes regardless of age, and regardless of whether used commercially or not. The final outcome will ironically affect so few vehicles that the whole LEZ will be almost entirely pointless. Most bus companies', hauliers' and local authorities' fleets already comply. It will almost exclusively hit people such as horse box owners and owners of private HGVs. As for the Brighton Run, the HCVS were among many of the parties who participated in the consultation process. (nb. a large number of the vehicles on the Brighton Run are post-1972 so presumably it'll become a Coulsdon to Brighton run for them!) Ho hum...

I'm the tall one. Does that help? :whistle:

- I've not seen the article so I didn't realise it was the same guy. Sorry! :banghead:

I talked to the chap at W&P with the small Russian tracked truck and the T34. They're both registered and driven regularly on the road on steel tracks. He said they only scratch the road surface and that washes off.

This book was updated and reprinted in 2003 in French under the title "GMC un camion de legende" by ETAI; ISBN 2-7268-9323-6. I have both books and I'd say the newer version is better, with more pictures, more colour and most of the inaccuracies corrected. It cost me €29 in FNAC Paris. - Mike