Sean N

Richard, that looks like an Austin engine to me, why do you think it doesn't? The alloy rocker cover is unusual for Austin but they did have those.

I spotted the Land Rover myself which is why I described it as a post war photo.

It certainly appears to be a formal event of some description.

Ian.

Isn't that odd, I read that as 'interesting war photo'. My apologies.

Richard, I thought that might well be a K6 but my eyes obviously aren't as good as yours.

I might be talking nonsense, but that doesn't look like a war photo. It might be wartime - though isn't that a Landrover up on the far bank?

Beautifully organised convoy of the same unladen vehicles, soldiers standing formally on each pontoon, a grandstand or saluting stand in the background - I'd say it's an exercise or demonstration, probably put on for VIPs of some sort, and thus unlikely to be in a theatre of war.

Afraid I have no idea what or where though.

If the screen is flat you can get it cut from a sheet of flat laminate (for general info, I know you're looking for curved).

Pilkington at Queenborough in Kent can do one off curved screens for most vehicles though I don't know whether that applies to oddballs they might not have bucks for. Worth a call though, they're very helpful in my experience.

No photo, no description, no idea!

Paul, on the Stalwart clutch, the one on ours was frozen when I came to it. I ran the engine to get some heat through then clipped the pedal down and left it for a week, when I came back to it the clutch had peeled free with no apparent ill effects.

Alec, VM is Vauxhall Motors. For the early MJ, MF and the 466 / 500 engine 'Super M-type' (and chassis and running gear for the MK) the grey and red Bedford 'Universal' truck & coach manuals would also refer.

Beanstalks are tremendous pieces of kit!

A mate and I have one in our collection of miscellaneous equipment.

 

Quite hairy up there at full extension.......

 

Alec.

If you come across another at a sensible price I'd be interested, I've always slightly regretted not getting that one but I guess someone actually had a serious use for it...

I have TS1016 / TS1017 / TS1018 and TS1277, but they're perfect bound so I don't see how they could be copied easily.

You know there is more than one type of MJ?

Have you asked VM about copyright?

I'm not sure it's silly. For me, preserving items like that is just as important as, say, a CCKW, Ferret, Landrover or anything else; and speaking as an engineer, just as if not more interesting. They all go to tell a story of how things - problem solving, design, development, engineering, working, soldiering, whatever - were done historically. I always think it's a shame that specialist commercial vehicles tend not to survive, and most of the vehicles you see at shows are flatbeds.

Having said that, I'm not sure our own collection has been particularly eclectic or insane, unless you count the bridging rig. I fancied a mobile aircraft control tower once (in fact twice - a Bedford TK at Aston Down, and the Karrier that used to be at Middle Wallop), and came close a couple of times to buying a Thornycroft LMD. At a miscellaneous sale I fancied an Access Equipment Ltd 'Beanstalk' - essentially an upright mounted, multi-stage hydraulic ram with a chair fitted to the top - but it went for a surprisingly large amount of money.

The best eccentric collection I've come across, however, has to be at Nothe Fort, Weymouth, though sadly it's not on display any more - a collection of military moustaches.

Ron, I'd chip in but Duncan seems to have very comprehensively described the chassis number options already!

Interesting you're looking at this; these things seem to have started popping up locally recently. I saw an AFS Bikini unit opposite the Square and Compass the other week, and Southern Counties Engineering called me a few months ago about some engine parts for one (not sure what body as I didn't see it). Wonder if this is one of those two - from the description, it sounds as though it may be a third vehicle.

Scorpion travelling west on the A352 approaching Wool about 5.30 this evening. Suspect we know whose it is and where it was coming from!

my british desert colored mk 1 has red paintings...

 

maybe it has been a decoration .."bling-bling "...made ​​by the british crews only

 

pekka

Pekka, I doubt it's bling. Quite a few ferrets have it around the closing area of the hatches. I can't say whether it was official or not, or which Ferrets had it, but I think it's likely it's a warning not to leave your fingers in there...

Isn't that the same link as originally posted...??

Now how were we going to work that out!? There is a pic of one at...https://www.google.com.au/search?q=saurer+trucks&espv=2&biw=1266&bih=1202&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMIlu3AyNyOxwIVAiKmCh0WEg4K&dpr=2.2#imgrc=l4dVxzHBzG0-7M%3A

http://www.offroadvehicle.ru/AZBUCAR/Mack/International%20Motor%20Co.jpg

Carleton, do you have photos of the data plate(s) / contract plate(s)?

... a large number of Signals personnel would have been snapped up by the GPO when they were demobbed.

And Signals kit. The GPO bought a huge amount of WD / MoS surplus vehicles and equipment after the war. Maybe where / why some of the myths started.

... he said they were WW2 and knows of film footage ... I thought the chassis is WW2 but the body just post war ... The chassis and all the running gear is standard WW2 10 cwt. I have placed it next to my Morter and GS trailers and they are identical apart from small details like brackets. It has the standard WW2 handled hitch which I removed to repair. The post war number is 69 EG 69.

This doesn't seem quite to add up; I've no doubt the basic design might have carried on being built post war, but the registration, whether it's 69 EG 69 or particularly 69 FG 69, is very much post war - as Clive has said, more like 1969 / 70 - and all the lights etc. are typical 1950s - 1970s practice, not wartime.

Would be interesting to see a photo of the data plate and any other plates on it.

The engine had just been restored (for the first time after coming back from the Southern hemisphere) The owner at the the time couldnt remove the front axle even after removing the pin that held it in place so didnt bother

And then presumably forgot or didn't bother to replace the pin, either.

Gigantic used to reside in Cambridgeshire and was well known on the circuit around there

At Weeting rally in around 85/86 the owner was challenged to a tug of war by the Army with a Chieftain tank

The outcome was that the front of the traction engine reared up (the the tank crew wanted to win and had it in gear!!) and the front axle dropped out and ended up under the belly tanks

Why was the front axle able to drop out? Was there a fault or is there nothing to locate the axle on the McLaren bar the weight of the engine?

I'm not sure those trailers in the G503 topic are the same - similar in style (and perhaps the same maker and use), but the rear end, roof line and gutter are certainly different and the arches are integral with the body in the photo above, whereas those in the G503 thread have separate arches. Good spot though.

Looks like 69 FG 69 to me, but that'd put it in the same batch. Definitely 69 FG XX.

Was going to say that'd make it around 1969 - 1970 ish but Clive got there first and more accurately! All the fittings, lights etc. including convoy light are of post war (1950s on) pattern.

Radek is correct. These are normally quite straightforward to dismantle and clean up or repair. There is often nothing wrong with them that a bit of TLC won't fix.

Hi Ben

 

The gudgeons on the Thorny are secured the same way. The rings are actually spring steel and squeeze into the bottom of the groove leaving 1/16" clearance between them and the bore. I don't think you want the rings to try to do two jobs as you may get into trouble.

 

Steve

Steve,

I should be more confident of my knowledge. I nearly suggested that might be the way to do them this morning, but wimped out!

That would keep them away from the bores (unless they work hardened and broke up) and would give them some resistance to the pin rotating.

Anyone got a feel for current prices and availability of hubs / bevel boxes / complete wheel stations for a Stalwart?

What are the differences between Stalwart / Saracen / Saladin (ignoring the brakes and small bits)?

Thanks.