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  1. Sean N
    I think we should add the Stonington M2s to this thread...
  2. Sean N
    So, on the basis that a vehicle is any device for transporting goods or people, and per my comment in the other topic, I nominate HMS Victory, 1765 - 2011. Or are we talking wheeled vehicles...?
  3. Sean N
    So an easy way to find the longest serving part would be to find the oldest vehicle still on military strength, which may well be very old and in a museum or historic collection. On that basis, is a ship a vehicle - most parts of HMS Victory?
  4. Sean N
    I like the half-hearted attempt to put the divots back!
  5. Sean N
    The style of that body, if it was UK built it might be Rollalong or Pilot. Why do you suspect O-type?
  6. Sean N
    I had a moment of confusion reading those two posts in succession...
  7. Sean N
    No problem Robin! What you're after as I understand it is something that will bolt onto the vehicle as a complete discrete unit, whether that unit is one piece like, say, a guard or a bracket, or an assembly in itself like a light or horn, is that right?
  8. Sean N
    Having done a little thinking my vote at the moment, triggered by Diamond T Steve, is the Hardy-Spicer 1300 universal joint, if that's allowable. Fitted in Landys as late as 2004 if not later, and I'm fairly sure they were used in Morrises and Bedfords back in the '30s (subject to proof as I'm not near my parts catalogues!)
  9. Sean N
    Chances are the UJs are just standard Hooke's (Hardy Spicer) types though. In fact, I'm willing to bet that there's a Hooke's joint which was in use well before WW2 which is still in use on a modern vehicle. Robin, would you count that as a complete unit or would it be too close to a nut / bolt? Rad caps have changed over the years as they've standardised and pressures have got higher. Fan belts have changed too - typical A or B profiles back around WW2, now typically SpZ? Also is a fan belt too akin to a nut or bolt?
  10. Sean N
    Is it just me or is the slope of the glacis plate and detail on it different to the M3? Maybe it's just the photo, but it just didn't say M3 to me. That one in the video may not be the same one, though Stonington was originally a USAS base from '39. Good to see it though, thanks.
  11. Sean N
    I wondered about your JAG - it looked like JAC to me. Catton's were in Hunslet, I think, and a subsidiary of William Cook. A quick google for Cattons Foundry produces lots of results, so perhaps one might lead to someone who knows more...?
  12. Sean N
    That's the feller, thanks Steve. Didn't think it was an M3.
  13. Sean N
    Anyone know what this (converted) 'tank' is (bottom left of page 2 of the PDF): http://www.ukaht.org/downloads/PDFs/VisitorsStonington.pdf
  14. Sean N
    I think this might well be PanzerAttrappe as I've seen photos Opel P4s converted as such.
  15. Sean N
    Only if legislated for by the local authority under the Road Traffic Regulation Act, or a condition of an O licence, I think.
  16. Sean N
    It's a 434. Apparently the council also removed 5 trailers, a Landy, a Sierra and some scrap belonging to the guy last year but the courts have just ruled they must return it all... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8343172/Police-called-to-settle-extraordinary-village-tank-row.html
  17. Sean N
    Presumably the data / knowledge for how much of an interference fit was needed must all have been about at some point - perhaps still is buried in a dusty archive somewhere!
  18. Sean N
    I wondered if that might be the case. Using the lorries commercially then would be a lot different to using them infrequently privately now.
  19. Sean N
    Though in those days the hoses were canvas, now they're synthetic! If the tyres are fitted with canvas 'shim', does the canvas not rot after a few years allowing the wheels to come loose again?
  20. Sean N
    Bump.
  21. Sean N
    Except maybe you couldn't even do that - isn't it the case that colours always look darker on smaller surfaces, so model paints tend to be lighter than the real world equivalents??
  22. Sean N
    It's the conventional propulsion one I was thinking of. Thanks for chipping in with all this info, guys.
  23. Sean N
    I missed that, and I was looking for it as well! You can quite clearly see it says TM 4-4. I suppose another possibility is that it was a DRA / DERA test mule, perhaps for the HMLC prototype we were discussing in the other thread (http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?21006-Otterburn-range-wrecks/page17).
  24. Sean N
    Difficult to tell from the photos, but it doesn't look long enough for a TM 6-6 - could it be a 4x4 conversion? Could it be something to do with the Multidrive stuff AWD were experimenting with?
  25. Sean N
    You'd like everything, Rick, your eyes are bigger than your belly (field? Wallet?)
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