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  1. Adrian Barrell
    The 969 was used by all British and Commonwealth forces. I used to know a chap who drove one in the RAF in the desert on aircraft recovery.
  2. Adrian Barrell
    Yes Rob, I've seen the light! Mind you, with my name it's a natural progression.....
  3. Adrian Barrell
    Surely they are just standard palm couplings? A US design and used later by just about everybody.
  4. Adrian Barrell
    I bet you wished you hadn't asked now! Tell you what, I'll do you a big favour and take it off your hands..........
  5. Adrian Barrell
    I have the workshop manual (ordnance maintenance) on the US model but electric brakes tend to be the same regardless. I can copy you the relevant sections.
  6. Adrian Barrell
    If it has brakes, you can tow it. As it can't have a load put on it, I would assume it counts as an unladen trailer which you can tow with the GMC as a test exempt vehicle. They aren't very heavy though, I've seen heavier items pulled by GMC's without brakes before! The 105mm howitzer originally had brakes but the later models had none and they were designed to be pulled by the CCKW-352 and I think the Bofors is a similar weight, perhaps a little more. Given to you? Blimey, I wish I had luck like that! :thumbsup: Like to see some pics when you can...
  7. Adrian Barrell
    Well first off, it's Bofors! Does it have brakes? Some of the wartime ones had electric brakes but either way, you can't legally tow a trailer over 750kg without brakes.
  8. Adrian Barrell
    Around 1949, when exactly, I do not know.
  9. Adrian Barrell
    John, the 1939 date stems from before the late 1980s when the testing exemption was pre 1940, there seemed to be a lot of 1939 dated lorries then.....
  10. Adrian Barrell
    I'll take them from here if that's ok. Could you give me all the stamped in numbers, I think the 30204 number is the Patent number.
  11. Adrian Barrell
    I can ask on the Flypast forum if you like Lex. Somebody there will almost certainly know.
  12. Adrian Barrell
    According to G503, she has bought an OT-90.
  13. Adrian Barrell
    You need to be aware of context. AN relates to aviation and I'm fairly sure stands for Army Navy. AN(F) indeed stands for American National (Fine). The latter was often abbreviated to AN when the size and pitch had already been specified such as 1/2" x 20 AN. There were a variety of pitches in standard use before US threads became Unified in the 1950's. Most of the common ones were selected for the unified series but not all. 1" ANF was 14 tpi, 1" UNF is 12 tpi, a fact that continues to catch Sherman restorers to this day!
  14. Adrian Barrell
    SBS formation display team?
  15. Adrian Barrell
    It still looks like a mine to me, the missing centre bogie suggests that. The ammo has also likely detonated and dismantled the rest of it!
  16. Adrian Barrell
    Make sure it's not a pointed stick, could have somebody's eye out......
  17. Adrian Barrell
    A large mine or bomb linked to mine I should imagine. Most of the Shermans floor is only 1/2" thick.
  18. Adrian Barrell
    None of which is relevant as Goncalo is asking about the trailer......
  19. Adrian Barrell
    Is the vehicle concerned used as a base for a piece of mounted equipment such as a crane or elevating mounting?
  20. Adrian Barrell
    and thrice Sherman!
  21. Adrian Barrell
    I have a Sherman and other things but hardly enroute between SW London and Manchester!
  22. Adrian Barrell
    It is as simple as you have been led to believe. An operators licence is only required for use in connection with trade or business and not simply for hire or reward as many think. You couldn't use it to move your mates works van, even as a favour, for example. For private use, test, appropriate driving licence and tacho is all that's required.
  23. Adrian Barrell
    I suspect your T16 and your new bogie came from the same yard in Norfolk......
  24. Adrian Barrell
    The 'Hart' behind the spitfire looks like an Isaacs Fury to me.
  25. Adrian Barrell
    Many museums will have a policy of only accepting donations, not loans. It avoids the situation of where somebody turns up, possibly years later and removes half of the exhibits.
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