Adrian Barrell
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Hey, I didn't know that! All the best people are born in early July....at least the tall ones anyway!
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It should be stamped into the top edge of the vertical plate directly in front of the driver. I have CT29718 as a Canadian Ford Universal in the range CT28841- CT29790 so it could be!
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True! With some vehicles it was only ever painted on and if it's a British vehicle and the main makers plate is missing, you're out of luck.
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I got up.......dressed.......nothing else so far! Actually not srictly true as I did get a box of choccies and a box of steaks, I kid you not! Thanks for the wishes guys, much appreciated. :thanx:
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Isn't the T number stamped into the top edge of the visor plate?
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It's a Packard but it is not a Merlin!
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That's fatal, buy a manual and like it so much you buy the vehicle!
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The first part I actually bought relevant to my Sherman was a carb flange gasket set.....This was before I had the tank itself. I think starting with the paint beats even that!
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After April 1944 it was SCC15 Olive Drab which is now BS 381C 298. Prior to that it was Brown SCC2. No doubt factories were using up old stocks of paint so I should imagine it is impossible to say exactly when the changes occurred.
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First Sherman:- Sherman V (M4A4) Driver:- Me Co-driver:- James Mutton Commander:- Keith Frost -
introduction yet another from suffolk
Adrian Barrell replied to fleabite's topic in Introductions & Welcomes
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No, they were all runners. The two Cromwells were loosely coverted from ex-Finnish Charioteers by RR services and the Centaur belongs to Dennis Roberts though was originally restored by Colin Jones.
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Again, some sizes of BSP and NPT are the same pitch but they are not interchangeable as such, there being differences in thread form and shape. Most sizes are one different in pitch.
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British and American thread forms are different angles and unlike BSW/UNC (apart from the 1/2"), BSF and UNF are different pitches on all sizes.
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Well one things for certain, it isn't a Bren gun carrier!
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Nice try Alastair but you're probably going to need BSF I'm afraid! :-D Not sure about the engines though, I suppose they could have been ANF and ANC due to their origins. UNF did not exist during the war, the sizes only becoming 'unified' in the 1950s I think. In general, the standard ANF and ANC pitches were adopted as the unified sizes but not all. As an example, the favoured ANF for 1" was 14 tpi, unified settling for 12 tpi. That can cause problems as there is a lot of 1" in Shermans.....
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This all shows how even original documentation needs to be used as a guide only! There are similar discrepencies in Cromwell designations, manufacturers literature not always conforming to Government details. There was a war on you know.....!
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All you need now are the contents!
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I'm sure it will all be fine, I think you've made an excellent choice! Steady and methodical is alright but I would get what you can when you can if original parts are offered. This stuff is from a finite source and there is not much of it about.
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introduction Hello from deepest darkest suffolk
Adrian Barrell replied to Venttube's topic in Introductions & Welcomes
Welcome Brian from really deep Suffolk! I'm sure you'll soon have a toy, you're obviously mad as you've joined us here at the asylum, I mean forum........ -
Well done! Not sure I'd have announced it till I got them home..... I can make you anything required for the hull if you need it, just need a pattern or drawing.:cool2: Let me have your address by PM and I'll send the copy SIB.
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Richard is correct, it is often eroneously explained as motor transport.
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Yes....... I can do you a copy, it's quite a slim book but with lots of useful pictures.
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show report Reporting Live from A&E
Adrian Barrell replied to Jack's topic in Armour & Embarkation Dorset 23rd and 24th June 2012
Is Jack having something extracted in that picture? :shocking: -
show report Reporting Live from A&E
Adrian Barrell replied to Jack's topic in Armour & Embarkation Dorset 23rd and 24th June 2012
My favourite of Jacks pics (can't imagine why...) with the modern bits taken out, well, most of them!
