CVRTNick

One thing about it being cleaned,it showed up (it came as a surprise!) bits of chrome on it (looks like it was a civiy carb).

Yep.off my M55 truck (LWB M54),its from a 10L Continental R6602 engine which is in my M55 & the reason for a rebuild was the M55 broke down for the first time (on the M25) last year.The prime suspect is the carb (as in wasn’t a fuel or elec problem & the inside of the carb was black with soot,from the amount of times the engine had backfired though it),even if it it’s not the problem,I go with every little helps & it can’t hurt!

& it is the only Carb I have seen,with its own grease nipple.

It was made by Holley in the 1950’s for a 10L engine,,which does about 3/4mpg,which explains why it is the size it is!

Are these Withams Tender or Auction J60’s,as early days but the ones I got at Auction seem to be okay (they turn freely & one is running my Spartan),

It depends on where you are,as I use a place in Burgess Hill Sussex.

& all hulls are shotblasted pre a re-build,to if it is cracked/worth it.

A C.V.R.(T) in service in the 1970’s was about 8 ton (a hull weighs in about 6 to 7 1/2 ton) & because pure ally is easy for Artillery frags plus anything bigger than a standard Inf round they are a mix of metals to make them denser & light.

Yep,done by Mike Priest on the 27/09/2009,LB4280.

Out of interest my 7.62 BREN gun is an (Enfield) model L4A4 & no.UE73A19840,any production info on it?

A good question,my theory is that as the 7.62 BREN gun is still in service (India & Pakistan armies),they are worth more live than as a de-act,But has anyone got a better answer?

It’s bound something more diff than the self-recovery ropes are not set-up in the eyelets,at the front?

As I understand it anything single-shot is legal,as one guy had an MG34,converted to single-shot,but this sadly doesn’t apply to the U.K. mainland.

FYI in Jersey,I have shot a SLR,M16,M14 & Bren gun (303),but then the Law is local their (not coved by the U.K. Parliament)

Is it a Sabre done up as an Op Granby (Gulf war 91) vehicle & none went there?

Knowing all three “Heathens” & having the good sense not get involved in something 60plus years old & moan about it (for not being up to modern traffic speeds,theirs a suprise!).My thoughts are,if the issue is not just about speed,but its lack of power (& these trucks where underpowered from the factory).I’m okay with it as long as it is a two way street (you can put the right engine back in),my truck an M series US vehicle (1959 M55 LWB 5-ton truck) doesn’t sufferer from being underpowered (a 10L petrol) + it makes a lovely sound with its straight though exhaust!But a lack of power in the Ward La France explains way most WWII GMCs are still petrol,in the end its down to the owners choice.

At Bovington,they have a Centurion cut in half (i.e.sectioned),but that’s the only one I know of.

No,as the owner of a LWB M54 (M55),I can confirm it a single line air/hydraulic system,the pedal down to a hyrdrovac is fluid,the rest is air,which is fine when it work’s!After WWII the US Army tested all types & this was the winner!!Something to do with dry brakes when fording & not having to wait for air to build-up under fire,is my best guess.

Hi, Is it true that Scorpion crews (in the British Army) were issued with Sterling’s?

I run/have an M55 truck (LWB 5-tonner,see above photo taken at the W&P show),which was designed to move 2 Honest John missle's & 1 on a trailer.Which on the plus side,mine looks like the special equipment needed was never fitted.

Very nice work,keep it up!

Just to say that my Spartan M.C.T. (02FF25) is ex-BATUS,& shipped back via Antwerp for disposal,when I looked at it I guessed it had been used for spares for the other's.

Just to remind you that a Chieftain has 2 engines a donkey engine to start the main pack & Alpha 13 packs are the best/latest model of a bad bunch!

Look’s like lot’s of work,well done & having 5 good engines for 2 C.V.R.(T)’s is a nice problem to have!

Hi, Having got my Land-Rover Ex-Military history back,I wonder if anyone has heard of the D.D.E.?