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Glad to hear it has been saved.

I advertised it on various web sites for the original owner without any interest being shown. Even the Royal Signals Museum I understand declined the offer of being given it.

I suppose the search is on now for the two generators which it carried.

It may have just come out of UK Civil Defense Stores.

They must at some stage have made provision to equip the Police if the Bomb was ever dropped.

Companies like Aviation Jersey who deal with Foreign Goverments are use to charging vast sums and getting it paid without question.

I remember about ten years ago asking Alvis if they could supply me with a tool for adjusting the brakes on a Saladin. Even though the vehicles were totaly obsolete by that time with very little market for spares, they still wanted several hundred pounds.

Yes

I have ended up owning the press so the more people who buy them hopefully I will get my money back.

I jointly own a Canadian Mk11* which I assume yours is?

For what ever reason very few British manufactured Mk11's seem to have survived.

You must have been thrashing your carrier to brake a spring, unless it was already on the way out.

A few of us have recently had some repro front side screens made up. They are a bit expensive at £330.00 but let me know if you need a set.

There is a series of video's available of British Army war-time training films. The one covering Recovery demonstrates one of these winches in use.

Thinking about it more, the officer was also using a Larkspur Head Set and Mic when he was talking on the radio.

Perhaps this could be a new competition for sad people. Spot the mistakes.

Its a pitty the film makers don't take more advice.

Depending on how much of an anorak you wish to be, you could comment on the Mitas 10.50-16 tyres used on some of the ambulances and the Bedford Fuel Tanker. The tread pattern is not war-time but untill recently it was the only type in production in the world.

Wallace Wade now makes 10.50-16 tyres in British Track Grip pattern.

If it is the type with hydraulic brakes the master cylinder will probably be seized.

Sorry I am still a little confused after reading this thread.

Are we saying that Ferrets can claim the 1960 excemption (if appropriate) for HGV's, or only if they are taxed in one of the specific tax excempt groups.

As I am sure you are aware, parts for the original engine and even replacement engines are freely available.

Seem a pity to put a postwar engine in your truck unless money is a problem.

The Wheels and Tracks edition you need is number 62.

The article records that 6 were aquired in1953 and they were the first produced for the civilian market.

In the article vehicle numbers NGY 593 and NGY 635 are visable.

It also records that they were of the export type with narrow cab complete with sun shield on the cab.

I seem to remember there was a vehicle depot at Market Harborough?

Could this be the MKH on your disposals informarion.

Eric

I assume the pictures showing the Blue jeeps are in colour?

Any chance of some book/photo references as I would be interested to see.

I think most people would still consider that any blue vehicles would be very much the exception, and probably the product of an enterprising individual using up prewar paint stocks.

I am still serving in the REME TA and the corrosion and crude welded patch repairs you see on some vehicles is amazing.

Health and safety does not help either as the days when you could stick a spray gun on the tyre compressor hose and blow a vehicle over are long gone. The chances of finding a decent brush and something to clean it with in the stores are now also remote.

I don't think in most units now any one bothers what their vehicles look like.

Adam

Obviously if possible tailor your purchase to the period you want to portray.

Trying to portray a Mk11 vehicle as something other than it is is historically incorrect and looks silly.

The radial engines fitted to some Shermans were designed to run for long periods at constant rpm's in aircraft.

In AFV use they were used and abused in a way they were not designed for and consequently did not last long. I believe cylinder wear was a major problem in Radials?

Which Mark of Morris are you looking at?

Their Mk11 is is not on display in the Museum.

While we are talking licences can I hijack the thread slightly and ask how people driving quads and towing limbers and guns get on.

The limber to comply with the law obviously has to be empty, but what is the gun classed as? Is it another trailer or classed as something else?

The army is currently trying to relocate many of its training establishments to cheaper parts of the country so it can sell their current locations for lots of money.

Bordon Deepcut and Blandford are all being talked about or already decided.

The option on another forum is that smoke dischargers should be treated for deactivation purposes like a mortar.

This would mean the firing pin or contact in this case should be cut off, and secondly two pins should be inserted at 45 degrees and welded in to stop a canister being chambered. The exterior weld can then be ground/filed to the original tube profile.

This is a simple job and if any one is worried about being stopped, I would recommend carrying out this work. At least it demonstrates you have taken reasonable precautions to prevent their future use.

As we have discussed in a previous thread on this subject, my local Police Force did licence my dischargers as section one weapons.

This may have been due to ignorance rather than the correct interpretation of the law. This was also about 10 years ago.

As you say De-act Certs are not a legal requirement, but they are the legally accepted method of proving the appropriate work has been carried out. If you do not have a certificate and the Police disagree, you will have to argue your case in court.

The fact that they are illegal has always been the position, but if the Police are now nationally going to starting enforcing the law this could be a problem.

Unfortunately the newer the truck the more expensive.

For my purposes I ideally need the previous owner to prove the unladen weight of the truck by putting it on a weight bridge. I assume most beavertail trucks have been converted from standard trucks and the owners would not normally know the new weight of their vehicle.

I note there is a Ford Cargo version being advertised local to me. Quite what the spares backup for these vehicles is I do not know.

To put a Windsor Carrier on a Bedford TK the cargo body must have been seriously lightened as you mention.

No problem with female names on vehicles in 43rd Recce.