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    Unknown motorcycle parts, help required identifying

    in Motorcycles

    Posted · Edited by ltwtbarmy

    Hi all. This afternoon I went to help a friend of mine clear out a garage, and amongst all the Jaguar parts he stockpiled over the last 40 years, we also found a motorcycle petrol tank and fork, which he’d completely forgotten he ever had, and subsequently, has no idea what they’re off.

    Would appreciate the collective wisdom on this forum to help identifying them. Just to confuse matters, the parts might not even be off the same motorcycle!

    Thanks in advance all.

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    Crowland Buffalo DUG UP

    in Tracked vehicles

    Posted

    9 hours ago, XS650 said:

    No but it adds to the risks.

    Perhaps my original statement was a little blunt but I was genuinely shocked when I saw the  photographs.

    I worked in the construction industry for many years and if a HSE Inspector saw an unsupported excavation like that he would issue a Prohibition Notice.

    The man in the picture above holding  the ranging rod in photo above is in real danger if the ground next to him collapsed.

    By all means excavate the AFV's but a lot more attention should be given to shoring.

    Thank you.

    Crowland Buffalo DUG UP

    in Tracked vehicles

    Posted · Edited by ltwtbarmy

    2 hours ago, Chris Hall said:

    I think there were 30, 2 washed out to sea, 2 washed into the fish pits (whatever they are), 16 or so ended up in the flood defences and left and the rest I guess, went back to store.

    They weren’t just used as a lump to fill the gap, they were used to ferry people, tools, Earth, stone etc. around the floods and transport to the breach.

    In fact, having access to facebook, the crowland lvt group have a copy of an old newspaper article up, which says that nearly 30 Buffalos were used. 16 were used on the first try, and after 3 were washed away, more were brought in to shore up the gap.

     

    Something which occurred to me, but were all the 30 or so used Buffalos? Could it be that 16 Buffalos were used first and then another amphibious type used, possibly “Neptunes” (see shortcut below) bringing the said total to 30 or thereabouts? The picture in the shortcut below seems to point to other types used, apart from Buffalos.
    https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/history/fight-survival-year-great-flood-12720587

    I just went into eddy8men’s thread on the subjeft, and yes, Neptunes were also used. So, it could be that 16 Buffalo type were used, and then augmented with Neptune LVTs. 

     

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    RAF Jeeps in WW2

    in MV Chatter

    Posted

    Morning! Re the picture in your initial post, it is indeed a follow me vehicle, as the original photo caption states. I have also posted that picture in the other thread you had started, asking about RAF Follow Me vehicles in WW2!

    RAF Airfield Follow Me Vehicles in WW2 ?

    in MV Chatter

    Posted · Edited by ltwtbarmy

    2 years since the last contribution to this thread however thought this might be relevant, in that at least, towards the end of the war, on at least one fighter command airfield (from the original caption of the possibly posed photograph), which british and american bomber pilots used in emergencies, Follow Me vehicles were used.9419E3AA-25C3-4190-8950-1A6D2CFA260B.jpeghttps://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205454241

    From the original wartime caption- Leading Aircraftwoman Day is one of several W.A.A.F. drivers at a Fighter Command airfield on the South Coast, who with jeeps, guide aircraft to a parking place. Picture (issued 1945) shows - Leading Aircraftwoman Phyllis Day driving a jeep to guide a bomber which had made an emergency landing on a Fighter Command airfield. SEE A.M.BULLETIN NO.18356 : 15th April 1945.

     

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    Bedford MJ with VPK.

    in British Vehicles

    Posted · Edited by ltwtbarmy

    Closest to Bedford armour (just the riot shields) I got on the merlin archive. Data is for 66KD06, but the pic shows MJ 98KB60, which is shown as having been in NI on the record.

    https://merlinarchive.uk/vehicle/66KD06
    https://merlinarchive.uk/vehicle/98KB60

    There was a thread on arrse which I can’t find at the mo, but it featured a lot of rare pics. Clive Elliott might help because if I remember well, he had found the thread.

    Foden FH70 refurb restoration

    in Blogs of MV restorations

    Posted

    Would any of the following work, in conjunction with cloth covered insulating tape? I’ve had a look at xmod and they seem to be out of stock of the correct conduit.

    https://www.autosparks.co.uk/electrical-components/conduit

    I know that there is some insulating tape which closely matches the appearance of the original covering, being matt in appearance and can be used to disguise.

    Also found this - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cable-Flexible-Conduit-Sleeving-Split-Unsplit-Loom-Harness-Various-Sizes-/263163209329

    or this - https://www.vintagecarparts.co.uk/parts_index/conduit

    Mk1 Militant Tanker

    in Blogs of MV restorations

    Posted

    Regarding Warner plugs and sockets, I suggest trawling for either Bofors L/70 equipment spares because they had them as well. We always had the cables in the CES tool and spares boxes that came with each gun. Also, I remember that the italians used to have these sockets on their vehicles as well, at least up to the early 80s, so that might be another source. 

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