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A 28V 1/2Ton? 😯 That’s pretty much unique! Although I’m not Clive, I do know that they’re 24V , and known as such.
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Great, thanks for the response! I’ve been meaning to put this post up for some time, and am glad I finally know what they are. Thanks again everyone.
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Do you know anything about these by any chance? I have a feeling that they’re bit later than your area of interest though.
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A few years ago, I was going through the back shelves of my local military surplus store, and happened upon these glasses. I’ve never seen anything like them, and haven’t found the particular stores reference, although I do know that the 22c means flying kit. To further confuse matters, the outer label on the plastic case has had the 4604 inked out and replaced with 1751271. Even more confusingly, the frames themselves have 22c/4436 on them.
Has anyone come across these before, does anyone what they are for or even know what the abbreviation S.L.A.P. stands for? Bit stumped here. All i know is that they are made by Pilkington, and that the lenses are in three layers. Closest to the face is normal glass, the middle layer is a translucent material which seems to be delaminating, and the outer layer seems to be plastic.
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I barely know anything about Fords, however, if I understand what people say in the link below, the chassis number is not on the chassis, because the engine number was in fact the chassis number, but this number is not actually on the engine, but at the front top flange of the bellhousing cover, while another states that the chassis number is on the rhs front. Apologies if this confuses matters.
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32 minutes ago, welbike said:
Ok, may I ask, how long ago did you use the POR 15? and have the tanks been used with all sorts of petrol? I really hope this will work, but have had so many negative feedback over the years.
Hope you understand,
Cheers, Lex
Hi Lex. A Dodge tank was the first and that was two years ago. Then I did an Austin Cambridge A60 pickup fuel tank and the Zundapp at the same time a year or so ago. The Xj6 expansion tanks were done in between, but they don’t count since you want to know about petrol and effects thereof on the POR15. The Dodge, A60 and the Zundapp are all filled with E10 unleaded with some lead replacement added. No comebacks from anyone yet.
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May I suggest POR 15 from Frost UK? Have done three fuel tanks so far, including a Zundapp one and have had no issues whatsoever. I also use the stuff on Jaguar radiator expansion tanks because they tend to rust easily and have had no problems with them either.
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10 hours ago, matchlesswdg3 said:
"Been a long day cutting rust out of a mini moke and my brain is shutting down!" You mean there was some Moke left after that?!
Sorry, I meant cutting the Moke off the rust....... yes, the owner said “just a couple of holes”, which just kept getting bigger and bigger. Wow, that was a job and a half!
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29 minutes ago, Richard Farrant said:
All good advice, but I would add that while you have the valves out, get them faced, ensuring the edges of the valves are not too thin (the edge of the valve can burn away if they are) and get the seats cut. Then lap the valves in to the seats. It is likely if the valves have been sticking the faces and seats could be burnt if the valves were not right down on their seats when closed.
Totally agree, definitely face the valves and lap them in while they’re out. sorry, i forgot that bit. Been a long day cutting rust out of a mini moke and my brain is shutting down!
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5 hours ago, PHB said:
I'm now trying to see if these can be freed off without taking the engine out and opting for a rebuild - but if I'm correct and they are all sticking open I'm thinking the odds might be against me!
Hi, I have just done all the valves on a civilian 1949 230 cubic inch dodge engine. It is basically the same as the military engine and so can confirm that to take the valves out, you don’t have to take the engine out. One thing I will tell you is, ignore all the shortcuts mentioning hammers and wd40 etc. Take all the valves out, exhaust and inlet, and clean all of them off. Start by draining all the coolant because when you get the manifolds off, the coolant will leak out.
Then take the cylinder head off and also get the exhaust and the manifold off. Watch out for the hidden center bolts in the manifolds, just under the carb. Then cover the holes which are between the cam followers, and make sure the floor is clean under the vehicle, then just compress the each valve with a compressing tool, and get the collets off. The main faff is actually removing the springs, but if you are reasonably certain that they’re not the cause of the sticking, then Leave them there. Get a reamer of the appropriate diameter, and ream the valve guides yo clean them up. Clean the valves, check for trueness, and then pop everything back in.
When they’re all back in then you have to set the gaps. If the military dodges are the same, there will be a panel in the body directly opposite the valves which can be removed so that you can do the gaps. The 49 coronet has an access panel which is removed by taking off a few self tapping bolts to make life easier.
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You’re doing exceptional work, especially given the lack of covered workshop facilities.
Would this manual be of any help?
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They do indeed say british military in arabic. The numbers are the arabic version of the british numbers.
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Hi Rupert. I managed to decipher the arabic script on the numberplates in your pics. It reads “ al jaish al britani” ( الجيش البريطاني) which translates to “the british military”, so not quite a literal translation of “war department”. I can just about read standard arabic script, but there are so many ways of writing in arabic that it takes me a while to make sense of what I’m seeing a lot of the time. Number plates are the worst because they squeeze in so much into a given space and there are no abbreviations in arabic!
Hope this helps.
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4 hours ago, super6 said:
Looks similar/like a Renault AGK with suicide doors
https://myntransportblog.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/1936-renault-agk.jpg
I agree super6, thanks for that one. Any ideas on the original vehicle in the newspaper article and the ones I first posted (which i think are all the same make?)
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In fact, could this be the “Krupp” in question? I don’t recognise the badge either! The Borgward badge is similar, but I leave this to the experts now.
The caption obviously has a mistake, because unless I missed it somewhere, the d day landings were after 1942!
“American Red Cross Clubmobile girls in a captured German vehicle in France during World War II. circa 1942. They are serving with the 36th Infantry Division. From left to right, they are Dorothy Boschen, Virginia Spetz, Jane Cook and Meredythe Gardiner. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)”
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On 1/6/2019 at 4:39 PM, Ex-boy said:
Rereading this, I wondered whether the truck in the picture is just the sleeping van mentioned in the article, and the Krupp (together with the weapons carrier) is not actually in the picture at all!
Any thoughts anyone?
Steve.
I tend to agree that the Krupp is not in the pictures. Looking for “American Red Cross tea wagons”, I stumbled on the Daughters of the Revolution website and found a couple of pictures of mobile blood units, which show vehicles similar to the one in the newspaper article above, one of which has a clear Minnesota registration. So i guess the vehicle in the picture is american, but what is it?
https://www.dar.org/national-society/celebrate-125/committed-service-dar-and-american-red-cross
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18 hours ago, DINGODOUG said:
Isn't it amazing what interesting topics keep emerging. It reminded me that I have a photo of a Saracen wading in the sea up to the level of the turret ring. I wouldn't have wanted to be the driver. Sadly there is no official stamp on the back so don't know where it came from. I am not very techno savvy so don't know how to transfer a photo into here.I also have an old AATDU picture of a Saracen which has just been air-dropped on an HSP.
There’s a picture which turned up on google search by a David Busfield on Flickr. The caption states -
A British Army Saracen APC in the Wading Tank test facility at Chertsey 1954
A press photo of a 6x6 Alvis Saracen Armoured Personnel Carrier going through the wading tank at the Fighting Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (FVRDE) Chertsey, Surrey in September 1954.
Not quite what you said about the sea, but still, must have been interesting for the driver!
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I don’t think the Saracens were ever used seriously in Malta, but DERR deployed to Libya on training during their tour, and I’m sure I’ve seen pics of saracens there. Come to think of it, wasn’t there a thread started by a user who went by the name of Bluebelle, which had loads of pictures of saracens out in Libya. It could be that the same saracens used there are the ones seen in the pics I posted. I must have a trawl through that thread and see if there is an overlap.
Bum. Just been on the Libya Tripolitania thread, and most of the pictures posted by bluebelle are gone. I’m sure there were a number of Saracens shown, with a possible tally with some of the numbers seen in the third picture in this thread.
Not the DERR but same time period- https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205098725
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Here is some info on chassis number locations - https://cj3b.info/SerialNos/SerialNosFrame.html
I hope this helps. In my experience, the actual stampings on american vehicles are usually quite hard to find, as mentioned in the article. Am just wrapping up the recommissioning of a 1949 D30 Dodge Coronet, and the numbers were a devil to find. Luckily I was cleaning the chassis off anyway but until I had taken all the paint off, the numbers were totally invisible!
By the way, it’s still a nice vehicle, and I hope you enjoy it!
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I just noticed that the Humber Pig was signed out to 1 DERR, as was the Land Rover in the last picture. They were the resident british battalion in 1963. Also, looking at the Humber Pig background, this was not at Takali, but most probably at St Patrick's barracks, where the "farmer's boys" were stationed.
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I was browsing through the IWM archives and stumbled upon these. Not many registration numbers visible, just one partial for a Humber ___K08, and Saracen 83BA31, __BA09, 82BA85, 82BA87 and Land Rover 04DM24 . Still, thought it might be of interest. The depot still exists, although in much modified form. Although captioned as Takali, the area is in Attard, 2 miles south of Takali. Anyone with a better zoom can possibly drag up some more Humber registrations
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205098903
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205098903
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205098877
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205098900
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205098733
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Close but no banana! 04DM62, courtesy of Ian Scottson on facebook page Series Military Landrovers In service pictures, Searchable by military reg
Panzer 2 turret
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My word! I’ve taken my hat off to you so many times that my arm is now in traction. If only I had one tenth of your skill set. Thank you for carrying out this build, and thanks for taking the time to keep us updated. Well done!