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Fascinating. I can't imagine that any of these survived. What an interesting project! Wonder whether any plans survived.

Armoured reconnaissance vehicle?

This might be the one. Does anyone know the model and year? Robert

The photo is a gem on any scale. Can anyone fill us in on location and uniform??

2 January 2, 1916, Sunday Quitted a most comfortable couch at 7am. Walked to Chalk Farm and went by tube to Charing Cross. By train to Woolwich arriving at 10am at Cambridge Barracks. No lorries arrived from Grove Park. Went to RA Mess. Most wonderful collection of “Heads”. Played a game of billiards before lunch and won! Lorries arrived approximately at 6pm and parked in the arsenal. Slept in Cambridge Barracks. 3 January 3, 1916, Monday 10am started drawing stores at the arsenal. Sent Sergt. Berryman with a couple of lorries to draw stores at the Dockyard. Arsenal most wonderful place. Between 40,000 and 50,000 employees. Went all round it drawing stores and saw plenty of 9.2”, 13.5” and 15” guns. Finished drawing stores at 5pm and left lorries parked at entrance to Arsenal. Messed all day at RA Mess and slept at Cambridge Barracks. From my grandfather's journal. The Australian Siege Brigade arrived in England September 1915. Trained on 8"and 9.2" howitzers at Lydd. France from March 2nd 1916. Robert

Hi Mike, do you have a timescale for the restoration? Robert

Can you twist their arm for the running commentary...?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the YA had the timber sandwich frame and the YB was pressed steel? This could be a YA of great war vintage. I have seen photos of this unit somewhere else. Not sure where. I do hope someone takes on its restoration.

Thank you gentlemen.

If the winch pulls from the side then does it have a supporting structure to support the chassis? Did you take a peak under the bonnet? Robert

I have been puzzled for some time by a photograph of a chain-driven charabanc with a radiator reminiscent of the Milnes D. rad. http://transpressnz.blogspot.com.au/2011/04/english-charabanc-1913-maybe-less-fun.html There is actually a second photo of a similar unit or perhaps it is the same unit with a different body. Try googling... "forge valley charabanc" Can anyone tell me what it is, who and where it was manufactured? Robert

Fascinating! http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/btyperestoration/Recent

If I wasn't sure before, I'm convinced now. Surely that's Captain Mannering with the specs? A couple of the other chaps look familiar too???

Possibly a US dump. Liberty and FWD feature. Not sure about the closest unit.

It would be instructive to see a photo of the thrust bearing components - when you get to them. And who was the manufacturer. Robert

Found the link to the photo... london transport museum / collections / tyres... http://www.ltmcollection.org/photos/photo/photo.html?_IXSR_=KRag4gXmoTE&_IXMAXHITS_=1&IXinv=1998/87504&IXsummary=results/results&IXsearch=tyres&_IXFIRST_=4

The London Transport Museum has a lovely picture of a London-bus tyre-storage garage. Surrounded by new tyres are two blokes with a hammer who look like they're in the process of gently tapping a new tyre onto a wheel rim. There's no press in sight. So is it reasonable to assume that a new tyre was a perfect fit for an old rim and that perhaps they added water when all was in place? Robert

Ok. So what is the perfect interference fit?

Ahhh. I understand the Pi tape. We use the same tape - though plastic; so nowhere hear the same accuracy - to measure tree diameter on the way to determining tree volume!

Tony, I was interested to read about sandblasting and loss of the interference fit between rim and tyre. We were talking about this very thing last weekend. Is there a way of measuring outer rim -v- inside tyre to ensure the "perfect interference fit"? How was this done in days gone by? Robert

When you look at that trailer... it is no wonder that military equipment continues to turn up on farms all over the world!

You could always emigrate to sunny Australia where we have wide open spaces and BIG sheds. All the best for the rally. Robert

Could we have the remains of two trucks here? The photos with wheels/axles etc belonging to one - I still lean toward Berliet. While the small pile of loose front chassis members have surely (grits his teeth) got to be from a smallish International. Robert

Berliet is another possibility with the seven-spoked wheels.

The small collection of pieces in the bottom photo immediately suggest to me International. However, the wheels and hubs look Berna'ish. I've never seen an International before with wheels like this. Undecided.