Dave

In Roger Freeman's book "airfields of the eighth" there is a picture of a Diamond T wrecker parked outside the control tower at Bassingbourn with a B-17 taxiing.

It's on p.28

Thanks for all your suggestions guys,

It's still as nature intended, 12v with normal bulbs as opposed to led,s.

I,m no electrician but wherever I probe for power or earth seems to show as ok.

Back to land rover maintenance plan b, take it all out, put it back again and it might work.

I,ve changed the main flasher unit near the clutch resr

The 6way light switch has been by passed at some point although it is still fitted.

The lights ( HS&T) are on a simple toggle switch, everything else seems to work ok.

I,d forgotten the pleasures of owning old land rovers!

Indicators and 4ways on the lightweight come on but stay on, ie no flash.

I,ve changed the flasher unit but still the same fault.

Clearly everything is getting power, all earths seem ok.

Anyone got any ideas?

I have a couple of as new wheels for these trailers. Please pm if anyone is interested

Perhaps if you are lucky you could find one of these which will get around all your problems in one easy step

 

 

 

That is fan bloody tastic, I wonder if they do a similar kit for a ka.

We all wish our vehicles would do a bit more MPG

But if they did every one would have a big truck or there would be more blue subaru`s with gold wheels

My Diamond T returns 5mpg at best, i love driving the truck so i put up with the consumption.

hi, in response to the previous letter the hercules engine revved at a maximum of 1600 which at normal road speed ie 23 miles an hour gave an output of 201 bhp, the army introduced in the fifties the rolls royce c6 143 series direct injection engine which pushed the road speed up to 29 miles an hour but kept the same amount of torque for the differentials, as was quoted quite rightly by the previous letter be happy to plod along at 23 miles an hour and enjoy it, all the best tony g.

My Rolls engined T is still happy at 29mph, even after all these years.

If speed over a long distance is required then i look for a low-loader.

The convoy events i`ve done in Suffolk, they stick me in front so everyone does 29mph, also if the T fits through the gap then everyone else does too!

Now i could be wrong here, but is that a mk 1 cent arv?

some great pics.

The last one has loads going on, looks to me, like a ward la france M1 in the background,

i can`t decide what they are building though.

I'll do an experimental mix then.

For the purists among you, no the T is not finding a feminine side!

Thanks for all the help

Can anyone recommend a supllier for "Mountbatten Pink"?

The same paint colour as used on the SAS Pink Panthers,

any advice much appreciated.

Play the reverse psychology deal on them.

Tell them you won`t eat another Mc burger until they rename one the Mc Stolly.

If you still want the book try Abe books, i was looking for Pat Wares book on the Diamond T. amazon wanted £180,

Got it from Abe for £45, Brand new.

fantastic pictures Nige, i don`t suppose you have another one of the Diamond T showing its serial numbers.

One day a picture like the ones you posted will feature a vehicle that someone on hmvf now owns.

I`d love to find one of my T,

The hard cab, winch controls in the cab and what looks like the small cutout over the front tow hook got my hopes up for a minute. who knows?

A few years ago I looked up Diamond T's factory address on google earth and went into street view. unfortunatly all I could see at the time was waste ground You could try that yourself incase I was looking at the wrong place.

Already tried that, Steve.

If i was at the correct location, the funfair was in town on the waste ground you saw.

I`m not expecting a fully interactive visitor centre but surely there must be something noting the company`s achievement.

I`m going to Chicago in may,

Does anyone know if any part of the old Diamond T factory or site still exists?

I did my Cpc modules last year with a couple of mates

They both received their little cards within a couple of weeks of completing the last module.

Not me though.

The CPC card is administered by DSA not DVLA and because i still have a paper license not a photocard, they won`t give me the card.

They have my digital photo on my tacho card which also shows my driver number.

Why should i pay £38.00 to have a photocard driving license which is only valid for 10 years when the old paper one has done me proud for 25 years.

Its just more hassle on top of an irrelevant course.

From memory the number of coils to be left on the drum was 3 for the min winch, 4 for the hoist and 5 for the front so there must be a securing clamp somewhere on the end of the drum.

Have you got the AESP for the Foden? surely that would tell you.

Crazy isn`t it.

I can carry 10tons of concrete in the back of the T and call it ballast, to aid traction.

If i carry something more interesting but ultimately less useful than the said concrete it becomes laden.

My plan was a flat trailer with a living box on the front and a land rover on the back, so from the inputs in this thread it would appear as i thought that it would need testing. i just wondered if there were any "exemptions" from this.

Given the cost of the trailer, the fact that it may need some work for the test and that it would only be used for shows, not hire and reward, it would probably be cheaper to get someone to drive the land rover and leave the living van on its present trailer.

Incidentally my present insurance does cover the living van as they consider it to be used unladen.

It`s only on an arrows 1 3/4 tonne trailer anyway.

I haven`t got anything against Mot/vosa testing but whereas testers used to be fair to the old vehicles and cut us a bit of slack now they seem computer controlled and can`t differentiate between a hobby vehicle and a daily haulage vehicle and i know of some people who struggle to get a vehicle which they know is safe in their hands, through the test.

My Diamond T is pre 1960, therefore MOT exempt,

If i were to put a trailer (living van) from after 1960 behind it, does the trailer need testing?

I`m happy to report that the ebay picture which prompted this thread did not sell.

I haven`t got a problem with people taking snaps, i`m just curious as to the "sale of"

Some one is selling a picture of my Diamond T 981 on ebay.

He claims that as he took the photo, he has the copyrights.

As the truck legally belongs to me and the photo was taken without my knowledge or consent, what are my rights?

Does the photographer have any rights?

Incidentally if anybody should want a picture of my truck all they need to do is ask and i can email them loads of piccies for free.

Hi all,

Since a while I have a GarWood Winch from which I can not find what vehicle it belonged to,

See Pictures, anybody any idea's ?

 

Can`t be 100 % certain but it looks like the one on My Diamond T 981.