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    Landrover steering column support bracket?

    in British Vehicles

    Posted · Edited by Nick Johns

    17 hours ago, Richard Farrant said:

    Land Rover ........ but just checked the parts list for Rover 10 and 11 which is military designation for later 2A models and it is not the same number, am guessing this might be for a Series 1.

    Yes Richard, correct its a Series 1 86" Steering box bulkhead mount  LH,  see part 270065 below

    https://www.bits4landys.co.uk/series/one/bulkhead-brackets-1954.htm

    Trailer possible training aid identification

    in Trailers, plant and equipment

    Posted · Edited by Nick Johns

    13 hours ago, BC312 said:

    To add I have been told it’s a 1950s trailer towed radar

    One of the numerous REME recovery training aids that used to be all over the site, everything from Tanks submerged in the swamps to overturned trucks

    The step frame chassis points to it being an AA Radar trailer, click on link and scroll down for a pic of what it looked like.., alas its only scrap value now

    http://www.anti-aircraft.co.uk/radarNo3Mk2.html

    big guns at st margarets, kent

    in Archaeology - WW1 to the end of the cold war

    Posted · Edited by Nick Johns

    usually a railway system was used to move the ammunition around,  lots of the old fortifications/emplacements,magazines  have bits of track still visible set in the floor.

    Found this IWM painting of one of the 14" Dover guns showing the large shells on a narrow gauge railway alongside  what looks like standard gauge track

    https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/11419

    New requirments for driving abroad after a no deal Brexit

    in Legislation, Licenses & Registration

    Posted · Edited by Nick Johns

    18 hours ago, 79x100 said:

    No-one has mentioned the OGEL yet, but it seems unlikely that the France exemption will continue to apply and prior to the acceptance of open borders, . Motor vehicles being exported will be subject to the full paper-chase both to make it acceptable to the country being visited who will then have to document departure and of course provide proof on re-entry to the UK to avoid having to go through a NOVA procedure.

    If the UK really does crash out at the end of March, then I wouldn't bank on being able to take an MV to France just over two months later.

     

    Yes the subject of OGEL is on the MVT Facebook page, following clarification from the Government,  advise is that if the current OGEL exemption agreements are Not continued after march 29th  then All ex- military vehicles regardless of age going abroad for Normandy etc. should accordingly have an OGEL , an Open General Export Licence, ...yet  another document that may not ever be asked for, but you never know in the future when returning to the UK without one, ...as previously discussed on here, to register for an OGEL can be applied for  online

     

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    T2 Hanger Floor Pit

    in Aviation

    Posted · Edited by Nick Johns

    Aircraft Weighbridge?  3 weighing pads for nose wheel and main undercarraige?........at Dunsfold airfield lots of Aircraft were assembled and developed there including the Harrier

    Mechanic / Advice Zil 131

    in Russian-Eastern block-Warsaw Pact Vehicles

    Posted · Edited by Nick Johns

    1 hour ago, WillH_zil131 said:

    Any fellow Zil owners out there? 

    I am getting an engine /  coolant over heat light when i use the truvk for more than around 20 mins. Then the engine cuts out
    Anyone got any thoughts and if you agree -  do you know where I could source these parts please? 

    Try here......__

    http://www.russianmilitary.co.uk/about-us.php

     

     

     

    1942 Ford GPW Jeep

    in HMVF Classifieds

    Posted · Edited by Nick Johns

    It certainly has a New body tub, later Hotchkiss engine, gear driven cam,  crankshaft double pulley, and a Post war CJ rear axle, semi floating hubs, ...interesting as CJ axles are a different ratio to the front WW2 axle,  be a lot of transmission wind up  if 4wd is selected

    Historic Military Vehicle Rides

    in Legislation, Licenses & Registration

    Posted · Edited by Nick Johns

    Carrying passengers for Hire & reward is all getting bit complex now,  firstly you can only carry  up to 8  passengers using a Car licence,  Also will need a Private Hire licence issued by your local Council ... To carry More than 8 paying passengers you need to hold a PCV (Bus) Licence and you would also need an Operators Licence to operate the vehicle/s

    The big problem is Insurance cover for the passengers,  No Insurance Company would insure a Dodge WC51 and similar vehicles which are open sided cargo trucks for Passenger Hire & reward use, the side facing bench seats are not acceptable,  Passengers have to be seated in forward facing seats,  then there would have to be modifications required to make the vehicle comply for passenger transport. ...larger vehicles over 3.5 Ton like a 6x6 GMC would also need to operate a Tachograph too for more than 8 Passengers.....

    The only military vehicle which Might be acceptable to Insurance requirments and comply, but it can Only carry a few paying passengers is a Dodge Command Car, WC56 which is basically a 4/5 seat passenger car..

    Hello

    in Introductions & Welcomes

    Posted · Edited by Nick Johns

    There are some Mack NM's in preservation, in civvy use most were used as breakdown trucks or snowplows, the original petrol engine often replaced with diesel,

    Previous posts below, click on " Mack NM"

     

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