Nick Johns

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-46841591

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Beware of Bedford MK/J/DAF, advertised for sale as MOT exempt,  changes to MOT Exemption regs back in May means all the Loophole exemptions on Form 112G have been removed,  Post 1960 commercials over 3.5ton Virtually all  are required to be tested now and can no longer be taxed without a test certificate, the new 40year old pre 1978 VHI, vehicles of historic interest MOT Exemption Only applies to vehicle up to 3.5tons

Sold

NO, thats just a blue  civilian 107" Landrover cut down back body a very old crane typical garage breakdown,  and fake Royal Navy sign on the door

I have never seen or  heard of a  Military or RAF Landrover fitted with a Harvey Frost crane in service use, there is always the possibility of an RAF main workshop equiping one, it would be interesting to hear what history do you know about your 109 that leads you to think it may have had a crane ,  very  likely it had a crane fitted in later civilian life, ..

2 hours ago, oats and barley said:

We have all seen the Diamond T, Rogers trailer with a Sherman on the back so is that a fixed load or is it plated and tested 

2 hours ago, oats and barley said:

 

Previously a Diamond T 980 prime mover could be operated as an MOT exempt "Heavy Locomotive" vehicle to haul a laden Drawbar trailer, now the recent changes to MOT exemptions  Heavy Locomotives built on a production HGV vehicle will Now have to be tested, as will All heavy trailers will have to be Tested too if used laden

Ford 10 hp engine and gearbox

11 hours ago, Tony B said:

To be finicky, the vehicle is equipped as a motorhome, For that class of vehicle a licence relevant to the vehicles MAM is needed.

No it does not, even if the Hippo was registered as a Motorcaravan, its all fixed equipment, not a load its pre 1960 Historic commercial vehicle and only requires a cat.B car licence to drive it, same for a 30 year old bus can be driven on car licence, restricted to 8 passengers

 

(..way to big for my licence)

The Hippo is pre a 1960 Historic commercial vehicle so can be driven unladen on a category B car licence

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They are Lucas ST38 "Pork pie" rear lights , as used on lots of cars, Landrovers, trucks, of the period...new repro ones are available,

1 hour ago, Baz48 said:

This  RL been on before though the price has dropped considerably this time round - hope its lucky this time 

Price has dropped because it now has leaking brake cylinders, not drivable

Pete Ashby has been restoring a Retriever for some years

Champs are mechanically very complex, not easy  to work on and fairly high maintenance too, , the one for sale will need more than a little recommisioning its probably a good basis for  restoration, it was way overvalued hence no sale, they are not particularly rare,  best to buy one thats already sorted and someone else has spent lots of money on

34 minutes ago, MatchFuzee said:

It didn't sell.

No surprise there

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HMVF is perhaps not the best place to ask for fenders as this Dodge is not really a Military vehicle as such, its entirely a 4x2 Civilian pattern Dodge supplied to the Military, ..American truck/pickup truck sites would better places to ask

Going to be scarce thing to find good condition rear fenders, for a stepside pickup, repro fiberglass ones are available,.. Contact Bart at Fleetmasters & Co in Belgium, they  restored a similar WC38 and regularly import vehicles/parts from the US

https://www.facebook.com/pg/FleetmastersCo/photos/?tab=album&album_id=576062832478905

http://fleetmasters.be/en/

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The K9 Engine is  Austin's own successfull 4 litre 6 cylinder petrol engine used extensively in their civilian & military Commercial range of trucks,  Google search Austin Loadstar,  used through the 1950/60s it was also fitted to the Austin Princess Limo,

.its Not a Rolls B60 engine.. but Do not mistake it for the 1967 Austin Westminster Vanden Plas 4 litre R which the engine was derived from the Rolls B60, but was only used in the Vanden Plas R car

https://www.gunmart.net/militaria/military-vehicles/jeeps/austin-k9-truck

it could be a Brockway 666 crane truck

3 hours ago, snort said:

I had HMJ 951F which is very strange. 

not really, the likes of RR Services would have registered several ex military vehicles together so both Champs were registered at same time,  back then were issued with consecutive reg. numbers, ....btw, DVLA shows HMF 951J still exists and is currently taxed

4 hours ago, Matthew Collins said:

Hi! I am a new member. I note that the link to the YouTube clip is no longer working. I owned this vehicle in the 1980s and would simply love to see it again

 I look forward with interest to any feedback. 🙂

 Matthew Collins  

, DVLA search shows HMJ 955F was last taxed in 1984