Richard Farrant

Clive, Knowing your interest in sanitary subjects, I am wondering if the brown triangle represents something unsavoury. ........... perhaps it is a warning sign to say that the pit is full :undecided:

I would think that the Australian jeep workshop was more practical up in the jungles of New Guinea, etc. than towing a heavy workshop trailer around. They tended to adapt things to suit their needs at the time.

........... or Bloody Sore A*se I had many BSA motorcycles and the previous phrase was a standing joke but they were good machines.

Ah ........ does the green disc denote a magnetic item, ie a magneto for instance ? This would be because it could cause problems if airfreighted.

I may be wrong but the green disc does strike a note, it is something about the method of storage and or handling I think. Have come across it many times when opening MT stores, but one of those things to take little notice of at the time. :undecided:

The type of preservation of contents?

I have come across that statement before in official documents, but many of us vehicle owners display the census numbers on both sides. :undecided:

By coincidence, last week I was rummaging through a box of parts and found a metal disc with wire to attach it, a blue centre with white surround. Forget where it came from now :undecided:

Hi Chaindrive, That coupling looks like it was made of rubberised canvas. regards, Richard

Pete, I have a small range of medical instruments and you would be surprised how useful they are working on the old vehicles

Tony, I think it is an International KR-11.

Hi Tony, I would be very surprised to find a 1942 Cat D6 still in military service by the late Fifties at the most. If this ACB plate dates back to when the dozer was new, then I think it might have been one procured for the large number of contractors who built many airfields. Firms such as Wimpey, Laing, Mowlem, Taylor Woodrow, McAlpine and many more were involved. The equipment they used may well have been supplied by the government as it would not be possible for the firms to just buy new plant from the US. In the back of my mind I though there was an organisation called Airfield Construction Board, but at present cannot find anything to prove myself right. Take a look at the video in this link, it shows how much work civilian contractors were doing.

Hi Nick, I leave the clutch arm out and fit it later. The arms have a tendency to crack and can definitely be changed through the letter box, you need to be like a gynaecologist though :-D

Hi Tony, When I fitted new belts to a WOT6, I used B52, they fitted well. regards, Richard

Hi Jack, Thank for posting the photo. I saw Col with it at Corowa many years ago and from memory thought it looked slightly different to yours. At least it will give a bit of variety to the event. Richard

Hi Grum64, The blue and yellow sign dates from the postwar period and denotes the bike was attached to a Royal Army Service Corps unit, possibly in Middle East, Cyprus, Egypt area from the sand paint. In wartime and just after, the RASC colours were red and green diagonally. regards, Richard

The photo of the Austin Tilly, was that taken at the campsite at Etreham ?

Hi Matt, Good to hear the dozer is progressing. Will keep looking for those parts as well. best regards, Richard

Hi Jack, Wonderful stuff, enjoying watching your rebuild. Just heard that another Model T Light Patrol will be at Corowa next year, the ex-Col Anderson one. regards, Richard

Hi Paul, The company NP Aerospace, or National Plastic had there own part numbers, 11431-011 for LH door and 11430-011 for RH. I believe the actually maker of the door locks was Widney UK Ltd, Plume Street, Aston, Birmingham, B6 7SA. They had their own part ref. no's, 76/52632-LH and 76/52633-RH. Worth contacting Widney if you are after a replacement as it is quite possibly an off the shelf lock for other application as well. The company are well known for vehicle sliding seat runners, sliding windows in buses and all manner of auto body parts. regards, Richard

Hi Ken, Welcome to the forum. You have good taste, a Bedford QL :thumbsup: I have had mine for about 26 years now. Do you ever go down to the Corowa military vehicle gathering on the Murray river? I noticed you have a Canadian REL radar trailer, I am on the organising committee (KVE) and we have obtained one, the Zone Position Indicator trailer, to make in to the site office for the annual Corowa Swim-In & Military Vehicle Gathering. Looking for help to tidy it up at present, it will be in Sydney shortly. regards, Richard

Hi Matt, It is good to see you have finally joined us. I hear it is getting a bit cold up your way, so this forum will occupy you on those long winter evenings. best regards, Richard

Just watched that video and part 2. Did not get my lorry selected for the parade so was onboard a friend's Brockway and low loader trailer. I saw Denis's Grizzly with Charlie BJ hanging on the outside of the turret, as was the norm . Lots of well known faces there. There had been a hold up when an uninvited Sherman got in on the parade, then abandoned it in the town from what I recall. Mud City campsite was a bit sticky, best bit was on 6th June and they said the first 30 or so British marked vehicles to line up can go on the beach, I was off like a long dog to get my lorry and we had the unexpected chance to drive some Vets along the beach to Arromanches from Asnelles to parade in front of the Queen.

Hi John, This would have been done to ensure that the drive joints articulate as they rotate. It is bad engineering design to use these joints in a situation where they run in line as the rollers would indent on the bearing paths. Richard

A friend of mine had two K6's, one a Breakdown Gantry, the other was the Coles Crane version, the latter was subsequently bought by IWM Duxford, and the Gantry now owned by another friend and forum member. I broke up the remains of a very decayed K6 that had previously had a cattle body on it, the Pedigree Ayrshires that it once carried went a long way towards speeding up its demise. There is a K6 Gantry in the REME Museum at Arborfield, which was restored by the REME workshops where I worked, about 25 years ago.