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  1. Richard Farrant
    Just looking at these oil specs you listed, the British military grades of OM-15 and OM-18 are identical in viscosity, except that OM-15 is a 'super clean' fluid for aircraft standards and hence expensive so OM-18 is better. I would contact Morris Lubricants in Shrewsbury for help. The Medium grade spec that you show is pretty much of the spec of universal hydraulic oil for plant (ie. JCB, etc). Oil grades for hydraulics are measured on a ISO standard and this plant fluid would be ISO 32 and easily available.
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    As the proposed vehicle entry fee was going to be £75 for last year, goodness knows how much it will be for next year.
  3. Richard Farrant
    The army had some MJ drilling rigs with the 500 engine. You would need a suitable sump to ensure clearance with the axle.
  4. Richard Farrant
    Septic tank?
  5. Richard Farrant
    Hi Willy, It looks like you will need some new parts for the engine. The best man to ask about Rolls Royce B80 parts is Richard Banister wjrbanister@gmail.com He is in England. regards, Richard
  6. Richard Farrant
    Bob, possibly for a Sultan command vehicle?
  7. Richard Farrant
    Numbers-Letters-Numbers were changed to Letters-Numbers-Letters for all vehicles including trailers
  8. Richard Farrant
    Also known as Springer and had inherent steering problems, hence the disposal of them after a very short service life.
  9. Richard Farrant
    It is a Tomcar 570BMV 4x2 utility and cast date was 2012
  10. Richard Farrant
    I remember being on holiday in Pembrokeshire in the mid 60's and seeing the soft cabbed German lorries going to and from Pembroke Dock as well as the Mungas. One day we were out and were stopped by German soldiers in a lane and Leopard tanks crossed in front of us, the swept the road before letting us pass.
  11. Richard Farrant
    Hi Martin, Just found the attached page in a 1981 MoD publication for MVEE Chertsey, it shows that the Limber did not have a winch, but could be used as a tractor. Note the use of FH70 Limber and FH70 Tractor in the description.
  12. Richard Farrant
    I was given some photocopies of a list of Rootes contacts for war period, it was originally typed with dates and amendments written in, it will not scan as it has obviously been copied before and rather feint. I picked out the Q2 contracts for you and typed the above list. Dates can be vague as there is date of contract and date of completion, which sometimes can be a long time after the first date.
  13. Richard Farrant
    Supplying as chassis/cabs is not unusual as the MoS would have contracted another company to make the bodies. What you need to find is Q2 parts lists as Commer / Rootes usually listed the range of chassis numbers for the particular contract, then it will narrow your search down. Usually a different parts list for each contract.
  14. Richard Farrant
    Hi Simon, The seller has not been on this forum for 5 years.
  15. Richard Farrant
    Looking at wartime contracts for Commer Q2 30cwt, there are far more for the RAF, but very few for the Army.
  16. Richard Farrant
    If the base colour is SCC2 Brown, and then there are blue coats over it, this could indicate post war RAF service. It is not unusual for vehicles of that period to have been transferred from Army to RAF or Navy. Do you know the Contract number for this Commer?
  17. Richard Farrant
    Hi Mammoth, Have you tried contacting the Hampshire County museum in England that hold the Thornycroft company's records? Here is a link; https://collections.hampshireculture.org.uk/transport-vehicles I did this for several Dennis vehicles of similar age through the Surrey museum and got copies of the build sheets and these were for lorries exported to Australia, they were very detailed. regards, Richard
  18. Richard Farrant
    Good hear you have it fixed now. I am pleased that I remembered a similar problem so you did not have to do any unnecessary work.
  19. Richard Farrant
    Hi Bryan, You mentioning the date on the lamp at that it might be a bit late for Paraffin, reminded me of something. About 15 years ago I was in the local Morris OIls distributors and they had 5 gall drums of Railway Lamp Oil. I quiried it but was told they still used oil lamps at that time, and may still do.
  20. Richard Farrant
    Here is the full story on the knock engine although it does not look quite like the object in the photo: https://www.asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/resourcefiles/aboutasme/who we are/engineering history/landmarks/50-cooperative-fuel-research-engine-1928.pdf
  21. Richard Farrant
    Austin K5 4x4 being built and finished lorries on the road were Austin K6 6x4
  22. Richard Farrant
    I bought a few prior to the auctions in the 70's and I think they were only about one shilling, so good investment. Would never have realised it at the time.
  23. Richard Farrant
    Reading the description, it seems to explain well that it is a film prop, built for a Dunkirk film but not used in it. No surprise there as they were not around in 1940. Some museums have replica items that are visually correct on the outside, so cannot see too much wrong with the description.
  24. Richard Farrant
    To be precise, the vehicles are actually Morris Commercial CD 30cwt trucks, built between 1933 and 39, note they have single wheels on the rear. The picture Rick has post is a D, but a 6-seater car, built between 1927 and 1932.
  25. Richard Farrant
    It is all coming on well. I have been looking for photos of the WOT6 I worked on as just found two photos that may show details for you. The picture showing the whole vehicle, if you zoom up to the top of the windscreen I can recollect a canvas strip inserted between roof and screen,it is basically a flap to stop water getting to the windscreen top hinges. The others shows the cab interior. The others are saved on a hard drive or memory stick so will see what can be found. regards, Richard
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