Richard Farrant

6 hours ago, Hartas said:

Yes - Sydney, NSW 

Hi Philip,

I have attached a small part of the Ferret wiring diagram, this is showing the generator panel and associated wiring. The complete wiring diagram is about A3 size so I will have to scan in parts and email to you if you think it will help. Let me know.

regards,

Richard

Is this the one?

10 minutes ago, rewdco said:

CW or BW prefix frame numbers and engine numbers.

 

 

14/CW stands for 14 Command Workshop (Ashford),

31/BW stands for 31 Base Workshop, also in Ashford.

 

 

 

 

Please feel free to add further information to this thread! 😊

Just to make it clear to the above, 14 Command Workshop was at Ashford in Kent, and 31 Base Workshop was at Ashford, Middlesex.

14 Command Workshop was renumbered in later post war years to 44 Command Workshop, as I worked there! The rebuild plates used the workshop identity code of EC02.

10 hours ago, BlueBelle said:

Another unusual ERM, on a Cromwell 1 used for training, one of 30  'pre-duction' (the caption states) models made in mild steel. Not Libya, not really my topic, but I thought it may interest others.

That 'ERM' is in fact a civilian trade plate issued in Derby, so without doubt it would have been issued to Rolls Royce when they were road testing the new Meteor engine. There is a good book about this and how they often road tested.around the area of their workshops.

I believe in the 1920's period that lorries were hired to take the TA units to camp or on manouvres as this photo may be an example of a business hiring a vehicle out. There was a company at the time called Artillery Transport Co. who ran military pattern lorries, in particular I seem to recall they had some Karrier 6x4 lorries, I have seen photos of them on army exercises, with the company name on the canvas canopy.

As I had never seen SA ERM's before until these recent photos on the forum I am going to hazard a guess. I beleive the SP numbers stood for Sales Prototype (or similar meaning). I am wondering if these particular tanks numbered in the SA series are something like Sales Armour and were in fact, vehicles put aside for sales to other countries and pictures of British crews in them were possibly demonstrating them to foreign powers or training their crews. Later on we would see MS numbers for armoured vehcles sold overseas.

Hi Ray,

The parts list gave the Morris part numbers and an army stock number, I cross referenced the army number in the LV6MT7 Vocab - Bearings and the makers part numbers came up. I am sure if you look on a search engine you will find bearing stockists who can help. I have done this successfully in the past.

4 hours ago, RayT said:

Dowel pins are hardened, but how hard in comparison I don't know. 

Sizes are 1/8 × 1 and 1/8 x 1 1/4 

Hi Ray,

Not sure what model Morris you have, but going through the C8 parts list I think I have identified your bearings and have manufacturers part numbers.

You say 1/8" x 1 1/4", that would be Morris part no. C868 and a quantity of 59 rollers for the 2nd speed constant mesh gear. Manufacturers part numbers:

Ransome & Marles part no. N.125 x 1 1/4" 

Hoffman part no. B.2785

Skefko part no. 125 x 1 1/4

The 1/8" x 1" rollers  are Morris part no. C.681 for the stem gear on gearbox mainshaft, a qty of 28:

(the diameter is actually 0.1248")

Ransome & Marles part no. N.1248 x 1

Hoffman part no. B.4767

hope this is is help to you.

regards, Richard

Hi Bryan,

The Aveling Barford Dumptruk in RE finish is now available in the Oxford models range. They first brought it out in civilian operators livery, but the real army ones had a large air cleaner on the front nearside mudguard and the model does not have that ............ nit picking here, looks good, it is in 1/76 scale.

regards, Richard

Fort Halstead has always been a weapons and expolosives research establishment, in the late 1930's it was designated as the Projectile Development Establishment with rocket development. I would hazard a guess that this photo was taken in the MT section and the Hillman tilly is on the ramp for servicing. The lettering on the door is unusual for a military vehicle and it is likely it was supplied to a government department from the Ministry of Supply.

Definitely WW2 era

It is actually a Hillman utility, you can tell because of the ventilator in the bulkhead, Austin did not have one in that location.

9 hours ago, LarryH57 said:

As for the 'like a Ford' I agree its not a Ford but only point is 'here we have another manufacturer producing vehicles with black mudguards, like RAF Ford Panel Vans and Fordson Sussex Balloon winches circa 1939-40, I guess it could be impressed?

 

 

If you look at the attachments,, you will note the Bedford Utilicon was a vehicle type suppliied to government contracts during WW2 so unlikely to be impressed.

3 hours ago, LarryH57 said:

Over the years I have collected a few photos of RN vehicles, mostly in ports and harbours and shore bases etc.

Strangely (or perhaps not) I can't find any 'RN vehicle colour regulations' to confirm what was in use but I suspect that after the early war period of light grey it bacame whatever the Army Regulations were (which would have suited the manufacturers)

Inititally I think the RN used light grey (like this perserved Tilly) , though some people maintain the idea that the RN always used dark sea blue, which I suggest that was late-war 

The Wrens in their car photo, with lorry behind, looks to have black mudguards typical of Fords, and the ambulance also looks more light grey  - than dark sea blue (similar to the blue that Fleet Air Arm used on Vought F4U Corsairs in the Pacific). 

 

 

 

 

Larry,

The 'car' is not a Ford, it is a Bedford van, looks like a Utilicon personnel carrier conversion by Martin Walter judging by  the windows in the side.

Regarding colours, back in the 1970's I was involved in restoring a MorrisCommercial C4 air compressor truck that bore a RN number, the paint colour was actually SCC No.2 Brown. The truck was part of a contract for the army, vehicles were often switched to other Services. This vehicle went to Normandy and onward with a RN team who put ports back in working order althe way eastwards.

Here is a pictre of a Commer Q2 radio van set up, it was used by the RAF for a direction finding role.

It appears to be an RAF Commer Q2 radio / radar vehicle with a mast

Robin,

Have you seen this:

https://www.merlinarchive.uk/vehicle/16GN07

Your box was made by the Austin Motor Co.

Many years ago I used to rebuild all sorts of Bedford engines in an army workshop and seem to recall we used to get some 330 diesel engines that had a different timing case with facility for a vacuum pump to be fitted, it engaged with the timing gears, pretty sure it was for the SB coaches.

A friend in Australia has sent me some photos of a Willys Manchester truck he has spotted recently. Built by Willys Overland Crossley Ltd, it ia an A12 model 25/30cwt. Apparantly coming up for auction sometime soon, located in New South Wales. No more details than this.

hi Quadman, glad to have been of help.

I would guess a Ford truck from the shape of the door ..........could be wrong.

Looks like a Humber Pullman as the windscreen is taller than a Snipe.

2 hours ago, Adrian Dwyer said:

 

I have checked another source, my 1960 edition of Observers Book of Automobiles and IW is listed as Londonderry C.C.

Whatever, it is likely the vehicle in the photo is in Northern Ireland!

The registration number was issued in Londonderry, NI