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  1. Richard Farrant
    Hi Tony, I have used them, as said already, Trewhella made them. When working for REME, I used to test and repair winches, cranes and recovery equipment and when doing the annual winch inspection and max. load cut out test, I have used the shorteners on some of the longer ropes, for practical purposes and we had some that were rated at 30 tons. Never had a problem with them, but just an observation on the photo, the rope loop could get damaged from point loading if used with a shackle or suchlike. I had a large diameter collar in them, like a pulley, this stopped the rope flattening.
  2. Richard Farrant
    That was the idea to be noisy, its called phsicilogical warfare...........enemy things there are more tanks than there actually are . Anyway, if you made it quieter, you would still have the smoke :-)
  3. Richard Farrant
    A possibilty I suppose, but I thought any place name signs were removed altogether ( inc railway stations). Obviously not in all cases, as the film shows. Great bit of film though.
  4. Richard Farrant
    Nice bit of archive there with British armour in training. The odd thing there was a road sign still up, when I understood they were removed at the start of the war. It looks very much like A345, which is the Salisbury to Marlborough road. Perhaps our Allies were getting lost, without signs :-)
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    I would check compession pressures first to narrow the problem down to a cylinder. Also, if it was a valve not seating, it may have "kissed" the piston and be slightly out of line, ie. bent....... Of course, it may be too obvious, but are you sure it is not a duff spark plug? Even if new they can fail under pressure, hence why it might sound OK on starting.
  6. Richard Farrant
    That exhaust system is interesting because a friend had a 1944 Austin K6 Coles Crane and that had the exhaust running through a water tank, so I assumed it was designed to work with munitions.
  7. Richard Farrant
    Steve, Eau-de-nil was normally used on rebuilds, during the War on vehicle engines. From the factory, different manufacturers used, black, grey, basic vehicle colour (ie olive drab, matt green, brown, etc.), etc. Eddy, If you are using the WOT6 engine, the starter and dynamo would have been 12 volt ones. Just a thought in case you were not aware, as Fords are usually thought of being 6 volt. Richard
  8. Richard Farrant
    :-) :-) :-) I have done just that........but many years ago, early 1950's, my father's car was a 1937 Austin Seven, smaller version of one pictured. We went on holiday with it several times, 180 miles was an all day journey and usually eventful !
  9. Richard Farrant
    As soon as weight is released off the tyre it will release on its own.
  10. Richard Farrant
    Easier to jack one wheel up to unwind.
  11. Richard Farrant
    Andy, I think the pale blue car in your post is an Austin Big Seven, probably around 1938/9.
  12. Richard Farrant
    Hi Chas, That is a very useful tool, for a Bedford owner. It is for front and rear hub nuts ( bearing adjusters) on QL, RL, TK, MK/J.........oh and rear hubs on MW, OY, etc.
  13. Richard Farrant
    I have seen Duxford's Conq on the move some years ago, very impressive, and REME Museum used to bring their Conq ARV out to shows for a trundle round.
  14. Richard Farrant
    Wonderful, well done to you all. You must be very satisified.
  15. Richard Farrant
    Adrian, I agree, and have also noticed that those plates with most marks on are ones with a aperture in them. My thoughts are that they distort more during hardening process and thus more hammering is required.
  16. Richard Farrant
    Bob, I have just found my CAV manual, the number you asked about, starting 75B is "for use with dynamo without field resistance"...............where as the number I said, 75BT is "as for 75B but special low temperature regulator".............so perhaps it is an improved version? Richard
  17. Richard Farrant
    Hi Bob, Is that 75/BT-19X ? If so that is a common regulator fitted to quite a few WW2 vehicles, such as Bedfords, Austins, Humbers, Fordson WOT6 and so on. It is still possible to pick them up NOS, often made postwar.....try Roy Elvis. regards, Richard
  18. Richard Farrant
    Could be 5th Norfolk Regiment.........as it looks like Frank might have been in that one around 1912. That predates RFC.
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    Richard, Bakelite was usually used for mouldings, not supplied in sheet form. I would think the best material to use is Paxolin, which is in sheet form for circuit panels. I have seen it in thickness of 1/4" and 3/8", so you could laminate it. Added.........found a website selling sheets of it 25mm thick. Tufnol is a similar product as well, just a different trade name.
  20. Richard Farrant
    Rick, I do not think any aircraft were destroyed, replicas / mock ups were made and destroyed. A lot of the location scenes were done around my locality and I recollect seeing a lot of the flying from out of Hawkinge aerodrome, while working on Romney Marsh that summer. Another thing I saw was the mock up of the three masts at Dover, where the Stuka crashes into them. This was all scaled down and the aircraft was suspended on a cable from a crane. Also minature barrage balloons in the area. The "ME109's" were in fact Spanish built Buchons IIRC.
  21. Richard Farrant
    I see they have skis stowed on the side..............in case they get stuck and have to ski back home?
  22. Richard Farrant
    The 8x8, is a Mowag Piranha, built in Switzerland. I had to reload one once on to another low loader, the drivers position was akin to the Space Shuttle in comparison to a Saracen
  23. Richard Farrant
    I knew the owner, having done a lot of work on this vehicle. It does not belong to a museum. The owner was living in the Channel Islands at the time, I did see him in Normandy last year.
  24. Richard Farrant
    Ah ha !! Yes John, I see now.
  25. Richard Farrant
    .............and the Bedford .........Rippo will be interested in that :-)
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