Richard Farrant

I would try Speedy Spares near Brighton as they specialise in Rootes spares. They have a website. Or try John Walker bear Nottingham, he dies autojumbles and deals in gaskets

A 9/16”AF open ended spanner, cut a double ended one in half and drill a hole in the end to tie a bit of cord to in case you drop it in the engine bay. Old REME trick!

Not impossible, needs a bit of dexterity with your fingers ..... putting the nuts back on is fun 😀

Wally, that is so true.

BP & Co Ltd would be Baker Perkins, they produced a lot of artillery.

Hi Wally, The Toad drawings might have come in useful about 13 years ago when I was restoring the lane marking assembly for the Toad that went to the Jacques Littlefield collection (it is now in Australia)

Use the jacking strut to lift the road wheel. You will need to do this to change a wheel.

Hi Bob it seems odd that your photo indicates it was an ambulance. I cannot see why in that role it would need turrets.

Hi Bob, it appears to have vision blocks around the turret. Makes me wonder if it was used by RARDE Fort Halstead as they had some oddball conversions for use on ranges for observation of test firing.

The Solex carb used on the J60 is actually two carbs in one, very much the same as the Solex carbs used on Rolls B Range 6 and 8 cyl engines. No need for balancing linkages, foolproof. Also the de-tuning was necessary as one of the stipulations on the design was to be able to run on any grade of petrol available in a combat zone, hence the lower compression. They had good performance as I witnessed when being in a Fox on road test and the driver had it running at 95 mph, we passed everything on the road,, this was about 45 years ago now!

When I worked at REME workshops we did some vehicle restoration work for the Royal Artillery museum at the Rotunda and after the workshop closure, the Curator put some work my way to get some of the vehicles on display outside in to running order. At that time it was impossible to get the larger exhibits under cover, that was, until the new museum called Firepower opened on the old Arsenal site. There was never a large footfall to the Rotunda and I suspect income was not high. The exhibits inside were exceptional. There was a large parking area next to the Rotunda building and it was full of artillery, vehicles and related equipment, including AA radar trailers and an Auster AOP. I remember the 7.2 in Gun as the staff referred to it as the 'Spike Milligan gun', I was told he donated some money towards it. regards, Richard

Hi Tom, Did you spray the whole Carrier in aerosol cans? I thin the paint with what is called Standard Thinners and never had any problems, sounds like you were unlucky there.

Good one Tom, I was just going to send John a photo of the location but you beat me to it!

John, If I remember correctly, the build date is stamped alongside the number on the top edge of hull in front of the driver.

Hi Tom, I am using Khaki Green No3 from RR Services, on a restoration for a museum and was able to find a pristine sample of the original paint from 1940 on the inside of a cable cover, which had probably not seen the light of day for 80 years. I sprayed a small area at one end of this cover and the next day, checked it and you cannot see the difference, so I am very confident with this paint as a match. Your problem with the primer reacting, it might have been something to do with the thinners you were using for the top coat? regards, Richard

This body is not one fitted to QL’s originally. Check out Bart Vanderveen’s book on Bedford military vehicles, inside the back cover are reproductions of adverts and the one for A. B. Fletcher, a surplus dealer and the body in the adverts phot is identical and would be more practical for haulage as the floor is flat, no wheel boxes. A lot of surplus vehicles were rebodied and a wireless/ command QL would have little value with that body at that point of time.

As FK was a Worcester registration, that might be a small link to my last post!

A path worth searching for is the ex-WD surplus dealer A.B. Fletcher in Birmingham. They had an advert of refurbished QL's for sale and body and rear mudguards are identical to the photos in this thread.

The position of the hole in the bush may have been to direct oil to the thrust side of the gudgeon pin.

Peter, I can recommend Khaki Green No3 semi matt from Warpaint/RR Services they do have it in 1 litre and 2.5 litre cans

The same filter assembly was fitted to the last BSA 250cc machines, the B25T and B25SS Gold Star around 1971. I had a new B25SS at that time as well as a couple of WDB40's, so can vouch for this.

The body sits higher than a normal QLD as it has a flat floor with no wheel boxes, looks like an Austin body. This gives the illusion of the lorry being higher. Having owned a QL for a good many years I know there is space to get head and shoulders over the front wheel and under the mudguard, I would say the tyres are 11.00-20 as mine. Is this photo from Pearsons of Liverpool? Just had a thought, seeing the cars in background, looking like early 60's, I wonder if this is not actually for the US Army but has been made up for a film? Accuracy was not adhered to by film makes then.

OK, you meant body then. It is a QLD which has the standard General Service Cargo body. The troop carrier body was longer and went right up to back of cab. Was your grandad in the Royal Engineers ?

Trailer photo ?

The photo would have been taken in late 40’s as the headlamps have been lowered, and no blackout mask.