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!

Just now, Manylandrovers said:

Nightmare to get off the manifold....!!

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

48 minutes ago, wally dugan said:

RICHARD the trouble with these type of documents its only after they have been disposed of that later there importance is realised  and the people who should have saved them are not interested. FACT a well known museum  was  offered   a vast collection of documents  but replied that they were not interested but after years of them been found  to be of great importance to researchers  they  grabbed  them l still have their letter on file

Wally, that is so true.

4 hours ago, Tony. said:

Thanks for your kind words, does anyone know what the stamped figures and letters mean?

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

2 hours ago, wally dugan said:

 What did come as a surprise are the  builders drawings for the Churchill Toad flail tank these appear to have come from the firm which was located in Workington 

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)

9 hours ago, SirLanceUK said:

folowing on from your post "Excess Friction" as some one who does not have access to any other CVRT , readly, for comparison, how do i know what excess friction is?

I am guessing it wont "freewheel" but how do i tell?

 

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!

1 minute ago, B series said:

OH, that gun is looking a bit neglected, I have never visited Woolwich, but I thought they would have had room to store items undercover. I hope it can be restored

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

58 minutes ago, Tom M said:

Hi Richard, I used ready made spray cans from both suppliers, so the thinner was already mixed in. I’ll bear your advice in mind though when I spray the rest of my parts. I think I’ll use the HMG cans for the oil and fuel cans where a different shade would be beneficial.

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!

53 minutes ago, johnwardle said:

I have been asked to verify a Canadian Universal carrier, but I am having great difficulty in finding a list of hull numbers to verify the year of manufacture. Does anyone know where I can find such a list?

John,

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

3 hours ago, Tom M said:

Here's am idea of what the R&R services KG No3 looks like, but as people have said it changes a great deal according to the light. I can say that it's a pretty close match to the original 1942 colour.

I also used the HMG coach enamel on my petrol tanks, it's also a reasonable colour match. But be careful what primer you use as it reacted with mine and bubbled up, and then you have to strip everything and start again (not bitter about that at all!!!).

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

23 minutes ago, B series said:

In response to utt61's comment about markings on FOS wing, here is a better picture of that marking. I do not think the 2AFK is a UK registration number, because the vehicle is fitted with a registration plate on the front grille, but it has no number.

Also no UK tax disc in the windscreen.

I am under the impression that photo development back in the early 1960's was  expensive which makes me wonder why maybe half a dozen photos where taken of this particular vehicle.

Did the british army ever use this style of GS body on the QL chassis? Just thinking why would someone remove the original steel body and replace with a wooden one, unless the vehicle was disposed of without a body or it had a house body or was a tanker originally.

 

 

Anyway it is keeping a few people occupied just thinking about it.

I must post some of my other pictures.

 

B series

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.

1 minute ago, utt61 said:

Is it possible that the letters "AFK" visible in the rear view are the last three characters of a "123ABC" format civvy registration painted on the tailboard? 

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. 

7 hours ago, 2e0prp said:

hello , has anyone found anyone that can supply this Khaki Green g3 paint , looking for about two to three  lts ,  to paint my OYD , thank you  Peter

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

4 hours ago, bigduke6 said:

Thanks Jenkinov and Paul,  

Jenkinov, its the whole filter casing etc I need (my mistake in original post), it bolted on to the frame,  anything similar and similar size would do.

 

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.

4 minutes ago, gloves said:

I just meant what you can see in the picture posted behind the cab. Trailer might be the wrong word.

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 ?

55 minutes ago, gloves said:

Hey, thanks for replying. Would the trailer here be a troop carrier?

This is the only other picture I have other than one taken at a similar time of a German Shepard confusingly.

 

Trailer photo ?

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