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  1. Richard Farrant
    Got you, yes, a Eager Beaver, forgot about that one.
  2. Richard Farrant
    Something odd about that truck, it would appear to be a 2 1/2 ton Reo type, but single wheels on rear and low body with arches. Looking at Bart's book a similar one shown is to do with telephone construction and maintenance.............but telephones have been ruled out.............:confused:
  3. Richard Farrant
    A field telephone terminal ?
  4. Richard Farrant
    Clive, Whats this, Mystery Meal No.1 ? Nope :coffee:
  5. Richard Farrant
    Here I am, and it was not beans tonight, for the record. A vehicle battery charging unit. Only saying this because it look like two bus bars running along the side, with sockets, but not sure how it get the power as nothing visible in the back unless it has a PTO driven generator. Oh and it is either US or Canadian..........maybe :confused:
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    That would have been the old Southern Railway works then. My father worked on engines there during the War.
  7. Richard Farrant
    Alan, The Disappearing Gun........I have a feeling it might have been brought back from Singapore. I once visited the North Head Artillery museum in Sydney, it is situated on the site of an old fort and I believe they also had disappearing guns installed.
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    Note the Standard estate car with all its kit laid out...........the General Trade plates are same number as on the SAS Land Rover. I think by deduction they were used by the Ministry men, as the background wall indicates that they may have been from Quality Assurance. The kit laid out looks to be measuring and inspection equipment.
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    The Bedford TK cherry picker..................memories of one of those in my section. It had come back from Ascension Island for overhaul, used for working on AWACS apparantly. Very badly weathered due to sea air, there was not a fin left on the radiator it was that bad !!!
  10. Richard Farrant
    The last photos look like a Clayton tractor, from WW1 era, built to move aircraft.
  11. Richard Farrant
    Alan, This vehicle is based on a Loyd carrier, which were tested by the army in 1939 and introduced into service after that. You pictures are, I think a prototype or trials version of the standard carrier.
  12. Richard Farrant
    Yes Les, that was our old girl. In service with us whole life until 1996. But I cannot recollect a S26 coming in without a cab, could have been when they returned from a UN mission in Africa.
  13. Richard Farrant
    Hi Kuno, This is an ex-Civil Defence Bedford RL, probably late Fifties / early Sixties in age. It would have been used by the Auxilliary Fire Service.
  14. Richard Farrant
    Oh crikey.....I forgot you were an inccessant curry consumer, well your body will be aclimatised to it then. But seriously, does'nt the body emit odours from sweat glands which give trace of food eaten?
  15. Richard Farrant
    I suppose with all that rice they grow, they may eat curry with it, so it is a good theory.
  16. Richard Farrant
    Clive, Gee, thanks Perhaps their diet consisted of something the American troops did not eat, and it caused flatulence, hence how they could distinguish their own troops from the VC :-D
  17. Richard Farrant
    a body odour detector.....as the guy looks to be in US Army and Vietnam has been mentioned, then it is to sniff out "Charlie"
  18. Richard Farrant
    Is the soldier fitted out with a TV camera, possibly strapped to his head? There appears to be a large power lead trailing from the backpack
  19. Richard Farrant
    It is more likely to do with all that Coke you drink :-D
  20. Richard Farrant
    Alan, Just found that website................the story of the steam pipes was hilarious, you could not make it up :-D
  21. Richard Farrant
    Correct Ted, OMD75 replaced the monograde OMD110. Kept us busy on engine overhauls though
  22. Richard Farrant
    The Bedford S type Lacre runway sweeper........what an animal ! I did a total rebuild on one many years ago, down to bare chassis. Worst part was working in the rear body, loads of filter bags and shaking mechanism to remove the dust from them. What thing to operate though, all powered off the 300ci petrol engine. Those huge rear view mirrors are classic, imagine seeing a Vulcan in them !!!! :shake::shake::shake:
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    Clive, I think you have hit the nail on the head, the drive part look very "wiper motor", the three fixing points and paxolin backing plate. A cobble up for a trials vehicle perhaps? No one has recognised the motor yet, that may give a clue.
  24. Richard Farrant
    I see it has an FV number on it, so a vehicle part, also painted silver so an internal fitment on an armoured vehicle...........that is as far as I have got with it. A large motor in comparison to the output drive, so doubtful is is a turret traverse motor. The Lucar is a bit odd as it is not protected, input current is through a screened harness with plug and socket. This may be because the drive end is encased and the wire from the Lucar goes to a warning lamp adjacent, maybe :confused:
  25. Richard Farrant
    Clive, Just like Wheels & Tracks then, a lot of unseen archive materiel as well as present time photos........this format has never been achieved with the subsequent mv magazines that have evolved. Alan's photo find is remarkable, a bit like those found showing Pearsons of Liverpool war work, assembling and rebuilding MV's, which were made into a book.
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