Richard Farrant

1 hour ago, ted angus said:

9.concur this is  16A 710 is a 1000gal water for photographic units.  this must have been overloaded as 1000 of water is nearly 4.5 tons ?

 

 

Hi Ted,

In answer to your quote above, I had to smile as Bedford used to put in there adverts many years ago, "good for a 50% overload". !!!

Thanks, going by the tail, it looks like a Miles Gemini.

4 minutes ago, B series said:

Caption: Caterpillar D8 with towed scraper and a stalled engine. Not normally a problem, but the starter motor had been removed for repair, but as no spares available it had not been replaced. This was taken in the river at Ruseifa Bridge between Zerka and Amman, Trans Jordan, January 1942.

 

 

I thought the D8 had a donkey engine to start the main engine. Begs the question of how they started it without any starter?

I have rebuilt  servos before and did one for a Dennis F28  and Ian at Classic Spares made the new leather piston seal for me.

The one you show here looks like those fitted to a Stalwart Mk2

Hi B Series,

Here is the link to the crash report;

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=18743

11 hours ago, B series said:

 

Here is a DeHavilland DH98A Rapide that had a forced landing in the Iraq desert.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just a bit of information on the demise of the Dragon Rapide. The incident happened on the 25th June 1948 near Mile Post 100 in the Syrian desert. It was on a flight to Damascas when it had to make an emergency landing.

2 hours ago, SirLanceUK said:

So power goes in the 3 pin socket on the other side of the scope? and if so do you know which pin is live and which is earth?

Not sure if you have a wiring diagram for the cupola, but this may be useful to you.

1 hour ago, matchlesswdg3 said:

You are right, Iain, underneath all that gubbins lies what might be a decent truck; but not sure if I can afford the filler needed to plug the holes when all that kit comes off!  It would look like a collander.

You should have seen the Land Rovers we fitted the NI GRP armour to. If they had gone through several tours there would be quite a few holes in all the panels as the holes were never in the same place.

Not wartime but about 1949/50, a lovely Commer Q2 15cwt. These are ultra rare, they were supplied with the WW2 pattern 15cwt body, like the Bedford MW.

On Milweb currently   https://www.milweb.net/webvert/a4796/98834

ML is Morris Commercial and as there is some commonality with parts you will see Morris Motors and Wolseley shown as well.

Just tried the website again and it opens for me.

That Haldex website is in North America!

The clutch is Borg & Beck and these are their part numbers:

clutch driven plate is part no. 54795TT

Clutch pressure plate  is part no. 48446/20TT

The people to talk to are Clutchfix in Yorkshire, www.clutch-fix.co.uk

They made a new plate for me for a customer's Rolls Royce engine in a fire tender, Very good service.

10 minutes ago, B series said:

Richard,

As a FV1600 owner, I can see where you are coming from with the curved windscreen, but these photo's predate the FV1600 design. This batch of photo's were taken 39-45 in North Africa as far as is known. Also I forget to mention in my original post, not so easy to see on the copied photo, but there is a small white 5 pointed star on the side door, near where I guess the door handle would be.  

B series

Ah OK, I thought the photos might have been from the 1950’s. Will have a rethink. Rear body does look CMP though. If there is a star and in N Africa then it indicates a US vehicle, maybe .....

These last two photos, body looks like a CMP but windscreen looks like one on a Humber FV1600.

There appears to be a CMP truck in the distant background in one photo.

Mike,

That is bad luck. When you get the head off, check it with a straight edge for any bow in the face. A engine machining shop should be able to face it for you if it needs doing.

Not sure if the studs go straight in to the water jacket,, if so it is possible they are leaking around the threads.

They were a 'parts bin' machine made by a Royal Ordnance Factory, two adapted RL front axles, RL gearbox, Thornycroft transfer box, and Coventry Climax forklift steering box., along with a Perkins tractor engine. I worked on them for the army, the manual would be an EMER which is in three levels of repair, Unit, Field and Base. A part list would be of great help to glean the origin of some of the parts.
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Try a freeze and release spray on the pipe nut

43 minutes ago, Surveyor said:

Thanks this one does say 1975 but the label mentions unleaded petrol so assume its been modified

I had one of these back in the 80's and it said to use unleaded petrol, but this was well before Unleaded was available at filling stations.

Hi Tony,

On the thread I linked, the first two photos, my grandfather driving in the top photo, with William Robinson in the back. I have a couple more photos probably taken at the same time, but the photo below is the same registration number, but different track layout and the bonnet is different. I did hear once that Citroen may have used this one advertise the vehicle and maybe they upgraded it for Mr Robinson. Sadly my father is no long alive because he remembered the car. I often wonder if it still exists.

regards, Richard

21 hours ago, TonyB said:

Hey, that’s brilliant Citroman .B2 or not 2B. But would I have to close this account and start another? I’m going to have a proper look through the camion site tomorrow, it looks fascinating, thanks.

Hi Tony,

Have you seen a thread on this forum from about 7 years ago regarding a civilian Citroen Kegresse? I could not believe my eyes when it came up as it is my grandfather was driving it, back in the 1920's. He was a chauffeur and drove it from new.

regards, Richard

Hi Phil,

That is a good collection .Am I right in thinking you took the Humber 1 Ton to Darwin in 1995 for Back To The Track? I recall seeing it in Darwin..

regards Richard

Yes, John did have the Humber ambulance at the first time I met him in the 80’s at one of the MVT D-Day shows on Southsea Common.

24 minutes ago, early british ww2 said:

 

 

does anyone remember the Quad Ant FAT that used to go to the shows on the back of a converted fire engine ? 
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That one on the back of a Bedford fire engine belonged to John Rowell of Peterborough. Not seen it for many years.

I know of a restored Guy 4x4 FAT in Australia, and a friend had an unrestored one a few years ago

And here is 00HX26. It is being loaded at REME Wksps, Ashford in early 90's. It had been through the Paintshop and I had removed and refitted the blade to get it in there.

1 hour ago, 67burwood said:

Not entirely sure which gearbox’s fitted the 4d, I believe the Thames trader did but I don’t know any others, ideally I would like to keep the wot6 gearbox.

 

 

 

When working on the WOT6 some years back I found the gearbox full to brim with water. The gears were OK, but replaced all bearings. Gearbox casing was found to be cracked (possibly frozen at some point). I found another casing, I do not recall if it was marked WOT6 but it all fitted and rear plate matched up. We found that a particular CV boot can be fitted to the gear lever to stop ingress of rain water.