Richard Farrant
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Rippo, Thanks , the Rubbolite rear lamp is listed as correct rear lamp for the Humber Mk4 armoured car, and the parts book is 1943 I seem to recollect. :tup::
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Most drivers on the road would not have a clue what the different flags meant. Don't forget the correct vehicle spacing in the packets too, for safety. That way you could not be seen as causing a hazard.
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That pilot has to be desperate to get out like that :shake:
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Rippo, I do not know when Rubbolites were changed over, but suspect the rubber shortages may have influenced the change for a metal option. you will have to trawl through parts book to see when the change was. It would not be wrong to see either on a wartime vehicle unless you want it as it left Luton. Normally these lamps are to the offside, Maurice probably put the road-legal glass ones in the position the originals were, and moved those across just for looks.
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Hi Nick, I knew a dealer in Sussex who only in recent years had five of them, all sold to collectors now though. Think one was mocked up and used in 633 Squadron.
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Re. the pic of the Bedford OY back in 1974, I now have reason to believe the owner might have been a Mr. Brooks of Old Heathfield, in Sussex. Any of you guys in that area remember him?
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and replied to, Graham :tup::
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Hi Les, Even Rob was struggling, only had it a few days, but what I have seen they are mostly coming out well.
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MVT / AWDC end of season event 1986 at Bovington
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Thanks Mark. Odd thing is my brother is showing me photos I had never seen before, from about 30 years back. Have a few more I think. They are copying quite well.
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Graham, is it the same number?
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This pic was taken at a re-enactment event, in Kent, dated around 1978, called The Battle of Molash. Two M5 Stuarts there, one without turret is most probably a British gun towing conversion.
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My brother has been trying out a new photo scanner and found some 35mm slides he took in the 1970's. The first one here, is a Bedford OY, that used to turn up regularly at the Sellindge steam rally. In those days, military vehicles were rare at this event. I think it came from the Eastbourne area, anyone recognise it or know who owned it? The date was 1974, I think.
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Only going by Jane's 1983 book, Bernard. Did it actually go further than trials and development? As a small producer I wonder if they had any buyers.
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:tup:: it did have a bit of Volvo in it.....the transfer box.
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Dosco HS100-4
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Volvo
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If you mean are they the same as the lamp shown below the MW photo, I say, yes.
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Mike, That is the carbine holder, fixed to the inside of the windscreen frame.
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Graham, Not noticed any changes, usually put my photos at the bottom after I have written the words. Red is the colour.....brought up with them and the earlier ones, had them apart many times :-D
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There you are Graham, easy was'nt it? Good choice of tractor
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I saw John and his group play at Horndean show in 2004, great music :thumbsup:
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6x4 Militant Why?
Richard Farrant replied to Simon Daymond's topic in Transporters & Wreckers (All Nations)
Mike, O859 1076 to 1127, which were Army reg no's 53BR76 to 54BR26. These were fitted with KL66 cranes, with a low mounted jib, the cab roof being lower in the centre to accomodate jib stowage. Crane built by K&L Steel Founders and Engineers Ltd. of Letchworth.They are described a general purpose cranes, so may not have been envisaged that they should go cross country. The 6x6 AEC Coles cranes were described as a "Bridging" crane, and they were intended for rougher going. -
Not quite as easy going as it sounds, sometimes, ask the passengers on a certain Airbus which tried to emulate a flying boat this week.
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John Coughlan........he had a Bedford QL in the past, now has a French SUMB truck, takes part in MVT events in Oxfordshire area group, seen in pics on this forum.
