Richard Farrant

Rippo, Here is an interesting shot, from the Bedford book again, an early MW with Vokes filter. Students on a maintenance course by Bedford.

Rippo, Vokes filter would be as rare as teeth in a hen :-D........saying that and someone on here will have one! Attached is a factory shot of early MW's, but cannot see anything in the back. What is odd, is that some sort of board is attached to the sides of the body...........and as I write this, it has suddenly come to me, that they are ramps for the Anti tank gun :idea:, so it makes these A/TK gun portees. The photo is from Bedford's wartime history book and I saw another aero screened MW in the desert with full rear tilt. I still say that the majority of 15cwt trucks prior to Dunkirk, did not have full rear canopies, just a cover over them. There will be exceptions to the rule no doubt.

Neil, I had an email over the weekend showing dramatic photos of the storm over there in Brisbane, The hailstones have to be seen to be believed. :shake:

Ted, Thanks for the details on the beacons or lights, it had been discussed before and I remember Chance being a maunfacturer. My mistake with the Crossley, can see now it is the flatbed towing a trailer, as the other photo :tup::

Top one is the tall hull, which is a FV610 Carrier, Armoured, Command, CPO/GPO.........to be precise :-D

Clive, Not just the number plate that is missing, I cannot see a number plate light either.

For anyone who would like a taste for what the Corowa event is like, I have available, some excellent DVD's from the themed events in recent years. Take a look at www.milweb.net/webverts/45257/ Richard

Rippo, Cont. No. V3733 Z4173216 to 4176715 GS and Water Tank a mixed contract. I did find reference in Bart's book to MWT, an Anti Tank Gun Tractor, that had full canopy with windows in the side for carrying gun crew. This would be an early war vehicle and probably with aero screens, so might well have been captured at Dunkirk area, hence the German photos. Minefield is'nt it?

Jack, Saracens..........the top photo is a Armoured Command Vehicle (ACV) and the lower is Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) Great thread, thanks.

The instrument panel would help date it too as that changed later on. I suppose it might well have had a bonnet swapped sometime in its long life.

Rippo, A lot of these surviving Bedfords, carried on into postwar service and went through rebuild programmes. Authenticity was not important, so long as a truck came out the other end, so early and late features often crop up, such as the Vokes air cleaner, I know of a Vokes bellows air cleaner on a later MW with full windscreen and half doors. I wonder if the hoops in the photo taken at the factory, were in fact the cab hoops? Think I have seen a photo like that, will try and find it. I do have a list of chassis numbers to year, from Bart's book and the contract numbers are listed with census numbers in a repro book produced by Groucho Publishing.

Rippo, Mike's picture shows a MW from Contract No. V.4157, listed as a 15 cwt with Tank, so could have been a water tanker.

I will sleep on it and let you know

Rippo, The Van was a classification of army vehicle that seemed to fade out early in the war. The first MW models were MWD GS with aero screens and canvas cab, but no tilt frame. There was a contract, Cont. No. V3904, for 1,000 MWV vans. I think the canvas was a permanent fixture was no ropes can be seen on them, possibly the canvas was screwed to a frame inside? The MW was not the only one to do a van version, there were Ford WOT2 vans as well, and I know a few have turned up in Australia.

and I did not actually say I wanted to go :-D..............so there :rofl:

It would have to have soft seats, none of those damned original ones :shake:

Only a few miles and a couple of days to cover now, so keep watching. Thanks for your comments, Degsy :thumbsup: Then there will be another story to follow .........

If you were to build a replica Carrier, it would make sense to use any original parts which are available, and a flathead V8 would not be a major problem. With the cost of steel nowadays, I think any project like this is a non starter in material costs alone. Far better to restore existing vehicles, there are still a few crying out to be saved. Nice to dream of something like this though

CW, I understand it could have been a copyright issue, so I have no problems in it being removed. See my PM to you. Richard

Howard, A Dutch dealer sells them, usually set up opposite Jeeparts UK, at Beltring.

You just spotted that then :-D

Howard, What you need is one of those tyre removal tools that you see for sale at Beltring. They are ex-German army and made for that type of rim, they clamp to the centre and have an air cylinder which applies pressure to the bead. Bought mine some years ago and it has saved a lot of hard work and hammering. Even had a mobile tyre fitter come in to do a wheel on a truck in the yard, he nearly gave up, when I brought the tool out and done the job for him, his jaw dropped :-D

6x6, This picture, is the Excavator chassis for a Blaw Knox BK50 Mk3. The chassis was built by AWD, model ECA 64/171, with AEC components.

Mike, The face shovel is mounted on a Dennis G7 Jubilant chassis.........I agree it is a Ford E "Commer cab" behind.

Hi Neils, It is on a VHS video, a collection of training films for Humber and Daimler armoured cars. Not sure if they are still available :-(