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  1. Richard Farrant
    Pearson’s of Liverpool crated a lot of motorcycles for the War Office, photos were in the book about their operations. Littlewoods could have been doing likewise. They also made barrage balloons.
  2. Richard Farrant
    They could have been dispatched to Littlewoods to be knocked down and packed for shipping. It is amazing to find firms who you do not associate with engineering were doing war work I believe Cadburys were making jerricans.
  3. Richard Farrant
    If this is the programme that depicted the time of the Dunkirk evacuation, then the QL was not built in 1940, so another error.
  4. Richard Farrant
    No problem, glad to help! regards, Richard
  5. Richard Farrant
    Hi Mark, If the registration is French civilian, then the 14 means it was registered in the Calvados region, Caen, Normandy
  6. Richard Farrant
    Easy way to check the camshaft is to take the valve chest cover off and see if all the cam followers are moving when the engine is spun over.
  7. Richard Farrant
    Phil, First thing I would check is the linkage from the gear slector to the selector lever on the side of the box,. As 3rd gear position on the quadrant is at the end of the gate, it may be there is a bit of wear or slack and the lever on the box is not quite in the correct position. Also you say that when 3rd does engage it comes up with a bang, is it then hard to push the pedal down again? Just trying to ascertain the problem. regards, Richard
  8. Richard Farrant
    It looks like a tank transporter tractor by its wheelbase and extended cab.
  9. Richard Farrant
    Ian, Just noticed the writing on the flange "23/25 crane". This could relate to the Coles 23/25 Hydra Husky crane. The army had Hydra Husky cranes at on time, but I don't think they were 23/25 models and they were fitted with an AEC 505 engine. Richard
  10. Richard Farrant
    I think the Perkins in the AEC/Coles Mk4 bridging cranes was a P4, that starter looks familiar. Not sure what an SL5 engine was ........
  11. Richard Farrant
    Could be for the Perkins engine fitted to the post war AEC/Coles cranes
  12. Richard Farrant
    All I can find on the engine for the Q type is that it is 96 horsepower
  13. Richard Farrant
    Good one, yes that was the kit. Think the system came to nothing in the end, the (real) trailers would have been expensive to build
  14. Richard Farrant
    Andy, A Roadrailer trailer? Think that was the name. I recall building a model kit of one about 50 years ago, with an AEC tractor unit. Sorry to hijack the thread, I take great interest in this Dennis restoration, well done Ben. regards, Richard
  15. Richard Farrant
    Possibly drain plugs for an amphibious vehicle? The inspectors mark on the one close up looks like it could be Canadian (?).
  16. Richard Farrant
    hi Mick, Thanks.! Military vehicles have been my interest and my work for nearly 50 years and you tend to accumulate a lot of reference material over time 😉. The photos in my last post are of an official wartime War Office publication listing details of all vehicles and trailers in use by the British military. It is a reprint version produced by the HM Stationary Office some years ago. Glad to hear it was helpful to you. regards, Richard
  17. Richard Farrant
    Ask any REME VM who served in that time, they will have had plenty of experience of wheel station and bevel box damage on Stalwarts, and all the other Alvis 6x6 vehicles.
  18. Richard Farrant
    Hi Mick, I have found details of the trailer in a copy of the War Office Date Book of Wheeled Vehicles (a late war edition). See the two photos of related pages. The trailer was a Multiwheeler design but some were made by S.M.T., who as I mentioned before, were Scottish Motor Traction. They were also mentioned in Bart Vanderveen's Fighting Vehicles Directory WW2 as co-producers of the semi-trailers coupled to the Bedford QLC trucks.
  19. Richard Farrant
    I wouldn't say 'greater knowledge', just a bit of lateral thinking. The top right hand corner of the yard does appear to have a lorry with large letters on the side, which could be RN.
  20. Richard Farrant
    OK, thanks. The Queen Mary tractor units appear to be Crossleys. My thoughts are that this is a civilian contractor's repair workshops doing work for the Air Ministry .
  21. Richard Farrant
    There might be a clue in the location of the photo. It looks to be next to a domestic garden with a small greenhouse. Not a setting you would expect to see airfield crash tenders. On the other hand barrage balloon units often were set up near residential areas.
  22. Richard Farrant
    Hi Mick, Found a trailer in RAF casting policy dated 1972, that meets your description and photos. Code 3470 1845 Trailer, low platform, 20 ton, 8 twin wheels, SMT Mk1 Scottish Motor Traction made some heavy trailers for the military
  23. Richard Farrant
    WOT1 for sure
  24. Richard Farrant
    Scottish Motor Traction
  25. Richard Farrant
    I am a member of MVT (41 years) but do not do Facebook
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