Richard Farrant

I guess if it was last in service with QineticQ, then it now has a civvy number, try looking under the reg. plates to see if old ones are still visible. The RAF Museum at Hendon might help, but they have never been very productive when I have searched for RAF vehicle records.

Andy, There were NOS generators for Bedford 28hp a while back, still in wooden box and wax sealed, also the CAV 19X control box his not too difficult to find as they were used on so many vehicles.

Tim, Those panniers look familiar, but I could not place which military motorcycle had them, but I have just had a thought. The Civil Defence had postwar Matchless G3 and BSA B31 for despatch riding and they were disposed of in the late Sixties, I think these pannier were the type used on them, but cannot find any pics to confirm. Most people took the panniers of the bikes when they bought them. Richard

An AEC / Coles Mk3, ex-RAF crane. The non-folding jib and support legs are only on the RAF ones. Do you know what the RAF serial number is? I once had to strip the jib and crane superstructure off to renew the slew bearings, that was on one from RAF Manston, and was number 32AC62. From memory and this was about 30 years ago, it was in matt green with a yellow band around centre line of vehicle. Before that, they were RAF blue grey with yellow upper surfaces as shown. Do I see a bit of blue grey showing around fuel tank area?

Baz, Was it a Wall of Death bike? The Indian 741 was popular for that. Richard

and the Austin K7 which was to be an equivalent to the Dodge Weapons Carrier, then in recent times, the CVR(W) Vixen

Tony, With rigid trackframes, it would have bucked and rolled alarmingly, especially with the weight of the gun and armour up top. Richard

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Clive, It might be one from a 2.6 litre 6 cyl Land Rover, I think the Station Wagons fitted with those engines, were in production at that time. Another possiblity is that it was a "hot climate" rad supplied on overseas models. Richard

That story was probably put about in the army, to stop people knicking the engine oil :whistle: OMD 75 was used in practically everything from a Mini to Cheiftain, the exceptions were plant equipment with Detroit Diesels, such as the Terex loaders and scrapers, which used OMD 113 oil. It was as good as any equivalent grade in your local service station at the time. I would have used hundreds of gallons of it, in army vehicles and any engine failures would usually be from other reasons.

Baz, Not used a jig for a Bedford cab, but just done some structural work on a Fordson cab, it did not require removing from the chassis in this case, but I would strongly advise that if it is severely corroded in the lower area, to build a space frame of sorts, within the cab, before removing it, bolting it to existing points of good strength, in order to preserve its integrity. Once removed, it can soon distort then when you cut out the rot and weld new metal in, it may not align again, doors may not fit, etc. If this framework were done right, it may be possible to rotate the cab, as on a spit, with the axis right through the middle of the cab, side to side. This way you will be able to weld at a convenient position. Just some quick thoughts......... Richard

The Aveling & Porter works was in Rochester, not aware of them being at St. Pauls Cray though.

Cover for smoke dischargers?

Hi Robert, That would probably be Howard, at Collectors Car Parts, in Sipson, near to West Drayton. Tel. no. 02088973774 Extremely helpful on the occasions I have dealt with him, for Austin, Humber and Ford parts. Richard

They were regularly advertised at the time, in Exchange & Mart. I do know several people who have bought and restored some of those actual ones.

Clive, Had a look at a list of survivors into preservation, from the last 30 years and did not come across those two WD numbers. They may have been in the bunch of Dingos that used to lay in Lindsay Burney's yard in NI, they were reputed to be the ex-RUC ones that the army did not want back. A chap over there bought the remaining ones, but I do not know their numbers.

Sorry ;-) early bird catches the worm and all that :whistle: Not sure of the location but have seen pictures of them before, but not this one I think.

Dummy landing craft, to practise loading and disembarking. Richard

It was at RAF Fauld in Staffordshire, 1944. The biggest explosion in the UK.

Clive, Do tell....I assume it is something to do with NI ? Richard

Tim, Jeep gearbox has bronze, the synchros, use a Straight 90 gear oil, such as Morris AG90, do not use any EP oils as they tend to impede the braking action of synchro. Richard

air bags for lifting?

Hi Les, There is an IWM photo, number E14949, of Daimler, F47483, only 12 away from yours. On the assumtion that they could have been issued from new, to units in batches, this photo is dated 28th July 1942, with vehicle marked as 22nd Armd. Brigade. This might be a lead to narrow down your search. Richard

Ahhh, se it better now, what about Bomb or ammo stores?

Pity about Muriel the Muir Hill behind him...........she did not quite fit in to the 40's era :whistle: