Richard Farrant

Had another, closer look, and it must be Royal Army Education Corps, still none the wiser though

To expand on what Degsy has just posted, the top swivel bushes on the front axle may have dried out through lack of oil or standing. They are fibre bushings, and are easily removed to lubricate, remember to refit all the shims again. This is a common problem if free wheeling hubs are fitted, because with the tracta not rotating they do not get the splashed oil on them.

Absolutely :-)

clive, The officer is Royal Army Service Corps, so could be instructing trainee drivers and it is something to do with meshing of teeth ( gearbox teeth that is! ). :dunno:

Clive, You know me, I leave it to run a little while before diving in ;-)

Tim, Not seen any SAE80 straight gear oil, but Morris Lubricants do a Straight 90, called AG90, without those nasty additives that eat yellow metals. Richard

I know nuffing............. about R-2800 engines :dunno:

Recognition symbols for different types of Stores, including food rations, ammo, etc. For those that could not read. I note from the script, that this could be early, possibly pre-WW1

Well, seems like the Bedford MW 15cwt I used to look after for a customer, was an exception then :dunno: The last time I took it for an MoT, it had just been shod with brand new Simex Trackgrips ( getting the plug in, Jack......do I get commission? ). The young chap had it on the ramps and done all the checks underneath, then got me to take it off and made a remark about "being too old to test the brakes". I said that was a new one on me, but would you please test the brakes on the rollers. I knew they were OK, but he was astounded by the figures, and as I told him, no servo either ;-)

Errrrr..... :? try again ;-) RML60 is a KLG plug, not an AC :whistle: That linked document is long out of date and has several mistakes on that page.

I think you will find that this date, 1st Jan 1960, relates to "Good Vehicles, not used for carrying goods", over 3.5 tons gross weight and built before above date. Quite how an armoured vehicle falls in that category, I do not know. One of my clients has a Daimler Dingo scout car, and after discussing with Swansea, they put it in "Special Purpose" category and when the renewal slip comes through, there is no mention of test certificate on there. You cannot get it more sound than that.

Lee, Fraid you cannot believe everything on the internet Champion J8C is a 14mm 3/8" reach as used in Bedford RL, QL, MW and Suffolk Punch lawn mowers. Definitely not an equivalent to these Lodge plugs.

Tony, I guess he sits the tyres on them and secures the loop end by chain or rope, to the chassis as with normal scotches. They are actually, heavily webbed across the back for strength, so maybe they are not modded? Richard

They are not aircraft plugs, just normal radio screened for army vehicles. The plug is listed in the 1956 Vocab for 6MT4 and is also equivalent to KLG RML30, none of that is much help as no application is listed. Being 18mm, they may be for stationary engines, such as Gen or Charging Sets. I recollect some of the Petter engines of 1940's era being 18mm. I thought they might have been for a MCC wireless truck but on checking they have 0.5" reach whereas these are 0.75".

Looks like a still from one of Peter Seller's early films :evil:

Hi Tony, Well, they are nothing to do with scotching wheels! They are Rope Shorteners, least, that is what we called them. I used to use these often when testing and calibrating winches on British Army vehicles and plant. We even dug one up once, around the back of the Workshops, it had a wartime date on it, so I restored it and gave it to the REME Museum. That one was made by Trewhella, who made small hand winches. They were part of British recovery kit. There use is for shortening winch ropes, for instance, you need maximum effort on a winch, which means down to the bottom layer on the drum, but the winch vehicle is close to the casualty and you could have 150 feet of rope or more, so you clamp the rope in this device by rolling it around the part pulley shaped part, then locking the handle down, this wedges the rope, then the pull can be made on the loop end. Richard

Hi John, Can you give me a ring on my mobile, please. Poss. good news re. parts. Richard

When my brother bought his Willys MB jeep from a dealer back in 1984, it was registered on a Q plate. Not a problem, you had to pay Road Tax then. But years later when the Historic class came in to being with no tax to pay, anything on a Q plate could not get this exemption. It was re-registered on an age realated number and put on the Historic class. I am sure you cannot get Historic tax exemption on a Q plate......................but am ready to be corrected :dunno:

Rick, Do you mean the front mudguards? They should have a wired edge to them. The thickness of metal used on them would be a bit too thick for that tool, its probably meant for thin guage car bodies.

:-D :-D Reckon I must spend half of Beltring week, doing just that. Extolling the virtues and pitfalls of Daimler Dingos ( amongst various other mv's ) has got more than a few people in to the happy band of owners. Just ask Greenjacket for one :whistle: Richard

it appears that one side of the vessel has been cut away, making it look like the conning tower is offset. :dunno:

Ashley, Austin did not produce any armoured vehicles in their name during WW2, definitely a Morris. Richard

David, I believe you are in East Sussex, and what you are refering to is a Canadian Fox, they were a copy of the Humber, but using Chevrolet running gear. Richard

Pounds scrapyard and the vehicles are LARC-60 's, ex-US forces.

Tony, This first one looks like a Siddeley-Deasy heavy ambulance. About 500 of these served in WW1. The crest on the ambulance in second pic is definitely London County Council. Richard