Richard Farrant

Tim, I reckon they are Sentinel Steam lorry chassis's.

Sam, It has to be an inert gas, originally they were charged with Dry Compressed Air, which is how we did in when they were in service. On other vehicles and equipment, accumulaters now use Nitrogen, which is what I use to charge Saracen, Saladin and even Routemaster buses. Due to an archaic sealing arrangement within, the gas can tend to leak through in to the oil side, so should be checked at least once during the season. Of all those that I have done, it is normal for at least one accumulater out of the three, that loses a bit of pressure.

To store biscuits?, Looks like a gap in the middle to remove them.

Mark, There is a place very close to you, who may be able to make one..........at Marden. A chap called Paul Bruschan, he works in Atlantic Automotive at Pattenden Lane, Marden. They were at one time a major jeep parts supplier, but sold the business on, but Paul makes harnesses for US military vehicles, Jeeps, Harley, etc. His number is 07973 722132

They would not have got into the Bar at night without a wristband. One of our group left her band off and was turned away from the bar by the security.

Dont worry Lee Enfield, You are in good company, both being WW2 Bedford owners, plenty to talk about.

:-D :-D :-D Yes, dreaming of when he gets his WW2 Quad on the road :tongue:

Ummmm., yes............it looks the same colour :oops:

Geeezz, must lay off the whisky, beginning to see double :roll:

Some kind of filter? Or maybe contains a chemical to treat the waste product.?

Steve, If you can take the rad cap off and dip your finger in the coolant, then it is not boiling and neither would I assume it to be coming out of the overflow. Best thing is to have a reliable temp guage, normal temp around 180 degs F, or equivalent in foreign money. You can test the sender of the guage by removing it and inserting in a container of boiling or very hot water, along with a thermometer to compare readings.

Tony, I would have the head off first to see how bad the corrosion is, if not too bad then diesel is good as it has a searching action and is a lubricant. I have had gudgeon pins siezed / rusted, which does not help either. With the head off and a lump of hard wood, you can thump the pistons alternatively to rock it back and forth slightly to break any rust bond on the rings. It may be too badly siexed, like an Austin K2 engine I rebuilt a while back, now that one, I had to take the crank out and really force the pistons down, that one was so bad it definitely needed reboring. Coke contains a mild dose of phosphoric acid, we used to have large tanks of this acid to clean engine components on the overhaul line, it eats any thing like alloy though. Thinking of it, Coke comes in alloy cans so the acid strength must be quite a bit mild :-D

Clive, Not used that type, but on one of my Aussie desert treks with a jeep, one of the guys with us, had a small folding camping stool with a convenient hole in the middle. Nothing better than sitting in the open space with miles of desolte country to observe...............whilst :whistle:

Clive, With your healthy interest in to all things sanitary in the field, you may be interested in this link. It is possible that adaptors can be made to fix it to front or rear of a Humber. http://www.bumperdumper.com

Ian, It used to be that you were only able to enter if you were there for the full 5 show days, Weds to Sun. Entries are usually taken early in the year and close at a certain number. Mind you things may have changed since I last entered!

Tony, so I believe No..........I was at Ashford, that is why I knew what you meant ;-)

Tony, I know exactly what you mean......they were based on the same site as I worked at..............and I know which Halstead :whistle:

Lee, Having been going to this show over a 20 year period, there has been a large influx of the travelling community coming there, this has led to problems and the organisers are continually getting to grips with it, this policy that you quoted has been going for several years now and is helping. Accepted it can be inconvenient if you use one of these vehicles, myself included, but I normally stay with a friend locally.........used to camp there and also took MV's there once.

Thanks for the welcome Joris. I thought Neville Chamberlain's words were "p*ss in our time" ? :whistle: :-D

good grief, don't know what he has been up to then. Perhaps I don't want to know. Hope my room is ready before Neil gets back from France.

Jack, Well I don't know what to say after that welcome I checked out my room and Neil has left his oily overalls on the floor, smelling of gear oil, guess he has been servicing the Stalwart or that old Landie. Just been to see Clive's slide show on his nuts........and bolts, well..what can I say after that. Riveting :whistle:

or a BSA M20 ;-)

Glad to help...............those Austins are a particular favourite of mine.

Lee, Just realised............the other sign, two signalling flags! It is the School of Signals, which was at Catterick until late 60's then moved to Blandford Camp, where it became Royal School of Signals and gained Queen's Crown on the badge.

Lee, The white over blue square is Royal Signals, the other one is new to me, As I cannot see a body on this K9, I would assume that it originally had a house-type wireless body. A lot of the K9's that survived in service the longest, were Signals vehicles, then when disposed of, the bodies were removed and put on the back of Bedford RL flatbeds, along with two 3.5kva gen sets. Will see if I can find out any more on the other sign.