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  1. Richard Farrant
    Reckon the other location like that it is Bagshot ?? Richard
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    He does'nt have to tell me :-D
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    Bovington and it is you with a Land Rover 2a S*S patrol vehicle :wink:
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    Did you know.........that Ken Dodd once owned a Tilly? Can't remeber whether it was an Austin or a Hillman though. Richard
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    Jack, Here is one of my Bedford QL taken a few years ago. Richard [attachment deleted by admin]
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    and I worked on No.4 in 1980. I did not think to keep note of all the vehicles, my spanners were laid on Richard
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    Clive, The Fort H Pigs were re-numbered in the WB range, I worked on them in 86/87. 26BK37, I was there when the turret was fitted, a box had to be made for the roof first. It was used for training nearby :wink: Richard
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    Clive, While you are Pig number crunching, here are a few for you; 04BK01 chassis no. 20401 19BK01 both these are / were Mk1 This one is a Mk2; 26BK37 All older than the one you have, but fate not known since I worked on them whilst still in service. Richard
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    Michael, I see you have posted another pic of the flywheel. I can see enough now to think that it is a Bedford flywheel, so timing marks will be appropriate for the engine. Richard
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    Neil, Back in the Seventies, we used to do falling plate knockout shoots at Hythe, when I worked for the army workshops, it was an event where the army ran the range and the civvies shot. We very soon found that you did not aim for the centre of the plate. And looking in front of me now, there is a shield for the winning team in 1975 :-) Richard
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    Ahh....more to the story....I believe a unit had recovered the vehicle and had lowered it to the ground and unhooked, forgetting to chock the wheels or apply the handbrake. It then shot off backwards in to said tank .
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    Jack, Long story :-D We were changing over the lifting boom and winch from another of these Foden recovery trucks. One had been bent when the vehicle ran back in to a Cheiftain apparantly. The replacement was from another that had been scrapped, having rolled over in Norway, we were cutting it up and salvaging main assemblies from it. Wish you had not asked now, don't you :-P Richard
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    Jack, Better late than never......just added some to my gallery file. Richard
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    You little devil, Clive :-D. Much like me winding up those call centre operators from India, etc. who always call when you are getting a meal. I keep them going long enough by getting them to repeat everything, then spelling it, until they realise they are on a loser. Richard
  15. Richard Farrant
    Clive, Ballata is rubberised canvas belting, used for driving machinery, but nowadays more often seen as exhaust flexy straps.......or Land Rover axle check straps. Richard....the First
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    Jack, My father used to compete in target shooting with .303" and 7.62mm rifle. As children, my brother and I used to go along from early 1950's onward. We used to go to many army ranges around Sussex and Kent, also to Bisley Camp. A local one was Hythe Ranges, back in the 1900's it was the School of Musketry, the range was all shingle, being next to the sea and you would often spot a live cartridge in amongst the pebbles, so nothing unusual, they having been dropped. One day we found one, a .303" and it was pre-First World War, a bit dented but not corroded. Richard
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    Paul, That is the other one then. It was at the Museum of Kent Life near Maidstone. Believe the TV company had two of them in case one went down, I presume. Richard
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    Hi John, If you need an exhaust silencer, I have a NOS one. Richard
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    Clive, Not sure of its correct title, somewhere I have a prewar pamphlet on Water Purification, which I sent you some details from, for the article. This unit predates that, the only names that spring to mind is Stella and another beginning with M??????? Date.......possibly around 1919-1925 :? Richard the First
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    Hi Pop, Is that the one that used to be displayed in the Hop Farm at Beltring? Am sure it was still there this year. Kewelde
  21. Richard Farrant
    One last guess for today, water purification unit?
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    part of a mobile laundry unit :?
  23. Richard Farrant
    Jerrican filling apparatus?
  24. Richard Farrant
    Ahhh.......now thats one beautiful lorry. Very well finished :-) Richard
  25. Richard Farrant
    Clive, No....something closer to home :-) Looking forward to the next challenge Richard
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