Richard Farrant

and then if the drums are skimmed the brake shoes will need thicker linings to fit the new drum radius, (re-profiling shoes of this size may not be possible as it would make the linings too thin at the ends).

Tony, The second picture down, an ambulance, is the earlier 1/2 ton model. Markings on the side seem to denote USA.

You only have to shout "Humber" over a noisy showground and who turns up My brother had not been back to the show since 1987 and our friend Bob had never been before, so we all had an enjoyable two days there.

Just return from 2 days at the show. Excellent and weather was very good. Very impressed with the WW1 display. Nice to catch up with old friends too.

Operating pressure at an engine speed of 60-100 rpm is a High of 2.5psi and a Low of 1.5psi

I know the Austin K6 Breakdown Gantry was used with the Cranes 7 1/2 ton trailer and the K6 was equipped with a vacuum tank and vacuum brake trailer coupling and was led to believe the Cranes version was vacuum braked.

An AEC Matador, belonging to the RAF. They used these flatbed versions to tow trailers and transport construction equipment on. I recall mention and a photo in one of Bart Vanderveens directories

Of course you cannot use this technique with a transmission brake but it does work with a vehicle with hand brake working on both wheels. No fancy footwork required, used it in mud and snow. Did once get out of a muddy car park with a Rover 216 by dragging the footbrake slightly and other car drivers looked in amazement as I passed them :-D

Diff locks were not common when the Austin K9 was built, the old Bedford 4x4 lorries, QL, RL, MK would get through and they are no different to a K9. It is down to technique quite often. A little trick is to nip the hand brake on a tadge, this will stop one rear wheel spinning and you will get drive on both wheels, I have done it many times on all kinds of vehicles and it works.

Hi Richard, It is easy if you have your photos in your computor's photo file. When you post a message on here, scroll down on the page for Additional Options, then click on the box saying 'Manage Attachments'. A window comes up and in top RH corner click on 'Add Files'. Box comes up, click on 'Select Files', this brings your file pages up where you can select you photos from. cheers Richard

In my 50 years of working, my lunch bag has always been a WW2 haversack of some kind, I know the first few were definitely gas mask bags and they easily carried a Thermos and lunch box as if they were made for the purpose. I bet many thousands of these items ended up being used this way.

Well said Bernard! :thumbsup::thumbsup: Another innovative feature that John Allison introduced first last year was the Gentleman's Marquee, an excellent idea and we frequented it in the evenings for chat and drinks with friends in nice surroundings. The toilet issue has been blown up out of all proportions, I had nothing to complain about. We should congratulate John on bringing the show back to Beltring, although I did like Folkestone, but its future was curtailed by council plans for building in the area. There was a very good number of 'new' vehicles at the show this year. Looking forward to next year. regards, Richard

The first sound mirrors used for the experiments are still in place at the Roughs, which is just West of Hythe, above Pennypot Estate. http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/soundmirrors/locations/hythe/

Best place to try is .......... France

Hi Rob, It was good to meet you at last! This show has gained a good reputation in the 4 years that it has been running. It is very local for me and a good chance to catch up with old acquaintances. The Saturday evening entertainment with Dr. Busker was great stuff as well. I enjoy these mixed shows with steam, tractors, commercials as well as mv's. The searchlight truck is a Tilling Stevens petrol electric (although I think this one might have a Perkins in it now). I well remember Bill Hooker taking his petrol one to GDSF when it was at Stourpaine (1987) and lighting up at night. regards, Richard

During my time working for the army in workshops, I can say that parts for one make of vehicle or equipment might be received from stock with a different vehicle makers label or packaging. One that comes to mind was parts for axles on Foden, Bedford TM and Coles 315M cranes, same parts, same NSN, but might come up with a Coles label, but for a Bedford for example.

Hi, To answer your question above, the census number information comes from a copy of the official B Vehicle census list, showing groups of numbers allocated to particular contracts for vehicles. Also having owned my QL for 30 years and studied and worked on British military vehicles for nearly 50 years, I have gathered information and knowledge along the way. My guess is this vehicle was in a collectors hands at one time and for some reason or another it has been out of use and been neglected. I am sure you will put it back into full working order again. regards, Richard

Hi, from a fellow QL owner. the census number on the door comes from a batch of numbers allocated for issue in the Middle East to a variety of vehicles. I would suggest this was a previous owner's work as it has obviously been in preservation at some point in it life, by the fact that the allied star is on it.

With that type of body I would say it is an OL chassis, an OS chassis would be too short for a pantechnicon. Looks like it might have had an ex-army engine fitted at some point in time, going by the colour.

It has been around the MV scene in South of England for many years, think the story behind it was that it is a "one off" conversion of a Humber Heavy Utility done in North Africa by REME. I stand to be corrected as it is a long time since I first heard the story.

Got back home this morning from 7 days at the show. A shame about the weather, but nothing like as bad as the last time we were at the Hop Farm. All in all a great event. I looked at it as a new one, trying not to compare it with the past, even relocated to another field after over 15 years in America Field. Met up with friends and acquaintances from around the world and had a very enjoyable time. The restaurant in the main marquee served an excellent evening meal (same caterers as at Folkestone). The Gentleman's Marquee is a good feature, we made use of it last year and this year it was good to sit in in there with a drink and chat with friends, a nice touch. Will not bang on about toilets, you quickly found out the best ones to use and had no issues. The Ghurkhas looking after the permanent toilet and shower block did an excellent job. A good number of different vehicles appeared this year, no idea on numbers, but definitely a good turn out. Well done to the organisers as to set up on another new site is quite a challenge for the first year. Roll on 2018! cheers Richard

Tim, Looks like you have dropbear on top of your jeep ..... be careful parking under trees :-D

Destination is just across the Solent from you

Just been watching the latest Tank Museum video, with military vehicle collector and stuntman Jim Dowdall, talking about his 5 favourite tanks (although one is not a tank but is tracked). Jim has been around the MV scene for many years often seen with military motorcycles. In this video he explains how tanks had to be converted for some well known film roles, a lot of interesting inside info, a fascinating 30 minutes.

Hi Justin, The Tracta joint has rolled around and stopping you installing the inner Tracta housing. Pull it out again, remove both parts of Tracta joint, get a strip of heavy paper and roll it around each joint half where it enters the Tracta shaft or fork. If it stiffens up the joint this is good, if still slack use thicker paper or double it over. Line the joints up prior to refitting the inner housing so as not to move the joints out of line. Don't worry about the paper, it will disintegrate once the vehicle moves, this is an old trick. regards, Richard