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Nice pics Andy and good touch to include the description as well!!

Jack, that's all tosh. They are fitted to jimmies like house numbers, each with a unique number, so you can always find your own man's truck in the long line up at shows etc.

Oh come on, abn - Fodens are good off road, but not that good! :-D

Not my favourite film, but a great opening sequence has to be AIR AMERICA, where the peasant takes a 'token gesture' pop shot at a distant transport plane with an ancient rifle, then turns and goes on his way, totally oblivious to the success of his shot and the plane going down in a pall of smoke, all to a great piece of music (take the B train??) :rofl:

I wonder if the stock (reclaimed building matls) could be moved to allow extraction and then replaced? Much better prospect than dismantling surely? Looks to have survived well in the relative dry!

An inch or two in Norfolk/Suffolk last night - this afternoon the last of it is waiting for a bus home......

OK, thanks. Now where's that sheet of 25mm MDF hiding....

The reason I asked the question was this: After collecting the Autocar with a stepframe last August we stopped at services on the A14 for fuel. A chap came over to admire the truck, and in the course of conversation he said "Hey, you ought to cover that up before the police see it!". See WHAT? I thought :confused: - but when I glanced up into the cab I saw the barrel of a rifle sticking out from its ancient canvas cover, which had objected to the high speed drive and had started to tear along the zip :shake: I have to say it came as a bit of a surprise since I had not noticed the rifle holder in the corner of the cab behind the passenger seat (hidden by the seat canvas and the rear cab tarp.) on this or the first meeting with the truck. I left it alone as we were heading back non-stop from here. Safely locked away that night, and the following day I took a look. It appeared to be an old rifle - rusty barrel but I couldn't get the cover off to see the stock and the rifle seemed to be stuck in the holder. Two days later I had time to extract it, but not before I found an identical rifle behind the driver's seat! After a big struggle (taking care not to damage the covers) I found they were replicas -the timber stock was quite crude with a rudimentary casting representing the trigger and guard, but the barrel was so realistic! It certainly had me going! Both now hidden away pending disposal. But I'd like to get some new canvases and fill them with stuffing, so what better stuffing than these guns? I could always paint them yellow or purple. Question - if they were hidden from view in the covers, and bolted to the holders, would they constitute a violation of the legislation?

Initials MR by any chance?

Snap! The end pressings are 1/4" plate and easy to clean up once separated from the tissue paper old tank cylinder.

Thanks for "digging" those out, Degsy! A nice re-enactment, don't often see tippers tipping.

Certainly looks like it going by the front tow hitch and front mirror mounts - pretty much identical details all over and looks like it is on beach duty too! Do you have any more info on the location/vehicle?

In that case I expect you are right - I think the American built Bucyrus machines (it is a Bucyrus isn't it?) changed to the later cab (as in this photo) some time before the British built machines with their older square cab style - but I don't know what year. Did you make a note of the model number by any chance Degsy?

Thanks. With the two topics running last year I was getting confused.

That was for collecting all the airportable jimmy bits together in one heap for assembly, Tony! I wonder if the dragline with R Cubed's dozer might be a bit younger than the war :???

Following the excellent simple replies to Rick's De-Ac question, can I be a menace and ask for a simple answer to the same question but for Replica weapons please? Last year's discussion left me totally confused. Or is it the case that - unless it is painted kermit green -I'm not even supposed to be in posession of a replica rifle?

Rick - won't Morris will give you the name of their nearest distributor if you phone them?

She looks quite tidy after demob at Walkers. I had a good look at the old girl at Kibworth - not very much at all is salvagable from the effects of the salt water. :cry: I certainly wouldn't fancy the job of getting her back into good fettle :sweat:

Sounds a bit like my brain :banana:

Here she is at Kibworth recently, this gives another view of the cab offset. Thanks for the info Antar.

Which I understand to have been last used for recovering artic dumpers on beach sand rebuilding work near Blackpool (hence the condition). Is that anywhere correct?

That is fascinating, Antar. Any more information on these prototypes?

That is a good link, 84KB11 - not much difference at all.:tup::

Newsflash from Stansted - EasyJet were enforcing their "NO CABIN BAGGAGE" policy vigorously today - these are some of the items removed from passengers boarding an early morning flight to Amsterdam......

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