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Sorry Danny, but only 40 x 40 is readily available in the UK - all black rolled steel section has been metric for quite a while now. You can still get bright imperial flats and round, but bright angle has gone metric too. If someone can prove me wrong I'd be delighted! Or are you wanting to get some 38 x 38 angle made up by folding or fabricating?

So did the NOVA form trigger you having to pay VAT in lieu of duty, Paul - or was it already registered in EU? You may have got in just in time, the import duty thing only came up towards the end of last year didn't it? (after we finished paying the USA for the war - although that is possibly just coincidence ) There seem to be two separate issues here - are the following statements correct? 1) Importing a vehicle into UK from the EU if already registered within EU does away with the need to pay import duty as the Euro V5 or equivalent can be used as proof that the vehicle is an established member of the EU motor community. 2) Importing a U.S. vehicle into UK from EU with no registration documentation opens up a liability for import duty as you cannot prove import duty was ever paid in EU when it was first imported (even if that was during the war!) therefore the vehicle is an illegal alien. 3) But in both cases - and this Dodge from Belgium is covered by (1) - DVLA still require proof of age from a recognised UK body (e.g. MVT) to be satisfied that it qualifies for age-related status (e.g. Historic and no MOT). I am about to tackle a case falling under (2) - an unregistered U.S. vehicle from Belgium........:shake:

Nice film, thanks for posting, CR! (sorry - FS! )

I don't know - first you get Keith all worried, now you're dragging poor Stan into this debate!! :coffee:

So what have you just acquired? :cool2:

If a broker has accepted a vehicle for cover then that cover must be good - so long as you do not violate any of the conditions or make any false statements as to the identity of the vehicle. Any failure of cover would be down to a failure of the arrangement between broker and insurance provider - which is not within your control, therefore the broker would be liable for any claim you may have to make. If your is U.S. and they have not specifically stated that U.S. vehicles are not covered or have not asked you if it is U.S. then they will be liable as you have no control over their agreement with the provider. It is normal practice for insurance providers to continue to renew existing arrangements but decline new business if they wish to limit their exposure to a particular market - also to jack up premiums on existing business if they want to get out of a specific market. Their choice, not yours. The broker can only offer what is available to them But you are the customer - if your provider does not want your business you have to find another provider through another broker who does. Now that IS your choice! :-D Then again may simply be the broker who is jacking up costs - there is no way you will know, but you have to shop around. Isn't this begining to sound remarakbly like the domestic electricity / gas supply market? One interesting point - and I don't know if this is correct: I wanted cover through a particular provider, not too concerned through which broker as had no bad broker experience to date that I wished to avoid. I had previously left this provider and gone with another broker and new provider - as before (causing the first move) the broker then increased premiums to an uncompetitive level (this might have been due to the provider upping cost of cover, not the broker's fault). When I asked a couple of brokers if they dealt with my preferred provider, I was informed by one that they could not quote for business if I was already covered by that provider through another broker, but if my cover was not currently with that provider they could certainly do so. Which suggests that should your broker jack up the cost you may be forced to jump ship to another broker / provider for a year and then seek new quotes with your preferred provider. Hey ho.

http://www.armorama.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=SquawkBox&file=index&req=viewtopic&topic_id=208814&ord=&page=1 A few nice railroad images on here!

:thumbsup: Wot dat behind under the black plastic? N.O.S.ey

Again my experience only - but if it any help, read on: It seems quite easy to bring a vehicle in on a low loader for example. Othe two occasions I've done this, no inspection of vehicle or request to see paperwork was made at port / tunnel by Customs. It seems that there are no duties to pay at the time you bring YOUR OWN vehicle into the country from elsewhere in Euroland, although technically they might become "due" at this point (can anyone enlighten us further on this?). From what I can gather HMR+C use DVLA to collect import duty by charging VAT at time of registration in lieu of duty. If when registering the vehicle in this country you can show you have paid VAT you should be ok. If you cannot then I think you will have to pay import duty at the current VAT rate before you can register it.

Regarding brittle plate work being a serious problem with these old tanks, and the theory that the metallurgy of the plate had changed with age, making repairs problematic - The WW1 photos of knocked-out tanks in the new Spring 2014 WINDSCREEN magazine make for interesting viewing - just see how the (then new) plate has cracked under impact from shells as opposed to deforming. Even back then it seems the plate had similar metallurgical characteristics!

Painted mustard yellow by any chance?

Sounds about right - but then you'd either have to go back for the trailer or get that pulled by someone else :-D

A pint of beer for VOR! I forgot to say it was a vehicle being made ready for a film - but I had assumed it was a genuine Cougar style mv being altered for film use.

You should have let R3 buy that nice GMC pontoon rig c/w pontoons..........

Sorry can't find the plate - I took it out of the old cab when it received a TL cab, filed it 'somewhere safe' :nut: This is just my thinking here (difficult to be precise without seeing the plating certificate): The payload within the body under max plating of your truck should be around 4.5t, (as a comparison the body plus payload capacity is 5.914t and the body weighs around 1.5t) - which means 65% laden would be 2.95t. So the request for loading of 3t giving 65% payload sounds about right. But this should be evenly distributed in the body therefore rear axle would only be taking around 2/3rds of that - say 2 tonnes. No way will the springs be a problem at that loading. But is this specifically what the test station wants? Or has it asked for 3T over the rear axle? Seems to me 3t over rear axle is equivalent to 65% of the un-derated load? Edit: They seem to be asking for 65% of the original rating, not the derated rating - so it seems the plating information has not been amended in their records? If the truck is derated to 7.5t the payload would be around 2.3t (chassis 3.9t plus body est 1.5t), so 65% of loading would be 1.5t.....

When you say rear springs have been cut - do you mean the helper leaf has been cut off each side of the centre clamp? The normal method of downplating is to remove the helper spring brackets which has the same effect of course. I doubt if 3t would put the springs down onto the helper springs (no, correction - Bedford rear springs tire very easily so may have lost their shape somewhat ). I think I have a Ministry plate on a civvy MJR at work - will try to get a pic today.

If it has been downrated by cutting rear springs, it should have a new lower maximum load for rear axle. Therefore 65% loading should be 65% of new max., so springs will not be a problem (or so logic dictates, but that may not of course apply ).

Thank you kindly, Rippo! :thumbsup:

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I think you're right. Looks like they used the original boom (and lower pivot) as the lower part of their fabricated lattice box extending boom.

Oh hang on - it looks like the platform may be mounted on coil springs! (see through the rear wheel).

I'd make the trike rear wheels slightly eccentric to give a rough up/down ride.........:cool2:

Its a mother of a stack of speakers for the ENSA concert, disguised by turf to stave off detection by enemy planes in case they think it is a huge ammo dump. :trustme:

yes. You should be able to find a thread on the forum with links to the engine manufacturing - quite amazing the lengths they go to!