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I didn't see it amongst the derelict vehicles in the autumn, but there is someone nearby who may know (M5 Clive?).

I'm sure they are the same. The Bedford tool has front size one end, rear size the other. I think 4 lugs on each end. Mind you, the same drift fits both :shocked: :blush:

Hi Andy! That was a good old Norfolk motor. Ivan Chubbock had this and also another de-mobbed green one which he was intending to re-engine with a 680. This one he said once did battle with a Big A fertiliser spreader - the Scammell won, but only after it had been dragged backwards up to its lockers in the wet field....

Latest from Collings Foundation newsletter on the move and auction: An auction will be held at the Military Vehicle Technology Foundation July 11th and 12th. There will be over 130 major artifacts (tanks, trucks, armored vehicles, military equipment, parts, etc.) up for sale. This includes British tanks, Stuart, Sherman, Grant, T55, Humvee, Scud A missile launcher, German 88 cannon, amphibious vehicles and more. Proceeds from the auction will go directly into the transportation of artifacts, construction of the new facility, maintenance and general operations. Auctions America is hosting the event.

John - could I trouble you for H x D x W dimensions please? They are guessable but would be nice to know exact size. Plomb Tools later became Proto Tools.

Comparing it with the front of the CJ Jeep on the right, I would say it is roughly 15 times too big John! Nice find.

More a tendency of older trucks to become incontinent when tipped over - for example oil bath air cleaners etc. :shocked:

The other thing you can do with a wrecker or two is rig up a Zip Wire! :banana: I wonder if the topography at the new site lends itself to this? Mike - your Oz friend Sam with the Kenworth did this and carried a jeep over a ravine didn't he? If one wrecker was in the arena (at the edge) and the other outside it could be set up without disrupting other events maybe? Now a WLF zip wire might be a great way to get a quick 'pedestrian' transit from the top of the vehicle field straight to the arena area :cool2:

Howard - did the hospital send you home with an oxygen bottle? It's just that some of us are worried you may use it for welding and not medicial purposes........

Yeah - there's not a lot of room to manoeuvre on top of this fence

I do not understand the compelling need to find a living person to take account for something done so long ago. This is not me passing any sort of judgement - I guess the only people who could explain why are those who were in some way affected by the incident. Those of us who were not should be grateful for our isolation from the incident, and maybe we have no right to comment further. But having said that, then if you have to to find someone accountable, it seems appropriate to prosecute someone who at least had some influence or control over the events. I fail to see how prosecuting a soldier from down in the ranks who pulled the trigger achieves anything other than a symbolic 'eye for an eye' (of course there may be more compelling evidence against this person of which I / we are not aware). Surely these soldiers were acting under a command structure, meaning they were ordered to carry out a task. Its not like the soldier could simply down his weapon and 'walk off the job' without fear of being shot for desertion or refusing to act on an order. I would imagine many of these German soldiers found what they were tasked to do quite horrific but they really had no choice. Just like some of the allied bomber crews. I just don't see how we can fairly judge these people so long after an event we did not experience. Perhaps the most extreme example of this in recent years has been the attempt by a group of Holocaust survivors / relatives to sue the French Rail system for damages on the basis that they must have known that the trains carrying Jews to camps were taking them to their death. If the Burt Lancaster film 'The Train' was anything like a realistic portrayal of how the rail system was being controlled by the German Army, any train driver / controller who refused to take a train to its destination was liable to be in serious trouble. It is so easy to say 'just forget about retribution and move on' - but if you or your family were affected in some way, how on earth could you?

Someone local had better drop him off a box of K Rations........

Mmm. I've only just noticed Mike that this short length has a central hole cut out full diameter 4th in from each end, what you call a PSP mount. The ones I have are full length sheets and do not have this feature. What do you mean by 'PSP mount'?

Old thread, but 2 things: 1. There seems to be a 'not very subtle' difference between the 6B (non-turbo) and the 330. The 330 governor is generally lazy in responding to demand, consequently it allows revs to drop a lot more than the 6B before it tries to pick up. Result? Speed drops, however the good old 330 keeps plodding away but now with reduced ability to pick up speed under load. The 6B governor has much more instant response, allowing revs to be maintained. I know which I'd prefer...... 2. That PSP is identical to the wartime pattern with one exception - the large (3"?) hole, instead of being punched right out, is merely indented and has 3 smaller holes punched right through. I think it must be a postwar pattern, I have a quantity which must have been in a salty environment (Falklands maybe??).

I think Ted means the steel bodied one:

Jeff - there are 293 pages!! I could get it scanned by the local copy bureau onto a disc and post out to you that way - would save on postage costs. But I can get it bound nicely with comb binder and post no problem. How many pages to the parts book and how would you prefer to send? I can live with an electronic version if that suits you better, but I think it will be a very big email attachment!

:rofl::rofl: Clubhouse Latrine duty, 2 days , starting tomorrow.

Thanks very much Ted - I was nearly there! :blush:

MPBW? Ministry / Public / Works I guess, but the B? Is this PSA by another name?

Hi Jeff, Welcome the 'HMVF C-2 Needing Total Restoration Support Support Group' - it's been very lonely until now.... If you could do a nice copy of the parts T.O., I'd be pleased to exchange for a copy of T.O.19-20-9 which is a PRELIMINARY HANDBOOK OF INSTRUCTIONS dated Jan 20 1942 - a very detailed descriptive and maintenance manual. Whilst this covers the earlier models I think it is only the crane boom which is substantially different. Any questions just ask away - a lot of the components are used elsewhere so someone on here may be able to help. Tony UK p.s. S/N is 606D114550

Welcome Scott! Plenty of USAAF interest on here - be sure to check out the 'Some Real USAAF Heavyweights' thread :cool2: Tony

Any chance of a video of the Gardner 6LW running? I want to see if it smokes just like the full size one. What do you mean, it does not run? You cannot fool us that easily! :-D

Thread title now showing in index as DAF.

I've seen the toilets overflowing before, but never that bad! :cool2:

And the door And the mudguards And the bonnet