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How do you break the beads? The angle iron and sledgehammer method? Thanks for your replies.

The WC54 wheel assembly contains a metal band (I assume a runflat device?) to retain beads against rims - not having pulled one apart it looks like the valve stem passes through this plate. Can this be simply left off when replacing tyres if runflat capability not required, or is the plate essential to provide support and act as a gaiter for the valve stem and tube?

What surprised me was that it had wartime (to the UK) origins - I'd always assumed it was part of todays - or very recent - street talk (harsh).

Try the urban slang dictionary - SHUFTI: [TABLE=width: 600] [TR] [TD=class: text, colspan: 2]A word of Arabic origin meaning "look!" Was brought back to Britain after the Second World War by returning soldiers who had learnt the word from Arab peddlars of dirty postcards. The peddlars used to keep the postcards hidden inside their coats and would show them to soldiers saying "Shufti, shufti!" - "Look, look!" "Take a shufti at this!"[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] As for Cush - could be the superlative meaning (northeastern origin?). So Shufti Cush might translate as 'Take a look at this top banana tank' Mind you, Del Boy could have been influencial here.....

Just noticed from the bottom from your post you have a new arrival - congratulations!! :banana: Dare I suggest it depends on the circumstances of how your vehicle got into the UK, whether you have any documentation, and the individual who processes your application?

Ok - for a moment I thought it might have been the Laughing Policeman gone walkabout......

Wot's that policeman doing in the back then?

Having seen these pics I feel less a lot stressed about the suitability of the lightweight 6B flywheel housing! :sweat: > :coffee: What application did that particular housing come from? Steel or Aluminium? (looks to be aluminium) Yellow's front bumper centre hitch point looks so much more useful than the original - I plan to reinforce the back of the standard bumper and make a subtle hitch with vertical pin mount as the original bumper is pretty feeble.

Basically speaking - Yes - just like concrete 500lb bombs and presumably 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" x 3" gold painted blocks of WOOD TNT :nut:

I know just what you mean, Wally. It's one of those things you just assume you understand, but once you start digging you quickly realise you don't!! the 2 1/2 T loading should give a 9/7 rating, but this quickly became meaningless once they started loading the trucks up to maintain front line resupply. Are you looking at a British classification list?

Depends if you are planning to use the pump in anger.....

Some time spent looking through a lot of published photos of GMCs (in U.S. army service) yields the following observations: WW2: + Bridge Plate use restricted to England / Europe + Only a minority of GMCs were fitted with bridge plates. + Of those fitted with plates, the majority show 9/7, but there are also a few 8, 6 (D Day loading), 9 (Studebaker),10/8 (ACKWX laundry unit), 7 (fleet of shop body trucks), 10/7 (Fuel tanker). + Red Ball Express trucks - majority not fitted with plates, all are painted out (were they red or green? No colour photographic evidence found yet). Post War Europe: France 10 (and just a few 9) Norway 8 Belgium 8 European Preservation: Most fitted with bridge plates!

I can see why an intercooler might be fitted to provide additional engine cooling when static pumping for long periods - but was it also intended to provide an anti-freezing 'water warming' facility to protect the pto driven water pump?

Interesting, Wally. I must admit my wartime photo research has been limited to U.S. trucks, I had assumed the British used the same system. Off to the back of the class again :blush:

After a quick photo search I'm certain this is a Norwegian marking - it was also also painted on open cabs on right side at rear behind cut-out. They used a classification of 8. The common wartime bridge plate should read 9/7 which is 9T laden with trailer (4.5T tare + 2.5T load + 2T laden Ben Hur) / 7T laden without trailer (4.5T tare + 2.5T load). You can find other numbers on bridge plates of restored CCKWs - 8 and 10 for example. Has anyone found evidence of anything but the 9/7 in wartime use?

The post war Norwegian way? Not seen a wartime plate attached in this position, and markings are not wartime pattern.

And very refreshing the 'yellow peril' looked amongst the sea of green at Folkestone! Before you do anything in haste with the old engine Mike - might it be available for a temporary 'one trip' fitment in a WLF if necessary? :whistle:

It's a crying shame that Smith Rodley ex steam crane is headed for the scrap torch!:stop: What would it take to save it? What state is the Drewry diesel in currently?

Your concern that some idiots gullible customers may be persuaded to part with more than what you consider to be market value - if indeed he is offering items at such mark-ups or some items may not be as they are described - is to be applauded, but could you please bear in mind that there might more diplomatic ways of drawing peoples' attention to this without running the risk of the HMVF team being drawn into a libel case? Thanks

UOTE=Locolines;378117]Has anyone got a picture of one ( pennant ) ? Yes, but I've no idea if they were used by the Army.

Not being British rules it out then - as far as I'm aware it is only the British who have an obsession with nasal hair.

Got it.

Is the pole insulated by any chance?

It may have just been the heat, but did anyone else have a GREAT DORSET moment?

Bigtinasoup - just to put the potential value of your scrap crane carrier into context - try this: http://www.milweb.net/classifieds/large_image.php?ad=68673&cat=4