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Carbonflo Fuelcat Broquet etc. It keeps surfacing. So is there any sound evidence that a person by the name of Henry Broquet of the RAF did in fact go to Russia during WW2 and sort out inferior fuel making it suitable for use in Hurricanes ? This seems to be the starting point but apparently he improved the catalist later when in South Africa, I have my doubts about any truth in the story.

Thanks - as suspected. Are they readily available ? - also what sort of asking price ? regards

The above are used with the Land Rover Lightweight "Unitary Radio Kit" and are for spilt acid protection for UK6TN No.4 Mk.3 batteries (to FV.546133). Whilst washing down these GRP containers for a fibre-glass to cracked corner I noticed the yellow markings stating :- BATTERY CONTAINER FV.546185 No. 4 Mk.3 ========= Now I understand these UK6TN are also used as starting batteries on armoured FV's ? Just wondering - are these containers part of the common parts bin and used on other vehicles or are they specific to the "Unitary Radio Kit" ? I have had a bit of a Gooogle around on FV546185 but found nothing of interest !! Thanks in advance

Plenty of good photographs of exactly what you need in this book :- http://www.books-by-isbn.com/1-873564/1873564023-British-Land-Rovers-in-the-Gulf-Bob-Morrison-1-873564-02-3.html Unfortunately due to high demand by the modellers it has status , high prices can be asked by book dealers. Don't pay more than £15 to £20 for a minta , bide you time watching eBay - they do come up.

I have 6 qty. FV.2361 narrowtrack inc. a brand new one built in last contract abt. mid-1970's (these did not have the drain cocks) - just a hinged flap on the transom (apparently for different reasons than on the widetrack hinged tailgate). I only have one widetrack FV.2381 , a Mk.3 Reynolds Boughton KK - so OK in period for behind a KG 90". All I can say is that IMHO the widetrack looks badly out of proportion behind a L'wt. Unfortunately I know little about the trailers in between (widetrack Mk. 1 & 2) There was also the odd widetrack by KING but I have only seen a photograph of one (Marcus Glen had one for sale , it had KING impressed in the tailgate in huge letters). Apparently lots of Paratow around but little rivet counter info. known about them. I have little / nothing in way of widetrack info. / parts lists (must obtain) . I understand the widetrack earliest manuf. to be from about 1978 , correct wheelset for Mk.1 - I don't know ? I was reliably informed that as such there were no Mk.2 manufactured as such - the Mk.1 was subject of so many mods & X strikes on the plate that when they finally decided what they wanted they manufactured and named as the Mk.3 No doubt there will be somebody far better informed about widetrack on the forum than I am.

WIDETRACKS IIRC :- Arrow Const. Equip. only made the Mk.1 - so drum brakes & early draught. Mk.2 were up-graded Mk.1 ISTR this was to Mk.3 spec. ---- Mk.3 (disc braked) Built by :- 1. Reynolds Boughton 2. Universal Engineering (South Dorset Eng.) 3. Viking Trailers 4. Parotow ----------------------------- Unless you are desperate for a original drop tail-gate , you don't want one behind your Lightweight , you need a easy to single man-handle narrowtrack. Get this point wrong and you will regret it , the front jocky wheel is no great help. They have 7.50 tyres - so you can't use your vehicle spare. They are more in keeping with TUL/TUM for size and operating era. They look horrible behind a Lightweight and get in the rough they are too wide to follow through your vehicle tracks. YUK in most respects - in the main problems getting disc caliper & master cylinder spares.

There are few Lightweight Wombat Portee photographs available , 3 or 4 good ones in this book :- http://www.amazon.co.uk/Half-Ton-Military-Land-Rover/dp/1903706009 Save your money for a few weeks as it is in re-print and then the sensible price will be about £20

Idi Amin would pay good money for that lot

================== Not wishing to get heavy into comparison of spare parts lists , ISTR the main difference between 8 & 8/2 + 9 & 9/1 is that the 8/2 & 9/1 have reinforced Rover axles

From the Rover 11 list of contracts , WV10634 - Item 1 seems to be CTS CODE CO(1) CHASSIS FOR AMBULANCE , 2/4 STRETCHER, 109 in. wb. RHD 0n N.S.N. (Nato Stock No.) 2310-99-808-1472 For Army service. 12 volt FOR DETAILS OF BODY SEE ARMY CODE 22147 I suspect Marshall of Cambridge possibly branded B/21 as their suffix.

You have too many when you park the latest amongst all the rest and the camouflage fails to hide the new arrival from the wife.

PS. Sorry - that should read started up Whit hols 1966

The WW2 air raid siren that I know of that still worked for its living was on the machine shop roof at British Railways Workshops Shildon. For a bit of fun the foreman electrician ran it up to speed at Whit hols 1964 for the first time since the end of the war. He then wired it in to a timer and it was fired up for 10 min prior to the start of every working shift until the works closure 1984.

http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roads/vehicles/vssafety/info-trailers.pdf Refer to Sections 4 & 5 --------------- http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roads/vehicles/vssafety/factsheetaframes.pdf --------------- http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roads/vehicles/vssafety/requirementsfortrailers There is in fact a updated version of this, presented in a similar format Fact Sheet - Requirements for Trailers (dated January 2010). Unable to find a online link to it , probably because it is such a new publication. Most of the changes relate to Brakes, Lights, Suspension + Coupling devices (Towbars). Contact the D of T & they will send you a pdf

http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/showthread.php?t=14616

I just buy either Makrolon or Lexan cut to size or a bigger offcut - on price via. internlet on-line sales. The last time I went for another name Palsun (registered trade mark of Palram) because the quote came in far far cheaper - when it arrived - the peel off protective paper was marked Makrolon - so confirms - buy on price only !

I have indeed taken the IR switch apart after I was left in the dark the night before when I was in the middle of Snowdonia. It was perfect inside , I had filed off the alloy rivet heads and re-secured with blobs of Araldite. The problem on the IR switch is next to nothing because it has always been the same problem I have subsequently found. The contact rivet heads on the rear have small flat washers & they would originally be coated with tin or silver , dampness causes a bit of corrosion and it gives a very high resistance. To restore a good electrical contact - all you do is give the washers a light tap with a small hammer & terminal screwdriver - this restores good electrical contact again for several years. Somewhere I have a link showing the internal circuit of the switch with contact numbers - it is then easy to do a resistance or bell check to confirm it is OK before re-fitting.

The real NI Panter remains elusive !!!

http://forum.emlra.org/viewtopic.php?t=4567&highlight=panther Ex-MLRA "General Discussion about things" PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:20 am Post subject: 109 panther

Warminster reserve stock - '80 to '88. -------- It seems it was a hand-picked reserve fresh truck & then it would have been put through a full maintenance checks for "Service as Class 1" for :- UNKNOWN 7/6/88 to 9/3/90 You don't often get a UNKNOWM on MMI - have you determined the dates when all this Finnish / UN business was ongoing in Namibia ? I am suspecting the UNKNOWN is in fact whilst with the UN.

05 HH 57 - was defo. a FFR , it would be interesting to run a history search to see if it ever came back to UK for disposal.

You beat me by seconds LOL

And here is the photographic evidence needed , unfortunately the VRM plate is not too clear - it seems not your truck. http://forum.emlra.org/viewtopic.php?t=5255&highlight=namibia I don't know for certain - but you may have to sign in to the Ex-MLRA Forum to view.

Now it is going to take me a bit to figure out on which forum and the thread. About 1 year ago somebody posted a photograph of 2 or 3 Land Rovers in UN white being unloaded from a US Air Force transport aircraft - IIRC in Namibia , also being unloaded was a British Army FFR Lightweight - still in NATO green / black.

Exactly - could even be what is known as a holding primer as it has hardly any gloss (most primers would have sufficient heat resistance - the hot stat is only 82 centigrade). The factory were not bothered about coating machined casting surfaces - traditional oil leaks took care of that A pukka machinery enamel is normally OK for direct to ferrous metal without primer. I doubt if the odd boil up would discolour either type of paint , some ancient NOS parts in packaging are probably the best guide. IMHO it is somewhere between Eau-de-Nil & SKY - but it is splitting hairs.