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Your first post - you state you purchased quite a large quantity of tank identity plates at a West London scrapyard , further that you had them auctioned by Sotherby's in 2002.    Now -  IMHO the passing of 19 years is not so great for a auction house of renown, they will have a library of catalogues with a history well in excess of 20 years,  they should also have your name, address / account No.     For starters - without proof of identity and good reason , they will not entertain such a search.  

                     Regarding getting info. out of a auction house - I say this with good reason - they maintain there customer's confidentiality like a doctor (probably more so for a seller than a buyer).

                     I say the above with experience and good reason - several years ago , a person (not self) purchased a deed box of ephemera from a auction house ,  I then purchased a important  WW2 Mi5 document off this dealer. I had known of the existence of this document because a COPY of it appears in a book (this copy is displayed in a museum).  I had a hunch this museum copy was taken off the COPY in my possession.   The COPY I have being one of four/five copies produced by Mi5 and each was marked for traceability of handling from the Registry etc.  I believe my COPY is the authentic and was  "weeded"  by Maurice Oldfield and he kept it safe for  'historical' purpose.  I believe the paper of the COPY I have if ever had the paper forensic tested etc. then it would be confirmed Mi5 genuine.

                              I actually contacted the auction house to see if they would reveal the seller of the papers , this would enable me to question this person and see if a link could be established.  However - I was blown-out.

Andy - may I suggest that you will make greater progress by convincing  Tony Robinson and Phil Harding to call in their team with  - ground penetrating radar. 

So -  to continue ,  QUERY - you thread 'header'  :-

NOTO

Is a  NOTO  a typo error  ?      

Or is a  NOTO  pintle , a nuance off  ARRSE  used to describe a gloss red pintle on a WALT 'show-queen'  that will never be used for actually towing ?    that probably c/w a 2" hemp recovery rope coiled around the front bumper.

So -  to continue ,  QUERY - you thread 'header'  :-

NOTO

Is a  NOTO  a typo error  ?      

Or is a  NOTO  pintle , a nuance off  ARRSE  used to describe a gloss red pintle on a WALT 'show-queen'  that will never be used for actually towing ?    that probably c/w a 2" hemp recovery rope coiled around the front bumper.

They have never spread when I have removed them , if they do they will be a standard type made by Anderton. 

5 hours ago, radiomike7 said:

My abbreviation, Ultra High Tensile although I have heard of bolts described as being made of cream cheese......

Last year I renewed the rear suspension  'lower arms' on a Focus diesel  (19 year old but I intend running it into the earth).  A kit off Ebay , the arms were German made & probably off same tools for Ford branded, however the bolts must have been  "Property Class"  5.8 , but ISTR the  PRC lowest cheese is more like 4.2 , needless to say I should have used a SO short series instead of a OEXL  , stripped the bolt threads before I even got the torque wrench on (40+ round trip to Ford agent for proper bolts).

15 minutes ago, andypugh said:

It's easier to make hex-head bolts out of hex-head bolts, and they are available in the same grades as cap screws. 

2 hours ago, radiomike7 said:

Would metric cap screws be a good starting point, they are available in UHT 10.9 and 12.9 versions?

UHT  =  milk  ,  you must mean  UTS   ?

Forum member  Robin  'heliduster'  would have flown it in  !

5 minutes ago, radiomike7 said:

If I remember correctly Siddle Cook were involved with the transport of giant gas deflectors for a rocket project many years ago at Spadeadam.

Yes,  Siddle C. Cook  of Consett probably would be involved ,  Elddis Caravans was his other business  (Siddle  - backwards).

That helicopter probably was the one stored for a short while in the Tyne valley (nearer Brampton) and it would be flown in on final flight approx.  6/7 years ago.

My name is Manuel...I'm from Barcelona and I know nauthing

It's all fake - the 'runway' is supposed to look like such from the air.  They invested lots of $£ to make it look like real eastern block / USSR.   The aircraft paint is not standing up to the weather - it's the land that time forgot.   Still proper business going on there but uncertain exactly what.

SPADEADAM

The date of manufacture is normally pressed into this type of ammo. box , compare with trailer date.

ISTR  noting red-oxide only finish on new Wolf XD  & that would be 1994 (I was in the Solihull works IIRC 1993 or just possibly '94 - I remember this well because I spent a bit of time close exam. of a pair of Perentie sent over from Oz for Land Rover engineers to scrutinize) ,  I queried this red oxide only finish to D-B pintles ,and was told about keeping just sufficient paint on to stop corrosion & to aid magnetic particle crack testing.   I think the red gloss crept in from here - from the point that they left the Solihull factory in red.   I think I had only prior seen red on divided rim nuts, narrow-track Sankey handbrake release was also very common , I think some  w.t. Sankey had the hitch rings painted red- the rest would be just typical regimental bull$hit.   At the time - my camera was a Praktica  MTL4 (quite a bulky SLR)  although I did have a Minox normally in my VSTOL  r/c model aircraft  (modified  wing ,Shuco Hegi Snoopey) ,  I never carried it (they would think I was a industrial spy)  , in my employment I had access to many MOD establishments - so obviously I never carried a camera.

What goes around comes around  :-

ISTR  there is a  AESP  covering instructions.

Just had a look in the  Dixon-Bate  pintle Dept.  (unissued).  I will not bore you with rivet-counter differences / dating - going by the penultimate safety clip  - I would guess these are from abt. the end of the last century. The newest nappy-pin , black with black lanyard must be a D-B  Millenium upgrade.

Specifically with Series / early Defender Land Rovers in Army service - can't say I have observed gloss red paint on pintles.  I have LWT   55KB92 which is Ex-RM winterized and just as it was demob - the pintle latch only is painted gloss red.

On this subject, there is no forum for emotions or reasoned argument , other than if you were to get yourself elected to Parliament there is some possibility , the greasy pole to be a Minister  then PM - then you are the democracy dictator.

The  DZS4A   FFR dizzy is CAV  (the quality end of  "commercial" Lucas)   it is all centrifugal advance and a quality instrument.   25D4  and 45D4  Lucas 12 volt dizzy (according to time-line) & that includes the Ducelier 660 600 'sliding contact' and the  45D4  (41831A)  a special for the Defender  2.5 (2495cc) with 'sliding contact'   - these are all Micky Mouse in comparison.     One common problem I find with the 12 volt distributors is that people press down and bend the top-plate when finally securing the contact set,  you will not do that on a  DZS4A  - it is abt. three times the thickness.   Comparing dizzy in same condition - I can't say it performs better or worse ,  mpg - no difference.     I use a dummy double-cap with basic 12 volt wires bonded in , along with 12 volt engine spec plugs and a 240 volt power-strobe , then re-fit the proper FFR plugs/dizzy cap & screened wires after Ign. timing. You can do similar with a 12 volt strobe.

The black-box  (filter box)  contains a resistor that drops to 10 volts , so take care of coil selection after that. The rest of guts choke & capacitors are for the rf screening side.   It may be best to use a commercial  24 to 12 volt dropper.   The Jolley Eng.  24v magnetically triggered module  (QUOTE)  , is that 24 volt true & correct  ?      I don't know Jolley ,  Lumenition have the longest/best reputation in this field  IMHO  ,  the Lumenition Optronic is very good and well proven, their Magnetronic  - has the entire conversion contained within the dizzy to maintain Classic under-bonnet visual authenticity , this will be similar to your Jolley.

Possibly the  finale  is that with a lucky shot he knocks out a King Tiger   ?      The END.

1 minute ago, MB1944 said:

The Dutch did fight in world war 11 from the 10th May to the 17th in response to the German invasion of their country.

The Dutch (along with other nationalities) also did fight alongside the Germans in the Heer & Waffen SS

Many French,German,Belgian, Dutch farmers at the start of WW2 would have been trained  'tankers' during WW1  & after.    Start of WW2 I would say these blokes could all drive whatever tanks were available at short notice .  They could have been civvy/army trained mechanics or used their own farm agricultural tractor experience. If not a loader/gunner - there were a few methods of direct fire using  "Open-sights" - so yes , your story-line is very plausible.

Op Barbarossa  ,  40% of German Divisions that invaded the Soviet Union were equipped with captured French equipment .  Renault tankettes would have been used also for the invasion into Poland.   So - I suppose if he were a French farmer with experience of keeping his tractor running and lined up his barrel by peering down it - I suppose it was a possibility.

On 8/1/2021 at 11:51 AM, JMW said:

My partner and I have different addresses.  He is the keeper and owner of his car but does not have a driving licence.   I am insured as the main driver and give my London address although the car is kept at his address which is 30 miles away.  I drive the car when visiting and it has a low mileage.  Increasingly insurers are reluctant to quote and the one that will has bumped up the premium every year.

You should try insuring a second home.