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I knew of two of these in 1980's , IIRC both Ex-RN & still in livery. I used to go to Coles Sunderland (Steels) & Darlington factories and scrounged some info. It was the B&A stuff I was interested in , I used to load / stability test cranes and hated these jobs - when they had a DIY folding jib extension or a DIY manual extension . A neighbour was chief designer for Coles at Sunderland - I always suspected he used to back-heel queries & jobs on self , some fall out - with a group travelling back from USA , he told be he was down the back of the plane and the rest were up the front ! , I had caught him siphoning petrol from his Co. car & putting it in his wife's car. Within a month he was with Allen down Oxford , then a while later I learned that Allen were Grove , and then of course Coles were taken over by Grove - Jack must have then had real fun. The ASLI (automatic safe load indicator) were by B&A (prior to Wylie) from what I recall they may have had twin ASLI on the hoist . One had a petrol genny engine on the deck and almost certain it was a Meadows. I used to wonder why people did not take a interest in preservation of these bridging cranes for show display as to me they were more interesting than a bare lorry.

It's certainly a genuine rear X member , chassis almost certainly Ex-Solihull. The welded platework is hardly reinforcement - it is a cover patch where rust gets a rot hold at th socket to the longitudinals , grind off and the true extent will be revealed (it will lack structural integrity for towing - even with a civvy style drop-plate (approved) with diagonal braces that bolt to the chassis in area rear wheel).

ECM - I think that is what is sometimes termed Joker Jammer ? I have Lightweight Ex-VPK 85KB04 , 12 volt - when I purched it @ MVS there was no centre base squab , a thick sheet 1/8" alloy plate was bolted there - 4 holes abt 10mm dia. at sort of central position - I don't think for any communications radio ? Don't think it would be for ECM as I understand that only fitted to VPK Lightweights that had the internal ROPS anti-roll for extra culvert mine protection . Dont think it was for the Claribel direction indicator console as a KB (1984 manuf.) would be too late for Claribel and don't recall seing a photograph of Lightweight as late as a KB having the front or two side indication boxes that are quite prominent - so a bit of a mystery. I would at least like to see the internal positional indicator - possibly Royal Signals or IWM have one ?

109" VPK & HVVPK Piglets - I suspect there were only ever 2 or 3 in private ownership , I think 1 or 2 back in NI Search on D Coy M.V. Club where this is one - at least one. The only set of applique armour released for a Lightweight 88" , was built up by Mark Cook (who wrote the 1/2 Ton Military Land Rover book) , it's back in NI with a member of D Coy. I am uncertain if any 109" with all / a few panels were released to auction houses for disposal . I do know that some Lightweight & 109 " left Wilsons Auctions and repatriated back to mainland (a L.R. dealer in the N.E.) , they were already plucked for spare parts , that process continued until what was left was weighed in. It may just have been possible to collect up from around the yard sufficent GRP panels to clad a Lightweight if you were very lucky & more possibility of a 109"..

Two pages of small print from 99 years ago , it was anticipated that car fuel would be kerosene , however I only knew that with petrol start/kero run tractors. Oils for Motor-Cars - NATURE Nature Journal https://www.nature.com › articles Benzol is consequently more like the ideal homo- geneous fuel than petrol is, and this, together with the necessity of supplementing the supply of petrol by.

A multifit part - that sounds like Britpart or Unipart. The only way is to take the part to a franchise dealer , he should be able to check the computer and if a supercession to another Part No. then he should be able to advise if it is due to a design change or change of sub-contractor( warranty traceability). Many / most Series parts have gone NLA , some taken up for manufacture by such as Britpart , County Parts etc. Imported by Autopost Ltd (often from Italy) much of it made in PRC. Jaeger were part of Smiths Industries , I think you will find that Caerbont Intruments took over the Smiths ranges & Jaeger , there always had been a bit of a cartel with Joseph Lucas but Lucas did take over instrument manufacture from Smiths. IIRC the instrument manufacturing factory at Caebont, Wales was then a management 'carve-out' . They are still there and understand still manufacture for S2 to S3 & you will find boxed by a few firms but genuine if sourced from Caebont. Obviously at wide £ asking, nothing £ cheap but some bulk purchase for retail is top $. In the last two years or so by popular request & demand they started up production of specific Series ONE panel parts ISTR inc. the speedo head.

On LR military vehicles - the fuel gauge indicated readings show E 1/2 & F with a strike mark at 1/4 & 3/4 full. - there is not a red mark to show low/reserve. The only difference on the early or late gauges is the position they are mounted within the instrument cluster. This position is a good indicator on 24 volt FFR vehicles - exactly what tank level indicator you need to be matched . The starting point is to establish that you have the correct parts for the age of the vehicle and to confirm you are using the correct wiring diagram.

I have probably had 3 dozen ERN LAKE 1 ton jacks through my hands , the standard kit for Land Rovers , I don't think I have ever seen one where I have been unable to find the allocated vehicle VRM branded on the jack body with 3/8" die stamps.

Carry on , don't let go - your dealings with gov. dept's & QUANGO such as their rubbishing of FOIR - that I do believe possible.. The main thing with historical reearch is gathering evidence then logical interpretation . Hearsay is nfu.

It seems to be VOR long before introduction of SORN , so probably scrapped and there is no legal need to notify DVLA Swansea of status - gone.

Mk.1 & Mk. 2 Escort headlamp shape can get quite complex - date of manufature / spec. etc. Square does not always mean newer manufacture.

Surprisingly - not as many Escort photographs taken. A good close-up of the nearside - no mirror at all. No good pic. of drivers side, I only have one front end photograph and it's from quite a distance - definately a chrome / polished aluminium wing mirror on offside but can't tell if it had a door mirror.

btw - I have some photographs of BUP 325L & should be from all directions , but not the later Escort (I only kept it a few months) - give me time hunt them out & check for external mirrors.

Those mirror to me do look very aftermarket bolt-ons. A VRM of GX - that's correct for manuf. 1977/78 , first civvy Reg. 1978 = Suffix S = correct under the new first registration rules. I had a new Escort about abt. 1973 , I remember the Reg. = BUP 325L , I had another new Escort that would be 1977 , can't recall that registration , both were basic 1.3 estate models. I don't recall either having external mirrors , but even now primary -I use internal. The colour seems Dark Green (common for Army purchase) larger cars (often Vauxhall) could be and most often were Dark Green or equally Black. If Green or Black - or even any Escort - I doubt if it were a NI surveilance vehicle. , any other standard Ford colour from civvy range possibly was and it could be that the operator needed extra mirrors and possibly they would choose such as a chrome Desmo to civilianize the appearance. I recall many cars being sold through such as BCA & CMA auction sites , it could be a Toyota or anything , no MOD or civvy plates , could be quite old and still unregistered - word would circulate they were ex-NI .

btw The Pool book , my copy must be very early because the author(s) are both James Pool and his sister Suzanne, it's probably a first Edn. First printing.. There have been a few Editions by different publishers / printers. Some with a slightly different title& they all seem to be by just James Pool. However I checked and there is in fact a much later paperback edition - states completely revised and updated. I have been had a few times like this , often this means two extra pages at the rear and a new Preface & Introduction , but I think I will obtain a copy - you never know , need more research as there is probably the same some USA printed and others UK printed or anywhere. You have to watch this compare No. of pages , size of pages , some could be book club hardback editions (smaller & smaller font size) etc.

I have to keep a good reference library - mainly about WW2 , that's because I have been known to write chapters for others under a nom-de-plume , another life I prefer to keep private. Mainly originating from a little 'field' research - so it's original source material - that helps bulk-out the work of others.

That took a bit of finding , actually a stroke of luck , only got through abt. 1/4 of stacks of books . I have quite an extensive library and have a stack of specially prepared timber done for me at a furniture factory , after many years I have still to find the time to assemble it into large book-cases for the 'play' room. The book is Who Financed Hitler : The Secret Funding of Hitler's Rise to Power 1919 - 1933. It's by James and Suzanne Pool. ------------------- I came across another book - IIRC a bit of heavy reading but not a weighty tome. US Wartime Aid to Britain 1940-1946 by Alan P. Dobson ---------- And another - I think I purchased this about early last year , I found it a good book - I think this is the book where it tells a few truths regarding petrol & aviation 100 octane - the supply situation during WW2. Britains War Machine : Weapons, Resources and Experts in the Second World War - it's bt David Edgerton.

I have it , also a similar one which I think better - author(s) are a brother & sister , need to find the book as can't think of title just now.

https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/writers/preis/1942/04/so-nazis2.htm

I have a book about Rockefeller & Standard Oil - he had to split it up , one part became Standard Oil of New Jersey , this company had links with I.G. Farben well before WW2 . SONJ got into trouble trading with Germany when they should have stopped , years since I read it IIRC they gave technology about production of synthetic petrol , shipped tanker loads of oil to Spain (supposedly for Spain but much was sent rail tanker to Germany) , still shared technology of Buna (synthetic rubber) production. It's hard to say where the original FLIT was developed & later enhanced - because of the chemical interests between Exxon / Esso + I.G. Farben were in reality never broken. If you read the book LAST STOP AUSCHWITZ : My story of survival within the camp. By Eddy de Wind ( a Nederlander Jew) - he does state that they used the product FLIT !

I.G. Farben - had slightly different spray , ISTR the word FLIT (as Flit Gun) was one of their trade names.

The possibility radioactve substances was well known to British , German , Polish + other allies well before WW2 , the problem for the Germans & some allies was that each side believed the opposition was further advanced to a explosive weapon . Radio-active substance were available from mainly research labs. There was a time when 'they' believed it would take a tonne of enriched uranium / plutonium - they were pondering how to prevent a 'neutral' ship entering a British port with such a bomb , then a single Oz @ B'ham University and a few London & Cambridge prof. British / + middle-Euro Jews determined a aerial bomb was possible with anly abt 1 kg. of nuclear fuel. It is possible that a two wheel trailer was used for small scale parasites such as bed-bugs , on bedding / uniforms etc. AFAIK the Germans & British used larger scale decontamination using superheated steam & chemicals during WW2 , during WW1 I believe it was only a steam low-pressure generator used, (not wet).

5 days later , you have not returned ? I TRIED. - another dawn another day. You came here to HMVF following the same query on a Facebook LR Group. You told me I was wrong - but all the time I knew I was right. You showed a photograph on Facebook of your panel - you did not show it here. The fact is - that panel showing the new fuel gauge you fitted is cluster top RH corner , you have a manual brake TEST switch - no doubt whatsoever , only used on S3 early FFR's + 12 volt . You said your gauge was LATE (you listened to duff info. not to self). However a late fuel level gauge is mounted on the group cluster at 6 o'clock. btw - The Lightweight wiring diagrams on the web site for Land Rover Lightweight , coloured for the benefit by all by the web site owner Dave McCarthy , IIRC an accountant but good with IT. I set him off with some diagrams for 12 volt/FFR Rover 1 + S3 LWT that I did for myself circa. 1975 . I spent 3 years as a ED with 34N Sig. Reg. (V) , in fact I was among the first uncrating Larkspur & fitting to the URS. So have worked on LWT for 50+ years (although I am 'mechanical' I did do electrical to ONC . I can tell you that all (many) who have problems with accuracy of LWT fuel gauge / RH & LH tap change switches / tank sender units - that it is all about Ohms LAW. Many muppets will not listen , Dave McCarthy ploughed ahead quick (he owns the website) , using the templates I had given , he did not ask me to proof read them, there are minor errors (that I am aware of) - I only use them to get to the area needed from time to time. Early FFR circuit - EARLY ! after fuse 7 to 8 , (Speedo head & Instrument cluster illumination is on a different area) , you have only THREE (3 qy.) resistance(s) two sender units (variable) and the Instrument (which is moving iron , so voltage is not important) . Late FFR circuit - LATE ! (take it as all progressions to transistorized regulator) after fuse 7 to 8 - that area is different because you have 4 qty. extra resistances Moving Iron Water & Oil temperature gauges - water & oil Transmitters (these are thermister (semi-conductor) variable resistances. The extra resistances are because the EARLY Water & Oil gaiges were Bourdon operation (mechanical) . In the case of the VERY LATE 12 volt LWT - the oil cooler was no longer fitted , the cluster only has two instruments - Fuel level and water temp. The fuel level gauge is no longer at top RH , it is same as FFR - at 6 o'clock, the Water temp gauge is no longer Bourdon from the oil cooler line brass pocket. The gauge position for oil is redundant (it is black blanked) , you only get a oil temp warning lamp - this now from a TT (temperature transmitter) thermister that is sump mounted. The 12 Volt LWT now uses the same tank Fuel Level 'senders' as the FFR (late) and same moving Iron gauge as the FFR (late) cluster instrument. The 12 volt original gauge (bi-metal) with it's primitive vibrating type 10 volt output bi-metal voltage stabilizer - was tere-on deleted.

fwiw - many years before you could go to a chandler,ironmonger or B&Q for a gallon can of Cuprinol / Rentokill 5 star or whatever - the traditional boatyard wood preserver used for 'holding' prior to application of varnish or paint was quite simply - paraffin mixed with linseed oil (boiled I think). I can tell you that Redwood (let's say Scotch Pine , but originatning from Scandinavia & Russia + some . Baltic) graded as 'unsorted' (fourths) is one of the best for standing up against the British climate , far better than most hardwoods (broad - leaf) . In fact some hardwoods used for carver/clinker construction were OK in fresh-water - BUT only for several weeks between dragging ashore to dry out. Sea-water (brine) is used as a cheap preservative on timber imported for pallets , Atlantic pine grown in portugal , it quickly grows to a good SHORT height , but has a good dia.

It's most strange - 12 days later and nobody on the Forum has been able to turn out a photograph. WW2 decontamination trailer on a single axle ? Decontamination of what ? Was it somethng like a pair of single PortaLoo with shower spray heads , or a basic Jeep style trailer or larger Ben Hur ?? possibly just with pumps , hoses & nozzel , possibly a A.F.S. pump trailer for wash-down of large area. Of course there always was a threat (lots of unknowns) of a German V2 rocket part loaded with radioactive material or Sarin/Tabun chemical agents - were these trailers in preparation of such an occurance. Possibly you have a plate for WW2 top-secret hardware that has never surfaced ?