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I bought my Explorer just over two years ago for £1450, plus another £150 to get it delivered. There is stuff out there if you keep looking, but think about what you want and don't just go for the first thing you see. Doing a bit of research into whatever you buy before you do the deal could save you a lot of grief with spares availability etc. Don't bother looking for WW2 stuff, it is all over priced and made from cardboard 'cos it wasn't expected to last a month, best to stick with postwar kit that was designed to survive WW3. :evil:

:idea: She won't go for living in the Brockhouse then? :coffee: All the best :-D

Hi Karen, long time no see... This is a site at Gartly, just south of Huntly that a group of us have set up for playing on. There is quite a good spead of stuff to play on and a range from very wet to dry. (I don't want to put the Scammell through 4 feet of muddy water, as I don't want to have to clean all the hubs out afterwards.) It is only a temporary arrangement as the landowner has done a deal with the forestry for planting the site with trees, probably late spring next year. If anyone up here wants to go for a play give me a shout and it can be arranged.

a couple of videos not great quality but you get the idea... should help fill Andy Fs' daily need for a Scammell fix...

I haven't done much cosmeticly to the Explorer other than put its' Poppy on, I did go off-roading on Sunday though. one more from a few months ago

You will most likely need an MOT, but there are all sorts of construction and use exemptions for that age of vehicle. such as; before 1/10/38 number plate fitting and lighting. (have to have number shown, but without all the later regs, paint it on if you like. before 1/1/31 lighting regs you need rear reflectors and front/rear position lamps. Thats just a couple out of the Traffic Officers Companion, I suspect there would be more if you look into it. Essentially, you need an MOT but there is so little to test that if it can drive to the test centre it should pass the test.

DROPS is an army acronym for a hook lorry (Demountable Rack Offload and Pickup System) Drips are people of a soft nature who probably can't see the point of this hobby.:coffee:

firing squad for the new server?

I have just been looking at the website for next years show and there are a couple of military pics in the 2009 gallery http://www.bavintageweekend.co.uk/

That's why I found some links to use. Metric didn't ease the confusion, it just added to it:coffee:

what, me.....:whistle:

1/2" AF is the size "across flats" of the bolt head 1/2" Whit is the size of the bolt. so the two are completly different. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Standard_Whitworth http://www.gomog.com/allmorgan/whitworth.html http://homepages.tesco.net/~A10bsa/intro.htm

Not much progress at the moment, apart from changing the antifreeze. It turns out that the body has been unbolted from the chassis. I think there may have been a plan to fit a hiab behind the cab, but the job was never done. I have decided that I may as well lift the body off to clean and paint the chassis, but haven't got round to it yet.

public information films... http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/films/1964to1979/filmindex.htm

I would love to go but it's a hell of a long way away, have fun all that do go and I will look forward to the pictures and video.

Have PMed my details for the list, just hope I don't get a string of real "mens" trucks wanting to be recovered by Scammell:rofl:

Mines not been messed about, I really should update these blog things more often.... http://www.hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?t=13379 there is a Yahoo group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RSOLES/

I won't pretend to be an expert on the subject, but going by what I have read previously the Wiki page is lacking. My understanding is that in the event of WW3 kicking off "Mobile Fire Columns" would be formed using AFS equipment. The main role of the MFC was not to be firefighting but providing an ability to pump water around the country to where it was needed. Apparantly the MFC concept was tested with 600 volunteers from Army and RAF. The government then realised that for the concept to work it would have to draw on the forces. The "civilians" that were trained up were reservists following their 2 years National Service. The begining of the end seems to have been the end of National Service, although the TA did some training with the equipment (try telling them they are not part of the forces) Thankfully WW3 never happened and the majority of Home Office stock spent its ife in stores.

Details from "The Green Machine" by Barry Hollis and John Thompson. SXF 284 HL B4 HOFSTC Also used as a GP. At central motor auctions 3/89. B4 indicates Bedford RL. HL indicates that it was used as a Hose Layer, but also used as a GP means General Purpose. HOFSTC (also from Green Machine) "Although not a fire brigade as such the Home Office Fire Service Technical Centres at Moreton in Marsh and Washington Hall, Lancs., had an extensive fleet made up into three mobile fire columns (MFC) in order to train full time, retained, AFS and other service personnel. The Centre's also trained RAF officers and men for the same purpose. The HOFSTC also had, in conjunction with the Territorial Army, the Army Home Defence Centre (AHDC), Devizes, to which a number of vehicles were attached." So although the Auxiliary Fire Service, along with the Civil Defence Corps and Police Mobile Column, were under Home Office rather than MOD control the main operators were military personel. It makes it as "military" as a Green Goddess, but just how "military" that is, is debateable.

had to be done....

Mike, is Mobile Crane a vehicle definition or a taxation class? assuming it is not being used comercially could it be taxed as historic? When I bought my Explorer it had been taxed as mobile crane (presumably for red diesel) but I had no bother changing to historic. I wonder a Coles crane would fit the "Locomotive" definition. Can't find much on mobile cranes in my TOC 12th edition.

I am sure Militant Graham won't mind a plug for his website, have a look at the REME stuff on the downloads page. http://www.aecmilitant.co.uk/downloads.html

Hello, good to see someone else up here.

I was thinking that, but does it fold down?

what is it? what age is it? what info do you have?