wally dugan

BOB richard harrison from newcastle way was having some made if it helps

For some time l have been going through the files on the FV 1600 family of vehicles while l have a number of records and photographs of most including 08/09/21/22 . The FV 1606 if it did exist may have only been in the mock up stage as a large number of projects did and it was normal practise to reduce to product in other words broken up a few did survive if it did make to mock up it may be in the list of mock up vehicles which l do not have at home

TWO and half gallons of OMD 80

when you say when engine turning that is it's running it could be a fault in the generator it's self or a problem in the generator panel like the fuse or dirty connections

HARRY has the ferret been unused for some time if so you need to put 142 ML of engine oil by the screw removed the gearbox of the generator is normally fed from the engine when running by a feed pipe REGARDS WALLY

HARRY no need your english is fine have you got any manuals for the ferret REGARDS WALLLY

l am sorry l do not know what you mean by yellow bevel box are you talking about the bevel box you can see inside down below the brake master cylinder the plug for this is under the cylinder and cannot be got at without removing the brake master cylinder but the oil you put in at the point shown in your picture flows into the bevel box the two are connected which is why l said when oil flows out wait to let the oil find it's own level and top it up hope this makes sense the other bevelboxes can be filled using the screw plugs you can see inside the hull and engine bay and the oil will flow out of the screw on the inner hub shown in your picture

l use the sae 90 gear oil the screw is the oil level and filler if you fill it leave it for awhile even if the oil runs out give it time to find its level and then top it up as to oil leaks it part of living with a FERRET

The hand book says OEP 220 you can use SAE 90 GEAR OIL OR SAE 80W -90

well they are not champ or pig the bottom one could be saracen

70 YM 85 was overhauled at 32 base workshops in DIDCOT which closed in 1964

AFRIKA KORP insignia on door may be made up for film work

ROBIN fesm_ndt had one l saw it a number of time great pity as to other owners there were a few ACMAT s in ireland

41 YK 85 was made by ORME EVANS and was from the batch of numbers 34 YK 41 TO 54 YK 40

I would like to put forward a idea first l do not think the W stands for war but workshop secondly the second third letters are to do with the type of repair ie base overhaul schedule repair the majority of these were carried out by the ARMY AUXILLIARY WORKSHOPS. These markings only seem to appear on vehicles in service after 1945 and stop by 1960 a time when the use of AAWs had stopped the numbers are for reference as l said this is only a idea that l have been looking at while looking in to AAWs

l will try for a better picture

it did have two stabilizing jacks at the rear l may have a picture some were will look tomorrow

03 FX 48 served lastly with 52 PORT SQUADRON RCT

Just a quick look shows JXW 39 had the FVRDE establishment number 3827 and left there on the 18/10/58 NAC 828 had the establishment number 5311 and left on the 19/9/56 The TRW's that where there and were given civilian registration number from the following JLR /JXW/KYW/LUE/ RWD/NAC/ RGX/DYE. There were a lot of TRW's at CHERTSEY during the 50s and 60s some with RAF and ARMY NUMBERS those that were scrapped only the frame numbers are recorded

Here is another from the 1956 exhibition of british military vehicles at FVRDE CHERTSEY KYW 19

The defence of the realm act came into been in 1914 and gave the government wide ranging powers and as far as l know is still in place. As to the question a number of TRW'S carried a civilian type number plates DYE 19 been one of the most photographed appearing in a number of trials shots

Having gone though the file's what found is it was not uncommon for vehicles mainly plant to be transferred to MEXE CHRISTCHURCH and no VRN allocated or displayed in the records only as l said the establishment number is recorded and date of transfer

The fact that a VRN is not shown but it will have had a establish number as all equipment had that will appear in the files with any VRN allocated

There is also one in the national army museum collection

Thank you to those that offered help found a supplier going to replace all of them regards wally