Ashcollection

I'm afraid I agree, I like reading detail on WW2 vehicles but how many articles can you print about Jeeps and Jimmies. I can understand how difficult it must be to keep the informed die hard collectors who have been in the hobby for 20 years interests placated against the more general readership who are learning. Difficult job! I wouldn't want to to do it!

Not running yet, but i don't see any reason why we won't have her going in the summer, everything seems present and correct, so with servicing of the fuel and ignition system I think she should go.

Hi You Salamander people might like to know these two are still about,the yellow one with me and the red one up north with its engine out. neither are currently for sale

Spot on!

Sorry for the slow response, I've just found this picture we took about 5 years ago, and yes it's still around, sharing the shed with the Antar and Martian Wrecker

And filmed at good old Norwich Castle.

I've seen a old black and white picture if that truck, or one the same in a magazine in the past it was in relation to someone salvaging a tram I seem to remember, the picture in the article was of the tram being placed in someones garden to be used as a shed in the late 50's, I will have a search.

Haha yes I know that saying as well! As the previous couple of times we had started it it had taken at least two hours, flat batteries and far too much time priming fuel to be fun anymore, it was very unexpected! it fired up far better than anything else I own. the prop shafts are off for the time being until I get a copy of a manual and can figure out what all the unmarked leavers do. Also yes I'm afraid to say we like our plant here, I do have an Eager Beaver as well, along with An Aveling Barford dump truck, Thornycroft Trencher, CET, Mk 1 Millitant with a Jones KL66, and a Mk 1 Millitant with a Blaw Knox excavator on the back. The Militants are scrap yard rescues, but they are under cover and in one rusty piece at lease, rather than being scrapped, exported and made into cheap washing machines.

Haha yes, lifts 10 ton, weights in at 27 ton, rolls really well on those big tyres though!

Thanks everyone for the comments all very helpful. We started her up last weekend and moved it round the yard, its a big lump to push round two 90 deg corners that are only 60ft apart, didn't dare driver her yet as on starting she took off across the yard with no one in it! something must have moved in transit as it wasn't in drive last time we started it, anyway after the heart rate had stabilized and the laughter had stopped, it rolled nicely pushed by my Muir Hill, the engine was running only to get steering.

Errr yep guilty as charged! (not all cranes though of course)

I guess this comes under this title of "I might be stupid but I've bought this"

Wish you had 10 like that, My Diamond T Wrecker has them, worn and perished to buggery, one went pop, Er well more of a shot gun sound really! when we where moving the old girl in the summer.

GSU 255 and her replacement, and at her new home with shed partner.

Two that are no longer with us, the one from outside the Hungry horse on the A47 and one from Norfolk recovery

cheers, nice old pics! I bought her in 1999, Richard bought her from Dave Crouch

which Forum, like to see:-)

I've got GSU 255 the wrecker from Warfield Garage, its a shame the previous wrecker on the 6x6 AEC chassis ended up being cut up.

I do love pigs to, heavy clunky old things

Hi fatboy, just found your thread today and I've been trying to message you I'm the guilty party that bought the Humber, I feel guilty now! but in my defence it is rustier than it looks, the roof has nearly separated around the gutter due to someone's past body filler repair, the driver side step has fallen off due to the sill being non existent, it has a landrover tail gate, a dodgy repair to the cargo floor, its rusted through along the cargo body on top of the bins and someone has tried to bodge the wiring, ( I'm trying to justify it by saying I've saved you)!but its better than the cargo version I was going to restore, ok that explains it better! Keep looking you will find one, always buy the one with the best body you can the mechanicals and electrics are easy. The Pig is easier to restore but the soft skin is more drivable more stylish and way cooler! ( that will start a debate) haha .

we also have the remains of the Casgrove one, it came to us after loosing its recovery gear but fitted with a handy perkins v8 another one we broke up was the cut down artillery tractor that used to belong to Norfolk recovery in Norwich.

the poor old girl that was by the long gone hungry horse at Necton on the A47 is long gone, we had her for spares several years back

Hi, yes a belated reply, Alan's restored Antar 50 EK64 is still in Norfolk

I last saw most of the Tavern chassis in a scrap yard near nottingham, I cant remember the name of it but they where building a new road past it about 2-3 years ago if that helps.

Hello, that got you going, Ian's in the know as he took the picture, its, 50EK64 that Alan Buckingham restored, one of the Rush Green pair, I was prompted to join after seeing it's "sister" if you like that I also owned, also Ex Alan (12DM85) at Leconfield they have done a very good cosmetic restoration, the poor thing was in a bad state. There is a you tube clip of Crouch's dropping it off. We had fun loading it here! Ian may remember our yard, we managed to demolish the corner of a workshop at the bottom of a slope on a very tight corner. God knows where this link people have mentioned came from, not I! Crouch's Antar that i've seen mentioned should have good Axles as he had a pair from me as well that I was going to use on 12DM85. I will add some nice shiny pictures in due course when we get the old girl out in the yard.