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Jules, the lot number would help folk a lot...

The tanker is pictured here: http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?8385-Autocar-U-7144T/page5

I have searched the internet and came to the conclusion that only a single photo of the 'Ingoldby transporter' is available.

That'll be photo KID 1447 in the IWM's collection: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205090659

The mesueum hasn't digitised all of their collection, so an approach may reveal if they have other photos.

Faun.

http://www.pbase.com/phsan/cars

Hi John

I've been swaping emails with Jim and Eric and will send you the same. I've heard about your plans - and read about them on your blog but will let you reveal them here - it should be quite a trial!

Alan

And eagle eyed readers will also recognise that the truck in the background half left is a Peugeot. What's that next to it?

Spotted the Abbot earlier today parked up off Shaftesbury Avenue. The police, rightly, were far more interested in the man with a beer can in his hand standing in front of it Tiananmen Square style as it tried to pull away...

Hi Ralph,

You may have know of or have seen this already:

http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/showthread.php?t=831209

That's great - Humber Snipe heavy utility, Humber 8 cwt FFW, AEC Dorchester ACV, Blenheims...

A couple more photographs. The first from Old Motor (Vol.8, No.6)

And this one from The Autocar (April 25th, 1941), captioned: Queen's Messengers convoy arriving in Coventry after the recent blitz. The city of cars and three spires begins to look a little worse for war.

The Weald Foundation have a new website. Fascinating to browse the 'collection'. https://www.wealdfoundation.org/

Finding all those factory fresh armour sections is the biggest hurdle, a wreck such as that from Weald would give you many of the little bits and the running gear is sure to be available from the East. I would imagine the biggest issue would be gearbox and transmission. After so many years rebuilding his three Panthers, KW will have the best panther parts network on the planet.

Using those sections to repair the Weald's "spare" Jagd would be worthy and mean the finished article has an historical provenance that you can buy into. Creating something new out of them would, to me, simply result in just a rich man's toy (cue the debate over the new factory lightweight e-type Jags, for example). As a reminder of what the wrecks looked like, see here: http://imgur.com/gallery/uCN10

Is that the twins in the photos? At least they'd know what's ahead of them!

Auction, 19 September, details here: http://www.hjpugh.com/new.html

The collection being sold is clearly that mentioned here: http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?45463

The car mentioned earlier, HX6507, is coming up for sale at Bonhams: https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22724/lot/106/

For info though, an account of the car appeared the Riley Register's Bulletin No.111, Sept 1983. It is said that during its history the WD spec 21" wheels were replaced by 19" wheels; the crown wheel & pinnion changed from 6.75 to 5.25 and then to 4.89 (from an RM 1.5 litre); twin carbs fitted; and the back end was hacked off to fit a Monaco-style boot. It looks as if the wheels and carbs haven't been re-instated but at least the body has been changed to what looks like the Mk IV style. But why wasn't it painted green? Sigh.

Hopefully the next owner will go the extra mile and return it to its original staff car look.

At least two other WD tourers exist - at least one of them rescued from Mr Passey's well known yard. For a picture of one of the cars, go the Riley Register's home page, click on the 2012 rally plate and go to image 13.

Personally, I think the estimate is too high - I've seen Mk IV tourers, which essentially is what it is, at the circa £15k mark. But the price of these things rarely go down!

If anyone is interested, I'll dig out some little known gen on these staff cars.

The H series forms part of the Official Photograph collection, only some of which have been digitised and put on-line. You can get copies of any of those not yet on-line from the museum but you'll have to pay for them.

2 Denisons smocks for sale at Warwick & Warwick's next auction, should you be looking for one: http://www.warwickandwarwick.com/

I'm happy the first is a Sunbeam. The second is likely to be a Napier.

Looks like a Sunbeam at the front. Any chance of a better close-up?

Alan, I am sure you will know?

You have the better of me Tim -you'd think that deep cross member would make things obvious. So, how about Kelly Springfield?

Sorry Tim, no I don't have any more (it was me that found the picture for Ian). Follow though the link at the second post and there's a reference to similar trials in the 1950s...

The crane may be a post war Jumbo conversion - see here on pages 20 and 21: http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?7797-Morris-Commercial-gallery/page20

lol - must be a private joke. Brilliant!

I'd not seen that but there is a half size Stug III project for sale on Milweb (not mine), which folk may not have seen: http://www.milweb.net/webvert/77490

The book includes all WW2 allocations, although some entries are very vague (such, alloted to Middle East, etc.).