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...and Beamish have a smaller Thresh disinfector: http://beamishtransportonline.co.uk/transport-stocklist/horse-drawn/1904-patent-thresh-disinfector-ref-1970-61/

The disinfectors were normally size QQ "Quest" disinfectors supplied by The Thresh Disinfector Co, 4 Central Buildings, Westminster, SW London and mounted on Foden chassis. I'm not familiar with mobile laundries - any photos?

...Do you have a pic of this body I would like to see how the inner arches went on the back...

Howard, I don't know if you've seen this or indeed if it's of help (click on the photo to enlarge): http://wheelsandtracks.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/c30-cab11-uk.html

Also, you may like this snap from my collection - sadly I can't read the WD numbers (they possibly start L4....).

A quick search and this company pops up: http://www.holman-engineering.co.uk/automotive-water-pumps.php

Hi Keith. The gun tractors are Fiat 20B or 30.

This was mentioned the other day: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/living-van-shepherds-hut-steam-Vintage-truck-or-vintage-tractor-van-/151632261205?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item234dfcb055&clk_rvr_id=807325954612&rmvSB=true

Reach deep: http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C597632

Here's a Bedford QL "type 2100" - which would make it a passenger coach according to Robertson. So it's probably a QLT 'trooper'.

http://elinorflorence.com/blog/118060

Hi, this is the standard pattern Krupp-Daimler anti-aircraft lorry.

No, the first and third - the six wheelers - are Crossleys.

Very nice pictures.

If only... http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C581642

Austin K6 for auction with Westbury Car Auctions next Friday

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C582914

http://www.westburycarauctions.com/

As the plate says, it's a 10cwt mortar trailer!

It dates from WW2 and looks very original - though the tow hitch should be on top of the frame rather than underneath.

Or try the Lovett collection: http://www.lovettartillery.com/index.html

FT - wow! If only we'd made contact 20 years ago the fate of JUV833 may have been very different.

For interest, here are some pictures of JUV825 from the film I was thinking of - "Out of the Clouds" (1955) - said to be Heathrow. Apologies for the quality! I wonder if there was a similar Humber at each of Britain's main airports.

And one for sale on Milweb: http://www.milweb.net/classifieds/large_image.php?ad=65834&cat=6

Contact the RLC Museum and see if they have the card for 38RU76. That may give you the wartime serial number it was converted from.

http://www.rlcmuseum.co.uk/docs/accessarchives.html

It's the standard Austrian subvention lorry made by several manufacturers.

It's hard to tell if the axle once steered or not. To me it looks fixed, which suggests a trailer of some sort.

For those looking for it, here's a previous discussion on disposal policies: http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?28358

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Firstly… a long time back I was told (18 years ago) that the constitution of the IWM was changed to allow them to sell off any unwanted items… i.e. duplicates and things which did not benefit the collection. That is why (I am led to believe) that when you give them something, you sign a document which says it can "be used in any way the museum sees fit to benefit the place" - or some such wording.

 

Now call me cynical - but at the same time as this happened the directors (I believe) stopped getting bonuses directly based on income through the doors - because the entry fee was dropped at the door...

 

Was the entry fee dropped 18 years ago? My memory is a little fuzzy but I expect it was dropped, along with most other national museums, when the VAT refund scheme was introduced. For the IWM this applied from 1 Dec 2001 - see SI 2001/2879: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/2879/contents/made

Vanguard are well know for having an eye catching installation - it's normally a Hawker Hunter. This replica has been up since the start of the WW1 commemorations. More here: https://mobile.twitter.com/VanguardStorage

Keith, these are of a Pierce Arrow.

There's a fair amount of information on these interesting machines in Wheels & Tracks #41 and around the web, not to mention here: http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?16812

There's also a bit of footage here: http://www.britishpathe.com/video/indian-l-r-d-g-unit-1943

...an aeroplane disaster movie from the 50s/60s was shown on the gogglebox. One scene showed some crash tenders being scrambled - WOT1s etc - at somewhere like Heathrow. Amongst them was a Humber with a JUV registration a few digits away from this one and a similar body.

The film was the 1955 film "Out of the Clouds".