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    How Many Humber 4x4 Utilities are there ?

    in British Vehicles

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    ...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".

    Introduction - rcking

    in Introductions & Welcomes

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    Welcome - the club house is open.

     

    To post, click on the 'Forum' tab; scroll down to the forum theme under which you want to post; click on the forum theme wording in bold; then scroll down past the recent threads to 'Post new thread'; click on that and then go from there... good posting.

    WW1 finds and discoveries

    in Pre WW2 vehicles

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    It's probably circa 1928. And the truck in the video could well be one and the same vehicle as that in Charge Utile (albeit with a body transplant). I'm not sure how I knew the ID - I've a vague recollection of having seen some photos of this truck in the past but can't now remember where!

    1908 Dennis Truck

    in Pre WW2 vehicles

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    ...an engine seems one step too far.

     

    This reminds me that the Amberley Chalk Pits Museum had made the moulds for the blocks of a bi-block commercial vehicle engine, so things are part way there if you are not to fussy as to the final design... (See The Automobile magazine, June 1988 for more info.)

    CAN any one ID this . WW1

    in Pre WW2 vehicles

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    Why on earth was that a better device than a tipper?

     

    The articles I mentioned previously suggest the advantage was 'perfect rigidity and a bigger load capacity' than possible with tipping gear of the day - no doubt the line peddled by the concessionaires.

     

    The observant amongst you will have noticed that the second scan in my previous was a 5-tonner. It was probably a Foden steam waggon. Here's a Clayton version (apologies for the poor quality):

     

    Clayton - Wilkins patent unloading gear.jpg

    CAN any one ID this . WW1

    in Pre WW2 vehicles

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    From Motor Traction 19 December 1917 and 20 February 1918:

     

    Hallford - Wilkins patent unloading gear 1.jpg

     

    Hallford - Wilkins patent unloading gear 2.jpg

     

    Yes, a Hallford with moveable floor! The Wilkins patent unloading gear was said to have been available through the UK's sole concessionaires Messrs Drake and Gorham Ltd of 66 Victoria Street, Westminster, London.

    BBC televisions D day coverage

    in MV Chatter

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    Jason, did you watch all 8 hours or so or just the edited highlights?

     

    Like it or not, the BBC's prime responsibility was to cover the main official events of interest to the British - at Bayeux Cemetery, Sword beach and Arromanches-Les-Bains - so that those veterans who couldn't make the trip could feel involved.

     

    Whether the international event at Sword beach was to everyone's taste is another matter - I suspect it wouldn't have been to mine and am rather glad, thanks to things being an hour behind schedule, that after the arrival of dignatories and the opening remarks from Hollande the BBC cut to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge meeting veterans. That said, the split picture shot of Obama and Putin was priceless!

     

    There were plenty of 'in-fill' slots with veterans, historians and 'personalities' - I thought Chris Tarrant was incredibly respectful and reflective, and in many ways made for as good TV as the interviews with the veterans. The historians irritated me the most though - especially when the DD Valentine was called a Sherman!

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