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Ben,

A while back you asked for some photos of Carter Paterson Dennis, I hope these are of interest:

From an advert in The Industrial Motor Review, December 1907

From The World's Carriers, October 1912 but illustrating an earlier time.

The second picture shows the Marmon Herringtons (Ford is often dropped). See here, for example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmon-Herrington_Armoured_Car

The last picture has a White Scout car at the front, the Humber scout car at the rear.

Not quite the same type - this shows a Morris Commercial CS11/30F (you can tell by the shape of the wings), whereas the ambulance in 'Ice Cold in Alex' was an Austin K2/Y (except when it wasn't, but that's another story). Essentially the same body though.

That first picture is very interesting as it shows the Indian pattern armoured wheeled carrier. I belive it to be a Mk IV. There's some more on these vehicles here: http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?16812 and here http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1868

Others include Humber scout car, Humber light reconnaissance cars, Morris 'quad' field artillery tractors, Ford Marmon Herrington armoured cars - so undoubtedly showing British or Commonwealth forces. Interesting to also see a White scout car with a spare wheel.

Horch

If you mean the Guy's yard films, they've been moved to here: http://www.steamcar.net/videos-original.html

The Morris PU 8/4 appears in a couple of the later ones.

See also the string about the films here: http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?17016

Another Humber ambulance @ about 10 seconds in here: http://www.itnsource.com/en/shotlist//RTV/1942/11/16/BGX408280124/

Back on the PU 8/4 in Tunisia a couple of pages back, have a look here at about 34 seconds.

http://www.itnsource.com/en/shotlist//BHC_RTV/1943/05/03/BGX409030119/

A couple more films:

http://www.itnsource.com/en/shotlist//RTV/1942/11/09/BGX408280139/

http://www.itnsource.com/en/shotlist//BHC_RTV/1941/04/17/BGU408090035/

These last two are Morris Commercial CDF types.

One of the early War Office Straker Squire ambulances is pictured here: http://www.stilltimecollection.co.uk/detail/904-tpt-transport-truck-lorry-wagon-straker-squire-ambulance-military-soldier-war-army.html

Beg pardon, it's a Staker-Squire! :red:

It's a Milnes-Daimler.

That's fascinating Hanno, thanks very much. Do share any more information you find. Do we have anyone on the forum in Indonesia who can follow the story through there?

And anyone in Switzerland who wants to look through the UNNRA records at the UN? Click on the Belgium and Demark entries here, for example, and there are files on vehicles / trucks: http://archives.un.org/ARMS/Records-Predecessor-Organizations

Ah, a well known photo, previously seen on these pages.

http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?33432

http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?429-WW1-Dennis-truck-find/page103

You can also find postcards of this image.

Have a look on the previous page

From Commercial Motor magazine, July 12, 1957:

Specially designed for arduous working conditions, the Hy-Mobil 45, a new mobile crane, is being manufactured by J. Darlington and Son (Engineers), Ltd., Harpurhey, Manchester. Mounted on an ex-W.D. Morris four-wheel-drive chassis, with Edbro-B. and E. twin hydraulic rams, the crane employs a goose-neck main jib pivoted at the rear and working in conjunction with a supporting jib, also pivoted at the rear.

Twin hydraulic rams raise the jibs and serve to distribute the load over the chasis frame. To relieve the front springs of the weight when under load, wedges have been fitted which make the front end solid when 2 in. of spring deflection have been taken up. Three lifting capacities are provided by altering the position of the hook: 45 cwt., 40 cwt. and 35 cwt., the respective lift heights being 17 ft. 3 in.; 17 ft. 10 in.; and 18 ft. 5 in.

Powered by a four-cylindered 3.5-litre petrol engine, the vehicle has a wheel-base of 8 ft. 3 in., with a turning-circle diameter of 52 ft. The gearbox has five forward speeds and reverse, front-wheel drive being optional in all but first and reverse, in which it is automatically engaged. Heavy-duty cross-country remoulded tyres are used.

Gross weight of the outfit is 6 tons 9 cwt., and the overall length 27 ft. 4 in., the tip of the main jib being 10 ft. 5 in. in front of the radiator when lowered. Normal road speeds appy, and the tax is £2 per annum. The price is £975 complete, optional fittings being a perkins oil engine and winch gear.

For those in Britain, Shady Lady is being screened at the Capitol Theatre, Horsham this week and the Corn Exchange, Wallingford, on 29 November and 9 December. Perhaps an evening out for those of you in the area?

http://www.factnotfictionfilms.com/shadylady.html

There's also a book on these beasties, as used by the occupied countries - Wartime Woodburners: Alternative Fuel Vehicles in World War II by John Fuller Ryan.

http://www.schifferbooks.com/newschiffer/book_template.php?isbn=9780764332401

And another...

Some inspiration:

Yes, a bit of a rarity - it's a Karrier K6. Over the years I've seen about half a dozen or so of them on the 'scene' - about the same as the WOT6 and 8s. Not all of the K6s had winches, and some had split cabs to make them air-portable.

I've already used up my free trial. :embarrassed:

Chatting to others, it seems a number of us have spotted this over the last couple of weeks. As Doug says, the word recognition software makes the odd howler; but so what - it's a valuable resource for us historians. Motor Transport (formerly Motor Traction), being now in the same publishing house as Commercial Motor, is also to be added in the coming months.

Compare / contrast to Duxford's 'R' type... http://www.aeroscale.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=3964