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    World War One Winter Wonderland

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    I don't think these are Austin armoured cars - you'd expect to see twin turrets atop the hull rather than the single turrets that are visable. Actually, they have a second armanent almost out of sight at the rear, for I think these are locally made Estonian armoured cars based on a variety of chassis. Much more info here: http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?aBID=63528&p=3&topicID=31610803

     

    The Estonians also used Mk V tanks.

     

    Tony - good to see the chara postcard again!

    Caption Competition.

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    No, not Rouen, I'm sure of that. I'd put anybody else's mortgage on it being Kempton Park.

     

    I've recently aquired this very same image. A contempory caption indicates this is Bickendorf, Germany. This appears to have been a vehicle reception park used by the Rhine Army. A photo of officers and ranks at Bickendorf is held by the RLC Museum: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=1820-rascrct&cid=1-67#1-67

     

    A close one there, Roy!

    Does anyone have pictures of a Karrier W06??

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    What a fanastic picture of the FWD R6T breakdown tractor! I note the Karrier is on single rears - the same as other photos of 'three louvred' WO6 Karriers I've seen.

     

    Another rumage amongst the collection and I find this picture of the nose of MT6295 - just a few away from yours. The probability of there being a picture of your vehicle must be reasonably high. Only problem is, it's likely to be a snap shot in someone's family album!

     

     

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    Does anyone have pictures of a Karrier W06??

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    Gavin, congratulations on obtaining one of the very few surving inter-war military vehicles. They are possibly rarer than WW1 lorries!

     

    I've seen this vehicle twice before - once on the London to Brighton run as mentioned already; and also at the Enfield Pagent of Motoring about 10 years ago. I think the then owner lived in Hertfordshire somewhere.

     

    It was up for sale about two years ago, a couple of adverts appeared in Classic Military Vehicle.

     

    There is a little piece on the Artillery Transport Company here from the Evening Post of August 17th, 1929: http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=EP19290817.2.190.4

     

    As your vehicle has a Middlesex 'MT' registration, I'll be surprised if it once belonged to the ATC fleet. I know two of their Karriers were registered in York: VY1060 and VY1076. I guess the rest were as well?

     

    I also attach some photos from my collection (not for reproduction), which I hope are of interest. The bottom two clearly have a single louvre in the bonnet side panel - same as yours. I've also seen them with three louvres. I'm not sure when or why the change. Perhaps the single louvred bonnets were used on the Dorman engined lorries with the three louvred on those with Tylor engines. Who can say more?

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    Customs and excise

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    HM Customs & Excise doesn't exist any more. It's functions have been split and merged with other departments (Inland Revenue and Immigration Service) - so now HM Revenue & Customs and UK Border Agency.

     

    On the customs side, in simple terms HMRC deals with import duties on freight; UKBA with people and border security.

    WW1 Tank Transporter?

    in Pre WW2 vehicles

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    I know I know its in Blamfords Transport of WW1 book...

     

    My goodness, so it is. I've been trying to ID the pictures below for some time.

     

     

     

    The book has this to say:

     

    Amphibious Car, Texier de la Caillerie

     

    In June 1933 the French mechanised cavalry put out a requirement for an amphibious car. The only prototype offered by the French car industry came from a M. Texier de la Caillerie who had his design built by the firm of La Licarne. The vehicle was extremely novel in shape and had a punt-shaped chassis of duralumin with two large wheels each side. These provided the drive both on land and water and had scallop-shaped metal scoops attached to the wheel hubs to act as paddles in the water as the wheels revolved. Small wheels, one at the rear and two at the front, gave support while the vehicle was on land though these were free-running. Steering was effected by braking one of the big wheels as required, which was was simple in water but made road control extremely difficult. The engine was a 6 h.p. four-cylinder unit and on land there were three forward speeds and reverse. Normal top speed was 34 km.p.h. though 60 km.p.h. could be reached, but only with excessive fuel consumption. The vehicle carried a driver and passenger only. Trials were carried out in August 1935 in the Marne and a speed of 7 km.p.h. was obtained with the current and 5 km.p.h. in still water. While the design was not impractical it proved of limited military value in the eyes of the cavalry and they abandoned interest in it in favour of a design for an amphibios light tank. This latter also proved impractical but that is beyond the scope of this present volume.

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    Need help to identify some old cars and lorrys

    in Pre WW2 vehicles

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    No pressure then, Tim!

     

    I agree the truck in picture 1 is an AEC (or Daimler).

     

    I haven't yet come up with an answer for the "armoured" vehicle in photo 2. The vehicle behind it looks like a White Anti-Aircraft lorry (with a cover over the gun, and missing the stabalising legs) such as these:

     

    http://www.eag.unicweb.ee/EW/KV/kvsvaSorts_white_rae02.jpg

    http://www.eag.unicweb.ee/EW/KV/kvsvaSorts_white_rae.jpg

    http://www.eag.unicweb.ee/EW/KV/kvsva_white_rae.jpg

     

    In 3, the trucks are probably AEC/Daimlers again, rather than Whites.

     

    4 - Don't know

     

    5 - Yes, that does look like a Talbot; and a Packard at the end.

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