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The pictures here will give some idea of the set up: http://www.plusmodel.cz/gallery/276/HTML/ Basically, there's a worm to each axle and the pair pivot on a central fulcrum (which you can see in Stefano's picture). The Humber you are also being offered has it's own complexities if it is the 4x4 version. They have an independent front suspension set up that uses sliding tracta joints.
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The bofors tractor is said to weigh 3 ton 12 3/4 cwt unladen (data book of wheeled vehicles). The field artillery tractor is going to be somewhere thereabouts as well. I'm not surprised that there's been a bit of interest in this opportunity - Morris six wheelers don't come up for sale very often. Just to put you off a bit :-D they have a complicated WD pattern worm drive rear bogie, which means they don't go very quickly either.
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Some nice footage of the field artillery tractor here: http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=20723 And of the bofors tractor, right at the end here: http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=75281
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As in the earlier photographs, only the bofors gun tractor had a full piece windscreen, so it is obviously converted from one of them. No doubt captured in France, 1940. The field gun tractor and recovery versions both had aero screens (for the driver only). A CDSW came up for sale recently on Milweb - described in October's Classic Military Vehicle magazine as "needing a little love and care sold within hours of the advert appearing." I wonder if it is the same one back on the market already.
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Another picture of interest here: http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/morris_commercial.htm
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Another neat picture of a Federal tanker combo here (worth someone copying across): http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/forum01/index.php?topic=32678.195
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You need to chat to "25 Pounder" - see post 567+ here: http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?t=437&page=57
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Welcome aboard and enjoy this little piece of inspiration: http://dlxs.lib.wayne.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?med=1;sid=6b6d0bf995c507a311a85944ba8e0cbd;q1=194*;rgn1=vmc_da;c=vmc;evl=full-image;quality=2;view=entry;subview=detail;lasttype=boolean;cc=vmc;entryid=x-34010-und-1;viewid=34010_1;start=421;resnum=426
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I think the simple answer is "no"! Have a look here for more info and leads: http://www.landships.freeservers.com/new_pages/jeffrey_ac_no1_info.htm http://www.warwheels.net/jeffery1915ACNo1INDEX.html
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The Guy is definately a Guy! - The badge will say "Guy Motors Limited". The first four lorries in the first picture are all Leyland "RAF" types.
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Yep, the ambulances are definately Charrons: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charron_%28automobiles%29
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Like you Steve, I was uneasy with a Renault ID - there are so many marques with a coal scuttle bonnet that it is easy to get it wrong. After a bit of head scratching I think it is actually a Charron.
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This may be of interest: http://www.fareham-darc.co.uk/G8KZO/g8kzo.htm
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I stumbled across this museum about a year and a half ago. It was still there then: http://www.atwellwilson.org.uk/feature_aec_tanker.htm
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The first is of the RAF Museum Model T. More on it here: http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?t=7114 The second, a Foden steamer, is also well known. It was restored many years ago and was kept at Kew Bridge pumping museum for a while. It has the correct war time buffers, which makes it quite distinctive, as does the tipping body.
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For a bit of inspiration, here are a couple of vids of a replica: More info here: http://www.21stpanzer.co.uk/
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...and a picture of the WOT2 (from 1988) appears in Wheels & Tracks #25, on page 6.
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The A F Budge collection was set up in the 1980s (?) by Tony Budge. He established a world renowed collection of mainly tracked and armoured MVs. The collection is now disbanded but a fair number of his collection made their way into Jacques Littlefield's Military Vehicle Technology Foundation. The WOT2 may have been sold off at the end the Budge collection or during the collection's existence - Budge was always refining his collection. There was a write-up on the collection in Wheels & Tracks #22.
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The BBC are reporting that Mabey and Johnson Ltd are being consulted: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/8376602.stm which does rather suggest the army can't help out. More on military bridging here: http://www.hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?t=10038
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Ok, this string is about waterproofing canvas but... http://www.hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?t=5609
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Try khaki coloured canvas waterproofer: http://www.rrservices.co.uk/
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There are several Star commercials in preservation: http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/Museum/Transport/Cars/staregister/starreg18.htm I hope one of them rescues the spares.
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Thanks Les. I expect someone else has a better shot of it but it just be seen here (with what looks like an Austin ATV in the background):
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A WOT1A with house-type van (RAF: Insulated Signals Body, Type F, Mk 3) was found in Kent many years ago (Wheels & Tracks #53, p40). Did this appear on the rally scene? I also recall reading that a WOT1 ambulance body was found (by Eddie Smith?). Anyone know any more?
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I've found an old reference to Amphi-Bus Tours of Montreal operating DUKWs (W&T #67). Sadly no more by the looks of things - they've gone modern. :-( http://www.montreal-amphibus-tour.com/index.html