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I haven't posted an advert.  It is you that is asking whether a C9/B is still for sale but you haven't told the world which advert you have read.

???  You've started a new thread.  What Morris are you referring to?  If you've seen a previous advert, I suggest posting a reply to that or contacting the original poster.

Good link.  Priced to attract interest, which I'm sure it will get.

Lot 518 is intriguing... 

Some others from the internet:

Here are a couple more (IWM E 13356 and E 15998) - it may be easier to read the plates by zooming-in at these links:

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205223795

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205203901

Title now changed 

Advertised as a Hallford but is actually a Wolseley: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/183838415166?ul_noapp=true

Tim, they seem to have come from Italy.

According to their Facebook page, the majority of the German vehicles went to the Wheatcroft collection.

An interesting series of lots, many motorbikes: http://www.coys.co.uk/coys-at-chiswick-house-2

Just like this one: http://www.vanderbrinkauctions.com/lot-item/56l/ 

Have a look at this thread: http://hmvf.co.uk/topic/38894-bedford-mw-camouflage-pattern/

It's always interesting to read contemporary accounts.  Lt Col G E Badcock (A history of the transport services of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force 1916-1918) simply says (p.249): Anti-Aircraft Section used Thornycroft lorries to a small extent, but so few were employed that it is impossible to criticise this vehicle.

However, Lt Col F W Leland (With the MT in Mesopotamia) says (p.113): There were several Anti-Aircraft sections and 'Caterpillar' companies which also took part in this advance to Baghdad.  The 'Caterpillars', however, were unable to move owing to the fact that no bridges were able to carry their weight at the time, and they were eventually brought up by river.  The Anti-Aircraft sections, notwithstanding the extraordinary heavy going over deep sand, managed to get through to the Dialah by dint of pushing and towing, etc.  Most of them suffered a fair amount of damage, the dumb-iron and Carden shafts being a source of trouble.  With regard to the frame, it was considered that the position of the towing hook was too low down, and these were afterwards placed at the bend of the dumb-iron, in a straight line with the rest of the frame.

And then later (p.183): THORNYCROFT ANTI-AIRAFT GUN LORRIES: The front towing hooks of these were altered and placed higher up just on the bend of the dumb-iron, so that a straight pull could be obtained instead of the original position, which was inclined to have a lifting action.  This was found necessary in view of the number of dumb-irons which were smashed in towing these heavy vehicles over almost impassable stretches of desert.

 So perhaps the fracture is a result of towing?

Dunlop claim credit in their war history.  Quote: Some of Dunlop's most ingenious and valuable work was in the production of inflatable dummy guns, vehicles and landing craft used Decoys to mislead the enemy...

No mention of Airfix (but then it's unlikely that a company history would recognise external assistance).

6 hours ago, LarryH57 said:

What a shame such a nice vehicle is leaving the UK.

Like I said, I seem to recall it went to America.  This would have been many years (20+) ago.  But of course, spotted by 'Oxford Spectator' - so presumably it came back/never went?

GX3315 - One of Mr Grundy's rebuilds (Wheels & Tracks 22).  Very nice indeed.  I seem to recall that it went to America?

The wheels look like those found on a Dennis trailer pump?

21 hours ago, Great War truck said:

...he asked me what the two vertical supports in the first photo were used for. 

Tim,  I assume you mean the two supports in the last photo?  It looks like there are three supports - one on the left side and two on the right.

Looking through some photos here, it is not uncommon to see one support approx. midships on either the left or righthand side. There's no obvious consistency, or what they were used for.   I've not seen any with two supports, let alone three.  That's not to say it's wrong, just unusual.  I'll keep looking!

A new war movie to love/hate - about the 303 Polish Fighter Squadron.  No doubt Sgt. Frantisek gets a mention a two.

It's a still from the famous film Night Bombers: 

I always understood that it should be open end first - like an animal's hoof moving on ground - so as to give maximum traction.  But as has been said, some tyres have rotational symmetry.

It's a C8, not a CS8.  Looks like a GS body, why the question about radios?

I'd agree with above.  Here are some examples:

(IWM Photo B5012 - see the 3-tonners far right)

(IWM Photo B5929)

(IWM photo B5937)

7 hours ago, Morris C8 said:

some more original ww1 photos that came in the post. ww1 Benz truck and a what looks like a generator on the left on one of the photos. Trucks have K on the side and a French truck.

Keith

This is almost certainly a Jeffery Quad.  The French used a number as artillery portees.  But there's no obvious roof extension on this one.