lynx42 Rick Cove

Yes, that's the one. Dalzell Steel. We are looking at re-rubbering the two front wheels at present. More on that later.

It is one of those beautiful Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost armoured cars 1920 pattern. One 1913 chassis which was re-bodied as a saloon made it to Australia after WWI. It was eventually written off but the front axle remains and has been sent to New Zealand to assist in the restoration of a 1913 Silver Ghost. How do I know that? Well I saved a front axle which was in use as a trailer axle quite a few years ago from being dumped in the tip. It took me a while to work out exactly what I had as the hubs had a conversion from wire to disc wheels about 1920. Regards Rick

A great set of photos. I am sure that there are others more learned than I am in German WW1 vehicles, but here goes my identifications. Photo 1 - Ehrhardt EV/4 4x4. Photo 2 - Daimler/Marienfelde 3 ton chain drive. Photo 3 - No idea. Photo 4 - Daimler/Krupp 4x4 similar to photo 1. Photo 5 - " " " " " " " ". Photo 6 - No Idea but may be a Durkopp. Photo 7 & 8 - Daimler/Krupp 4x4 as in 4 & 5. Photo 9 - ????? maybe an Opel on the right. Photo 10 & 11 - Daimler Krupp 4x4. Photo 12 - may be an Opel. Anyway over to the experts. regards Rick

Slightly off theme true wheelbarrow story for you. I worked in the marine industry here in Victoria Australia for the Port of Melbourne Authority. One of the wharfies asked for and received written permission from Management to take home a wheelbarrow full of wood offcuts from the shipwrights shop each week. It only took 9 weeks before we ran out of wheelbarrows. True, Rick.

I see why you call yourself Redherring. Local? 152km and about 2hours travel is not too local. Still say G'day to Merv. He has one of my Albions on show. It came from Orbost/Marlo area many years ago. Regards Rick

We all hope that with the present situation on Bunby that you, your family and the FWD HAR-1 are safe and dry. Regards Rick Another FWD HAR-1 (ex-RAAF) owner.

The Corowa Swim-In in Australia is on again this March. Each year the KVE Inc. Committee who oversea the Largest Ex-Military Vehicle event in the Southern Hemisphere come up with a different theme. This year the theme is "The Year of the Towed Equiptment and Armour". This should see a diverse and interesting set of trailed equipment. One of the unusual trailer we hope to see is this Dolly Set. Dolly Set, Lift, Transportable Shelter 5.25 ton CRAIG, Model M832. Not much is known about this trailer and I have not been able to find any photos of them in actual use. There are quite a few which have come up for sale in the USA over the past few years, but no photos of them doing the job they were built to do. I have ideas of using this to build an open container type platform to carry my LP2A Bren Gun Carrier, as you can place the platform on the ground and drive the carrier into it. The platform is then jacked up to the carrying position and off you go. If you have any photos, please let me know. Regards Rick.

Normandy 2009 just before the convoy hit the beach on 6th.6th. I did not know who the owner is but I see from post no.31 this thread that it belonged to raschippo1. It sure would look good in my garage. Regards Rick.

I have this plate which I hope is the correct type as fitted to the 25pdr.Short. My 25pdr.Short is missing it's plates but has the No.207 on the inside top of the left trail attachment plate which also has B75 stamped on top. (The right trail attachment plate just has the no. 75 stamped into the top.) The number on the barrel jacket is A221. I purchased this 25pdr.Short in 2006 from the Belfield auction. The plate I purchased on Ebay. I guess my question is this :- Was the Short 25pdr. known as the 25pr.LIGHT, or is this plate off something else? Regards Rick.

If you look at my photo you will see that there is a large radius or torque rod behind the chain sprocket back towards the rear axle. Just behind the sprocket an adjuster is visible. You just have to wind the adjuster in or out to tighten the chains.. Ofcourse you have to make sure that the axle is at right angles to the chassis rails. This means that you could have a slacker chain on one side as compared to the other. There are 1/2 link joiners available as well as full link joiners. The book says:- "The radius rods also act as torque rods, so that the rear springs are relieved of all duty except that of carrying the load." - "The chains should be taken off for a careful examination about every 1000 miles. They should be tried for stretch; if a half link is to be removed, it should be done. When the chains are satisfactory in this respect, they should be thoroughly washed in paraffin and then steeped for several hours in hot grease, heated until it is thoroughly liquid, to let the grease get properly into the rollers." Hope that this helps explain your query. Regards Rick.

The Albion A10 had slippers at both ends of the rear springs for the entire production run starting in 1910 and finishing in 1926. The front spring has the slipper at the rear end only. The slippers are like V blocks so have pressure on many sides. Of course the Albion A10 was chain driven and that allowed the rear axle to be moved rearwards to take up the slack in the drive chains. The oilers on this, my truck, were all there fortunately. Regards Rick.

Mammoth, Well done. You now have a mammoth task ahead of you. I believe that John P. is selling up and moving north. Be a big job to sort out all his gear. Regards Rick.

It is a re-bodied Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost. Correct front chassis dumb-irons, cross-member, wheels, radiator and guards. And yes I want it too. Regards Rick.

Onetrack, Looks like you have answered your own question. You won't get a much better lookalike than that. Like the camouflage , bit different for Australia. Regards Rick. http://www.territorystories.nt.gov.a...le/10070/27962

Seems we have two threads covering the same truck. http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?28857-The-Maudslay-Project

Some of your truck taken in Coventry in May 2009. The chassis was outside and the engine etc was inside awaiting restoration.

Here are some photos taken in 2010 at the Alice Springs Road Transport Hall of Fame.

That's the first time I've spotted the 71/4" rail track. What is the story there? I have a bit to do with one locally. Regards Rick.

In my case an WWI FWD. Been looking for one here in OZ for 30 years. Those 5 or 6 I have found are not available.

Nice unit. What make is it? The front guards look like Dodge but the rear wheels don't. Regards Rick.

Guess you posted this in the wrong section Try Artillery not British Wireless section. Regards Rick.

This set is only 110 Volts, but 12,000 revs per minute sure beat the tommy bar. Molasses is good, electrolysis is better but lemon juice is really good as well for removing rust. Just peel the lemons, squash them up in the bottom of your container pith and all and submerse your rusty bit for a few days. This thread sure brings back a lot of memories from when I restored my 1916 Albion A10. I have another engine to get my teeth into now as well. Keep up the good work. Regards Rick

Not sure which section this belongs to but it was a British vehicle once. Saw this V16 Land-Rover yesterday. It is not military but is green. The engines are Ford V8's, Don't know what capacity, sorry. Not a finished project but it will be interesting to see it go. Has a Salisbury LR diff so don't know how it will handle the power produced. Anyway just thought I'd share it with you. Regards Rick.

[h=1]Morris Commercial R 12/15cwt 4 x 2 Cargo[/h] Too good to scrap. Duxfords is a perfect copy. Regards Rick.

Not sure about this one but it just may be the bit you need. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Layland-1916-gearbox-controls-clutch-/160885011468?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item25757e740c Regards Rick