Adam Elsdon

I was reading something a while ago about some individuals that had gone to france/belgium and had removed items they had found on a battlefield. Whats the general consensus on this? I personally wouldnt touch anything from a battlefield with a barge pole, but no doubt there are other points of view!

Is that the replacement for the snatch Land Rovers!

Must admit, an impressive bit of journalist work, stick some video on and you'd have your own MV News channel!!

The Royal Navy Historical Flight has an airworthy Fairey Swordfish on its books!

Mmm, a Gipsy with Swedish designed Hydrofoils, used during the war and perfected by the russians to use ground effect:idea: If you are reading this and dont understand what im on about.........dont worry about it, it will only make your head hurt..:cool2:

Not in service now, although the last one was sold at Withams recently, the Humber Pig, started in truck form in the 50's and only in the nineties with the wind down of the troubles in N.I. was it made available for disposal. A fairly reasonable stretch of service, especially considering the hammering they got.

I was after a car poppy but couldnt find one, so my wife said try e-bay, and i found these:- http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Royal-British-Legion-Lorry-Poppy-Badge_W0QQitemZ230304169357QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item230304169357&_trkparms=72%3A1301%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 A very big poppy for your lorry/truck, so i ordered up a couple, one for the Pig and one for Crocs Scammell. They turned up exceptionally quickly, and they look like they would last a good while, and are shapeable and fix on using supplied tie-wraps. They are being sold by Grantham RBL and come with a letter stating branch number and contacts, so all above board. Get your old warhorse dressed ready for parade!

Doc/Commander, well done on your inspired choice of vehicle!! I personally think they are drastically underated in the MV world, although not on this Forum!! Doc, drop "SIRHC" a Private Message, he has a few NOS Brake cylinder rebuild kits at a very reasonable price, I have just bought one to rebuild my spare cylinder, it seems to be a problem with these vehicles that the brakes are a bit dodgy as they get old, but a thorough rebuild should sort them out, they arent difficult to do, just a little time consuming. Sounds like the "cup" you cant get out is getting stuck on a rust lip, it is a fairly tight tolerance with the bore, carefully clean it, if it is still proving a bit tight, push the piston in, grease the bore and then apply some compressed air to the union at the other end, should blow out nicely (make sure something is in front to stop it going into orbit) then clean out thoroughly making sure no grease remains and have a check of the bore condition.

Alternatively, only have one tank, the other tank removed a long time ago, with no sign of it remaining, and the tap lever pulled off, then disconnect the fuel guage wiring, making you have a paranoid peek in the tank each time before you get in the vehicle. Oh yeh and carry a couple of jerrycans for when you go some distance.......job done! (Welcome to my Pig driving experience!!:-D)

Land Rover had already sold a stack before the Gipsy appeared, and by the time of the merger into BL they really had sold alot of Land Rovers compared to the newer Gipsy, so i suppose it was easier to kill off the Gipsy, however they maybe should of retained some of the ideas......but then the british car industry was starting to go into its death throes, so it will always be another "What if".

The petrol engine is nice, lovely and smooth!

What were they breaking the chassis with..... a tank! Croc has a large number of Gipsy's and associated stuff, and all the chassis are in very good condition, partly due to their construction as they have Oval shaped members, the mud has nowhere to sit or hold onto. Austin obviously didnt want to lower themselves and point out the easily rotted out rear cross member and outriggers on the Land Rover product!

I have a LWB G4M15 Austin Gipsy, i believe the Morris was a badged export version. The straighter one of the two looks to have quite good bodywork, which was the main failing of these vehicles. As mentioned above, the mechanicals and chassis are bomb proof, but the steel bodywork dissolved readily! Excellent off-road, selectable four-wheel drive on the move at speed with a choice of rear or front wheel drive. Alot of them had a compressor on the gearbox to inflate your tyres, and they had alot of Power Take Off options. Killed off when British Leyland amalgamated everything, including Rover. The perfect combination would of been later Chassis/Drive train from the Gipsy, with the Aluminium bodywork of the Land Rover! Word has it that Land Rover engineers were glad they went, as it was a good bit of kit before it got axed.

Hello Panzer Peter, I have fond memories of some Danes/Nutters with M113 APC's and 50. Cals they were our assigned UN drivers out in Sarajevo UNPROFOR, top blokes. More importantly they were responsible for building the bar!!:-D By the way, get a ferret, you can drive it on any side of the road, been centre steer, none of that nasty GMC stuff!!

Quite right too!

No............Only kidding!, im sure somebody will be along soon to let you know what the club house rules are, they are a pretty weird crew here, just smile/nod politely and humour them!:-D

Im not too sure of those dimensions, could you make them a bit clearer!!:-D Cheers Ian!

JJ, make those Jimmy owning slobs clean up there own mess, or threaten them with a ride in the Ambulance!!:cool2:

Ah great, as if having Croc the Scammell Explorer owner living just up the road from me isnt enough, wanting to string my Pig up at every opportunity, another Explorer turns up...........mind you, ten times better than those WLF things!!!!

Mine is made by Brockhouse, as it says on the chassis plate.

Who manufactured those trailers, was it Brockhouse? there are alot of similarities with the body type, compared to the later trailer, the main been the side ribs and the V shaped stiffener on the rear tailgate. The rest is wartime cutback type stuff, with the choice of tyres, rims arches and chassis.

So many posts to look at! lost track of who owns what! The Generators were removed sometime prior to me getting the trailer, however having a raised canvas back would be useful for covert rubbish disposal at the local tip!!! they are used to seeing me with the Pig from time to time, usually a source of interest!! I have just worked out how high they are by one of the pictures and the aid of a piece of paper, same height as the top edge of trailer to the top of one of the rear stay clips underneath, really high tech stuff this computer lark!!

Aha, i knew mine should have hoops as it has the holders, Richard, could you do me a favour and let me know how high it is from the edge of the trailer to the Apex of the hoop, as i would like to make some up, and get a canvas sorted for my trailer.:thumbsup:

I also have a petrol tin that is 1 Gal, it looks a bit like a 2 Gal item that has been cut down, the handle is actually a spout that unscrews and screws onto the filler neck, making it easy to refuel without pouring most of the contents down the side of the vehicle or what have you. Painted red and stamped Petroleum spirit, very useful dont know what year it is though, will try and get a piccie! bought if for a fiver from an autojumble about 5 years ago.

:-D As a daft thought, with those Cipher offices been on two wheels, if you didnt put the back supporting legs down before uncoupling the trailer, it could get exciting if it went past the balance point and landed on its arse! :shocked: