Lauren Child

I have been away for a few days so all though i i have been able to view i could not post. I believe Radiomike 7 is right and it was a made up thing. With hind sight i simply posted with out checking. Having said that i do believe it was trying to get across a message i have stressed many times. Recovery is one of the most satisfying/reward tasks one can do be it for making a living or simply helping some one out. But here is the rub every one can see judge size by simply looking at something. Very few have any concept of weight (force) or the load it it is imposing on equipment. Hence dont think if a rope of any material were to slap you at the back of the head it would be a warning

Well said, and thanks for following up.

I found the same problem.

 

It is possible to view FB sites IF they are made viewable but many are not.

When a number of my colleagues who are working in IT all the time go to FB then I may register but at the moment they stay clear.

It doesn't work even with a facebook account - I suspect it's been pulled.

Hello everyone,

 

My name is Sarah and I am a researcher for a TV show called Highway Thru Hell. We are working on a special episode telling the story of the evolution of the heavy wrecker. I am looking for photos for the following military vehicles:

- Holmes W45

- M1A1

- Sherman Tank in action

- Military vehicles broken on the side of the road

- Armoured Recovery Vehicles ARVs

- BONUS if you have any of the above on film.

 

Have you considered starting with early war vehicles like the Scammell Pioneer, or are you just looking at the later American vehicles?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scammell_Pioneer

He was a gent I'm looking forward to reading his book.

The film was a great film, but didn't do a good job of the history. This is a good one to watch for more of the history, complimenting the film.

 

A Unic. I didn't see this until it was covered over, but looked very interesting.

 

 

 

Here you go

Welcome along!

That's definitely a Charioteer in the background

This is a question which may or may not take off.

 

My Daughter is looking at possible drawing "flash's", company badges, for her third year university assessment, as those we have seen at Bovington tank Museum, can any one help? as an RNR my kids know and appreciate the value in relation to our Forces, she is looking at the possibility of making the logos into jewellery with profits going to forces charities.

This sounds like an excellent idea - I wish her all the best

Looking at the tanks at Bovington my daughter asked what the triangles mean, also they have different colours, HELP please

 

The colour identifies the regiment within the brigade : red for senior, then yellow, blue, and green. Independent regiments used white. The colours dont always match up, as units got moved, and it seems to be a bit haphazard.

The shape identifies the squadron within that:

- Diamond for HQ

- Trangle for A sqdn

- Square for B sqdn

- Circle for C sqdn

- Solid rectangle for D sqdn

The number inside is the troop within the squadron.

There's a useful book called "World war 2 Military vehicle markings" be Terence Wise, also going through the major formation markings etc. for both allies and axis.

To answer the original question, with the exception of the Vickers logo (fir the armad manufacturer Vickers) they look like formation signs.

Formations are groups of fighting forces that may be made up of a variety of units, e.g. infantry, tanks, engineers, all of which would have their own regiments, corps, and arms of service. The formation sign allows easy identification of those that are teamed to work together.

The main look up for these is a book called "Formation badges of world war 2" by Howard Cole

Thanks for the heads up chaps

My Humber Scout parts list just shows it as a 155-2. I wonder what the B signifies?

Alas no idea on what the B means on the end model number - my guess would be a revision to the original, although looking at a parts list for a similar board (189) the letters used are A, B, M and T with no obvious difference.

If it's a read across from the main number, the letters seem to mean different things on different regulators, so 37A indicates ammeter terminals on a 37, while 155A indicates compensated voltage on the 155.

On the 75 (which will be popular with the softskin fans on the forum) 75B indicates for use with dynamo without field resistance, and 75BT (as on Bedford, Ford etc.) is the same but with a special low temperature regulator.

Ah, 141 looks very different inside - I was mistaken on the difference.

One from the workshop manual.

This is the Cav pamphlet to look for.

Though I may be wrong on the difference between 141 and 155.

I'm looking for one if it's available? It is indeed Cromwell and Comet.

Centurion did also use 155, but it's a 155-8X. Also 168 as mentionned.

155 is a suppressed version of 141 (if I'm remembering correctly) so there's some crossover.

laurens come up trumps for me. cheers

Still hunting here - dont turn anything down in the meantime, just in case. I'm 99% certain I have a spare copy somewhere though.

The thought of the work involved in restoring that thing is sobering to say the least.

 

Now that it's recovered, I'm hoping Rick will work his way up to it by finishing the work on a certain Charioteer first

No problems since using Ethomix. I haven't had universally good experiences with their chemicals, but the Ethomix seems OK.

I was looking for things to do over the bank holiday weekend, and thought a return trip to Stratford Armouries could be be a good move. Alas I read on the Internet that most of the armoury collection has gone.

Does anyone know what's happened? Is it in storage waiting for a return, or has it all gone for good?

It's now apparently the home of the Churchill collection (previously at Bletchley Park) and a Wellington bomber exhibit, both of which may still be worth a visit at some stage, but this used to be an amazing collection of weapons through the ages.

On my Pc I have the usual HMVF corporate appearance, but when I go to HMVF on my iPad, i just get a generic vForum presentation with none of the HMVF add-ons.

 

This has only started in the last couple of days - anybody else having this issue?

It's normal for me, also on ipad.

Well done Rick!

Well done to everybody involved in this recovery. Looks to be a challenging restoration but it seems that the parts required are out there. Am I seeing things or is that a 79AD Bulls Head on the previous Covenanter recovery - and why...

There's some info on this thread : http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?22506-buried-and-abandoned-tanks&p=481222#post481222

Nice job Rick!

Lauren,

You are referring to a specific model of Solex carb, the 35RZFAIPO, there are only a small number of vehicle types use this particular specification and they would have jets to suit as well as a variation on the fixing for the Zero Starter cable.

Vehicles this one was fitted to were;

Bedford MW, OX, OY and QL

Austin 3 ton 6x4

Ford WOA1 and WOT range

there may be others, but not show in in Vocab.

 

As for the 40RZFAIPO, that was fitted to the Austin K5, Dennis tipper and Albion BY5 and FT11

 

The letters each denote a feature of the particular carb and some engines will have a different combination of letters to others.

 

To take an example of 35RZFAIPO

35 denotes choke tube size (this is nothing to do with choke as in starting, it is the venturi so to speak.

R Governor assembly incorporated in throttle tube

Z Dustproof

F Generic term relating to diecast carb.

A Bi-starter

I Downdraught

P Pump accelerating device discharging straight into choke tube

O Zero Starter

 

You questioned Zero Starter, this is a device on the side of the carb with a disc valve in it operated by what you might call the cold starter cable ('choke'). It works with closed throttle.

wow, thanks Richard - that answers a whole load of questions

I'm fairly certain the the 35RZFAIPO came in different configurations for different vehicles (not just Bedford).

40RZFAIPO as others have said, is for the Ford V8 (and possibly others as well).

The jets are accessible from the outside of the carb, without need to strip it down.

If you're feeling adventurous, there's a Solex instruction book called "Self-starting Solex Carburettor 35 & 40 RZFAIP downdraught governor type with accelerating device instruction booklet", this covers tuning. There's also some coverage in "British Solex Carburettors" published by Speedsport Motorbooks which is easier to find (out of print, but second hand). This indicates that the O in RZFAIPO indicates a zero starter, though I'm afraid I don't know what that means in practice.

Otherwise just go with the Bedford manual

Unfortunately none of the info I've found lists what the other stamped in letters and numbers mean (or which relate to what vehicles or configuration).