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here are your photos radek,

sorry radek, cant seem to upload photos at mo, no mods on either to help ill try later or tomorrow

hi radek, as promissed the dimensions of my trafficator and pictures to follow ive done the measurements in metric if you still need some more please let me know trafficator, overall length from centre of bolt hole to tip is 460mm width at widest point (tip) is 58mm width at narrowest point is 25mm the pivot clevis is 40mm long there is a solid bar or tube around the edge of trafficator that is 6mm diameter the bracket on side of cab is comes out 100mm at the back and about 90mm at the front the opening and closing rod at back of cab is 6mm diameter solid bar the handle rod is 9mm diameter solid bar with a 35mm diameter handle ball the halfmoon bracket in corner of cab is 90mm os at centre of half moon the spring is 8mm diameter coil regards

richard, :thanx:

thats the good one with the major engine :-D if you think thats rough you want to see the other one :rofl:

wot o radek, your in luck, i am going to see her tomorrow, will take camra and post on here regards

as my lorry was restored by the REME in 1991 at their ashford barracks you can ask a certain gentleman that comes on here about it, although i don t think he did the painting as its my first trafficator i have no knoledge of what colour it should be, thanks for enlightening me regards

yes the wonderful thing called hindsight i walked passed, played by, in, his scrap yard and i can hardly remember what vehicles were in it, i do remember the hippo, aec, fordson major and a couple of volvo cars as i grew up and started drinking in the pub talking to gerald i always found him very knowledgeable on most things mechanical and also the stars and planets to which i owe him my limited understanding of them he also had a prop off a sopwith pup or camel, and his real passion was aircraft, he was one of the villages greatest personalitys and is sorely missed richard, as for stinkers park most of the pieces :-D have found new homes or being restored by the trust, there is a bren gun carrier for sale there, it needs full restoration :sweat:to say the least regards

thank you, hopefully you will see it in the flesh at your event this year i will be coming with dave ives and andy (lee enfield ) subject to planning permission from the wife, if thats ok with you

hi paul, having been born and bred in hadlow down, geralds yard was next to hut lane which was ideal for go carts and when we had crashed or broke them we would play in and around the lorrys and cars until gerald saw you and shouted and swore at you to go :shake: when gerald died his sister got planning for some houses on the site and everything in it went very quickly did you know gerald had a heinkel 111 prop in the backroom of the pub which he nicked from a local crash before the army arrived my dad saw him carrying it on his back up the lane :sweat:

hi mark, although my trafficator is longer than some when you stand behind you can only see a little bit of the red and if you was not really looking for it you would quite easily miss it

richard, pm sent:)

that i will try and find out for you regards

hi richard, the only person that i know,remember is cyril groombridge he still has his today regards

the axe that was stolen was a rare type so i think the low life scum that took it knew what he was taking as everything else was untouched regards

yes it is a fair drop..... my right ribs hurt for nearly a month afterwards :cry: i blame the gin and tonic.... will stick to ale in the future :beer: regards

if anybody is interested pete gaine has about a dozen cans they are mostly if not all civvi ones mostly green in colour, i had to move them to get to my parts. you can find his numbers normally on milweb or pm me he is going to stoneleigh militaria show

thanks bernie, as for learning more electrickery maybe tommorrow :rofl: regards

an open sided vehicle :-D

sorry abn deuce forgot to say that the front brackets are for putting cast iron wafer weights on to keep the front down when suspended towing :-D regards

some more pics taken at beltring 2008

hi abn deuce, the lorry is a REME 3 ton light recovery, it has a gantry crane, (the metal beam poking out through the canvas), this slides out the back and is used for suspended towing of vehicles and changing engines, one ex REME guy said he has moved 2 500llb bombs with the gantry :shake: underneath the floor is a 5ton winch, the tallness of body also helps as there is a workbench in the back as for being unstable i cant say as ive not been on any severe slopes regards