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Hi,

could you send me more detail pictures and demensions of your trafficator on Austin?

Thanks Radek

some more

Hi,

could you send me more detail pictures and demensions of your trafficator on Austin?

Thanks Radek

some more

Hi,

could you send me more detail pictures and demensions of your trafficator on Austin?

Thanks Radek

here are your photos radek,

Hi,

could you send me more detail pictures and demensions of your trafficator on Austin?

Thanks Radek

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

Great!!!! :-)

Please take any picturec of the traficator controls.

Many thanks Radek

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:

Graham,

 

I do recollect a Carrier there, the time I went, it had been converted to a diesel, with 4D or Major engine, pretty rough then, but driving.

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

Hi,

could you send me more detail pictures and demensions of your trafficator on Austin?

Thanks Radek

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

regards

A detail I found when restoring my Ford WOT2, the trafficator is White, and no red tip. I have looked at all the photos I had of WOT2 trucks in wartime, and all had a White trafficator only.

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

Thanks, nice truck by the way.

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

There we loads, I would say off my childhood memory around 30 vehicles and stacks on bits and oddss... another shame. prob scrapped when he Died

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:

Would anyone behind you see them ??????

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:)

Graham, is it the same number?

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

:whistle: Tis also a LONG drop, when you fall out, eh, Graham........:cool2::evil:

 

AM going to stonleigh, so will give you a shout, during week.

 

Andy

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

What is the function of the large support brackets bolted on the front of the vehicle ? The rear body is a bit high :shake:? , I m guessing to clear a winch mounted on the frame , seems it would severely limit the trucks use especially crossing slopes .:shocked:

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

we just wont take them degsy, they have all been donated by retired woodmen and farmers, had one nicked at a local show last year looks like we will have to start chaining them to the lorry :-(

regards