LarryH57

Well done Ruxy - it was the hand-brake (transmission brake) snatching off / on! The pads were soaked in oil and new pads and a new seal should solve the problem, fingers crossed! The gear box is also to get a new breather as the one fitted my have been blocked hence the oil finding an escape route!

More colour photos from India including an unknown USAAF Fighter Sqn flying P-40 aircraft. The Jeep photo is interesting perhaps to modellers in that it is covered in dust but the mud on the wheels is as black as the rubber. As for the last photo showing a Dodge, it is on the airstrip but doesn't appear to be in use as an ambulance.

On the Leyland Retriever I the last photo I wonder what the white circle marking is; a faded Bridging plate?

Richard is correct; AC 5KVA 208/115v 3 phase 400 Hz is the exact output for rock drills as used by the Royal Engineers for example

More photos; the last is of a Leyland Retriever (?) which by contrast is in a green colour and has a British Army Registration. On the same photo far left is a CMP 3 tonner that looks to have a two colour camo scheme.

I came across these colour photos while researching the RAF Regiment in Burma. Interestingly the locally bodied Canadian Chevrolet trucks are painted in desert sand but then again that would not be out of place in India!

Many thanks for your suggestions; I'll let you know!

I recently took my Lwt for a drive and found that once the vehicle has warmed up that there is a 'clatter' from the gear box especially in low gear. Strangely I have no problems getting all the gears, even reverse and the Lwt drives ok when the engine and gear box is under load. I have driven it twice since the first incident. However if I'm in traffic or have to pull up at a junction and I'm already down in a low gear in anticipation of stopping there is a heavy 'donk' noise as I press on the clutch and I get a 'clatter clatter' noise from the gear box even when in neutral but this goes as soon as I use the brakes and the vehicle has come to a halt. There are no visible signs of anything wrong, no leaks in the brake master or slave cylinders or anything in between and the prop shaft isn't hanging off! So what could it be? Some have said a loose clutch plate or perhaps clutch plate cover? The gear box was removed and serviced two years ago but the clutch was considered by the garage to be OK. Any ideas?

I think it was the green and red brown that was in paste form, but the underlying factory colour from 1943 was the Dunkelgelb

Sir Percy is also one of my favourite Generals. No doubt you have a few books on 79th Armd Div. I haven't seen an biography on him though.

I thought this question was suggesting that the friendly members on here might have a look on behalf of the non-attendee and buy items for them in the same way the rich and famous have professional buyers to go and get their daily essentials. But in the MV world that's what your mates are for!

Are you able to reveal at which Oxfordshire airfield site the hangar is located?

Its been known for tyres to be taken on-board aircraft as personal luggage, certainly to West Africa, so perhaps a couple flying from Canada could help!:cheesy:

I was thinking a container for some might be a cheap solution instead of a garage and with your Dodge in a container you are lucky you can climb in from the rear. Any other MV with a cab and doors though would not be such a good idea!

Has anyone asked Nick if this is a hoax or April Fool? Surely the Police would not be happy to be holding on to something faked up for a laugh?

Its an old thread I know, but I wanted to ask if the overflow tank on the nearside cab front mudguard, was disguarded on later CMP Chevrolet CGT (13 cab) Field Artillery Tractors. I have never been able to find a photo of the left (nearside) so I don't know if it was discontinued on the production line or just in preservation? Ford has the overflow tank under the hood.

I was in the RE's in 1970-80's and want to add that on autumn exercises in BAOR we would often wear our NBC gear over our normal kit, though NBC rubber over boots and gloves, and gas mask were only ever worn when there was a specific NBC drill. Otherwise these extras had to be close at hand. The typical NBC top and trousers were a basic green colour before the Army issued them in DPM camo. Despite being as itchy as the KF Shirt they at least kept us warm. Occasionally when it was really cold we would have our Army long-johns on, plus an Army issue vest under our KF Shirts. Over the shirt we had a quilted sleeveless body warmer! All this extra stuff went under our DPM combat trousers and jacket, which was then covered by the NBC suit, and I even had people wearing a heavy Army parka over all the above mentioned! This then turned people in to Michelin men. BTW - The DPM peaked cap was worn in the British Army, generally speaking, only by new recruits considered unworthy to wear Regimental head gear, such as trainee Paras not entitled to the red beret yet. Very rarely DPM peaked caps were worn on exercise if half the men in the unit were used to signify enemy forces such as for infantry training. I must have worn mine once in 8 years. The DPM peaked cap is I'm told quite a rare item these days. There are scores of reproduction civi market versions but an original from the DPM days is hard to find. I guess it was not made much later than 1985.

Should this post be in WPR 2016? Perhaps it can be moved as its far too important - I honestly did not know how Milweb is run!

RAF Northolt are looking to have a few Military Vehicles along on Saturday 22nd July 2017 for their Open Day so if you are interested send me a PM or email landv2007@fsmail.net. Larry

Seeing some of the parts that are fabricated by members posting on this Forum it surely wouldn't take much to fabricate some new ones? How much would someone in a pressing shop charge to set up and stamp out a T and for us to drill a few holes for starters?

Just a thought; if initially a driverless car won't actually be allowed to go out without a human on board in case it needs human intervention, then perhaps those among us who like to drive could just switch to manual and drive like the good old days, well only until the on-board computer snitches on us to the Car Insurance Company! But then the Insurance Companies might just give us so many miles of leisure driving with the majority on auto? As for totally automatic vehicles (without a human on-board) the technology is certainly coming but for every invention there is going to be a counter culture of people who want steal the vehicles or their contents if used for parcel delivery. As in war there are going to be counter measures to confuse or disable them.

Jesting apart why are the police concerned with gas cylinders and what size?

Also what kind of SPARE GAS OR PROPANE CYLINDERS are they after? The 99p ones for my £10 gas cooker? I reckon the fuel in my Lwt is more dangerous

PauloB1, you are so right everything in the future will be so much better! I remember seeing Tomorrows World on TV and even earlier programmes in 1960s which clearly showed that with the use of computers and robots by the year 2000 we would all spend our days as 'leisure time' perhaps casually monitoring the out put from the factory floor or the automated office, before returning to the gym or restaurant!

As I see it having a driverless car is like having a robot to do your morning jog round the park; it sort of takes away the sense and the enjoyment! The article on the Tesla fatal crash now seems to suggest that a driverless car will in fact need a human to be on board and be fully alert, which is like having a drone flying over Syria with a pilot on board! Actually the less a driver has to do the greater the temptation to fall asleep, so on a motorway at night a driverless car 'driver' is going to drop off for sure which might be OK most of the time but not ALL of the time, especially when it needs to react to your usual exit of the M-way being conned off without warning! The point about the Tesla car confusing a white truck with the sky is also interesting in that the NATO Green on my Lwt is an almost exact match for the colour of darkness on an unlit road! I like R Cubed's point about Mini roundabouts; four cars at the junction sitting there waiting politely! Also imagine if a driverless car follows the satnav down a road where a tree has fallen over; will it just sit there waiting for it to be moved? And if something movable like a dustbin or a sign is blown in to the road by the wind; will the driverless car deal with it like a human; ie get out and move it or be too well programmed not to drive round it on to the other side of the road? Would a driverless car drive through a flooded section of road that we humans might assess as shallow enough to do?