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I have photos of it somewhere which I'll try to find.
It would be nice to see a few pictures. Thanks.
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A good piece of detective work by all concerned. I must be truthful and say that I thought it was some sort of civilian Antar when I posted it......thanks for putting me right.
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There's getting to be so much stuff on these threads it's becoming hard tell if one is duplicating links already posted so.... I'm hoping this link to a very interesting site is new to the forum and not already on here.
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Ex.Chris Miller Mighty Antar.
From Big Al's Truck Stop website - copyright James Sleight.
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From Wheels & Tracks 35-
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Runflat, thank you for taking the trouble to reproduce the 'Wheels & Track' article. Very interesting indeed and much more information there than on the website I linked to on post 13. As I said to Gritineye, I wonder if it's still around. In the basement of a house somewhere in the American midwest having been shipped back by an enterprising US Army officer all those years ago. It's just possible.
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Runflat beat me to it
The disposition of that captured vehicle is not known.
Spot on Gritineye. It's tantalizing to think it may have survived. A very interesting machine.
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I understand the Megola had a five-cylinder rotary engine, whereas the 'mystery' machine (named after a pair of university students who built this one-off in 1938) has a three-cylinder two-stroke rotary.
That's good enough for me. Well done Runflat !
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Fancy making a babe magnet like that with no pillion seat, no wonder they never cought on!
That may explain why the rider looks a bit p*ssed off.
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No idea on the truck but I assume that the bike is a Megola ?
Sorry, not a Megola.
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Is it me or is the (radial) engine in the front wheel, I think a little bit of the NSU Quickly is noticeable, maybe the same designer?
Blimey, this no good at all ! I was hoping to keep this going for weeks. Yes, alright, it is front wheel drive but no connection with NSU.
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german bike?
Mark
German designed, yes.
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Can anyone identify the US Army truck in the photograph ?
Bonus marks if you can also identify the super cool looking motorcycle.
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Index now on it's own here http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?t=10943 just PM when you want it updated... will stay at top of the list...
Thank you very much indeed !
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Not sure if you knew but I also owned the green one in the other picture, that photo was when it was in my ownership, I parssed it on to Paul Rhodes who did the nut and bolt restoration on it. John.
Yes, indeed, I did know that you once owned this lorry and it was you I was addressing when I said I maybe close to tracking down the person you bought it from. When I read, in a previous post of yours, that you had acquired this lorry from a bloke who owned "a garage somewhere in Somerset" but that you couldn't remember where, I set the hounds to work and I may have a result, and hopefully, a few 'photos soon. Or maybe not.
John, thank you for the info regarding the blue Constructor now owned by your friend, Sean Reed. I think I'm right in saying that, like many other Scammells, this one past through Geoff Rhodes hands. I believe Geoff brought it from someone who would take it to shows and challenge all comers to a tug of war hence the ballast compartment on the back. Geoff sold it to the bloke who ran
an approved school near Stoke as mentioned in a previous post. For a number of years a vintage and steam rally was held in the grounds of the school and the Constructor was employed towing a water bowser round to service the steam traction engines at the show. At few years ago I saw this Scammell advertised for sale. Maybe that was when Sean Reed bought it.
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Well done Andy, :clap:
about restoring editing rights to the Explorer index, after all what use is it to any Scammell Fanatic oops 'serious research student' now it can't be updated?
Are you no longer able to edit the Explorer Index ? Is it the case that after a certain amount of time has past we can no longer edit our posts ? Gritineye, if your wish is granted, and you are once again able to edit, you may also like to consider requesting that the Index is moved to a location where we can more easily find it. How about at the very beginning of the Explorer thread ?
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Previously posted by N.O.S. before Black Sunday ! Taken in Crouch's yard now sold for preservation ! :-D
Sorry ! Just found it and posted by Andy and not Mike. I wonder where it is now and how the restoration is coming along ?
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can you tell us where this vehicle is now? Is it the one Paul Rhodes restored in green? (can't read numberplate).
It seems to have found a good home with Chris Phillips. Photographed at this year's W & P Show by Andy. See post 256 on this thread. A large teapot full of warm cider awaits you if ever you're down this way.
Does anyone else remember the picture of a 5th wheel Constructor captioned, "Sold for preservation by David Crouch" that was on this thread ? Has it gone or is it that I just can't find it ? I though it had been posted by Antarmike but I'm not sure.
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Wishing Andy and his Family a Very Happy Christmas.
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The Season's Greetings to all AEC Owners and Enthusiasts.
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John, thank you for such an interesting reply. There's not many of these 5th wheel Constructors around. There was a photograph of a fairly complete and original looking one posted on this thread a while ago with a caption that it had been sold for restoration by David Crouch. That 'photo and post now seems to have been deleted. I viewed the one shown below, which had a ballast compartment fitted over, or in place of, the 5th wheel when it was owned by a bloke who ran some sort of approved school near Stoke. I think he had bought it from Geoff Rhodes but it has now been sold it on.
I sincerely hope the ex.Manchester Airport Comstructor was not too seriously vandalised. It's hard for me to understand the mentality of kids who, when seeing a beautiful old lorry, just want to smash it up. I had the cab of a Militant vandalised. Six working lorries that belonged to the owner of the yard were also damaged the same night. It was a lot of work putting things right.
On the subject of Constructors, using dowsing twigs and the cider fueled Somerset grapevine I think I maybe near to tracking down the previous owner of this one. I think we have the bloke's name and the village where he lives. I'm hoping he may have a few photographs of this lorry from the time when he owned it. Watch this space.
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I think we can forgive Peter Jarman the occasional description error. He certainty attended plenty of rallies in the past ten years and has the photographs to prove it.
I wonder what happened to this one. Does anyone know ?
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Does anyone recognise this Constructor ? Being rallied in 2004 but where is it now ?
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AEC Society Rally May 2001.
Antar Gallery
in Transporters & Wreckers (All Nations)
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Mike, thanks for putting these wonderful photographs on here. Very much appreciated.