6 X 6

Having a close look at the number plate on the RAF truck it appears to have arab lettering.

You're right, it does have some funny foreign letters/numbers on the reg. plate. I'm not quite so sure about Ford badge. The right shape but a bit too big ?

very nice, is that yours?

Yes. I took those B&W pix yesterday. I had hoped those photographs looked as though they had been taken in 1958 ! Oh well. This was it's first time out of the barn and into the daylight for almost four years. It started immediately, built and held it's air and all the electrics worked OK. (Praise the Lord !) It's never been to a show so I'm thinking about taking it to a small local do in a couple of months time.

Simon, I'll PM you this evening with the 'photos of the interior of the body you asked for. I'm sorry it's taken so long but this gun tractor was blocked in by another lorry and I couldn't get any decent pictures, in the daylight, until now. How did you get on with spraying the chassis on your one ? Regards, Tom

Thank you both for your replies. I've been through my somewhat limited collection of books and I haven't yet been able to get a positive identification. It does indeed look like a Ford badge on the side of the bonnet and the design has got that pre-war American style. Cheers.:thumbsup:

I didn't really want to reveal the full depths of my ignorance but...........what make is this lorry ? I can see it's not British because the makers have actually employed a proper designer to create that fabulous looking cab. Thanks.

Is it from one of those aircraft profile recognition charts..........and this is a an unmarked Flying Saucer when viewed from above/below ?

Hi 6X6

I just looked at the ebay link you posted. I could hardly believe it the cylinder looks very similar to mine. I have emailed him for dimensions, so fingers crossed, this could be perfect.

Thanks again :thumbsup:

Steve

I hope you're lucky.

Thanks for posting the 'photo. Why are we messing around with historic military vehicles when we could be cruising around in something like Steve's ultra cool Greyhound ? :idea:

With the new owner in the cab for his first ride in a MK3 ANTAR we were off around the yard.

 

Thanks for your report, and pictures, of what must have been a very enjoyable day spent with two very nice looking Antars. :thumbsup:

If you're interested, i've made a blog (in french), with lot of pictures.

 

Welcome to the forum Benoit and thank you for your excellent restoration blog. I'm impressed by your rebuild of the Jeep and that your site was made on a Mac. Was your blog built with iWeb or, website software, like Rapidweaver ? Don't worry about your blog being in French. Most of us on this forum are British and, therefore, fluent in many languages.:cool2:

The other problem is that if they don't have caps on the pipes, they would drip all over you and the ground. Not too clever.

Well, as usual, the last person to be considered, or consulted, at the design stage is the poor ****** who will be driving or operating the whatever. :sweat:

Thanks for your comments on the videos :thumbsup:

No, thank you, for your enterprise and skill in capturing these amazing images for us. Just one ship but what a loss. One thinks of

the families of the crew members who perished being told the sad news and, also, all the wasted effort in producing the lost equipment. All those holes to be drilled, threads to be tapped and so on. And this, as I've already said, was just one of thousands

ships on all sides lost during the same conflict.

Nope - these guys have been mentioned more than once: www.pastparts.co.uk at Bury St.Edmunds, Suffolk. Not as costly as you might imagine.

 

Thank you, Tony. I've only just seen the posts left for Steve in the Introductions and Welcomes dept. I can't wait to see the 'photos of Steve's bus. I wonder if it is the one I travelled on during my tour of the States back in 1968. I'm sure I'd recognise it if it is.

Can't be many Explorers with two Gardner engines and a Power Plus!

That's gorgeous ! I like the upturned manifold and the future member of HMVF in the second 'photo.:thumbsup:

Its a Bendix 1-1/4" dia. with a 2-3/4" stroke if anyone has any ideas I would be very grateful.

 

Steve, as you will be aware, this component was probably fitted to a number of different vehicles..........so, do you have a part number ? Who have you tried in this country or the US ? Do you need the complete SC or just the seals ? If you can't find the one you are looking for could another SC be grafted in position to replace it ? I think, I once heard of a service where they rebored obsolete cylinders and fitted new seals (or did I dream that ?) And, finally, can we pleeeeeeese see a pix of your bus. Cheers.

I wonder if it's worth asking this bloke, who seems to deal in classic parts, if he has one like yours, or could get one. ( Or have you already ask him ?) :shocked:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-Bendix-Large-Truck-Slave-Cylinder-P-N-011768_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286Q2em20Q2el1116QQhashZitem330319326009QQitemZ330319326009QQptZOtherQ5fVehicleQ5fParts#ht_500wt_1612

Anyway i love the Millys and would one day love to have a shot at driving one.

Not difficult to arrange.

Another pic from 7 sqn rct group on F/B.

Mk 1 Militant tanker Cyprus 76. This was long gone when i was there in 92 although the old J Type bedford sewage wagon was still there!

Thanks for posting Extrogg. I've not seen a photograph of one of these before and I've certainly not seen one in the flesh. I wonder if the Bedford has survived. You could have no end of fun with it, fully laden, at shows.

OK, what are you looking at under the desk? It had better not be a mucky Scammell book or I will have to confiscate it and hand it to headmaster NOS for safe keeping! :nono:

 

Thank you for reminding me that you still have my copies of "Over 50's Scammells" and "Barely Legal Scammells". Please return them.......in good condition. (NOT like the last one !)

Trying to work out which are the best manuals to buy. I have seen 3 types of manuals. I know that the parts books is very usful , but unsure which other to get. I need to know which one would be the same as a workshop manual either the technical hand book or the user hand book. They both seem to carry bits on general maintainace but I need to know which I do need over which one may be of extra use. The cost is the big thing as the manuals I want if I buy all three would set me back around £200.00. :confused:

 

 

From what you say, the technical handbook sounds most like a workshop manual. Parts books usually contain exploded views of components and their part numbers but no instruction. User handbooks are generally issued to drivers and have information about the vehicles controls and everyday maintenance. As you say, they are all helpful and useful to own.

It's up to you, but, if I had the choice of only one, I would choose the technical manual if I had major mechanical work to do and the user handbook if the vehicle was fairly up together. The technical manual will tell you how to strip down the gearbox and the user manual will tell you what grade of oil should be used in the gearbox. Either way, I would aim to acquire the other two as soon as possible.

User manuals are usually the cheapest to buy because they are more plentiful, and smaller, publications. Are the manuals for your vehicle available on good CD's ? All three might be more affordable if they are and you don't mind that format. It's usually manual collectors, who only hoard this stuff, that keep prices so high.

Now, where were we..... oh yes, Scammell Explorers.

On this Korean site is BKJ 5T. Do we know this one ? Is it on Gritineye's list of all known Explorers ? Can anyone translate the thirty, or so, comments that have been left at the bottom of the page......... I'd love to know what these Koreans thought of one of Watford's Masterpieces.

Are these 'photos already on this thread ? Something familiar about either the Scammell or the location. Obviously, this being the HMVF, I'm not expecting thirty replies but if someone can answer these burning questions I'd appreciate it. Thanks.

Korean website on this link.

http://kr.blog.yahoo.com/shinecommerce/16936.html?p=8&t=2

Thats what happens when two pages get stuck together :rofl:

Well, don't blame me. The book came back with pages stuck together after I loaned it to you know who :cool2:

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If this is a long-winded way of you getting around to showing us a photo of the fourth one lurking in the back of your shed, Tom, please just get on with it :cool2:

Your clumsy attempt to distract attention from long suspected presence of the 'missing' fourth one languishing in your own massive complex of sheds has backfired. Jack has agreed to issue a Forum Search Warrant. We will all be arriving at your place just as soon as we can drag Andy away from working on Daisy.

Does anyone know if any of the seven wide cabbed Constructors that were supplied to the New Zealand Army under contract no. GHYP5678/089gf/34sg7 in 1958 have survived ?

66 of them really did go to Egypt, (got documentary evidence)

I wonder how many were in service with the New Zealand Army. Bart H.Vanderveen seems to think it was four. So far, in this thread, there has been mention of three.