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Impressive – looks good

I can only comment on the vehicle I have owned or worked on for others and as yet haven’t come across “Rexne” in ex-military vehicles of that period, that’s not saying it wasn’t used. Austin is credited with manufacturing trooper bodies though there are two types distinguished by the shape of the side panel pressings so suggest the panel pressing may have been done elsewhere, sorry digressing. Interesting post and anyone saving a British WW11 lorry gets my vote

I’m no expert that’s best left to others I am not sure vinyl was widely available or used during the forties as seat coverings in British military vehicles, those I have owned or worked on had canvas coverings on seats. The only vinyl type material I have seen on a vehicle of that era is a greenish-gray coloured foam square glued to the roof of a Canadian Chevy C15A to offer protection to the head of the driver when bouncing over rough ground the passenger get’s a grab handle between the knees anchored to the floor. Go with what is correct for you

Yep found the condense button and yes for a grumpy I’m using it – though I think I prefer the previous layout

Back in the eighties I owned a QL-Trooper from what I recall the rear body seat and backrest coverings were canvas over I assume horse hair filling same as the drivers and front seat passengers seat squabs - sorry no colour photos to offer as proof

The new format is fine for those who like change - upgrades and inprovment's !!! can be made without losing the old and comfortable

Truck (as it’s under 1-Ton and not a Lorry) Z.4658273 marked RAF above on the Chilwell list of November 44 allocation of Census Numbers Z.4658170 to Z.4658469 states GUY – TRUCK 15-CWT 4x2 Lt. Warning and GUY – TRUCK 15-CWT 4x2 W/Less House Mk.III – indicating the Army used GUY vehicles so did the Air Force draw on Army stock as indeed the Royal Marines did for their transport

Agree with the above comments regarding ex-Gulf war vehicles being a variety of colours loosely based around light sand to yellow even from the same unit. Little or no apparent attempt at uniformity of colour shade or areas painted/covered unit markings or position of them, certainly not on couple of hundred vehicles that passed through our workshop for rework prior to export.

May I suggest the vehicle is a BEDFORD MSC 30-CWT TENDER produced 1940 and not an Austin

Try the collections manager IWM Duxford

I understood multi fuel to mean a man with a spanner to adjust things but never tried anything but derv

Not being a Jeep person and up until recently managed to avoid them quite nicely but my understanding of US-Navy vehicles of a tactical is kind they were painted the same as US-Army vehicles with only the outer panels painted in Navy Grey leaving everything else green

A few photos of vehicles attending Military and Flying Machines 2017 taken on the Friday during the setting up

Upside down on my PC great all the same

PASS plates are mention in the booklet MILITARY VEHICLE MARKINGS Part 2 Tactical signs & National Identification Marks by Terence Wise a BELLONA publication priced 75-pence so not new mentions a plate measuring 9-1/2” high by 8-1/2” wide. Unit signs on one side with PASS in white on a Khaki background on the other saying to be shown whenever a vehicle is halted or broken down, or for any other reason not affecting other road users. It say’s in many cases the practice was simplified by painting the unit markings directly on the vehicle in the prescribed area as the PASS side was used infrequently. The holders for this plate were intended to be fitted to all British vehicles at time of manufacture but at what point they began to disappear is open to debate

the caterpillar club I believe was was for those who had bailed out over occupied country and returned

Manual of Driving and Maintenance for Mechanical Vehicles (Wheeled) 1937 published by His Majesty's Stationary Office 31st January 1938 a slim tone of 612 pages of text illustrations and fold out charts and diagrams covering such items as Mounted Drill and Cross-country driving and Normal sequence of operations and driving maxims - riveting and there is a section on that as well

As said above QL tyres were originally 10-50 x 20 but at some point they graduated onto 11-00 x 20 I only know of one preserved QL with 10-50 x 20. If you’re looking for Tyres for the QL-R in your photos try Ernest Doe ernestdoe.com at Ulting, Maldon side of Hatfield Peverl it’s not that far from you

– Was a Crown Vehicle – The very point I was going to make not knowing what type of vehicle brought about the question while this is an excellent Forum possibly a phone call to the DVLA would be appropriate and remove guess work

AFS as in Army Fire Service Yes AFS as in Auxiliary Fire Service NO

You and me both

Not the only testing at Boreham Airfield a slight incident when used as a proving ground by Ford Jan 1980

Hi coming late to this thread only the Q-Mary trailers I have seen have not had Scammell couplings, that is to say they didn’t only I have not seen one on any wartime/post war Q-Mary trailer. I have seen permanently fixed ball couplings and several that uses a twin rail slide on the tractor unit to locate the ball coupling shoe attached to the trailer much in the same way as a fifth wheel coupling and pin. Once the trailer was located on the tractor unit the moving jaws closed behind the shoe arrangement by means of a hand wheel acting on a spindle cut with left and right handed square cut threads acting in correspondingly cut sliding jaws on cross slides locking the trailer in place. Retract the landing wheels attach the vacuum pipe and electrical connector your ready to drive away.

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