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3 hours ago, LarryH57 said:

And also a strange RAF Armoured Lorry, said to have plastic armour?

Not what most people would think of as "plastic" :-

The first version of Plastic Armour had between 55-60% of its weight as stone chippings, between 6-8% of bitumen and the remainder of the weight made up of limestone powder. 

The complete article:-

http://overlord-wot.blogspot.com/2020/10/plastic-fantastic-part-2.html

3 hours ago, LarryH57 said:

I have seen the one with for gun turret and wonder if it was a gunnery trainer.

The Beaverette Mk III Anti-Aircraft, with Boulton-Paul type A turret. 

Original wartime caption: Camouflaged pillbox at Coleraine, Co.Londonderry.

From the IWM. 

The Bristol Bofors relied on battery power, with a small single-cylinder J.A.P engine driving a recharging dynamo fitted at the back of the loading platform.

http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/showthread.php?t=13480

Does the engine give a clue to the generator? Sorry, no information on the generator. 

Original wartime caption: For story see CH.11316 Picture (issued 1944) shows - An ingenious chimney of petrol cans which takes the smoke from the field kitchen into the nearby trees.

Original wartime caption: For story see CH.11316 Picture (issued 1944) shows - An airman of the 2nd Tactical Air Force putting the finishing touches to one of the petrol tin chimneys.

On 10/1/2023 at 10:43 AM, LarryH57 said:

That's an interesting photo, and my guess is that they are converting a supply of various ex-civilian types into an Armadillo, 

From the link in my earlier reply:-

The MkI Armadillos used requisitioned civilian commercial trucks

23 hours ago, CornishMade said:

peerless could come with an 'L' series gardner engine..

Propably not the same vehicle:-

1926 PEERLESS TRUCKS OF SLOUGH, HAS HAD EXTENSIVE WORK CARRIED OUT TO MAKE IT TO THE PERFECT CONDITION IT IS IN NOW. CHASSIS NUMBER 740 AND COMES WITH ONE OF THE EARLIEST GARDNER DIESEL ENGINES EVER SEEN. A GARDNER SPECIALIST FROM GARDNER HAS NEVER SEEN SUCH AN EARLY ENGINE AS THIS ONE.

https://carluv.co.uk/trucks-for-sale/1926-peerless-truck/

https://www.historicalfirearms.info/post/100354223275/the-armadillo-the-armadillo-was-an-armoured

Bill, thank you for first refusal, but it isn't something that I need. 

Guy 

There is the Mk1 Armadillo armoured fighting vehicle, using a wide range of trucks conscripted from civilian service

The box exterior was made of 7⁄8 inch (22 mm) thick wooden boards measuring about 4 feet (1.2 m) by 5 feet 2 inches (1.57 m) and standing 4 feet 6 inches (1.37 m) high. Inside this was another, similar wooden box about 6 in (150 mm) smaller all round; the gap between the boxes was filled with gravel.

The Mk III was fitted with the 37mm COW. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillo_armoured_fighting_vehicle

20 hours ago, Mark Ellis said:

I've also found images of the relevant Water bowser, which I guess has a proper tow hook on the rear.

No rear hook on these 2 bowsers. 

The first photo is supposed to be the 180 gallon bowser. 

For traction engines, steam wagons, motor lorries etc. 

https://www.steamwagon.com/index.php/miscellaneous/oldfield-dependence-lamps

14 minutes ago, Adrian Dwyer said:

The 'Z' usually indicates zinc (see the Mills bomb image).

Post war the Wolverhampton Die Casting Company Limited was a major caster of zinc items:-

"By the 1950s over one hundred and fifty million zinc and aluminium alloy pressure die castings were produced each year."

From:-

http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/Museum/Engineering/DieCasting/company.htm

9 minutes ago, Adrian Dwyer said:

WDC is possibly the foundry mark for Wolverhampton Die Casting

Another possibility for WDC is "Wolverhampton Diecasting Company." 

From:-

https://wartimedalditchcamp.wordpress.com/2020/02/25/identifying-ww2-mills-hand-grenade-makers-and-parts/

10 minutes ago, Adrian Dwyer said:

Morning.  Are you thinking transit plug?

A

Yes. 

A plug for a shell. 

A few examples of plugs, even has the thread diameter of 50mm:-

http://www.passioncompassion1418.com/decouvertes/english_fusees_collection_div.html

Another method, but does it work with a thick walled tube? 

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1008599300389519

Stores Ref. A1/AA 5252 Pouch, basic, M.T. Drivers
Stores Ref. CN 1490 Web Equipment, Patt. ’37, Pouch, basic, M.T. Drivers

The Pouch, basic, M.T. Drivers, was one of many wartime introductions, coded in the 5000 series, here introduced by A.C.I. 959/1944. Note that it did not originally have “Patt. ’37 W.E.” nomenclature, as with several items only added to the Pattern post-war. There was evidently no L. of C., which would have notified that it should be added to the V.A.O.S.. In consequence, in 1951, it was marked as N.I.V. in L. of C. §C4686, with no Old Designation. This L. of C. re-coded the wartime 5000 code allocations, on this pouch to CN 1490, in the course of which it was also entered under the W.E., Patt. ‘37 sub-title. The A.C.I. authorised the withdrawal of Carriers, cartridge from M.T. Drivers who, though not stated, had evidently exchanged their rifles for Sten M.C.s. Also authorised was the issue of a pair of Attachments, brace, so that Braces could be worn. Only a single Pouch was worn.

The M.T. Drivers pouch was a Mark III pouch, but fitted only with a broad webbing belt loop, 2-inches wide. This allowed seated M.T. (Motor Transport) Drivers to wear the pouch “…on the left or right side whichever is more convenient when driving…”. All examples noted have a press-stud closure, not Q.R.

The example here is maker marked "Finnegans Ltd." and dated 1944.

Source:-

http://www.karkeeweb.com/patterns/1937/1937_pouches.html

Have you read these? 

https://hmvf.co.uk/topic/25259-m-prefix-bonnet-numbers-for-british-jeeps/

https://forums.g503.com/viewtopic.php?t=71303

https://wwiijeepparts.com/Tools/WWIIJeepHoodRegistrationNumberEstimator.html

Are these 2 pages of any help? 

From:-

https://arbtalk.co.uk/forums/topic/20495-trewhella-winch/page/6/#comments

More photos and information:-

Appolgies for the poor quality of the caption but a screenshot was the only option to have both the photo and caption together. 

Photo and caption here:-

http://panzerserra.blogspot.com/2013/09/beaverette-mk-iii-part-01.html

The caption:-

Beaverette Mk III with Vickers turret
Notice the improvised airstrip cleaner device adapted in his nose
England, 1944.

If you can't find elongated P-clips there are saddle clamps

https://abbeyclamps.co.uk/category/p-clips-saddle-clamps/

Searching 'woods that don't warp' gives a selection of woods but redwood comes up top in a number of sites with cedar being the next best.