radiomike7

Currently on Milweb a Dodge Carryall at $65,000.......

Well said Iain, I entered my father's Polish cavalry sword in a specialist military auction about a year ago with an estimate of £80-£120. On the day two bidders ran it up to £1250 and it went back to Poland.

I assume you have checked that both bulbs are OK?

Stand corrected! goods vehicles manufactured before 1 January 1960, used unladen and not drawing a laden trailer are exempt for now. If the generator is bolted in it does not count as a load.

A simple lockable diff where a dog clutch locks one halfshaft to the diff carrier as fitted to most modern trucks would probably have been a better solution than a LSD, ask any 4x4 trialers.

I noticed that too, was it not a Weymann cabbed Matador with a flat roof?

Yes, you are right, here is a photo of the AFS RL used in the film: https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_657557-Bedford-RL-1957.html

I saw that too, together with the very fake looking broken windscreen. 99% of the population would have not noticed and there is a limit to how realistic one can be with borrowed vehicles. At least it was a QL not an RL unlike a WW2 scene I remember watching. Have a read about the errors in the film about the great train robbery, I seem to remember the RL was an ex AFS vehicle which would not have been released at the time. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2774184/goofs

Hi John, Have you spoken to the likes of Flight Engineering to see how they address the problem?

https://p15-d24.com/topic/17152-valves-stuck/

I have seen it several times on vehicles that are infrequently used which was why I made the suggestion, usually it is just one or two but you seem to have a full house. The short run probably didn't help either.

Check out the oversized wheels and tyres fitted for desert use.

How easy is it to take the valve chest cover off, at least you could rule out stuck valves?

Good find, at last I know what those knuckles are for on the rear hubs.

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Just realized the Crossley site is wrong about it being a monobloc.

http://www.crossley-motors.org.uk/history/military/FWD/fwd.html

This driver forgot the bit about unloading the D8. Coincidentally I used to own 83BL02

In a word, yes, mk I Stolly reg nos started with EK which was 62/63. I found a record card for chassis 35 with VRN 23EK71 DIS Jan 64.

It is a technical impossibility not to have 'wind up' even if all 6 tyres are the same size and pressure, as soon as you take a corner all six wheels are describing different radius circles. The differential takes care of side to side differences but the wheels on each side are geared together directly with no compensation for differing speeds other than tyre slip. You could claim that you had no adverse or damaging effects from 'wind up' but it was certainly there. Scammell Pioneers and Explorers, Leyland Martians, mk1 Militants, mk1/2 Antars, Diamond Ts and many other older double drive trucks rely on tyre slip to prevent the final drives destroying themselves.

£350k in 1955 would be worth just over £9m today so I suspect you are right with the £32k. My 30ton 6x6 Scammell Constructor was exactly £10k in 1956 by comparison.

Is the groove around the front hubs designed as a slinging flange?

The more modern way would be to have a cross member directly in line with the spring hanger to support the chassis rails and the hanger would have an outboard section to place the shackle pin in double shear.

Not if the shackles pivot on the rod, no doubt GWT will put us right soon.