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RFSV??

I concur,

Not a Brockway 666, wrong shape of front fender and smaller tyres. It looks like it could be a lwb 4 ton Diamond T with a half cab.

Looks good but as I remember only the blocks and bare heads were grey ex factory, the rest was either bare or painted silver??

Apparently it was originally an S type Dennis bodied ex LCC school bus later fitted to an RL chassis.

Not quite, Avgas still uses Tetraethyl lead to raise the octane rating just like in WW2.

Subject to availability it would make sense to at least obtain a couple of spares but even 28 years ago when I had a Martian any spares were very thin on the ground.

I remember Pete Gaine mentioning the weakness in the stub shafts in service many years ago so yours is not an isolated failure. The tyre wear was probably caused by over inflation for the conditions as the specified tyre pressures would have taken into consideration the heaviest loading such as a suspended tow.

Dave Crouch had a brand new pair some time ago, worth a try.

Now that's a possibility but I have never seen the two differentials side by side to confirm they are interchangeable.

Hi Richard, Anything is possible but I would be surprised if a Pioneer recovery had been fitted with a TRMU rear axle as the entire final drive with rocking beams is different and has a Bowden cable arrangement for the brake actuator. Even if a recovery/R100 axle was not available it would have been far easier to use an Explorer version which is almost identical. Swampy is now at Lyneham as you probably know and fitted with the correct final drive unit for R100/recovery.

Strange how the Pioneer owner told Cheffins that it could not possibly be an R100 as they could only manage 18mph, the R100 was based on the same chassis and running gear as the recoveries and was capable of circa 28mph. The TRMU20/30 tank transporter tractors had a heavier rear axle that limited the speed to 18mph, the gearing was so low that when Sunters were triple heading the Bradwell boilers up a steep slope their Pioneer started in second gear while the Constructor and Rotinoff tractors used first.

Bob, as I understand the US 75mm APC-T round had a fuze/tracer element in the base which was designed to produce shrapnel after a short delay when the penetrator had done its job.

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Not entirely true, the following is from the Esso site: Esso super unleaded petrol (Synergy Supreme+ Unleaded 97) is ethanol free (except in Devon, Cornwall, the Teesside area and Scotland). We would therefore advise anyone who has concerns about the presence of ethanol in petrol to use Synergy Supreme+ – providing they do not fill up in Devon or Cornwall, the Teesside area or Scotland.

Yes, fortunately the RAF type cab is relatively simple to repair as it it is based on a steel frame which is then clad with mostly flat steel sheet, similar to Explorer. The RE/RCT Willenhall type cabs are made of pressings which are far more difficult to replicate.

In the UK we too have Foliage Tours....... Ex RAF Scammell Constructor which came to grief with a brake problem.

Yes, EB3952 thermostat gaskets, apparently used on a variety of Rolls/Bentley engines from 50s/60s so possibly B series too.

Probably also issued them with desert boots rather than skis, perhaps they should stick to growing tulips......

Also owned by T & K Weavers at some point.

I saw the trailer and gave it a miss, there was an interesting program about submarines during the cold war at the same time.

It was 9 years ago and you are correct about the S type! I posted it more to show the layout which is similar to the Ford D series which would have been a more substantial unit used on 28 ton tractor units and 24 ton 6 wheelers with 5 tons or so on the front axle. The Bedford VAL twin steer coach was rated at 4tons 7cwt laden on the front end and was known for its light steering.

From an old post by Richard Farrant: