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I remember the one with the fogs, it was a 1982 build (2 years after Roadtrain production started), ex RAF Staxton Wold, no winch, about 6500 miles and still had the protective film on the door trims and headlining. RAF reg was 78AN14 and chassis was WHV63223 making it the last but one Crusader ever built. It was cast in 1996, disposed via Aston Down and finally sold at Jackson's tender sale in 2005. The civvy reg is now EPT 532X if anyone has seen it since.:-D

Andy, there was a very nice ex ministry one for sale some years ago at a dealer in the Kidlington area. They look rather strange as most were built with an offset cab.

Good photos 6x6, but here is a little brain teaser referring to King Arthur. 1. It is a mongrel, but what components is it made of? 2. Who made it? 3. Who bought it from the answer to 2? 4. How much did it sell for in the above sale. (I know because I was there!)

The DAFT 85 has a removeable towing eye that fits into a socket on the end of the chassis. Sorry Degsy, didn't see your post!

OK, I admit defeat after looking at the caption describing the Mk3 non recovery winch as a vertical Scammell type when it is clearly a standard horizontal type - do they not proof read these days?

From a foreword written by my FIL for Francis Mason's Lancaster book, regarding the black paint: "Contrary to popular belief, the night sky is not black - particularly to anyone who has aquired night vision. The black paint was supposed to minimise searchlight illumination but was wholly ineffective in this respect; a coned bomber shone like a silver moth fluttering round a light bulb" He sometimes flew beneath the main bomber force as target marker/master bomber in a Mosquito, so I suspect he was quite correct.

According to 'Tugs of War' the trials of multifuel 2AV690 and 2AV760 were carried out in 1965 using MK2 and Mk3 chassis. Apparently the trials were not a great success, the 760 seized after 948 miles on petrol and the 690 managed 5200 miles on petrol before misfiring. The reason given was severe detonation and piston damage due to the high compression required for diesel use. By July 1965 it had been decided that the concept was unsatisfactory and that production versions of the Mk3 would have a conventional AV760.

Several low mileage Scammell S26 tractors, some UBRE refuelling kits, a couple of FH70s plus all the usual stuff. http://www.witham-sv.com/tender/

Listed as a Nimrod in another gallery:confused:

Reflective!

That radiator relief valve looks very familiar:cool2:

Repellent:rofl:

We too have had our share of incidents with the Poles, one runaway in the yard that destroyed a new Daf 85 cab and one trying to do a U turn in a narrow village that resulted in the demolition of a grade 2 listed dovecote. They were both sacked and were last seen holding up telephone cables 24/7.

I wondered the same myself Mike and it appears that the auctioneers conveniently forgot to mention that the lots were subject to reserves and several were unsold. I believe the Roti was unsold at £11k but had an axle problem that again was not mentioned in the catalogue.

Here is the link if anyone missed it: http://www.malcolmharrison.co.uk/auctions/auction_details.cfm?ID=1186 Younggun was interested in the Explorer so he may be able to tell us.

Correct, 10t nominal, 12.5t emergency maximum. Trailer alone weighs just over 7t.

If you are thinking what I am then I have already done the maths:nono:

Yes, it is actually called Chichley Hill, and the 'phone line is a bit of a giveaway, but keep it to yourself as it is top secret.:-D

Thanks Mike, I had spotted the winch and assumed it had been removed. The fuel tanks were an obvious clue which i missed, while the number plate cloning must be a speed camera scam.

At Duxford MV show in 1988 with my Explorer Bod: Have you had any problems with the chains in the walking beams? Me: Actually no, they use a train of gears. Bod: No they are chains, I used to be in ReeeMeee and changed dozens, they are exactly the same as the diesel one (Pioneer). If you remove the oil filler I will show you. We find a spanner, remove the filler plug and look inside. Bod: Oh, you have converted yours to gears, was it difficult?

Now I'm confused, according to Andy's pic http://ccmv.fotopic.net/p43685807.html 330UVX is 02BD16, yet in 'Tugs of War' 02BD16 is claimed to be from the REME/SEME collection. Did Bordon sell it on or did they have it on loan?

There is one of these not half a mile from where I live, just outside Newport Pagnell on a hillside. But £18k for a hole in the ground :shocked:

Please elaborate - I can't believe you turned up at your local HGV test station with an Antar + 50/60 ton trailer:confused::confused:

Keep drooling - looks even better with a steel ballast box: http://ccmv.fotopic.net/p43685807.html

It was the Classic and Vintage Commercial Show at Gaydon yesterday and I managed to call in on my way home from work. Highlight was the superbly restored gas turbine Leyland Ergo 6x4 leaping onto a low loader under it's own power. No MVs except for a couple of S26 Scammells, one as bought and one restored as a civilian ballast tractor. The other problem with Antar is the width which comes under special types needing 3 days movement notification. There was a diesel version of the 18 litre Meteorite but I suspect the chances of finding one are slim. However if originality is not important I am sure you could fit a Scania V8 14 litre which would at least have a similar exhaust beat.