GW8IZR

Manuf. by Mantec or Safety Devices I think , probably Solihull factory approved SVO

Ah OK So thats what I was thinking ->

I know there were a lot of that type of winch bumper ex utility around late 90's and they were incredibly strong much to the detriment of many a poor dumb iron..

Regards Paul

+ winch is obvious SAS,

Hello, may I ask what it is about the winch bumper that makes it military?

I had one exactly like that type of bumper on a SVO 127 - ex electricity overhead line truck.

Is there something specific about that winch bumper that makes it unique?

Before you ask its just part of my OCD :-)

Regards Paul

Thanks for that - lots of history and operational data but not much about the printers !

 

Iain

You could try Geoff G4GNQ who may still have some info or maybe contacts that might help.

I suspect lots of the useful information will be gone now as the Telecom operation moved to Racal and then network rail and during such moves lots of history is discarded

ISTR they were fairly simple v-24 printers but lots of TTL which may be fun to debug today.

The same printer was used in the eighties as part of the TOPS system for BR ( Railway signaling )

that may be another avenue to search for information.

All my manuals and spares went many , many years ago.

LA/GW8IZR

Paul