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G'day, I've just acquired a 1960 Thornycroft Nubian 6x6 LFT which is originally ex-RAAF Townsville (North Queensland) but was recently recovered from a property out west. The original purchaser (property owner's father) had tried to drive it home after the disposal auction but smoked-up the middle diff around Woodstock (40 km from Townsville) and so the unit was then trucked back to the property and sat idle thereafter. I've been talking to the owners for the last 5-6 years about geting hold of it and finally an opportunity arose for a cheap back-load. It has been gifted to me on the basis
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Hello, I am a new member from North Germany, and I have nothing to do with military vehicles - only with the Rolls-Roye engines that have been used in many British military and other special purpose vehicles (i.e., fire engines). I came to this forum because I was looking for Rolls-Royce B-range petrol engines: B60/61 and B80/81. We are using these engines to build Bentley or Rolls-Royce specials, one of our customers did put one into a historic boat. I have not found out yet how to place a 'wanted' advert, but I spread the word here - anyone who has such an engine an wants to
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It’s always a real treat when a new photograph turns up, especially when it comes ‘out of the blue’ and particularly in my case if it features the sort of vehicles I am interested in. This one, although perhaps not as sharp as it might be, is a case in point. It came to us from Mr Terence O’Neill of Lacock in Wiltshire and features, as you can see, a selection of Rolls-Royce armoured cars which seem to have halted in the village for a rest. The photograph was taken by Mr O’Neill’s grandfather and very appropriate too, since Lacock is virtually the home of photography in England. The
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Hi all, We are Paul and Jenny from sussex and we have just bought our first Scammell Explorer and the adventure or nightmare has begun. So begins the restoration. We are on a huge learning curve but fortunately have so many friends with experience and hope to gain new friends to help along the way.
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introduction Hi, I'm Dave from Fountain Valley (USA)
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Hi All, I live in Fountain Valley, California (just south of Los Angeles). I've owned a Rolls-Royce 25/30 for many years which has a B60 engine. The engine is getting tired and I'm looking to fix or replace it. This forum looks like a very interesting place to start. Thank you, Dave