alan turner (RIP) Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Amongst the items catalogued at RAWHS was a single strip of 35mm film containing single views of some interwar vehicles heres a couple to start off with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Interesting. I have not seen these modifications before. Do you have any more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan turner (RIP) Posted November 3, 2009 Author Share Posted November 3, 2009 there should be quite a few others Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Amongst the items catalogued at RAWHS was a single strip of 35mm film containing single views of some interwar vehicles heres a couple to start off with Alan, This vehicle is based on a Loyd carrier, which were tested by the army in 1939 and introduced into service after that. You pictures are, I think a prototype or trials version of the standard carrier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 there should be quite a few others The last photos look like a Clayton tractor, from WW1 era, built to move aircraft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan turner (RIP) Posted November 5, 2009 Author Share Posted November 5, 2009 found a few more from the collection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 I quite like these vehicles. Especially the lovely short one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 That looks great fun, especially for the kids. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Tim, Have you seen this Vickers Carden-Loyd carrier? A bit later number than the picture that Alan posted. It was taken at Rushmoor in 1989....restored and owned by Tony Oliver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 No, i had not seen it, although i knew he had something like that. What a corker though. Where is it now? Anybody? Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 (edited) No, i had not seen it, although i knew he had something like that. What a corker though. Where is it now? Anybody? Tim If Tony still has it, it would be in his museum at Windsor. He also had a Crossley-Kegresse military halftrack as well. www.historyonwheels.co.uk Edited November 5, 2009 by Richard Farrant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 (edited) Have you seen this Vickers Carden-Loyd carrier? A bit later number than the picture that Alan posted. It was taken at Rushmoor in 1989....restored and owned by Tony Oliver Here is another picture of a surviving Vickers Carden Loyd Utility Tractor. Is it the same one? H. Edited November 9, 2009 by mcspool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 found a few more from the collection Alan, thanks for sharing these pictures. Fascinating! Picture below shows the version of the Vickers Carden Loyd Tractor that was delivered to the Netherlands East Indies Army. Regards, Hanno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 I went to History on Wheels about 18 Months ago, but i dont remember seeing it. Mind you, tehre are so many interesting thigns to look at i could have just ovelooked it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Here is another picture of a surviving Vickers Carden Loyd Utility Tractor. Is it the same one? Some more info: this photo was taken in 1980 when this V-C-L Utility Tractor was located around Staines in the premises of Electron Beam Processes Ltd and/or E.D.Thomas Ltd. Does this help in identifying this survivor as a separate one, or the same one of which Richard posted a picture? Thanks, Hanno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cel Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Picture below shows the version of the Vickers Carden Loyd Tractor that was delivered to the Netherlands East Indies Army. Was this version based on this kind of crawler? Marcel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Was this version based on this kind of crawler?Marcel Hi Marcel, I think that is a Vickers Loyd military tractor converted for agricultural use. I have seen one this year, bought from France. The driving position has been reversed so that the engine is now in front. Probably they were left behind in 1940 after we withdrew from France. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 (edited) Was this version based on this kind of crawler?Hi Marcel, Yes, like Richard says, this looks like a Vickers Carden Loyd Utility Tractor converted for agricultural use. The superstructure has been cut down to the level just above the tracks, and the driver's position reversed. VCL Utility Tractors were used by the British, Belgian (pic attached) and Netherlands East Indies Armies. Those for the latter two were built under license by S.A Ateliers de Construction de Familleureux in Belgium. There was quite a variety of these tractors built, in the so-called infantry and cavalry versions. There were different superstructures and different track types and different track widths (as in distance from track center left to track center right). The Dutch and Belgian versions built in Belgium were captured in sizeable numers and used by the German Army as Artillerie Schlepper VA 601(b). I am not sure if and how many of these tractors were left behind by the BEF as I think they were no longer in front line use by the British Army in 1940. The one in your pictures looks like a recent find. Where did it come from and where did it go to? Thanks, Hanno Edited November 13, 2009 by mcspool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cel Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 I discovered this one in France some 4 years ago while looking at a Cat D9. I heard a couple of years ago that it is now somewhere in the south of the UK, don't have a name though. Hanno - any other Shervick finds? I missed out on two here in Belgium, both were scrapped little time before I went looking. Best regards Marcel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 I discovered this one in France some 4 years ago while looking at a Cat D9. I heard a couple of years ago that it is now somewhere in the south of the UK, don't have a name though. Marcel, That sounds like the one I have seen, definitely a British built one as the Vickers chassis plate was still in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cel Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Hi Richard It's a small world isn't it? Is it restored yet or will it be? All the best Marcel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Hi Richard It's a small world isn't it? Is it restored yet or will it be? All the best Marcel Hi Marcel, I have no idea, but at least it is in safe hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 (edited) Hanno - any other Shervick finds? I missed out on two here in Belgium, both were scrapped little time before I went looking. Marcel, Sadly, no. Apart from those two Vickers Shervicks you mention (one is on my website) I have not heard of / seen any others. There must be some left somewhere! Hanno Edited November 15, 2009 by mcspool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runflat Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Some lovely footage of the VCL tractor in action: http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=6970 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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