oily Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Hi everyone! having been given a large wad of 'in-service' photos of my Dad, and various vehicles/places he had dealings with, (mainly Aden), I came across several of him with one particular Ferret Mk1, it's Army Reg No. is 32 BA 79, and at the time, (1955 -ish), seems to have been Desert Stone/Sand colour.....Check out the following images..... does anyone know if there is a 'Ferret Register'....? There are a few pics of my dad too, just in case any of his old pals are on here too!!:-\ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite!! Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 I had 32BA77 Hull No.3 of the first contract of 6 ordered by the British Army... 32BA79 would of been from the same contract... haven't seen it about.. I believe the next lowest surviving hull number is 11. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oily Posted March 27, 2010 Author Share Posted March 27, 2010 (edited) Hi, I'm trying to find if my Dad's old Ferret is out there somewhere, and still alive and kicking..... if you have any news, or pictures of it, can you pop a post on here? ..it'd make an old soldier VERY happy!!! MOD EDIT.. Threads merged, please do not post multiple threads on same subject Edited March 27, 2010 by Marmite!! Threads merged Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 I had 32BA77 Hull No.3 of the first contract of 6 ordered by the British Army... 32BA79 would of been from the same contract... haven't seen it about.. I believe the next lowest surviving hull number is 11. I see from my notes that I worked on 32BA78, Hull No. 4 in August 1980 when it was still in service.........although just realised, that was 30 years ago, so no bounds what has happened to it by now :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretfixer Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Hi everyone!having been given a large wad of 'in-service' photos of my Dad, and various vehicles/places he had dealings with, (mainly Aden), I came across several of him with one particular Ferret Mk1, it's Army Reg No. is 32 BA 79, and at the time, (1955 -ish), seems to have been Desert Stone/Sand colour.....Check out the following images..... does anyone know if there is a 'Ferret Register'....? There are a few pics of my dad too, just in case any of his old pals are on here too!!:-\ Nice unseen before Service pics! They are clearly early Service variants. Note the Methol Bromide Fire Extinguishers, early Antenna rubber base mount & SQUARE hatches. Thanks for sharing them with us all! Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toolman Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Hi Guys I've been trying to compile a "ferret register" over the last few years including corresponding hull numbers when I can get hold of them. I would appreciate as much info as anyone can provide. I'm currently trying to piece together information from the old ferret heaven register and all other sites, including HMVF :-) and of course from ferret owners. I have no info on 32BA79, apart from the hull number from the old ferret heaven site. Cheers Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferrettkitt Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 (edited) For my sins I have a register as well more picture based and without hull numbers as I know that they only seem to be in order for the first orders of Ferrets. http://www.ferret-fv701.co.uk/vehicle_register.htm Matt is trying to identify his Ferret and the difficulty that he is having is finding the hull numbers around the Ferret which is his. If they had been applied in order it wouldn't be a problem but they were not. Someone somewhere has the list of what Ferrets went where and what registration matched which hull number. Its an ex Alvis employee that has the ledger. Find him Matt and your onto a winner 32BA79, 34BA97 & 87BA14 haven't yet appeared but that doesn't mean that those vehicles aren't still about they might not have surfaced yet or aren't known to me. Plenty of Ferrets that aren't known to me 'r' still about. Edited March 28, 2010 by ferrettkitt added more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toolman Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Thanks Andy and i appreciate all the help you have given me too! I'm getting there slowly but surely (more slowly though!) Maybe at a later date we could add hull numbers onto your website. If that Alvis employee would like to speak up there would be plenty of pints coming his way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oily Posted March 29, 2010 Author Share Posted March 29, 2010 Nice unseen before Service pics! They are clearly early Service variants. Note the Methol Bromide Fire Extinguishers, early Antenna rubber base mount & SQUARE hatches. Thanks for sharing them with us all! Mike. ...well my Dad assures me there are 'loads' more, similar pictures, more of Aden, and some of 'his' vehicles (including Champs, Centurions, and Conquerors too) when stationed in Germany, Bovington and Tidworth...... but we can't seem to find them yet.... watch this space!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Garner Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 (edited) Some of our Ferret, 33BA64. I see it's on the register but there's no picture. I also have some more in service Ferret pictures to upload so I'll put them on soon. Edited November 2, 2010 by Lewis Garner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Garner Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 00DC12 in service, more to come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Garner Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Just to add, 00EC18 is alive and well, it lives a couple of miles up the road from us and belongs to a good friend of ours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polecat paul Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 OOEA89 is alive and kicking and is parked up in my barn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Garner Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Garner Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 The Ferret in the background of the first picture looks like 01CA79 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter4456 Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 Brilliant photos - he must have had a very good camera for those days!! Keep them coming - any in service photos are good! I live in hope of finding one of my Ferret, 03 CC 42 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Garner Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 Hi Peter, same here! I see 00 CA 71 is listed as a runner on the register, does it belong to anyone on here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toolman Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 John Pearson maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin craig Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Just trying to make sure these numbers ring true, sorry about the quality of the pics but we left the good camera behind today and had to resort to phone pics. The issue I have is the hull plate is crudely welded in unlike some others I have seen, This scares me. The data plate has the same army registration number 05 CC 29, my question is does the hull number and date ring true. She, "Phillipa", used to be my Ferret years ago and was sold to my "friend", who is now my boss. She has not had as much use as we would like. We have sorted out some newly acquired heated dry vermin free storage, she has been liberated from the previous storage building to join the other one already there. We gave her some TLC today having pulled her over with the tractor as she was a no start. We pulled the escape hatches off and vacuumed her out and pulled the batteries and filled the cells up and charged them fully and slave started her off the Supacat in the shop. The reason for slave starting was to relieve the pressure on the batteries as we knew she might take a few attempts to start. She started second time around and warmed up nicely having done fluid checks prior. She the moved under her own power the 7 kilometres down the road to her new home. Pretty sweet actually to get both the collection's Ferrets in the same heated garage. They will both be run up weekly now and will be much more happy and better preserved. Now we can work on the minor bits and pieces. Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff66 Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 see what u mean about the hull no welding not looking quiet right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter4456 Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 I'm not lucky enough to have have my Ferret's data plate, but the hull number plate is pretty similar to yours - not quite as rough, but not good either! I'd be interested to see other hull number plates but I think yours is OK - the recent (ie post service) history may tell you more - did 05 CC 29 enter service around October 1959? I'm not sure anyone would bother to fake a hull number plate - but a data plate? quite possibly!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toolman Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Hello Robin The Hull number looks very clean. As if it's been recently welded on. However that could just be that it's never been painted over and has been covered by the data plate for all it's life. It is in the correct format and the hull number/build data/Mil reg all look to correspond. The nearest ferret I have to that is 05CC10 which has hull number 2143-9-59. Judging by other numbers I can see that the hull numbers are not sequential in contract KL/A/0008, so must have had some export orders mixed in with the production. Here are some photos of hull and turret plates for comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefer1236 Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Hi If it's any help my Ferret MK2/3 Mil reg is 03 CC 29 and its hull number is 2157.9.59 regards Keith H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catch 22 LBDR Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Hi there guys, I'm new to this forum and to the Military vehicle scene. I seam to be in a similar pickle as some of you. let me explain. I bought my ferret mk 2/3 as a burnt out wreck in 2008. She is nearly complete now, but, i don't know its original reg number, her hull number is 2897-11-61. i was wondering if anybody has a hull number close to this? Also i'm looking for a copy of the war and peace vehicle list (booklet, brochure) for 1998, 2001 and 2003 as this ferret was there. many thanks Ross Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff66 Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 write to tank musum for help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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