Tony B Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 (edited) I know quite a few were still in work in the early 1960's. http://jerseyeveningpost.newsprints.co.uk/view/14149546/00480618_jpg http://jerseyeveningpost.newsprints.co.uk/view/14149642/00511981_jpg http://jerseyeveningpost.newsprints.co.uk/view/14149717/00523635_jpg http://jerseyeveningpost.newsprints.co.uk/view/14149800/00535937_jpg http://jerseyeveningpost.newsprints.co.uk/view/14153505/00819297_jpg http://jerseyeveningpost.newsprints.co.uk/view/14152886/00679916_jpg Edited May 3, 2010 by Tony B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowtracdave Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 I picked up this brochure a few years back . Unfortunately my scanner isn't big enough to reproduce it complete but you get an idea . There's also several pages of ex gov't tools and equipment in it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arm carp Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 my dad used to take me to fletchers all the time when i was a kid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arm carp Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 my dad used to take me to fletchers all the time when i was a kid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 I picked up this brochure a few years back . Unfortunately my scanner isn't big enough to reproduce it complete but you get an idea . There's also several pages of ex gov't tools and equipment in it . The Morris Commercial with full cab conversion, looks like it originally was an open cab C8 Portee, 17pdr tractor, etc, by front mudguards and rear body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john fox Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 to state the obvious, its no different to what is happening now, those that were left after the war were sold off (cf Witham today) to anyone who wanted them (again look at the types of people using Witham). Its just that back in the 40's and 50's there was not really any collectors around, so they all went to civilian commercial use and inevitably therefore once they were beyond economic repair were scrapped some great links there, thanks cross posting from the how did you start in MV thread, I always remember a CMP parked in the local farmyard converted to timber work when I were a kid and bitterly regret that it disappeared before I had the money becuase I certainly had the interest and knew what it was :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les freathy Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 This OY ended up with Shell and BP at Northolt in 1947 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 to state the obvious, its no different to what is happening now, those that were left after the war were sold off (cf Witham today) to anyone who wanted them (again look at the types of people using Witham). Its just that back in the 40's and 50's there was not really any collectors around, so they all went to civilian commercial use and inevitably therefore once they were beyond economic repair were scrapped Also worth bearing in mind that unlike today, you could put any old wreck on the road - today it is not possible to use many surplus mvs for revenue haulage. However after the war there was the problem of not being able to get hold of operator's licences for additional lorries, let alone get hold of new vehicles, so even total heaps of cr*p which had a licence would be quite valuable - just transfer licence to nice ex ww2 truck!! Example £150 for GMC chassis cab with zero miles and just a cracked block to stitch up.... So all in all, just as difficult as it is today, just a different set of problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les freathy Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 Talking of old wrecks heres where a lot of old military vehicles ended up, on the farm just like this CMP chevrolet with farm built grain body and of course the customery bald tyres. When finished they were scrapped but the axles were given further use in local built trailers for farm use, i well remember towing some of this old junk around behind the tractor when i left school BALD TYRES we had the canvas comming through and we were towing them fully loaded on the roads and when they finally blew out we had to source another old piece of rubber from the stock of used tyres ah happy thoughts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les freathy Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 A lot of old 15cwt bedfords were converted for civilian use by Arlington, heres one of the early adverts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 There were some great adverts put on to an earlier thread on this subject, but I cannot find it. Don't know if it was before the crash or later, so pics may have gone. How about linking the two threads up (someone?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashley Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 Hi all, there was a garage local to us that that used to convert bedford (MW`S) to a twin wheeled rear axel and also tipping bodies to them. Ashley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted May 7, 2010 Author Share Posted May 7, 2010 In the island at the moment. Can anyone identify the carrier? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 (edited) In the island at the moment. Can anyone identify the carrier? Can't see it from here, Tony :-D sorry, just realised you meant from your first post?. Looks like it is based on a Kegresse half track, not Citroen as it is too big, maybe it is based on Burford Kegresse that was used by the British Army? Edited May 7, 2010 by Richard Farrant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted May 7, 2010 Author Share Posted May 7, 2010 ahh well my boy!! While I'm sipping Mary Ann Special and paying £1.08 a litre for fuel, while eating fresh seafood. I can admire the sense of humour you are showing given the current UK situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan turner (RIP) Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 and dont forget that you have to come back to it tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les freathy Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 A 6x4 Thornycroft altered for recovery by Midland Motors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les freathy Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 More than a few Bedford QLs found there way onto civvy street after the war many in this role for lime spreading. Thats some complicated tipping gear on that A type Bedford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Nice pic Les. More lime spreader pics please. I see the QL is on twin rear tyres - not surprising given the 5T load! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted May 12, 2010 Author Share Posted May 12, 2010 and dont forget that you have to come back to it tony Yeah, back today. Hell of a good time though!:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XS650 Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 (edited) I know quite a few were still in work in the early 1960's.http://jerseyeveningpost.newsprints.co.uk/view/14149546/00480618_jpg http://jerseyeveningpost.newsprints.co.uk/view/14149642/00511981_jpg http://jerseyeveningpost.newsprints.co.uk/view/14149717/00523635_jpg http://jerseyeveningpost.newsprints.co.uk/view/14149800/00535937_jpg http://jerseyeveningpost.newsprints.co.uk/view/14153505/00819297_jpg http://jerseyeveningpost.newsprints.co.uk/view/14152886/00679916_jpg Anyone know what the 'bren carrier with high sides' thing is is 4th picture 535937 ? Looks like an APC ,something we didn't have in France 1940? Edited May 17, 2010 by XS650 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianscales Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 Seems apt that I'd only taken this picture yesterday.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les freathy Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 for mr lime spreader a ex military Thornycroft Nubian operated by well known tanker firm lock transport, this was at the time used by Alan Lock around the late 1940s then under the name Carbolim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fyll Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 Anyone know what the 'bren carrier with high sides' thing is is 4th picture 535937 ?Looks like an APC ,something we didn't have in France 1940? The tracks don't look anything like a Bren Carrier's. To me it looks as if it is a Burford Kegresse half track, like the one in these photos. Fyll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted May 17, 2010 Author Share Posted May 17, 2010 Unfortunatley didn't have time to any research in the Island this time. Intrestingly it is carrying a local civillian registration number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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