norton 1926 Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Oh, you can't just leave a Diamond T and us 'up in the air like that' - spill the beans, Gordon! How did you rate the Scammells in their day? Were the rear bogie tracks good at their job, or did they just dig bigger holes faster? yes, the scammells I found very good. in the scammells we had 4 explorers 1 pioneer,and moor other stuff. With the tracks on it was unstoppable. A pain to fit.the photos in the mud are on the tank training ground at Iserlohn I thinkdoing our 1st class r.e.m.y. recovery course. A little later we got our antar I moved up to be the driver of that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norton 1926 Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 :D Thanks for posting such interesting pictures. John. glad you liked the photos was not shure if thay would be of interest. did you see the austin champ our officer had gone though deedp mud and hit a submerged tree stump. we all had a good laugh at him ( after he had gone ) not me of corse:angel:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantters Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Bloody Marvelous!! Great to see these, gave a real sense of what was going on back in the day!! Thanks very much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz76 Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Brilliant photos! Thanks Andy and Gordon for posting and filling us in on the details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Daymond Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Hi Gordon, very nice pictures and all very interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 I never saw a Scammell with the tracks but, yes, I can well believe they would be excellant in mud - once fitted. When I was still at Ashchurch, I remember getting a Champ out of storage in fact it may have been a Gipsy. Rare either way by the mid-70's. We had a Diamond 'T' when I was at Recklinhousen(?). Went fast with no load but 'gutless wonder' when pulling anything at all. We had an AEC 6x6 Militant artic unit which I believe was modified as a towing recker. That seemed rare being an artic unit. Those pictures are so good - bring back loads of memories. Thank you for posting them:kiss:. I did my 'C' class partly on a D6 but wanted to play on a D8. None available then at Ashchurch:embarrassed: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
contractorman Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Re Diamond T gutless..Think you need to talk to some of the old Wynns Heavy Haulage guys and see the old photos of T s working pulling twice the weight the old tank transporter boys were hauling to realise how good the Diamond T was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamond 981 Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 Re Diamond T gutless..Think you need to talk to some of the old Wynns Heavy Haulage guys and see the old photos of T s working pulling twice the weight the old tank transporter boys were hauling to realise how good the Diamond T was. Wynns certainly worked their T,s hard and got the best out of them with the original hercules engine , hard to understand them being gutless.The fitting of cummins engines gave them an extra lease of life to be able to cope with the ever increasing wieghts they had to handle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norton 1926 Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 Wynns certainly worked their T,s hard and got the best out of them with the original hercules engine , hard to understand them being gutless.The fitting of cummins engines gave them an extra lease of life to be able to cope with the ever increasing wieghts they had to handle.hi you could be right about the power. our diamond T was old you could see the D day star under the green paint. the lads that drove it only used it a couple of times a year to keep it running. we mainly used scammells and the antar for transporting. our main job was recovery. i was in the r.e.m.e. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norton 1926 Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 Hi Gordon, very nice pictures and all very interesting. glad you liked the photos I took developed and printed them in a small dark room we had on camp in germany. I see you live in leeds any whear near farsley ?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norton 1926 Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Bloody Marvelous!! Great to see these, gave a real sense of what was going on back in the day!! Thanks very much glad you liked them . I did not realise how lucky I was at the time, and at 18 to be driving the largest wagon in the world the mighty antar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted June 30, 2011 Author Share Posted June 30, 2011 Gordon has asked me to post some more of his photos ! Enjoy ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted June 30, 2011 Author Share Posted June 30, 2011 Some others ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted June 30, 2011 Author Share Posted June 30, 2011 last one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz76 Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Love the photos :tup:: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Thanks again, Priceless.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Great pictures Gordon, and as for this one - well :rotfl::rotfl: Where on earth did you lot find that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norton 1926 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Thanks again, Priceless.... did you like the one were we are changing the trailer inner wheel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norton 1926 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Great pictures Gordon, and as for this one - well :rotfl::rotfl: Where on earth did you lot find that? [ATTACH=CONFIG]47445[/ATTACH] I cannot rememeber were or when the jeep was taken, possibly it was one of our escortswhen we were transporting conqueror tanks from hamberg, I see it has our division sign cross keys no2 infantry division. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 (edited) :thumbsup: Great pix Gordon, turning up at a show with that Jeep would start a lively discussion amongst the rivet counters! Edited July 1, 2011 by gritineye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norton 1926 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 :thumbsup: Great pix Gordon, turning up at a show with that Jeep would start a lively discussion amongst the rivet counters! it looks very shiny as if it was lacered, it has rear wheel covers are these onmost jeeps,or just on mp jeeps ?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norton 1926 Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 if anybody wants to know any thing about my photos , I am willing to try and answer any questions for you. by the way what is this rivet counting thing ?.:red: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjstubley Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 A Farsley lad eh? I'm round the corner in Idle A Conqueror and an Antar in the same picture are a recipe for greatness :-D Fascinating - thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 if anybody wants to know any thing about my photos , I am willing to try and answer any questions for you.by the way what is this rivet counting thing ?.:red: A rivet counter is someone who is obsessed with every minute detail of a vehicle, and whos first words to the owner will always include, never, didn't, weren't, that's wrong, shouldn't be, bla bla bla. They almost never have a vehicle of their own but may have seen pictures in books but not noticed the writing! :nut: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Rivet counters also start their conversation with, "I expect you already know..." or "you must have a reason why you did it like that..." or " interesting, but...." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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