rambo1969 Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Bought these two at a recent car boot sale near me. I paid £2.50 for the padlock, major result:) I paid £5 for the box, ive googled the box information, but can't find anything about it, any ideas anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airportable Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Sorry no idea! Dont want to hijack your thread but was going to start 'car boot' thread myself. Picked up my-self t'day. Sadly woven badge a bit topical at the mo. The Italian webbing (repro.) from 'Captain Corellia's mandolin' Some of the 58 ptn. kit unissued and markings I have never seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
private mw Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 nice finds i like car boots myself , :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radek Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 I bought this month ago. Container has missing lid and the jack is marked 1943. Nice find in Czech Rep. bouth cca for 20GBP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyslancs Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 nice footlocker rambo , had ours a few years very useful , i seem to remember army surplus shop near us had some with stock in . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretfixer Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Rambo, The Padlock is a High Security Ingersoll-Rand type. They are used on Armoury Doors. You did well to get all 3 Keys with it. You CANNOT get replacements cut, as they are on a special Key register! Well Done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Got a nice Mk5 SBR in near perfect condition in bag for £5 last week. Bloke selling asked me after I'd bought it 'Is that a god price then?' :cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timinder Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 I'll show my ignorance here and ask "what's a Mk5 SBR?" For all I know, you were had at £5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Sorry mate. They were the WW2 British Army resperaitor. Developed from the Great War masks. They consist of a Rubber mask with tube running down to a filter canister held in a canvas bag worn on the chest.ONE VERY IMPORTANT HEALTH WARNING!!!!!! These type of resperaitors have ASBESTOS in the filter. So if buying check there is no damage to the canister AND DON'T WEAR IT!! Purley for show only now. On E prey they make £50 to £60. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mash Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 I was under the impression all of the britsh resperaitors from ww2 had asbestos in them, including the civilian issued ones. Unsure of the other countries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 I bought this month ago.Container has missing lid and the jack is marked 1943. Nice find in Czech Rep. bouth cca for 20GBP. [ATTACH=CONFIG]46469[/ATTACH] Looks like a German tank granade container. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radek Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Yes, I need only cap. :cool2: http://wehrmachts.kisten.free.fr/88mm_cont_sable.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevpol Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 my latest car boot finds.............. best lot, unissued 85 pattern trop/lightweights Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airportable Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 I NEARLY GOT OUT OF BED AND WENT!!!!! EARLY!!!:-D Great haul Mark. May beat you this Sun. Mind you got parts for my restoration instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Suslowicz Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 I was under the impression all of the britsh resperaitors from ww2 had asbestos in them, including the civilian issued ones. Unsure of the other countries. ALL respirators made prior to the mid-1950s had asbestos in the filter and must not be worn. The Service respirator (brown canister with hose) contains crocidolite (blue asbestos). The Civilian Duty respirator (heavy rubber mask with attached filter and rubber exhaust valve contains chrysotile (white) asbestos in the standard filter and crocidolite in the add-on green canister (Contex filter). The Civilian respirators use the same filters as the Civilian Duty model. None of them should be worn if you value your lungs, the paper in the filters is a mix of asbestos fibre and esparto grass pulp, and this will have degraded in the 70+ years since they were manufactured and probably shed fibres over the interior of the mask if you draw air through it. Post 1956 masks use spun glass filters (developed by the Americans as they had no strategic supplies of esparto grass or asbestos (apparently)), and may be safe to wear. Chris (I have a longer article about this somewhere.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 ALL respirators made prior to the mid-1950s had asbestos in the filter and must not be worn. The Service respirator (brown canister with hose) contains crocidolite (blue asbestos). The Civilian Duty respirator (heavy rubber mask with attached filter and rubber exhaust valve contains chrysotile (white) asbestos in the standard filter and crocidolite in the add-on green canister (Contex filter). The Civilian respirators use the same filters as the Civilian Duty model. None of them should be worn if you value your lungs, the paper in the filters is a mix of asbestos fibre and esparto grass pulp, and this will have degraded in the 70+ years since they were manufactured and probably shed fibres over the interior of the mask if you draw air through it. Post 1956 masks use spun glass filters (developed by the Americans as they had no strategic supplies of esparto grass or asbestos (apparently)), and may be safe to wear. Chris (I have a longer article about this somewhere.) Hi Chris could you find that artical real fast please buddy !!!! as a kid in the 60s 70s we all used to run arround with ww2 gas masks on and guns made out of broom handles & 6" nails, nobody died then but we might only have days to live now. :shocked: On a serious note yours is good advise as I for one didnt know about the danger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Does make you wonder how you survived childhood doesn't it? Old civillina gas masks and the kiddy one with the flappy nose were found everywhere in the '60's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero-Five-Two Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Hi Chris could you find that artical real fast please buddy !!!! as a kid in the 60s 70s we all used to run arround with ww2 gas masks on and guns made out of broom handles & 6" nails, nobody died then but we might only have days to live now. :shocked: On a serious note yours is good advise as I for one didnt know about the danger. That's you and me both, mate. I think the one I used to have is still at me Dads house somewhere. Not sure where the broom handle gun got to though :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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