ive bought a sankey but what is it??

[woody130502]

Good evening gentlemen, I have bought a sankey trailer with a very hard to read plate. I have enquired through the land rover series 2 owners club and think it is a mk3 narrow track with a lightweight tailgate. I thought I would ask on here for confirmation. Also what is the best thing for cleaning the plate. Thanks in advance Shaun.

[afvnut75]

Yes it is a sankey mk3 narrow track trailer with an modified tail gate you can tell because it dosent have a jockey wheel at the front and it should have adjustable leg supports that fold upwards at the rear of the trailer and one at the front and in my view narrow tracks are overall better made than widetracks ! so well done for getting one !

The best thing you can do if there are layers of paint over the id plate then use stanley blade to gently scrape off the paint but very gently do this cant remember if the some info is stamped and some painted if the info is all stamped then use a dab of nitromors but just try carefuly find out with a stanley blade first !

 

btw im after a narrowtrack myself so if you know of any others id be interested .

 

cheers

[.303fan]

ill post pictures up from mine if you want, and i was the one who pointed you in this direction.

cheers,

Arjan

[woody130502]

Yes it is a sankey mk3 narrow track trailer with an modified tail gate you can tell because it dosent have a jockey wheel at the front and it should have adjustable leg supports that fold upwards at the rear of the trailer and one at the front and in my view narrow tracks are overall better made than widetracks ! so well done for getting one !

The best thing you can do if there are layers of paint over the id plate then use stanley blade to gently scrape off the paint but very gently do this cant remember if the some info is stamped and some painted if the info is all stamped then use a dab of nitromors but just try carefuly find out with a stanley blade first !

 

btw im after a narrowtrack myself so if you know of any others id be interested .

 

cheers

Thanks for that, the sleeve for the front leg has snapped but i have the foot, both the rear legs are missing. Is there a good place for spares (i am guessing ebay??). I bought it from a farm where it had been stood behind a barn unused for years, seems to be in good condition. I don't know of any others but if i see any i will let you know.

[woody130502]

ill post pictures up from mine if you want, and i was the one who pointed you in this direction.

cheers,

Arjan

Hello Arjan, would love to see some pictures of yours. Thanks again for your help. Shaun

[ruxy]

It is a FV2361 (narrow-track) IMHO manuf by either Pressed Steel Co (Scotland) or Roots Pressings Ltd , rather than Sankey Ltd. (GKN) , in any case IIRC , other than the tub & finishing off the manufacturer was Rubery Owen.

 

There were a similar earlier type narrow-track with differing tub details , the main difference was a early type hitch that had two positions for different tow-heights. IIRC these did not have the FV2361 designation , neither did the lubrication trailers that were very similar in basic construction.

 

However afaik , there were no Mk. numbers to differentiate.

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The later FV2381 (wide-track) had the front jockey & different rear steadies & different dims. tub .

 

There were differing spec. & up-grades - that determined Mk.1 Mk.2 or Mk3 , they were all made with a tail-gate , Mk.1 would have a hitch similar to a narrow-track & drum brakes - disc brakes came later (only a Mk. 3 has discs).

 

Originals were not Mk. 1 , this was retrospective when the Mk.2 came about.

Edited March 18, 2013 by ruxy
spelin

[58 BE 88]

The earlier trailers with the "reversible" lunette were FV2301 and were rated at 1/2 ton compared with the 3/4 ton of the FV2361.

Contracts for the FV2301 trailers was split between Sankey and Brockhouse.

[stinkypete618]

Looks similar to mine, where should the vin plate be tho? Its either burried under gunk or been removed.

 

Good find tho, they clean up really well. Spent a day on mine, looks so much better for it.

[welshbayonetww2]

Looks similar to mine, where should the vin plate be tho? Its either burried under gunk or been removed.

 

Good find tho, they clean up really well. Spent a day on mine, looks so much better for it.

 

The contract and service number plate should be on the side of the chassis on the A frame next to the handbrake assembly.

 

doug

[ruxy]

No , it will be on the UK (nearside) of the chassis UNDER the tub. With luck the plate (abt. 1.1/4" x 5") will be heavily covered in underseal , take care not to damage the anodised finish & nomenclature. Unfortunately - these plates are aluminium , so if not protected by underseal - they often corrode away to white dust.

[woody130502]

Thanks for the replies. ruxy thank you for that info very kind. My vin plate is on the nearside chassis but is covered in what i am guessing is a type of oxidisation. Does anyone know a good place for spare parts??

[ruxy]

 

 

 

Has to look like one of these ,,

 

LoL , the Pressed Steel one from mid-1960's - it is in fact branded as Mk.3 Yet the much later GB Sankey (1975) that has a few detail differences - is not. I had forgotten about this : uncertain quite what the difference is with a Mk.1 & Mk.2 - unless these go back to the 10 cwt models ??

Edited March 20, 2013 by ruxy
amd.

[welshbayonetww2]

curious, my sankey chassis is a narrow track , samecode, on contract number WV 10710 chassis number 2743 and that's where the plate is.

[woody130502]

Thanks for the information. does anyone have a guesstimate as to what year my narrow track would be.

[ruxy]

Latish 1950's / early 1960's - I would guess up to 1964 .

[woody130502]

Latish 1950's / early 1960's - I would guess up to 1964 .

Brilliant my series 2a is a 1962 so that would tie in nicely. Thank you