Tony B Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Dated 1918 according to plate. But what's it from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Sean N Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 (edited) Is it too obvious to say is it AEC, and if so would it be from a Y-type (or a B-type bus)? Edited January 17, 2015 by Sean N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Richard Farrant Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 An identical one found in Estonia (I think) and thought to be from a tank. This one has same part number buit built a year later in 1919 http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/showthread.php?t=753065 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Sean N Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 (edited) IF it (i.e. the Estonian gearbox) really was from a tank, and that's not just local legend, could it be from a WW1 British tank - I seem to remember some MkVs went to Russia and were used in WW2. ...and after a quick Google, supposedly four of the MkVs were used by Estonian forces between the wars and used to cover the Soviet retreat from Tallin in WW2, which might tie in with the story on the Wehrmacht Awards site. Edited January 17, 2015 by Sean N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Tony B Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share Posted January 17, 2015 Mk IV tanks definitly went to Russia supplied to the White Russian forces, and some were used post war in Germany during the riots of 1919. seeing where it is, it could also be assciated with buses. It was the date caught my eye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 TooTallMike Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Mk IV tanks definitly went to Russia supplied to the White Russian forces, and some were used post war in Germany during the riots of 1919. seeing where it is, it could also be assciated with buses. It was the date caught my eye. Given where it is I would almost guarantee it's from a bus! - MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Tony B Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share Posted January 17, 2015 Given where it is I would almost guarantee it's from a bus! - MG True. But intresting, I never thought it might have been used in tank. Though given the link between London bus companies and the general mechanisation of the British Army it shouldn't be suprising. See what looking at lumps of old scrap can teach you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Sean N Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 I seem to remember AEC supplied oily bits for tanks in WW1, but that could just be my memory playing tricks. As Mike says, my money's on it being from a B-type or similar rather than a tank, but you never know - and worth saving in possible, in any case. The history of WW1 tanks supplied to Russia is quite interesting - again, I seem to remember there's a photo of one in Berlin in 1945, if my memory serves me correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Tony B Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share Posted January 17, 2015 I do remeber something about a WW1 tank being used as a pillbox in Berlin in 1945. Found it! http://beutepanzer.ru/Beutepanzer/uk/MK_V/Mk_V.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Sean N Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Mind you, we'll have to keep it quiet if it might fit a tank. Rick will be wanting to restore a MkV round it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Richard Farrant Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Mind you, we'll have to keep it quiet if it might fit a tank. Rick will be wanting to restore a MkV round it. If it is a MkV box then it should be a Wilson epicyclic gearbox as I recall, but it does not have that configuration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Seb Marshall Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 This is a gearbox from an AEC Y type. I see there is a hole in the filler cap, does this mean that the water has got in & damaged the gears? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 eddy8men Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 mind you, we'll have to keep it quiet if it might fit a tank. Rick will be wanting to restore a mkv round it. looks doable to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Tony B Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 Shame. I have always fancied a Whippet tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 radiomike7 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 (edited) This is a gearbox from an AEC Y type. In which case it is not really a gearbox as there are no gears inside..... Edited January 18, 2015 by radiomike7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Great War truck Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Sorry. Just found this thread. How very interesting. Seb is absolutely right of course. Here is another one in a Y Type chassis: Lots of Y Types were sold off to Estonia at the end of the war so that explains its origin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 TooTallMike Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Just to be clear, the yard this gearbox is in is inhabited, among others, by a collector of Y types and NS's. He is well known in those circles. It is therefore no surprise that is what this is from, and he will be well aware of this since he owns several, albeit in bits. - MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Seb Marshall Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 It does have gears in it, I believe you are thinking of the chain boxes which were indeed fitted to the B type bus and subsequently fitted to the following K,S & NS models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 radiomike7 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 It does have gears in it, I believe you are thinking of the chain boxes which were indeed fitted to the B type bus and subsequently fitted to the following K,S & NS models. Thanks Seb, I knew the B type used a chain box and assumed it was continued for the Y type after reading an incorrect article on the internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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