British WW2 Mortar / ammuniation trailer £2500 !!!!!

[Ian L]

WOW £2500 :wow: they're going up quicker than a Jeep, the last restored one I saw was £1850 & an unrestored one sold at Castle Coombe Auction for about £750 ? plus commission last year.

 

http://www.milweb.net/classifieds/large_image.php?ad=78271&cat=7

[cordenj]

Wondered how long before it was posted on here.

 

Maybe reflects true cost of a good restoration....perhaps Mr Lawrence will comment.

 

 

 

[Ian L]

Wondered how long before it was posted on here.

 

Maybe reflects true cost of a good restoration....perhaps Mr Lawrence will comment.

 

 

 

 

Do you know this trailer John ? is it a good restoration, it should be at that price. can't see a data plate.

[CaptMax]

Have you seen the prices for the British Mortars lately? They haven't gotten any cheaper either.

http://www.collectorssource.com/homepage-main-featured-item/british-wwii-3-inch-mortar.html

CaptMax

[Tony Lawrence]

Wondered how long before it was posted on here.

 

Maybe reflects true cost of a good restoration....perhaps Mr Lawrence will comment.

 

 

 

 

Given the cost of new ash timber and any other fixtures and fittings I can see why he is asking this amount. I also cannot see any data plate or even the bolt holes where it should go. Also it appears to have a hole at the end of the chassis bar for an electrical cable and indeed one appears to be dangling from the hitch but these were never fitted as built (see manual). Is it a 'bitser'?

[Car_Commander]

 

Which manual are you looking at? Photographs L51/3 and L51/4 in the Illustated Spare Parts List (August 1960) both show a cable coming from the end of the chassis bar.

[Tony Lawrence]

 

This is from the 1949 manual. I have never seen the 1960 parts list - can you scan in the relevant pages. Certainly my mortar trailer has no electrical fittings or has ever had any provision for them, unlike the GS trailer.

[Car_Commander]

Attached are the two images that I mentioned.

 

My unrestored Mortar Trailer also has the remains of a fitting on the left side of the chasis bar to act as stowage for the cable plug. Photo attached.

[Tony Lawrence]

Just a thought - my mortar trailer was probably an early one (lifting handles attached to chassis so probably had early barrel type hitch) whereas the one for sale and in the 1960 book have the later hitch. Were they modified to take electrics as production continued?

[Maurice]

Yes Tony probably the late ones have electrics , it is the same with the lightweight trailers if you look carefully at the Arnhem pictures , none seem to have the bracket spotwelded on the side of the trailer for the light .I have one of these abandonned trailer from Market Garden , and there is no evidence , that there was ever one fitted , my other lightweight trailer has all the fittings for lights and switches , same with 10 cwt trailers , if there is a hole underneath the towing hitch , then all the other electrical fittings are there as well.