RAFMT Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Wow, you go away for a long weekend and everyone has fun without you! 😉 I agree with the mobile kitchen trailer. As for what ASPs handled, it was "aircraft equipment and spares". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_g_kearney Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Many thanks for the clarification re the role of an ASP. John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_g_kearney Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 I don't know the unit here - all that is written on the back is Aboukir, Egypt. Nice collection of vehicles though. John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1950 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 (edited) Does that say Ambulance of top of the cab on the 2nd from right. I will say for starters, R to Left. Albion, Fordson, Dodge, Chev, and Clark tractor, with a fuel tank on the trailer. Edited May 31, 2018 by john1950 correction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_g_kearney Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Yes, it says Ambulance - but my guess is that it is a 6x4 Ford WOT1. John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1950 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 I agree with you. Right hand side of the photograph is very blured in the area of the slat sided vehicle. It could also be a Fordson tractor pulling the trailer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 8 hours ago, john1950 said: Does that say Ambulance of top of the cab on the Humber. I will say for starters, R to Left. Albion, Fordson, Dodge, Chev, and Clark tractor, with a fuel tank on the trailer. I think the lorry on the right is a Thornycroft Nubian (not an Albion) and tractor on extreme left is a Fordson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 I AGREE with RICHARD about the Thornycroft Nubian and the tractor looks like a Fordson Standard model N the raised air in take on the right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted angus Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 I agree with Richard Thornycroft Nubian and a Fordson tractor. definately a Fordson WOT1 Ambo standard heavy ambo, there were at least 2 body styles this one appears to have the less austere body and cab roof signage Ted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1950 Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 I bow to your superior knowledge. Split windscreen like Albion but large hub ends to house epicyclic gearing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_g_kearney Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Another photograph of an 40 ASP vehicle - it is at Alamein station. I presume it is Canadian built, but cannot ID the manufacturer. John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1950 Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 Ford, Chevrolet, DeSoto, Plymouth and Dodge plus some others produced a similar family of vehicles. Some chassis were supplied to Australia and bodied by Holden. Because this appears to have externally mounted head lights I am going to go with Chevrolet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_g_kearney Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 Many thanks, John. I have found another 40 ASP lorry in the far background of a photograph. No mystery about the lorry itself - a Bedford - but what is the semi-trailer intended to carry? John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 Looks like an Australian army Ford 'ute', see this one, owned by John Hedges in NSW, rear mudguards slightly different but cab and bonnet the same. : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_g_kearney Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 The Ford ute does indeed look very like the Alamein vehicle. How likely was it that an Australian vehicle was in the Western Desert - how much MT, if any, did the Australians bring with them when they arrived in theatre? John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 I would suggest that the trailer is a Scammell semi trailer 6 ton GS Flatbed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 1 hour ago, john_g_kearney said: The Ford ute does indeed look very like the Alamein vehicle. How likely was it that an Australian vehicle was in the Western Desert - how much MT, if any, did the Australians bring with them when they arrived in theatre? John. Hi John, it is very likely to see these Australian vehicles, and staff cars in photos of the war in North Africa. Regards Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1950 Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 (edited) No one has meantioned that lump of ordinance in the foreground. In the second picture the side window is smaller and have a quarter light I think, there is no bonnet motife, and the running boards are different. With the lack of add ons this side it may be left hand drive. What do you think? Edited June 2, 2018 by john1950 addition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_g_kearney Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 Many thanks, Wally, Richard and John. Re the ute, the similarity of design between the various manufacturers does complicate things... Re the bomb in front of the ute, there is an even bigger one to the right (which I have cropped off). Unexploded bombs seem to have been favoured for decorating the car park at Alamein station. John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1950 Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 Could it be a shell possibly Navy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_g_kearney Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 It does have the look of a shell about it. This is the bomb: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1950 Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 It looks different close up. You can see the curve. I wonder how much time it took to machine something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_g_kearney Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 The last photograph I posted is the bomb - it is about 4 times bigger than the bomb/shell in front of the ute. Yes, I dare say it took some machining... John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1950 Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 It is many years since I had anything to do with a Lathe, It always seemed to take me a long time to make anything usually a 3 or 4 inch dia pin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarland Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 2 hours ago, john_g_kearney said: The last photograph I posted is the bomb - it is about 4 times bigger than the bomb/shell in front of the ute. Yes, I dare say it took some machining... John. The bomb casings were/are normally forgings..... with machining for final finishing and the addition of fuse pockets etc. See the start of the following: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeVbXSAJ6eA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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