Highland_laddie Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 It's great, and often overlooked, the important contribution to keeping historic information which would otherwise be lost. Kudos to you Wally, your friend and everyone who squirrels away stuff that would otherwise be lost to history. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rootes75 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Being a Design Engineer by trade and everything now done on a computer, you have to take your hat off to those Engineers back then. Those drawings are so important to be kept, such a good source of information for future generations and restorers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wally dugan Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 Top one is the builders drawing it is 2 . 1/2 metres long by one metre wide they are for the AEC matador these are from my new boxes this box contains builders drawings of some of the following RE plant for such as the BLAW- KNOX BK12 MK4 motorized grader towed rollers dozers cranes ( etc) Militants MK 1 /MK3 loading ramps for HQ RAILWAY GP RE Scammell Crusader recovery Fire crash Foam MK6 GP Eager Beaver MK 2 SCIMITAR Muir-hill A5000 Lightweight series 2A and many others due to the size of some of them l will have to order a plan chest so as to store them flat as they show signs of long term folding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rootes75 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 I like the Matador drawing, when is it dated? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 I already had the builders drawing which is dated 15/2/42 but with out the amendments shown on the one posted which is dated 28/5/43 .What did come as a surprise are the builders drawings for the Churchill Toad flail tank these appear to have come from the firm which was located in Workington 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 2 hours ago, wally dugan said: What did come as a surprise are the builders drawings for the Churchill Toad flail tank these appear to have come from the firm which was located in Workington Hi Wally, The Toad drawings might have come in useful about 13 years ago when I was restoring the lane marking assembly for the Toad that went to the Jacques Littlefield collection (it is now in Australia) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 RICHARD the trouble with these type of documents its only after they have been disposed of that later there importance is realised and the people who should have saved them are not interested. FACT a well known museum was offered a vast collection of documents but replied that they were not interested but after years of them been found to be of great importance to researchers they grabbed them l still have their letter on file Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 48 minutes ago, wally dugan said: RICHARD the trouble with these type of documents its only after they have been disposed of that later there importance is realised and the people who should have saved them are not interested. FACT a well known museum was offered a vast collection of documents but replied that they were not interested but after years of them been found to be of great importance to researchers they grabbed them l still have their letter on file Wally, that is so true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted November 1, 2020 Author Share Posted November 1, 2020 Well here we go again another lockdown a friend has sent a box of more modern manuals and ces for a mixture of equipment to keep me busy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 (edited) Well yet another box of long forgotten documents the attached is one page of 59 A4 contained in a battered brown folder the date on the front is 1945 the pages are faded so this best l could get it list pre ww2 vehicle types and registration numbers the contents though faded can be read the vehicle numbers are in allocated batches to type and makers there are British Canadian and USA also in the box is a list of NORTONS WD 1936-43 with amendments in ink with contract no's engine numbers frame numbers date Quantity and model at the top of the first page it states there is a updated list to this Edited February 16, 2021 by wally dugan ER 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Camfield Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Wally, just wanted to say thank you very much for sharing images of all those treasures. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted July 14, 2021 Author Share Posted July 14, 2021 It's some months since l posted but on monday a van delivered two large MFO type boxes l have not really had a good sift through but one appears to be full of AESP's the other is a mixture of documents a brief look turned a few items which l did not expect to see well not just yet in this box there are a number of cd disc's one is the repair and parts list for the HIAB/ MULTILIFT there are a number of catalogues of army publications Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted July 14, 2021 Author Share Posted July 14, 2021 This at the request of a friend so he can check if it is what he is interested in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted November 29, 2021 Author Share Posted November 29, 2021 It's some time since i posted but with the present spell of bad weather and the need to clean out the items still in the back of the workshop before it's enlarged all of the attached are things that l have been involved with in years past and kept or where given to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted November 29, 2021 Author Share Posted November 29, 2021 these are more up to date well after the museum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted November 29, 2021 Author Share Posted November 29, 2021 (edited) This is the last for now as that part of the shed is needed to be emptied Edited November 29, 2021 by wally dugan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ellis Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 On 6/1/2020 at 9:40 AM, wally dugan said: Always liked the STALWART l have five different catalogues from ALVIS on them and a one hour video of the factory the early trials the sea trials and its off road trials the prototype water trials were conducted in a flooded quarry You've got an incredible collection there, Wally. I've managed to gather quite a bit on the Stalwart over the last two years, which is free on the website - with more on the Facebook group. https://sites.google.com/view/alvis-stalwart-hmlc-files/hmlc-stalwart-files? Always keen to see more, especially on the Camion. Would love to know what happened to Camion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ellis Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 On 3/26/2020 at 3:47 PM, wally dugan said: As the title suggests my wife said it was time for me to sort out some of the boxes in the loft amongst the many files from FVRDE that l have collected here are just two the trails of the SALADIN MK2 as standard and a SALADIN MK2 fitted with differential lock it make interesting reading the pictures need sorting ... @wally dugan Can I use these Saracen images on my High Mobility Chassis web page please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ellis Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 On 6/1/2020 at 9:06 AM, fv1609 said: Paragraph 2 is interesting. It might help dispel the belief that Bridge Classification is merely the weight of the vehicle & load. Surely that's a matter of the tank weighing more at one end than the other, and whether the tractor or trailing axles are overloaded? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ellis Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 On 6/1/2020 at 2:37 PM, fv1609 said: I seem to have used up my uploads for that post. Here is the next one, but there are loads more charts, illustrating that Bridge Class is a very complicated subject & is a lot more than just the weight of the vehicle basis. I think you might be confusing the classification given to a bridge, compared to vehicle bridge classification. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Mark Ellis said: I think you might be confusing the classification given to a bridge, compared to vehicle bridge classification. A bridge that didn't carry vehicles would not be of great use to the Army. The system of bridge class & vehicle bridge class relationship must be compatible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ellis Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 15 minutes ago, fv1609 said: A bridge that didn't carry vehicles would not be of great use to the Army. The system of bridge class & vehicle bridge class relationship must be compatible. When is a bridge not a bridge ? In order to classify a bridge, one has to measure the span and know it's material and strengths, and then decide the weights it can carry. A scaffold pole bridge wouldn't typically carry the same weights as a concrete and steel road bridge. Does the top classification in the picture below mean that it can carry five lorries at 9 tonne each with wheelbase of 13 feet, or just one lorry under 50 tonnes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 28 minutes ago, Mark Ellis said: Does the top classification in the picture below mean that it can carry five lorries at 9 tonne each with wheelbase of 13 feet, or just one lorry under 50 tonnes? The figures 16 & 50 are not are direct tonnages, they relate to the bridge class of the vehicle which admittedly has a relationship to weight but is not a direct correlation. I don't know but I assume the limit in each direction may permit several vehicles of a lower bridge class to cross provided that their sum of class didn't exceed the limits on the sign. I expect their are criteria laid down for the spacing of such vehicles, but they certainly should be spaced such that no more should be on the bridge at any one time that would exceed the class of bridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted September 10, 2022 Author Share Posted September 10, 2022 (edited) You may use the photographs of the saladin trials on the subject of prototypes of the STALWART PV1 was given the number ALV 2 and returned to alvis on the 24/4/61 PV 2 was returned on the 8/10/62 this is 2720 RW PV3 on the 8/4/62 PV 9 had the number 504 FUW and was used for fording trials FREMINGTON NORTH DEVON on the 27/10/67 Edited September 10, 2022 by wally dugan spacing wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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