Highland_laddie 13 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 post Share on other sites
Rootes75 18 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 post Share on other sites
wally dugan 39 Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wally dugan 39 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 post Share on other sites
Rootes75 18 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 I like the Matador drawing, when is it dated? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wally dugan 39 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 post Share on other sites
Richard Farrant 42 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 post Share on other sites
wally dugan 39 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 post Share on other sites
Richard Farrant 42 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 post Share on other sites
wally dugan 39 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 post Share on other sites
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