wally dugan Posted December 11, 2023 Author Share Posted December 11, 2023 Some times l come across a trial that you wonder why in this case they a took a lorry designed for use on tarmac road and then subject it to a trial on a rough off the road course for over five thousand miles then produce a report of over two pages of defects all caused by the treatment on the course 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ellis Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 21 minutes ago, wally dugan said: Some times l come across a trial that you wonder why in this case they a took a lorry designed for use on tarmac road and then subject it to a trial on a rough off the road course for over five thousand miles then produce a report of over two pages of defects all caused by the treatment on the course Maybe it was preparation for pot holed roads of the future 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
attleej Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 However, it is interesting to see how well what we would "low mobility vehicles" do in Africa off metalled roads. BTW on the Cuthbertson Landrover, we have one at the REME Museum which presumably came form Beverley. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted December 11, 2023 Author Share Posted December 11, 2023 (edited) if it is the series one then it came from beverley pity other NAM Edited December 11, 2023 by wally dugan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
attleej Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 It is definitely the Series one. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted December 11, 2023 Author Share Posted December 11, 2023 just wonder on the rear tail door it looks like written the word suicide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1950 Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 14 hours ago, wally dugan said: Some times l come across a trial that you wonder why in this case they a took a lorry designed for use on tarmac road and then subject it to a trial on a rough off the road course for over five thousand miles then produce a report of over two pages of defects all caused by the treatment on the course With the two silencers it looks like a stroker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted December 12, 2023 Author Share Posted December 12, 2023 yes two stroke engine did have a few problems in the trials with the injection pump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hair Bear Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 (edited) Why bother with the silencers? A ts3 at full chat would have the enemy on the run before it came into view. Edited December 12, 2023 by Hair Bear 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1950 Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 It was usually compressor belts or blower shafts. I cannot remember changing a fuel pump. I can still hear the bark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Prof Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 On 12/11/2023 at 11:19 PM, wally dugan said: just wonder on the rear tail door it looks like written the word suicide Hi Wally, It's taken me 20 years to answer a question for you (-: (you answered some questions for me once). Yes, it's a pun, sometimes seen on trucks today. One side is marked 'Passing Side', the other 'Suicide'. (-: Thanks for your past help. Best Regards, Adrian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted December 14, 2023 Author Share Posted December 14, 2023 ADRIAN THANK YOU for that it's the first time l have seen graffiti on vehicle on a FVRDE photograph wally 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted December 14, 2023 Author Share Posted December 14, 2023 the problem's with the injector pump was jamming of the DE-PHASING device coursing engine reversal rotation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted December 17, 2023 Author Share Posted December 17, 2023 the cleaning out goes on these came to light the BOARHOUND that was trialed at WVEE l believe it's the one at BOVINGTON there are quite a few on armoured vehicles in the files 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted December 17, 2023 Author Share Posted December 17, 2023 I do not normally collect things on commonwealth vehicles but this is a new addition there three of these on the 30 cwt wireless chev dated 1948 on hard card board they are 44cmx 35cm and still have the acid free paper attached 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ellis Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 2 hours ago, wally dugan said: I do not normally collect things on commonwealth vehicles but this is a new addition there three of these on the 30 cwt wireless chev dated 1948 on hard card board they are 44cmx 35cm and still have the acid free paper attached @wally dugan have you catalogued all these manuals and files on a computer spreadsheet? You must have so many of them now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted December 17, 2023 Author Share Posted December 17, 2023 (edited) my wife catalogues all the files pictures and they are all on computer yes but a lot are in a storage after been catalogued and there future is planned and l have made sure that they will not end up like the collection l and others helped to put together in the archives at the museum of army transport Edited December 17, 2023 by wally dugan 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ellis Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 On 12/17/2023 at 9:32 PM, wally dugan said: my wife catalogues all the files pictures and they are all on computer yes but a lot are in a storage after been catalogued and there future is planned and l have made sure that they will not end up like the collection l and others helped to put together in the archives at the museum of army transport @wally dugan would it be possible to have a list of all the Stalwart report document and file numbers, please - for my website's Stolly development page? To show all the trials done on them? Would be appreciated https://sites.google.com/view/alvis-stalwart-hmlc-files/alvis-stalwart-hmlc-section/development-of-the-alvis-stalwart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted December 23, 2023 Author Share Posted December 23, 2023 A new find a photograph album of mock up items some of which never got beyond a wooden model 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Excellent picture Wally, two of these rather odd trailers were built. But I wonder if in that album there are any pictures of a mock-up of the FV426 Orange William launcher? Although I have the FVRDE Design Spec for FV426 the drawings were not attached & it is hard to understand how the missiles were extended from the sides of the launcher. There must have at least been a mock-up somewhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted December 23, 2023 Author Share Posted December 23, 2023 (edited) CLIVE l will have a look my friend is here just has come with my christmas box of catalogues he was at ludgershall up until he moved he brought some unissued tender catalogues this might interest you shorland 92KH88 in the tender december 1992 some pigs in 1993 along with ferrets 432 433 434 BV 202 SCORPIONS CHIFTIANS Edited December 23, 2023 by wally dugan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Wally I wish I had a friend like that who would bring me a box of such goodies! Yes those 4 SB401 Shorlands 92 KH 85 - 92 KH 88 are interesting with quite a short service life albeit with the USMC. I have not seen any pictures with the correct the ERM displayed, the pictures I have seen show RAF registrations that were to disguise the real users of the vehicles. I think they were based at RAF St Mawgan. I had a guided tour of AVD Ludgershall on two occasions. It was quite a while ago when we were shown the new Saxon Patrols that had just arrived & the Fuchs NBC vehicle but I just wanted to wander around the acres of Pigs, Ferrets etc lying in the fields beyond, then I ran out of film! Although I did snap quite a good number of variants I wish reliable & economic digital photography was a reality back then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted December 24, 2023 Author Share Posted December 24, 2023 MERRY CHRISTMAS CLIVE and every one else 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 Excellent stuff Wally. As is usual they get the spelling of Shorland wrong as Shoreland or sometimes it is Shortland. I note 26 BK 34 is chassis & driver's seat only. I wonder where the body went? Two situations spring to mind one of the 9 ex-RUC Pigs in the 27 BT ** series which were re-bodied as the locally made roofs were mild steel (being FV1609s not FV1611s) or the one Hornet that was re-bodied for NI or maybe it was just for a Pig with a smashed up body? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ellis Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 44 minutes ago, wally dugan said: MERRY CHRISTMAS CLIVE and every one else Merry Christmas to you and yours, Wally. They sold off lots of petrol engined vehicles around 1993, didn't they. According to a report I have here, the K60 multifuel was around 250Kg more than the Rolls 8 Cylinder. I don't know if that's just for the engine or the full pack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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