andypugh Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 2 hours ago, alsfarms said: please describe the type and name of vehicles shown in the first of the movie series. One of the vehicles active on the rally circuit might have been in the TV series or film: https://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/forum/phpbb/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=17557&sid=f0a11eb58f82fafd1553dd405088f14c "Fellmonger" is a word I was unacquainted with until I met the car on the Isle of Wight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsfarms Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 OK, what is "Fellmonger"? Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mammoth Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 trades in animal skins, usually sheep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsfarms Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 Thanks....that is a term not used much here in my area. I have never heard it before! Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waukesha398 Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 On 1/2/2021 at 1:49 PM, alsfarms said: I am snowed in and thought I would share a picture of a five spoke, cast, hard rubber tire truck wheel that has adorned my mailbox for about 40 years. Can anyone here venture a good suggestion as to what it is? I will post three pictures 1- Hello, I'm new to this site. The "S" enclosed by an octagon is the mark for Standard Steel Wheels. The Standard Steel Castings Co. was from Cleveland, OH but its wheel foundry was in Clearing, IL. The latter is a suburb of Chicago. It took me a while to dig up any information on Standard because it's such a generic name, but I know marques like Hendrickson and Fageol used wheels made by this company up to about the mid-Twenties. I've also seen that "S" mark on Mack and White truck wheels. Since these two brands made almost all of their own parts, wheels on these trucks might have been made to the brands' own specifications. The names "Mack" and "White" are often cast into wheels. However, I don't think these truck builders ever made wheels themselves. Instead, Mack and White farmed out wheel production to companies like Dayton and Standard. Two other big wheelmakers were West Steel Castings out of Cleveland and Smith Wheels of Syracuse, NY. The only wheels I have seen that look just like your Standard are on Mack AC's from the late Teens/early Twenties. Some Whites used five-spoke front wheels from Standard or Dayton as well, but White-type wheels have less metal around the hub and more webbing where each spoke meets the felloe. Mack wheels beyond 1922 or so are more like this, too. Macks have a flanged, three-bolt hubcap, which is what your wheel would have had. Whites use a smaller, screwed-on hubcap. --Neil 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waukesha398 Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 (edited) The front wheel on this pre-1923 Mack AC (see link) looks very similar to the one under your mailbox, Al. https://www.flickr.com/photos/el_cajon_yacht_club/6824525304/ Edited January 13, 2021 by waukesha398 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bill Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Another piece of the jigsaw! Thanks for that Neil. Steve 👍 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsfarms Posted January 14, 2021 Author Share Posted January 14, 2021 (edited) Neil, I second that thanks. Now I know most likely what my mailbox ornament came off from originally. Maybe, someone will need the wheel sometime, if not I am happy just the way it is! Al Edited January 14, 2021 by alsfarms spelling 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsfarms Posted February 25, 2021 Author Share Posted February 25, 2021 Here is another current EBAY Locomobile/Riker piece of sales propaganda for sale. Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsfarms Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share Posted April 7, 2021 Any new wiggles on the Riker/Locomobile truck front? Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsfarms Posted April 26, 2021 Author Share Posted April 26, 2021 I don't suppose that anyone has dug a Riker frame out of the hedgerow this spring? 🙂 Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flandersflyer Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 On 10/17/2020 at 1:52 PM, Great War truck said: You are correct. If you can see them they can no doubt see you. If you were to bring a lorry that close to the front and park it they will bring down artillery fire upon you and that will really stuff your day. Mobile pigeon lofts would move with the headquarters when they moved (which was very rarely). The pigeons adopt a location as their new home after they have been there a few weeks. The loft would be manned 24 hours a day so that any incoming messages could be seen as soon as possible. You can see a "grill" type affair on the front of the lorry behind the stuffed pigeons. The birds enter through here which rings a bell which sends the custodian upstairs to check for new messages. For most of the war the German army held the higher ground... This became even more apparent in the last few months of the war as the advancing allied powers were able to look back at their previous positions and realise just what a panoramic view of the battlefield German observation had been enjoying... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waukesha398 Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 A Riker chassis has turned up in Wisconsin. It isn't much more than the frame and axles, but still something. The frame is bent in half and cracked near one of the rear spring hangers but could possibly be repaired. This chassis was used as a "job site structure" later in life. A drawbar was added to the front axle and the frame was lengthened. The worm driven rear axle is there, though I don't know how the internal parts have faired. This chassis has the optional front bumper, which is something I have seen in old photos but not on other surviving Rikers. --Neil 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blastermike Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 AL heres your chance, that chassis can be repaired, and having a diff too is a bonus with stuff like this mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PITT24423 Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 Got to get it, if you don’t another won’t turn up …. That’s what happens in our experience 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bill Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 Absolutely! It is actually quite good with negligible corrosion. The springs aren't spread at all and bent bits can be straightened. Good luck! Steve 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Herbert Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 I see that it has front towing hooks in the British WD style. Does that make it an ex British contract one ? It looks like the half shafts have been removed as some of the bolts are missing so it is possible that the diff itself is still there which would be a huge bonus. Great find ! David 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsfarms Posted September 11, 2022 Author Share Posted September 11, 2022 Could anyone, on the British side of the pond, put me in touch with the new owners of the recently purchased Riker that was found near Paris? I would like to converse with them and get a few pointers. Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorset Boy Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 Good luck! You should absolutely try and buy it. Yes between Rowlie and myself we own the Locomobile and the Riker . The Riker was originally bought for spares for the Locomobile but now it will also be got running, not restored but left literally as found to show people what 104 years does to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rangie Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 For goodness sake, someone go save that chassis! 😁🤞 Alec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsfarms Posted September 12, 2022 Author Share Posted September 12, 2022 The ball is in motion at this moment. My engine really needs a proper home. Al 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 Exciting times! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 "There was only one tree in the field Padre and you had to park the bloomin Riker on top of it!" 2 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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