Rick W Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o72/rik242_2006/936818421_bb0e2bedf6_m-1.jpg[/img] http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o72/rik242_2006/6tononacmack.jpg[/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 Those are interesting. I wouldnt want to drive that Mack down a hill with the Renault tank in the back. The brakes are bad enough trying to stop an empty one, let alone with 5 tons of tank in the back. The other one is interesting. Not sure what it is at the moment. I would guess at it being a Daimler. Will take a look in my books. Tim (too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted December 24, 2007 Author Share Posted December 24, 2007 Im not sure what the top one is either. Its a b****y big mortar/cannon looks like its being towed by an insane incarnation of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 Certainly an interesting couple of photographs; :-) As Rick has said, the 1st does have the 'chitty chitty', look to it. And agree with you Tim,(too)......I'd NOT want THAT joining me in the cab............. :shake: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted December 27, 2007 Author Share Posted December 27, 2007 http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o72/rik242_2006/unknown.jpg[/img] What are they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 very small! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted December 27, 2007 Author Share Posted December 27, 2007 Very funny..Hohoho!(a tiny hint of sarcasm there!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o72/rik242_2006/unknown.jpg[/img] What are they? Gawd knows,............ :dunno: I'm guessing Not British, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashley Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 Looks sort of Italian to me ? :shake: is the prime mover a Lantil tractor (if such things exist). The gun it appears to have been mounted on a stretched car chassis or a truck chassis. (It even looks as though it is going backwards :-D) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 Fairly certain that it is an Austrian Daimler gun tractor. Will get back to you shortly with the full id. Interesting though. Tim (too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 OK, i am back home now and can check my books. Sad to say that the first one is not Chitty Chittys big brother but a petrol electric Austro daimler C Zug "Gigant", designed by ferdinand porche, for pulling Skoda howitzers. Tim (too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 The second gun tractor i would hazard a guess at being a German Bussing KZW 1800. Nice. Tim (too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted January 2, 2008 Author Share Posted January 2, 2008 Petrol Electric?! :schocked: Are you saying it was a hybrid, did it work on the same principle as modern day hybrids? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Not quite sure how a modern hybrid works, but basically the early petrol electrics had a normal sized (for the truck that is) engine which powered a dynamo, which then transmitted power to an electric motor which powered the wheels. A few early examples still exist and sound very strange. You can hear the engine running like crazy and the vehicle is hardly moving. You cant help but think "why doesnt he change gear", but of course there are no gears. Petrol elecric was championed by Tilling Stevens during WW1 and they were commonly used as search light trucks (two of these just post war ones have been restored). There was also a WW1 Dennis Stevens searchlight truck, of which one survives, but in a scrap condition. Too much missing for an easy restoration, but it could be brought back if someone were to throw enough money at it. Tim (too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 There is a picture of a WD 1936 Tilling Stevens here http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2427452530078404180IRzNdN Not seen that one out and about for a long time. i wonder where it is now. The only reason that this one (of a pair) survived is because they found favour with fairground folk to power their rides. Tim (too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Here is another one. This one is to be restored as a bus, but the rad is a very early one. Dont know much about these really, but it is amazing what you can find on the web. http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2374086350026127881lwOSAm Tim (too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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