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N.O.S. Posted June 11, 2008 Author Share Posted June 11, 2008 Nice adverts. The first dumptruck has clearly been designed to be used in loading practise sessions for trainee dragline operators:whistle: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Have you been to Knowl Hill to watch the Scow ended Mountaineer, working with a steam face shovel... Or is that a comment on the more than adequate cab protection! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted June 11, 2008 Author Share Posted June 11, 2008 You've upset me now - That Ruston was bought by Bill Kemble, and I was due to take one of my Euclid R15s to Power in the Past to be loaded by it (as he was worried about the lack of opportunity to practise his driver would have had, and I wasn't worried about a few "dings" :-D). I was half way through replacing the tipping hinge pin, bosses and body bearing pads when the show was pulled - possibly a chance in a lifetime gone west :-( Hopefully there might be an odd private working event or two at some stage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 (edited) Edited June 11, 2008 by antarmike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooTallMike Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Do bog standard basic timber Mat's ever come up for sale? If so what sort of money does a tidy one fetch? - Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted June 12, 2008 Author Share Posted June 12, 2008 Do bog standard basic timber Mat's ever come up for sale?.......- Mike See how easily he's led astray.......:whistle: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 9(a) Yes, (b) Dunno but a year or two ago they were anywhere from £800 to £4,500. Scrap is now at £200 per ton and Vehicle weighs 7 to 8 Tons, obviously prices will now reflect this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Saw a lovely one in WW2 colours on the A1 the week before last whislt heading north with the caravan for a rally.. Don't think anyone here would need much persuasion to go for a Mat like that!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 What seems to put people off Mats, is their speed. Most wartime American trucks seem to be able to exceed the 30 Max of a Mat. (Not true of DT 980/981 etc I know!) You don't want to be in a hurry when in one of these old girls... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Rather like driving a Stalwart on the road then!! Usually pootle along at about 30 in one of those..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 This one had a 9.6 ltr bus engine fitted by George Taylor whilst he owned it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted June 14, 2008 Author Share Posted June 14, 2008 You don't want to be in a hurry when in one of these old girls... What increase did the "High Speed" Diffs (identifiable by grease nipple in hub centre) give? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 (edited) it took top speed from 31 to 39.4 mph approx (7.9/6.25) *31.2 But overall forward progress isn't much better if you are in the hills. At only 95 BHP, you are changeing down quite often, and with the higher ratio diffs, you are changing down sooner, and of course your acceleration (strange word to use in connection with a MAT) is a lot slower... I don't know why AEC dropped the ratio after the first few built. I have heard it suggested that it was because with the original Air over hydraulic brakes stopping wasn't brilliant, and reducing the top speed reduced the work the brakes had to do. I have never driven Air over Hydraulic Mat, so I can't confirm. Edited June 24, 2008 by antarmike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 X 6 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 (edited) What stories could these lovely old lorries tell ? Photographed today "somewhere in Somerset". It only hurts when I laugh. Edited June 26, 2008 by Marmite!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AndyFowler Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Chuck a battery on em and they'd be off for another sixty odd years !:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SV2S Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 In Somerset? are any of them available as spares donors? we could use screens etc for our restoration of our 42 MAT, and are based in Yeovil Somerset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 X 6 Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 In Somerset? are any of them available as spares donors? we could use screens etc for our restoration of our 42 MAT, and are based in Yeovil Somerset. PM Sent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiomike7 Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 it took top speed from 31 to 39.4 mph approx (7.9/6.25) *31.2 But overall forward progress isn't much better if you are in the hills. At only 95 BHP, you are changeing down quite often, and with the higher ratio diffs, you are changing down sooner, and of course your acceleration (strange word to use in connection with a MAT) is a lot slower... I don't know why AEC dropped the ratio after the first few built. I have heard it suggested that it was because with the original Air over hydraulic brakes stopping wasn't brilliant, and reducing the top speed reduced the work the brakes had to do. I have never driven Air over Hydraulic Mat, so I can't confirm. An ebay special for all you Matador racers: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AEC-Matador-High-Ratio-Differencials_W0QQitemZ220250791624QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item220250791624&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C65%3A3&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 What stories could these lovely old lorries tell ? Photographed today "somewhere in Somerset". It only hurts when I laugh. Blimey,..............you've found a matador GRAVEYARD, there. What a crying SHAME........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les freathy Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 I note we have both the 0854 and the 0853 here on this thread, makes life easy when locating matador cabbed trucks. This interesting photo shows the 0854 coles Mk VII series 7 assembling a bomber in London for a display of military equipment, quite why they chose to place it the middle of a derelict building i dont know the space must be quite large to take the plane unless they did not assemble the outer wing sections anyone else have any details on this display Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 Just over the road from where I am sitting at work now, during the war. There was parked up a Spifire to raise funds for the war effort/ scrap metal drive. It wasnt a complete Spit though ist was just the cockpit and fuselage, no wings. Maybe its the same? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiomike7 Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 Just over the road from where I am sitting at work now, during the war. There was parked up a Spifire to raise funds for the war effort/ scrap metal drive. It wasnt a complete Spit though ist was just the cockpit and fuselage, no wings. Maybe its the same? Rick you may be correct although I seem to remember the Lancaster was assembled in Trafalgar Square?? The quoted price for a new Lanc was £40k, and a Spit was £10k. I assume you are talking about Wolverton Works not Netto:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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