pikeymatt Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 it belong to steve guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 X 6 Posted July 25, 2008 Author Share Posted July 25, 2008 it belong to steve guest He's incorrigible. Does it have a shorter wheelbase than usual or is it all that acid I took in the 1960's that gives just me that impression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
militant-pete Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 no it was at welland steam rally 2 years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Anymore info Pete ! I wonder if it was origionally a fifth wheel tractor or has someone has modified it since ? Anymore pictures ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
younggun Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 defanatly looks shorter than normal ime heading off to welland tmorrow so ill keep an eye out for it :shocked: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Lucky sod, I hope you are taking your camera mate ! Plenty of Galleries crying out for pictures now ! No Excuses !:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
younggun Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Lucky sod, I hope you are taking your camera mate ! Plenty of Galleries crying out for pictures now ! No Excuses !:-D its a local show it would be rude not to attend only 30 mins from home dont wory ill get plenty of pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
militant-pete Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 yes it was one that went to cyprus and was brought back not long before that pick was taken it was origionaly a fifth and was in very good order i had all the back wheels off it to fit my mk1 steve was going to put twins back on it havent seen it for a wile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Oh for a climate where steel don't rust ! Wish my Explorer had just come back from Cyprus ! :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
militant-pete Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 tyres were in very good order havent put them on milly yet but wont be long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Do you think the Scammell will be preserved as it would be a shame for such a rare old girl just to fade away and then get cut up ?:cry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
militant-pete Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 carnt see it being cut up it is up for sale as far as i know havent spoke to steve in a wile but i think he still has it if i know steve and he dose sell it. it will go to a good home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Thanks Pete I do like a happy ending for old lorries ! :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 X 6 Posted July 26, 2008 Author Share Posted July 26, 2008 Sorry to keep on but this Constructor was originally supplied by Scammell as a 5th wheel tractor to who and where ? The military ? A civilian operator on Cyprus ? For drawing a loader type trailer or what ? Does anyone know ? Does anyone care ? Are these questions even too anoraky for us lot on here ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Can you ever be over enthusiastic about these Great British old Lorries mate ! I don't think so because when they are gone they will be gone forever ! Can't see this country building new ones again ! :cry::cry::cry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiomike7 Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 I am going to stick my neck out and suggest that it is an ex-RAF one that has been shortened for use as an artic. Bridge plate, towing jaw, first aid box etc all suggest Military. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiomike7 Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Can you ever be over enthusiastic about these Great British old Lorries mate ! I don't think so because when they are gone they will be gone forever ! Can't see this country building new ones again ! :cry::cry::cry: Well almost, are the Koshbosh thingies not built (assembled) in Wales? The trailers are built by King at Market Harborough. It was a shame that Unipower failed as they had great plans to produce the tank transporter units when I visited the factory some years ago. At the time production of the 8x8 bridging units was in full swing, and doubtless a recovery variant was feasible along the lines of the MAN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Have you seen this vid Mike ? Right at the end you see the Unipower Prototype tank transporter ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Have you seen this vid Mike ? Right at the end you see the Unipower Prototype tank transporter ! Suppose it's safer than using a mobile phone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 In the photo Next to Grahams Millie is another RAF Constructor rear end view (Steve Guests??) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
militant-pete Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 spoke to steve earlyer it is up for sale if anyone is interested it was origionaly a ballasted body but has had the fifth wheel added but hasnt been cut or shortened it dose run and mecanicaly in very good order Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 spoke to steve earlyer it is up for sale if anyone is interested it was origionaly a ballasted body but has had the fifth wheel added but hasnt been cut or shortened it dose run and mecanicaly in very good order Lottery win come on in ! I'm afraid she'll stay in my fantasy barn till I get those six numbers right ! Thanks for enquiring Pete ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 X 6 Posted July 26, 2008 Author Share Posted July 26, 2008 Thanks militant-pete for finding out about the history of this Scammell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 (edited) It ain't over 'till it's over.......... Now then you lot, concerning RAF Constructors: 1) The red one which Paul rolled was Crouch's orange one, which before that was the James Street Motors orange recovery truck (I posted a pic a long while back of it with a radiator fan driven alternator as battery charger) 2) Paul got the green one from ?? and found part of an old work sheet in the cab with the reg no. 21BT41, so assumed quite reasonably that this matched the truck's i.d.. 3) The grey one which Steve acquired - was this not the one from Gun Hill Garage/scrap yard near Colchester? It was grey and had "PSA" (Property or Public Services Agency - a govt department) on the cab door. The body was in the yard I was told, but Steve possibly did not realise at the time. Probably gone by now. I believe he bought it originall for the axles to get the ex. Geoff Rhodes one going again. 4) The red/grey one in Anglesssey was operated by TRS of Porth, north Wales before being bought by a farmer from the island. It has Explorer lockers grafted into the rear of the body. I believe it is still on the island. 5) Cyprus - can anyone say for sure that one has been repatriated from there? There was one on an old isolated and inaccessible airbase in the northern (?) part of the island. There was also one (shown in the photo) used by a transport company. Or were these one and the same?? There is also a civilian Constructor ballast tractor on the island, used with a trailer for carrying electrical transformers about, normally parked up in a layby and looking abandoned, but not! 6) There were 2 x 30T tractors and an RAF one in an old yard, completely surrounded by new housing, in the town of Soest in central Holland. They would have been only removable by (exceedingly) large crane or by dismantling. These were described with really nice photographs in an edition of the now defunct MV Magazine - an article by Nick Bullock - I have a poor photocopy but do not have the date of the magazine, can anyone help and scan pics please? I know someone who went to look at them but decided against, due to difficulty of removal (if anyone could have saved them, he would have!!) 7) The RAF Constructors were transferred to Army service after the RAF airfield construction regiments became part of the Engineer regiments. I have a list of 8 trucks with the new Army number, and (except for 3 case) the old RAF number, also the transfer date and disposal date. The W+P one (21BT41) unfortunately is one which does not have the RAF number (we have been trying to get evidence of both chassis and RAF number in order to establish if the chassis numbers and RAF numbers were consecutive). The reason only 8 trucks were transferred was probably due to the others being elsewhere in the world (e.g. the cyprus pair), these ones were never taken into Army service. 8) So there could be 20 - 8 = 12 RAF trucks unaccounted for so far. If we take the 2 on Cyprus (or maybe only 1 if the one photographed had in fact come from the airbase??), and the 1 in Soest, this leaves 9 or 10 still to be located. And this is assuming that all those known to exist were ex Army ones.... 9) I have a photo of 60AN45 at an RAF open day 'somehere'. This number is not on the transfer list, so might be 21BT41. Only clue in photo is a sign on a shed behind truck "Exhibition of 16 MU Activities" BE CAREFUL WHO YOU CALL AN ANORAK! Edited July 27, 2008 by N.O.S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Oh are you a fan of Marillion then ?:-D:shocked: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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