diamond 981 Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Nice videos. Hercules sounds soooo good. All the best, A Computor has decided to go into silent mode :banghead: can not hear the Hercules, am now going outside to listen to my underpowerd leyland engined 981 :-(. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACCDT Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Computor has decided to go into silent mode :banghead: can not hear the Hercules, am now going outside to listen to my underpowerd leyland engined 981 :-(. HI Alan if your missing a good hercules knock as it starts, you must pop over to Macclesfield to have a run in mine. Did you manage to get book in to Astle Park? cheers Maccdt Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dizzy-t Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Ebay is funny though, very much dependant on who is browsing for an item as to how much is bid. As the seller appeared to have a good knowledge of its history I doubt it would go for scrap. If it is a runner then I would say two and a half grand is a bit low. It is pretty much all there and looks fairly straight so I would say more nearer £4,000. However if you base it on scrap price alone, and I may be wrong, but I don’t think the final bid made the scrap value? FYI I paid just over £4,000 for mine three years ago and I think in terms of overall condition it was similar to this one. In contrast the condition is also similar to the Red Ball 981 with which the owner wanted a wholly unrealistic £7k. Hi Adrian, thanks for the message, it was very interesting, hope your T is coming on OK. incedently the prices of Corgi Diamond T's seem to be on the up, I'm attempting to get all the T's which I parted with some years ago, back.:writing::drive: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamond 981 Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 HI Alan if your missing a good hercules knock as it starts, you must pop over to Macclesfield to have a run in mine. Did you manage to get book in to Astle Park? cheers Maccdt Steve Hi Steve will get over to Macclesfield when i get a weekend off so i can get a good diesel fix:D I have not entered Astle Park as i am driving the T to Pickering steam rally the week before :drive: and then at the end of August driving it down to Dorset :drive::drive::drive:i do have to be available for work in between at weekends. Regards Alan. Have you sorted the rolls yet ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamond 981 Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Just realised im going to drive over six hundred miles in the T during August :nut::nut: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Graves Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 hi all, re the 12volt 24volt floor stater button, they are not all the same, for the diamond 980 and 981 ,inside the switch there are two flip up contacts, when depressed the first contact is 12volt for the flame thrower, and when fully depressed the second contact gives 24volt for the starter motor. you must remember these switches were used on a numer of other vehicles including macks which did not have the flame thrower, obviously because they were petrol. these switches all look the same from the outside but inside they are not. hope of interest ,tony g. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMS Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Wow that will be a trip and sight to see, i am planning on taking my GTB to Mons, maybe i'll tag on the convoy, keeping up shouldn't be a problem! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruggyjohn Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 some pics of diamond t's in ireland. the last one with the smoke is mine before it was restored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted June 9, 2011 Author Share Posted June 9, 2011 Nice photos John ! Thanks for sharing them ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamond 981 Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Wonderful period photos John thanks for posting them. Regards Alan . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rog8811 Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 I just had to clean that one up a bit, is that a wheelnut spider on the kerb? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peak1 Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 Thanks for posting the pictures. Whilst I'm on has anyone a spare wheel rim for a 980/1? My spare is just a tyre. I am planning on going to the Hop Farm, we will be taking an RB44 Airport fire truck, do pop by for a mug of Tea. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rog8811 Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 I just came across this one on the RAF regiment site..... who is rescueing who? http://www.rafregiment.net/images/Who's helping who.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon_M Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Matt pointed me at this one on E-Bay; http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260801640412&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMESINDXX%3AIT 1939, Bureau of Indian affairs, so US Government but not military. If I had room for a Diamond T this is the one I'd have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peak1 Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 I know where you got that plate from, mine has a typo too! Adrian where did you get the plate? all mine are missing David. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Adrian where did you get the plate? all mine are missing David. Hi David. I got mine from Wildenbergs at W&P some years back. he had a good selection but do watch as some are poorly spelt. The overall quality is good though. Cheers, A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Peak1 Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Hi David. I got mine from Wildenbergs at W&P some years back. he had a good selection but do watch as some are poorly spelt. The overall quality is good though. Cheers, A Thanks, Adrian. We are going to be at the Hop Farm from Tuesday keep an eye out for this. Not bringing the T, We recon the cost to be £682.30 to get there. :-( Oh and it's not ready yet. I'm trying to get it registered at the moment. It used to live in Durham. Some one up there must have come across it. I'd love to hear about that from any one. It seems to have been quite extensively worked upon. Shot blasted etc. We have most of the electrics sorted out now. No charge from the Dynamo though so that is coming off and we'll strip it to found out whats up. Now we realise that other circuits only work when there is a charge, we have tested those and they seem to work. Just acquired two 6 Volt batteries so we can now start to swap bulbs back to 6 Volts. I realise this is actually a Gallery thread so here is a picture of my Dad. well actually I cant load the picture so I'll try another post.Cheers all David. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peak1 Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Help please I am trying to upload a photo but nothing happens, the blue progress bar crosses the window of the uploader then stops. What have I done wrong? The RB 44 loaded yesterday but nothing since. Thanks David. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 First thing to check, is the picture too big? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peak1 Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Aha I have halved the size, it was a small file as it is monochrome yet the dimensions were quite large. So this is my dad in Egypt or Israel around 1946. Royal Engineers. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peak1 Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 (edited) Rogers trailer ready for the off 871 Company RE 1945ish. A Mack NM8 just behind A 980 same depot out in the Middle East, another one of Fathers trucks. There are a few more to scan in but not all DT's, quite a few macks and trailers. Should I post them any way? David. in Kent at the moment. Edited August 5, 2012 by Peak1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamond 981 Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Nice photos David thanks for posting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les freathy Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Nice photos David yes please to the macks and trailers, that looks like a bridging trailer with pontoons behind the last DT photo cheers Les Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numan Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 jeano brass scrap yard france Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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