Runflat Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Some info, and another pic, here: http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle.php?id=102789 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Grundy Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 In the box at the rear of these cranes were armour peircing rounds, 20pr for the 25pr and 17pr as well. All for ballast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runflat Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 From Commercial Motor magazine, July 12, 1957: Specially designed for arduous working conditions, the Hy-Mobil 45, a new mobile crane, is being manufactured by J. Darlington and Son (Engineers), Ltd., Harpurhey, Manchester. Mounted on an ex-W.D. Morris four-wheel-drive chassis, with Edbro-B. and E. twin hydraulic rams, the crane employs a goose-neck main jib pivoted at the rear and working in conjunction with a supporting jib, also pivoted at the rear. Twin hydraulic rams raise the jibs and serve to distribute the load over the chasis frame. To relieve the front springs of the weight when under load, wedges have been fitted which make the front end solid when 2 in. of spring deflection have been taken up. Three lifting capacities are provided by altering the position of the hook: 45 cwt., 40 cwt. and 35 cwt., the respective lift heights being 17 ft. 3 in.; 17 ft. 10 in.; and 18 ft. 5 in. Powered by a four-cylindered 3.5-litre petrol engine, the vehicle has a wheel-base of 8 ft. 3 in., with a turning-circle diameter of 52 ft. The gearbox has five forward speeds and reverse, front-wheel drive being optional in all but first and reverse, in which it is automatically engaged. Heavy-duty cross-country remoulded tyres are used. Gross weight of the outfit is 6 tons 9 cwt., and the overall length 27 ft. 4 in., the tip of the main jib being 10 ft. 5 in. in front of the radiator when lowered. Normal road speeds appy, and the tax is £2 per annum. The price is £975 complete, optional fittings being a perkins oil engine and winch gear. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevpol Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 this is in the manchester museum of science and industry.... sorry coudnt get a better piccy, big metal post in way!!!!!!! (no public access on other side either!) Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runflat Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Have a look on the previous page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevpol Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Have a look on the previous page oops........:blush: Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runflat Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Back on the PU 8/4 in Tunisia a couple of pages back, have a look here at about 34 seconds. http://www.itnsource.com/en/shotlist//BHC_RTV/1943/05/03/BGX409030119/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Back on the PU 8/4 in Tunisia a couple of pages back, have a look here at about 34 seconds. http://www.itnsource.com/en/shotlist//BHC_RTV/1943/05/03/BGX409030119/ Yep, that's one, well spotted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Yes very well done! It's only the second time I've seen another one rolling. Has anyone got a link to the footage of the one in the 60's in a British scrap yard? It's the vehicle that now resides in Auburn and still looks like it has the same mud from that footage. Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runflat Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 If you mean the Guy's yard films, they've been moved to here: http://www.steamcar.net/videos-original.html The Morris PU 8/4 appears in a couple of the later ones. See also the string about the films here: http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?17016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Thanks for that Runflat. I'll search through them in due course. Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morris C8 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 This is a good book to have on your Morris, its a questionnaire on the Morris 15 Cwt 4x4 C8 GS [1944] ,Tractor 4x4 FA & 6x4 LAA, has lots of answers on the the morris, has 96 pages. Page 30 & 31 are side by side in the book. sometimes you can find it on ebay or Google it. . Keith EX morris owner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_g_kearney Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 From the Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/mpc2010003715/PP/resource/ Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, Palestine, 1936. John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertBlooms88 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Here is a photo from the Library of Congress collection. Shows Morris Commercial C8 FAT vehicles during a parade in Jerusalem to mark the birthday of King George VI - circa June 14, 1945 Library of Congress link for LARGE MB file http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/matpc/item/mpc2005009028/PP/ DesertBlooms88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goanna Posted Saturday at 08:16 AM Share Posted Saturday at 08:16 AM (edited) The battle for Hong Kong. A line up of abandoned Morris-Commercial vehicles, the last in line is a CS8 water truck. https://digital.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/1941hkbattle/en/data.php?show=item&id=UN00018 Edited Saturday at 08:20 AM by goanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goanna Posted Saturday at 08:49 AM Share Posted Saturday at 08:49 AM (edited) The 'boss' Lord Nuffield came out to Aust. late 1944 and he toured around for a few months. Here he is seen inspecting a early production Morris CS8 truck that has been disposed out of service and sold to a farmer in N.S.W. By late 1944 the British W.D. 15 cwt trucks held in vehicle parks were declared obsolete and some were offered to civilians for essential use i.e farms and bush fire brigades. The Aust. army had thousands of Canadian CMP and U.S. 4X4 and 6X6 types and the 'odd ball' 4X2 vehicles were beginning to be sold off well before the war had ended. The W.D. trucks were sold through normal civilian trade outlets . Lanes Motors in Melbourne were the Nuffield agency , during mid 1945 they were selling CS8 and PU trucks though their sub agencies throughout Victoria. A elderly chap from Whittlesea who rang me recalled as a 15 year old, his father purchased a CS8 from the local Morris dealership, the truck was put to work and it towed a horse float to Sydney and back twice...... they had trouble registering the truck as it came without a spare wheel.. no problem, they went back to the Morris dealer and another CS8 was stripped down for spares . I was offered the rear axle from this donor as it was still on the farm. The CS8 was traded in for a new Land Rover in 1952. Edited Saturday at 09:21 AM by goanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goanna Posted yesterday at 04:05 AM Share Posted yesterday at 04:05 AM (edited) IWM pics. Interesting engine stand for the Morris 6 engine.. looks like it enables rotation of the engine for assembly. Edited 23 hours ago by goanna 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goanna Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago (edited) Links to IWM pics https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205490058 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205470335 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205205051 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205204967 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205041241 Edited 5 hours ago by goanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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