Rlangham Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Fiat 15 ter lorry, as used by British forces on the Italian front (and by the Italians, strangely!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 There are two more of these in unrestored condition living in Surrey. As i have said before with these things, i should have bought them when i had the chance. Tim (too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 I take it they are not up for sale anymore Tim? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Not now. They were purchased by Richard Peskett,(the chap who restored the one which is now at Duxford) and then sold on to a BAA engineer who lost interest. They changed hands twice more and are (were?) now in the hands of a Surrey chap. I am not aware if he has done anything to them in the years that he has had them. But these things have a habit of turning up again every few years. Tim (too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 What condition were they in, have you any photos? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Sadly i have no photos. We had just completed the Bournemouth to Bath run (90 miles) in the newly completed WD Autocar and this chap came over and produced all these photos. It was his retirement project but i think he had just been made redundant and needed the cash. I felt rather sorry for the chap as his wife was watching on and they obviously wanted the money. If i remember correctly the lot comprised three chassis, gearboxes, but only two engines and one rad. He thought that he could only make one complete one, but of course replacement rads can be made (at a price) so in our eyes there were two there. Another WW1 Fiat (but a three tonner) turned up in HCVS news in this country. There was another 3 tonner for sale in France in CMV a while back. Will see if i can find a photo for you (dont wait up). Tim (too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rlangham Posted August 15, 2008 Author Share Posted August 15, 2008 I've seen photos of 2 or 3 photos at a WW1 event a few of my mates went to in June in Italy (wish I had gone), including a 15 ter or similar. Luckily, i'm going all over there in October, all expenses paid, not sure if it's the same place but I hope so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaroslav Exner Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Hello old boys, I have rolling chassis Fiat 15 TER. See www.exnermotors.cz Can you help me anybody ? Thanks Jaroslav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuno Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 May sound a little bit strange - but could you provide a cap of the tire-valves? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaroslav Exner Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Hi Kuno, sorry i have not spare hub-cap. But I have to search, maybe I have casting. Do you have old Fiat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuno Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 Sooooooooooooooooooooorry. Missunderstanding &my mistake: I would only need a photo to be able to identify such cap!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaroslav Exner Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 (edited) Sorry for delay. Just I come back from Slowenia. Here are also F 15 TER. Edited April 19, 2009 by Jaroslav Exner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuno Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Hmmm. I need the cap of the tyre-tube... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaroslav Exner Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Sorry. But I have not the other picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaroslav Exner Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 I am very glad to show you my truck Fiat 15 TER from year 1913. During two years I will finish all works on this project. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 That looks fabulous. Well done. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevpol Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 thats nice!!! Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Peskett Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 To confirm much of what has already be written the Fiat 15 TER at Duxford is the vehicle which I bought and restored in 1976/7 and sold to the IWM in the late 1990s. When in the scrap metal business in the mid 1970s we were clearing much of a Sussex yard where vehicles had been since pre-war days, amongst them was a Fiat 15TER which I kept intact and took it back to my yard. Ironically from the yard I sold a couple of things which later almost came back to haunt me in the restoration business - a Thornycroft 'J' type engine which I subsequently used in the restoration of the IWM 'J' type and a Vulcan bus which I subsequently restored for the late John Lee at World of Country Life, Exmouth, but that is all another story. Around the same time I bought another chassis only 15 TER . A year later I was offered a complete 15TER which had been used as a breakdown lorry at a Leicestershire garage, this was the one I restored and ran for many years. As already mentioned the others I sold on and are now apparently in Surrey. The picture is the vehicle we brought back in 1975, the ironwork from the body I used in the restoration of my Jeffery-Quad body. Richard Peskett. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portugal Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Hello, I have parts list with photos, are you interested ??? Not for sale but copies ??? Fernando Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redherring Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Check the size of that flywheel on Jaroslav's website - website well worth a look. I have visions of loosing a toe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RattlesnakeBob Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 anyone else notice something unusual about that engine/flywheel?... ...there's no cooling fan on the front of the engine.....but ....there are 'blades' built into the cast flywheel to move the air through the engine bay.....neat idea that I reckon.:-)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Peskett Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 The 15 TER does not have a fan, the air being pulled through the radiator by the vaned flywheel ( all cast as one) , also and often missing is the engine under tray which along with the bonnet makes a complete 'tunnel' for the air. The flywheel carries the multi disc clutch which runs in a mixture of oil and paraffin which in turn most does not stay in there for very long although having covered considerable distances in mine it never gave any trouble. Richard Peskett. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redherring Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Seems to be a very small clutch mechanism. Does it not seal well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Peskett Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 The problem with the clutch loosing its oil is that there is not a seal around the input shaft at the back end, obviously enough liquid stays in through centrifugal force but heaven help any onlookers who are standing adjacent if you have put too much in , a liberal coating is applied from knees down. Richard Peskett. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portugal Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 The 15 TER does not have a fan, the air being pulled through the radiator by the vaned flywheel ( all cast as one) , also and often missing is the engine under tray which along with the bonnet makes a complete 'tunnel' for the air. The flywheel carries the multi disc clutch which runs in a mixture of oil and paraffin which in turn most does not stay in there for very long although having covered considerable distances in mine it never gave any trouble.Richard Peskett. Hello Richard, Is this what are you talking about ??? Shot at 2012-03-17 Shot at 2012-03-17 Shot at 2012-03-17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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