Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Purchased some photos at the Cobham bus show last week any thoughts on where,when or whot.cheers cw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Purchased some photos at the Cobham bus show last week any thoughts on where,when or whot.cheers cw. Looks like Ned Kelly sandblasting in the lower pic :rofl: The upper one at a guess is FVRDE Chertsey, an Austin Ant about 1965 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted angus Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 The RAF one is a quick evacuation from somewhere possibly Greece I have seen that picture in the last couple of days on a site TED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted angus Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Greece april 1940 the aircrew must have run ouit of tiffin !! TED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted angus Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 ITS IWM E 2733 Lorries carrying RAF personnel …more↓ during the retreat from Greece, 3 May 1941. less↑ I was a few days out but I knew I had seen it before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 2nd one is a captured grman Schwimmwagen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morris c8 fat Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 1St is a Shortland fitted with Vigilanty anti tank missile similer to the vixen/ferret trials Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woa2 Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 ]/QUOTE] I think this is Normandy 1944, as I am sure I have seen this vehicle in other photos. Can't think where for the minute, but I will try and see what I can find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 The Shorland Vigilant similar to these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 or even this, which I took to W&P in 1993. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Cheers everybody,any idea about the plane,Japanese? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 ITS IWM E 2733Lorries carrying RAF personnel …more↓ during the retreat from Greece, 3 May 1941. less↑ I was a few days out but I knew I had seen it before Cheers Ted,the link doesnt work:confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 X 6 Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 I didn't really want to reveal the full depths of my ignorance but...........what make is this lorry ? I can see it's not British because the makers have actually employed a proper designer to create that fabulous looking cab. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulob1 Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 cant make out the plane, not enough detail for me...the wing inspection or maybe machine gun access panels may be helpful but it will take a bit more searching to find out...could do with a few more details to give us a better chance of recognition... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulob1 Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 the more i look at those wings the more I think japanese but its not easy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevpol Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 I didn't really want to reveal the full depths of my ignorance but...........what make is this lorry ? I can see it's not British because the makers have actually employed a proper designer to create that fabulous looking cab. Thanks. I think it might be a German Ford , based on American design, Mark :cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 you may be right Mark, isn't that a Ford script oval on the bonnet side? Though it could well be Taunus in the same style Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 The RAF truck is an USA built 1938-39 Ford COE, probably requisitioned from civvy stocks in Egypt, as it has a "local" WD registration plate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 X 6 Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Thank you both for your replies. I've been through my somewhat limited collection of books and I haven't yet been able to get a positive identification. It does indeed look like a Ford badge on the side of the bonnet and the design has got that pre-war American style. Cheers.:thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpowder44 Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Having a close look at the number plate on the RAF truck it appears to have arab lettering.It could have come up from any of the Middle Eastern Countrys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 X 6 Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Having a close look at the number plate on the RAF truck it appears to have arab lettering. You're right, it does have some funny foreign letters/numbers on the reg. plate. I'm not quite so sure about Ford badge. The right shape but a bit too big ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 My first thoughts was french,but i dunno,thought it was a great picture though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 My first thoughts was french,but i dunno,thought it was a great picture though. Here you go, 1939 Ford COE stake truck, built in USA http://auto.howstuffworks.com/1930-1939-ford-trucks9.htm COE = Cab Over Engine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 X 6 Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Here you go, 1939 Ford COE stake truck, built in USA Well done Richard ! Another brilliant bit of research by you. Thank you. :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 The 80" Landies are pre May 1950, when the full mesh covering the headlamps changed to exposed headlamos. They are of course LHD, so they are for export. There is nothing to say they are military. Only one wiper motor is fitted (second was an option), The spare wheel is not visible, but early Landies were sold with a spare wheel rim and no tyre. If you wanted a spare tyre you paid extra. It may be the spare is laid flat in the load bed to save height. It certainly looks as if the seat backs have been taken off to save height. Doors are metal skinned. The very first Landies were sold with a canvas covered angle iron frame for a door, and you bought an aluminium skinned one as an option if you thought it worth the expenditure! Cant be precise about date because can't see how front bumper attaches to chassis, deatils of how hood sticks attach to windscreen, catches that hold windscreen when folded or any of the other clues as to date of manufacture. If the seat backs were visible dating might be easier.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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