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Hello james,
Great job you have done on the cab, can't fault it . Brilliant!!
I hope I can do as well with the cab and battery boxes for my Fowler project. I'll be watching your progress with interest.
Good luck.
Fred

HELLO AGAIN, Thanks for your replies. Dave, that rennovated Clayton looks emaculate, great photos. :thumbup: There cant be more than one or two left out there, I'm surprised to see that one. :o I'd love to see it in the flesh. :thumbup: Craig, interesting that these were also used by the RNLI for la...

Hi All, As a sequel to my Remembrance Day post "National Pride" re.first world war aircraft, this is the "Clayton & Shuttleworth Crawler" the RFC and RAF used to tow the 6.5 ton Handley page O 400 aircraft. They pre-date Cat, Allis, McCormic/International and Cletrac machines...

Aveling Barford Little and Large.
Fred

Hi Steve, and welcome.
Look forward to reading more from you,
Fred

Hello All I watched the Remembrence Day Parade on TV. today, and I don't mind admitting I had to fight back a tear or two. Whether they were tears of pride or sorrow I dont know, maybe a bit of both. I am a proud Welshman. but today I was just proud to be British!!! Perhaps those among our young peo...

Heres an A E C 6 wheel mixer truck at Vaynor Quaries Merthyr Tydfil,in the 1960s.
Fred

Hello again Craig,
Just wondering what the H.S.E. would make of your RB crane pic. of the 33 RB on the clifftop with no edge protection or barriers to be seen??
"How times have changed".
Pitty we can't see more of the the A E C 6 wheeler.
Fred

Hello Graham,
Heres a Priestman Lion 3 on face shovel.
I opperated one of these on crane duties occasionaly in 1960s'
Fred

Hello Craig,
Great pics. as usual, thanks, but I think your Smith Crane is a Priestman.
Fred