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Re: Oddballs
my guess is an airportable jcb of some vintage...with a fold down cab arrangement to get in to the transport aircraft...
The MOD still have a few 3cx's with a similar idea.....
Dave
The MOD still have a few 3cx's with a similar idea.....
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Looks like a cross breed between a backhoe and a flying saucer.
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Hello Martyn,thats the restyled cab mock up for the JCB3.Wonder why it never caught on.
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my guess is an airportable jcb of some vintage
Not quite Dave ,.. but close
Looks like a cross breed between a backhoe and a flying saucer.
Nooo Robban flying saucer indeed .. mind you i do have one here for you Robban, it might even be rotting somewhere in Sweden today
Hello Martyn,thats the restyled cab mock up for the JCB3.Wonder why it never caught on.
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Yes Martyn, it was based on 1963 JCB 3C mk1, designed by a chap called Brook Stevens, it had a JCB 3 dipper and self levelling front loader .. it was JCB's idea of what a future JCB would look like .. the cab was made of wood and plactic.
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falkara wrote:... .. mind you i do have one here for you Robban, it might even be rotting somewhere in Sweden today
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A cabriolet!
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yes a cabriolet ..this was made for a customer in Sweden for snow clearing duties in 1963, it is 2 wheel drive, the larger front tyres aided buoyancy in the snow.
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Here is another one i found ..its the prototype JCB 1, seen here in 1960, they based this on one of the dumpers that JCB made at the time ..
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