A thing of beauty, isn't it?
The pair of brake pipes running across the gearbox cross member are secured with a double clip at the centre.
And the large-ish pipe you can see is the rubber vacuum hose for the brake booster.
It's interesting to see what a thorough job was done when it was painted deep bronze green by the army. They certainly got into all the nooks and crannies.
Incidentally this is as far as I can remember the only cab 12 I have seen in that colour (indicating extended post-war use). They are of course normally seen in very faded khaki, sometimes with a camouflage colour underneath the top coat.
It's not at all unusual to find cab 13s in this colour, particularly specialist vehicles such as wireless signals, tippers, workshop and gun tractors.
Has anyone else come across a cab 12 in deep bronze green?
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