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02-08-14, 01:37
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Ron
I still go for BD. The later hidden-button BD appear a bit thicker but those button-showing pattern jackets were pretty thin and the jacket looks the same material as the trousers which seem almost certainly British pattern BD. Lang Last edited by Lang; 02-08-14 at 01:43. 
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02-08-14, 02:00
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The photo of the Morris could have been taken at Tidworth in Wiltshire, see this AWM photo as there is a similar Morris in the background, same unit too.
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P10262.011/
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02-08-14, 07:24
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The tyre on the 25pdr has a most unusual looking tread.
Either that or it picked up some parquetry flooring somehow. David
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02-08-14, 07:58
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I have a tyre care manual somewhere from early war period that has that pattern tread. It would certainly have been a lot better in the mud than the non-directionals and definately a lot safer on wet sealed roads. A bit wasted as a tyre on a trailed unit. Lang
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02-08-14, 08:31
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As far as I know. The denim uniform was exactly the same style as the BD. Here is mine that I wear..... if I have to! It's just more comfortable than BD. Although the wind can whip through it when riding on a chilly morning. Sorry Mike if we're going off topic a bit! Ron
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02-08-14, 10:10
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That tyre looks like a Firestone Ground Grip, one of the WD supplied tyres at the time.
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02-08-14, 10:33
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I have looked eveywhere for Firestone Ground Grip of that period and all I can find is a couple of variations on directional and non-directional bearing the Ground Grip badging. I suspect it might be another brand. What other makers apart from Firestone and Dunlop were supplying in UK at that time? Maybe a bit early for imported tyres? Lang
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12-08-14, 09:45
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Quote:
P10262.0115.jpg
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12-08-14, 10:48
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Ah .... one tyre make not listed in the WD data book ........... could be Michelin. I have seen odd fitments of these tread patterns on WW2 vehicles. They had a plant in Stoke on Trent but not sure if it was working during the war.
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