Looking for Deepwater Fording and Wadeproofing CMPs

[Lang]

Richard

You are right, I think the overhead generator might have thrown Phil off the scent.

The photo is one of many original A4 size original glossies that are in the collection - not printed or copied - so they are very clear.

Lang

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Lang

Richard

You are right, I think the overhead generator might have thrown Phil off the scent.

The photo is one of many original A4 size original glossies that are in the collection - not printed or copied - so they are very clear.

Lang

Hi Lang,
The photo of an instrument panel with sealer all over it is from a Fordson WOT6 and also same vehicle type in icy water up to the windscreen. Very good photos for reference details no doubt. I lucky find. I have the waterproofing instruction for a couple of WW2 British armoured cars, for wading up to 3 feet and there is one heck of a lot of work involved, usually with a specific kit for the vehicle.

[Lang]

I love the caption on this "17 PDR. ON TOW BEHIND A STUART TOWER"

It could be a Rolls Royce on a rope as far as any useful information goes.

Richard can tell us what the partially waterproofed motor is.

[Lang]

More Photos.

What nightmare all these trucks would have been for mechanics after landing. Nobody would have removed any of that putty and goo and it would have baked hard in many cases after months or years in service before someone had to repair a carburetor or track a wire behind the instrument panel.

[Lang]

And some more

[Lang]

Had a quick go at copying a manual.

Non=standard paper size so looks like I will have to pull the staples out and do each page individually - bear with me, a few things on at the moment.

Lang

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Lang

Thanks for the test shots, interesting information.

Understand that this is something you are doing in your spare time, and spare time for most of us is a scares commodity so as you can is well understood.

As the books are a non standard size and hard to scan, hate to see you have to take the books apart. How about just shooting pictures of the pages with digital camera instead. Try one page of text and see if that is easier and quicker.

Test photo of 8.5X11 inch GM Product Review Magazine 1942 shot hand held natural light down sized from 3MB to 991KB to upload to MLU.
Test Photo 2.jpg

PS. Just realized should have converted to Mono or Black and White image but you get the idea.

Thanks again for the effort
Cheers Phil