Radar Trailer

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

Speechless! 1942 Model Fox ACs assembled by Melbourne Plant, supplied under Australian Contract # 278 CA 652! I printed off the list but my eyes have got screwed up trying to read the GMC 270 engine numbers!

I have never yet seen a photo of the Radar Train, and wonder if Bart had any in his collection? I suspect though that the Imperial War Museum has some shots and will check in due course.

Of course we in the UK have the Freedom of Information Act now, so it's shareware/freeware/everywhere.

I hope to completely update my Ford/Chev/GMC/Dodge/Fargo contract & census number listing in due course after studying all the BRITISH record cars for contracts held by the Tank Museum in Bovington, Dorset which is about 40 miles or so away. There should be some platinum nuggets in there including overseas theatre numbers and also Australian/NZ etc. Supply/Mechanical overseas contracts deliveries.

[Mike Cecil]

REF the AWM 126 page showing the GM A/Car chassis posted 28-2-05 that David H got so excited about:

No, just the chassis: they were used as the basis of mobile cranes after the Rhino project went belly-up, not for A'Cars.

There are indeed many little gems in the AWM126 series.

Mike C

[alamotex]

Mike C My friends might accuse me of putting you up to posting your recent item on the thread started by Tony Smith back in 24.02.05. It comes on the eve of the publication of a piece that I contributed to the IEEE Canadian Review Autumn 2012 issue. Followers of this thread might like to log on to the web edition of the forementioned piece at www.ieee.ca/canrev/index.html Click on the cover photo in the top left corner and a link to the full article will appear below the photo as Hi res PDF.file. 6.0.MB. Scroll down to the item titled LAST ONE STANDING.

I have been unsuccessful in getting any useful information about the former WOODSTOCK, ONTARIO company TRUCK ENGINEERING LTD where the radar trailers were manufactured during WW II

Cheers Brian ( aka Alamotex)

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Brian

Just read the article surprisingly a non-technical more historical description of these 1st mobile fire directory units. Here is the link straight to the Journal http://www.ieee.ca/canrev/cr69/IEEEC...eview_no69.pdf .

I have followed this thread and the discussion of radar with interest as my father was an electrical engineer working on the development of Radar for the US Navy during the Second World War. Working on both ship board and ground mobile units.

Now I'll have to go digging through back issues of the IEEE Journal to see what other bits of historical interest may be hiding there.

Cheers and Thanks for sharing this link Phil

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Phil Waterman

Here is the link straight to the Journal

Link doesn't work for me.

[alamotex]

Looks as if you are right ,Tony. Neither the link provided by me nor the direct link suggested by Phil worked when tried them. Could be that the ieee link was a one off for my personal use only. Will send PM as a follow up. Brian

[alamotex]

Checked this URL later and it did work OK
http://www.ieee.ca/canrev/cr69/IEEEC...eview_no69.pdf

Cheer Brian