Morris-Commercial Wireless info needed

[Alex van de Wetering]

Hanno,

Would that be the one that Hendrik van Oorspronk posted on the forum before?
I might have some info on the exterior, but sadly not the interior.

Alex

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

Would that be the one that Hendrik van Oorspronk posted on the forum before?

Alex,

Don't know. This one came from the Marshall Museum.

H.

[Alex van de Wetering]

Don't know. This one came from the Marshall Museum.

Here is my scaled version, a model I did about 10 years ago.


I wasn't able to find any info on the interior back than, so painted the inside black to cover up the empty house type body. I always thought the interior would have been crowded with equipment, but since found out that it isn't much more than a radio set, table and generator.

Alex

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

Here is my scaled version, a model I did about 10 years ago.

I can see by the cracked tyres - how realistic!

H.

[cliff]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

I can see by the cracked tyres - how realistic!

H.

Some of the realistic rubber tyres that came with certain model kits cracked like that within a few months of finishing. I changed over to resin copies to get away from this fault.

Les are they the Tamiya LRDG Chev kit wheels?

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

I found this extract from the WD Mechanization Board draft report of 1939-40that was never published:

To improve the vehicle in its role of wireless truck, a standard Morris-Commercial type C.S.8.T. 15-cwt truck was fitted with modified rear springs to the company’s drawing no. C.9699, and trials were carried out in direct comparison with a similarly-loaded standard truck. Personal observations and vibrometer records showed that the vehicle ran much more smoothly on roads with the new springs.

Is there any evidence that post-1939 orders required these modified rear springs please?

[Les Freathy]

They certainly look like the Tamiya tyres Cliff i only ever made one LRDG and the tyres seemed to melt at the bottom giving a great effect of flats on a shot up truck, obviously something wrong in the factory compound set up
cheers
Les

[Rolf S. Ask]

Originally Posted by David_Hayward

I found this extract from the WD Mechanization Board draft report of 1939-40that was never published:



Is there any evidence that post-1939 orders required these modified rear springs please?

David
In Spare Parts List for model C4/GS (Contract 294/23/S.6862 (Con. 23A9-Cat Ref.338) it is listed with part number C.9699 for the rear road springs. So it was for sure used post 1939 since the C4 was first made in 1942.

Rolf

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

I wasn't able to find any info on the interior back than, so painted the inside black to cover up the empty house type body. I always thought the interior would have been crowded with equipment, but since found out that it isn't much more than a radio set, table and generator.

Outside views are all I have come across (courtesy of Richard Notton).

H.