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Hi Rob, nice to see you here! Your old photocopy of the Chilwell list came from me. cool militaria

Cheers, Ade.

Hi Guys, please take a look back at the previous few posts from Staff (Louis). He had problems uploading his pics. I have now added the pics to his posts from last month. Once the kitchen trailer...

Hi Andy, good original trailers are drying up so, it is worth chasing it up.

Cheers, Ade.

Hi Gabriel, see post 139 in this thread as it shows the wooden slats used for the floor and the standard 1 inch webbing straps. You will just have to estimate the length of the straps. Easy to...

Hi Gabriele, your English is fine! Welcome to the forum!

I think may of your questions are already answered in this thread.

I like the body of your trailer very much.

I have never seen this...

Hi Tiify, long time no see. We have missed Beltring this past two years due to my Mum's ill health. But she is on the mend now.

I look forwards to seeing the stores trailer.

Cheers, Ade & Lez.

Sounds good! Any pics?

Cheers, Ade.

Hi Dennis, and welcome to the forum!

See my post, number 71, in this thread. cool militaria

Cheers, Ade.

No, sorry....

Hi Svenn, it was actually at the printers last week. As soon as I have the price I will post.

Cheers, Ade.

Hi Steve, my friend Nigel has got one for you cool militaria

I am sending you a PM with his home phone number.

He also has an original Airborne trailer for sale too.

Cheers, Ade.

Hi John, just counted them and you are right! I should not post with a hangover!

These will be the later pattern wheels found on British trailers. Let me call my mate in Ripley, he might have...

Hi Steve, I looked and could not find any either but I know they have stocked them. Graham and Amanda are nice people and a pleasure to deal with.

Cheers, Ade.

Hi Steve, do you want the good news or the bad news?

The good news is I can help. The wheel you have is actually a WW2 Jeep "combat rim" wheel. I can see why the other was stolen as these fetch...

Hi Steve, welcome to the forum! Nice to meet another local lad cool militaria

I will ask a friend who lives near Ripley if he has any.

Do you have any pics of your trailer? How many studs to...

Hi David, I will check with my friend on when it will be published. He is in Thailand at the moment though.

Thanks for the interest.

Cheers, Ade.

Exciting news!

A friend has discovered an April 1949 trailer manual and is the First Edition, War Office Code 5460. It answers lots of questions such as what fits in the brackets inside the...

Looking good cool militaria

Cheers, Ade.

Hi Guys, I was contacted by a collector in the USA who was interested in knowing the WD numbers/contract info and makers details for these trailers. As I have just sent him this, I though I would...

Hi Peter, looks great!

I was over in Arnhem for a week for 65th.

Cheers, Ade.

Hi Peter, finally had chance to dig out my files.

Your trailer was made by SS Cars Ltd under contract "S8055". the contract was placed on 9/11/1944.

WD census numbers for this contract were...

Hi Peter, I will have to double check with my list which is packed away. But off hand I would say it will be 1945 given the high WD census number.

I look forwards to seeing some pics. Great to...

Hi Radek, they are nice pics from the 1950's which I had not seen before. Thanks for sharing them!

Cheers, Ade.

Hi Svenn, it is about 1/8th of an inch thick. :)

Cheers, Ade.

Hi Svenn, thank for the links to the spares that is very useful.

I can only say I have also seen them mounted on the side on a couple of unrestored trailers. It could well be they were moved...