Bren Mount ???
 

Hello Gentlemen,

I am building an RAAF Ford pickup in 1:35 scale.
This one.
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u...psrdizqwcu.jpg

I have also found this picture.
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u...psxfrdp88z.jpg

Is the contraption attached to the bumper a Bren AA mount?
If so does anyone have more info about it?
Maybe dimensions and how it is attached, there seems to be a connection to the mudguard??:blink:

thanks in advance
All the best
Leon

I've seen similar mounts coming from the roof for a Bren. Will look in my files and see if I can find any.

I doubt that it is a gun mount.

Gun mount
 

Would be an odd place for an A-A gun mount of any kind. AA mounts go on top at the highest point. Maybe a homemade umbrella holder for giving shade in the desert when on halts?

ute
 

The top pic is of a 1940 model. The lower pic is of a 1941 model - this vehicle has wider tyres fitted and may be a 30 cwt model , it is higher compared to the 15 cwt ? ute in the top pic., the bonnet is at shoulder height

Gentlemen thanks for your help so far.

I have found two more pictures with this device.
Both are 3 ton RAF Ford trucks, so maybe it is a RAF specific thing? :confused
Strange also is that I have found this only on Ford trucks?? :confused
It may not be appropriate to put on an 15cwt RAAF ford truck :giveup

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps9qx5dvtu.jpg

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u...psubga0mea.jpg

I agree it is a strange place for a AA mount, but I have no idear what els it could be.

All the best
Leon

cable
 

I have seen similar fittings on signals vehicles, they ran the signal/telephone cables through a fitting mounted on a pole on the signals trucks , similar to that setup in your pic Mike

Antennae mount
 

Good work. Antennae mount or telephone wire support. Good old Air Force ! imaginative fellows!