Morris CS8 water truck

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Hi Mike, interesting to see the page on the Thompson Bros. A little while ago a number of photos "from the Thompson Brothers archive" turned up on FB, see one here: http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...d.php?p=288926. AFAIK the Commer water tank truck was not taken into production.

Thanks for that link, I had not seen the Commer pic with the 200 gallon tank. Looks like it was a 'test' fit-up that didn't go ahead into production.

For those who may have missed this. A film depicting the method and equipment.

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C189881

The original filters seen in the film are very scarce now as most were thrown away. Some restorers have made up repro filters and fittings.....

Richard Moyes in the UK recently finished his MWC truck , he has amazing fabrication skills and he hand made just about everything for the truck. His work can be seen here.
https://hmvf.co.uk/topic/36001-bedfo...ration/page/9/

An example of Richard's work, he cast the filter lids himself. All the fittings were fabricated as well.