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More pics of Commer Q2 radio vehicles, courtesy of Les Freathy.
As they seem to have post-war registrations, these were pics must have been made post-1949. 127492798_1769683589879489_5581959052769404317_n (1).jpg 127451796_1769683266546188_1586028510967413538_n.jpg Editd to add: The second picture is captioned "Mobile D/F Station from the early early 1950s. On site in RAF Jever, Germany" at http://www.vintageradio.me.uk/military/r1132_a.htm
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The Nevington War Museum lists it as "Commer Q2 Type 105 Radio Van"
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The Type 105 Radio Vehicle's purpose was a mobile VHF direction finder station:
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RAF Commer and captured Commer.
Photos from my collection.
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So, I have a dilema.
We have removed the body from our Q2 and we are still left wondering about what body would have been fitted. The chassis rails are very short and have a heavy duty fitted wartime towbar arrangement. We have rubbed the chassis down and can confirm it has not been cut down or welded at any position. 51169568136_ffa7de03ba.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...ffa7de03ba.jpg So, the options.
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Hello Kevin!
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The 30-cwt truck side view above shows the chassis is considerably shorter than the body. Quote:
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Hi Hanno,
Thanks for replying and giving your thoughts. Mine definitely has the Pintle Hook and its good to see photos of the Tructor towbar that is a lot more substantial. I have compared the photos I have for the GS bodied truck with mine and the chassis is a lot shorter. Agreed, the body has quite an overhang on the GS truck but the rails do extend quite far behind the rear wing. If you look at mine from the side the chassis stops roughly in line with the back edge of the rear wing. It simply doesn't look right, and also the GS body made for mine is considerably shorter than the original but this was made postwar as far as I know so is not original. Thanks, Kevin. |
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