LRDG Pattern condensers

[rupert condick]

Hi there
there isa firm that does repro. expansion tanks.
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Austin K2Y in Malta,
these tanks appear to be fitted later in the war.

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the origanal trial were with a 2 gallon tank (POW),
so I suspect the round tank to be 2 gallons as well.

regs
Rupert

[Charlie Down]

I think the difference in vent tube length was due to the location of the condenser. On the Truck anything venting could go over the driver, hence the long tube to divert it downwards, but the Jeep's condenser location at the front was too far away from the crew to cause any problems, and the short tube would allow the driver to see any venting steam over the bonnet/hood to warn him of any over heating. Seems reasonable but will now be proved wrong!

[Charlie Down]

Found these images of the condenser mount.
This is on a Sudanese Defence force truck but these were closely modelled on LRDG trucks so confident the details are relevant.
Apologies for not recollecting the source, maybe Kuno Gross.

[rupert condick]

Well done!

looks like the same pattern,

regs
Rupert

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Frédéric Durras in France builds these replica expansion tanks for replica SAS Jeeps:

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Source: https://www.facebook.com/1557407999/...CmvUBNh4l/?d=n

[Lynn Eades]

And grills for slat grill Jeeps, by the look of it. Dimensions would help to work out the capacity of the tank. 6 1/4 gallons to the Cu.Ft. Metric is easier.

[rupert condick]

hi
they look quite nice,
I had a go at working out the dimntions based on the early tanks being 2 gallon POW cans, as the Austin ambulances had these fitted later in the war,
I guessed at 7 5/8" dia x 13 1/8" tall,
the small expansion pipe being 235 mm long running down the side of the tank,
othere sizes were 105 mm dia X 205 mmm high,
looks to be tin plate seams top and sides

i found this on the net sometime ago