R.A.F. Ground Equipment Blue - paint specification

[Keith Orpin]

Jan,
Unfortunately not, no motorcycles at all !. The smallest vehicles appear to be the odd couple of jeeps, and a number of british cars, the listing then goes right up to vehicles like a Crossley Tanker 6x4 and 3 Studebaker Tractor unit complete with 7 Ton trailor. There are a few CMP's mentioned namely, Ford V8 3 Ton 4x4 GS Truck (2 off), and a Ford 30cwt GS Truck. In all, there were 29 ex RAF vehicles out of a total of 2,300 sold over a 3 day period. Most of the vehicles carry their British Army serial number, a few had RN numbers, and the odd USA reg number is also there. I've just noticed at the top of the catalogue, that this was the second week's sale, so there may have been motorbikes in the first week's sale. It's still fascinating reading, as it has the prices along side each of the lots. As an example, a Willys jeep, with WD number M4648842 was sold for £10.00, and a Chevrolet 15cwt GS Truck was sold for £20.00 !. You also come across items like a Hillman 10hp 4 dr saloon with a WD number of USAX11226
On the motorbike front, we will have to keep looking guys
Keith