ex-Victory Museum Morris-Commercial PU8/4

Ron Pier · #1 26-10-09, 21:58

Hi Les.
I'm sure your first image is in fact the one in the Victory Museum in Indiana. It has the 900x16 tyres fitted as has mine.
The original tyres are slightly smaller with a finer tread pattern as in your second image. And strangely they are 925x16.

Ron

Ron Pier · #2 26-10-09, 22:06

PS Thanks Hanno, I'll just have to keep my eye on it.

Ron

Ron Pier · #3 26-10-09, 22:11

Here is the one in the Victory Museum Indiana, USA.
Ron

Maurice Donckers · #4 27-10-09, 10:58

about the outside exibits at Arlon, the Firefly and Carrier went back to the Belgian Army in Kapellen , the Churchill back to it`s owners , and Sherman back to US army in Germany.

Alex van de Wetering · #5 29-10-09, 22:43

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about the outside exibits at Arlon, the Firefly and Carrier went back to the Belgian Army in Kapellen , the Churchill back to it`s owners , and Sherman back to US army in Germany.

Thanks Maurice.

Alan McGuinness · #6 10-02-10, 00:42

Our friends on HMVF have posted a link to some great home movies from 1970 of early MV collecting in the UK - scroll down to the bottom here:

http://www.steamcar.net/past-cars.html

The third movie at about 16:48 is particularly relevant for this string (it's all entertaining though).

Ron Pier · #7 10-02-10, 13:08

Blimey well done on that Alan. That is first time I have ever seen another PU8/4 moving apart from my own. That is the one that now resides in the Victory museum in Auburn Indiana. It still looks exactly the same and even appears to have the same mud on it? No such yards like that left in England now, and did those blokes also actually get paid to work there? Such fun. I think the H&S officer would soon piss on their firework nowadays! Great that someone bothered to film it. I presume it was on Exmoor? Ron

Hanno Spoelstra · #8 04-01-21, 18:21

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Originally Posted by Alan McGuinness

Our friends on HMVF have posted a link to some great home movies from 1970 of early MV collecting in the UK - scroll down to the bottom here:

http://www.steamcar.net/past-cars.html

The third movie at about 16:48 is particularly relevant for this string (it's all entertaining though).

The video is no longer available on that site, but it can be found here: https://vimeo.com/9185388

To see all of Jeff Theobald's video's, go to: https://vimeo.com/user2003563