Knockers

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Richard Coutts-Smith

Another Coles crane conversion. Must be pretty common, they were lying around all over the place....
Liked all the room for a heavily booted clutch foot, and the familiar dash/switch gear/air cleaners of that era MV.
Perhaps Richard could elaborate on the "geared" steering.
This too has lost the use of the front diff, and is also a runner.
Rich.

Hi Rich,
Looking at the photos here, it looks like this AEC Coles might have been in Australian military service, going by the Coles data plate having their Australian service depot details on it, and having the FV instrument panel as well. Cab roof and windows are just slightly different to those in British service too.