Sold: 25-pdr limbers in Portugal

[Keith Brooker]

Thanks to Mark i have two of his wheel nuts to see if they fit as they arrived last week and then buy the rest and the cover, Cant post them to me as a lot of the post to Portugal gets sent back so i will have to try to get some one whos going to Europe from the uk to post from there.

[Keith Brooker]

Sad to say i cant do it up, so it is up for sale for £950.

* my one for £950 does need a lot of work. There is one for sale on millweb for £7,500.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Keith Brooker

Sad to say i cant do it up, so it is up for sale for £950.

* my one for £950 does need a lot of work. There is one for sale on millweb for £7,500.

Have reset the title to "for sale" - hope it finds a new home.

Thanks for saving it, Keith

[Keith Brooker]

Thanks Hanno, Hope it goes to a good home.

[Keith Brooker]

Sad for me but i cant do up my 1943 Limber. So its for sale for £950. Needs a lot of work but worth it.
The down side is i am in Portugal

[Keith Brooker]

Just bought these 25Pdr Shells 1942 and 1945, they have a lot of markings on them. One 13Pdr shell came with them dated 1916/17.

[Keith Brooker]

The other photos

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Originally Posted by Tony Smith

Not bigger, same size but different pitch.

CMP wheel nuts are 5/8"UNF (18 threads per inch), while British nuts are 5/8"BSF (14 tpi). And both types have Left and Right threads

It begs the question, why the designers couldn't have standardized on existing parts supplies?

Oh yes, I know. Urgency and lack of spare capacity.

[Grant Bowker]

Terry,

I think the answer is that each of the items mentioned was a "standard". The wheels used on CMP were basically to War Office (UK) design - standardized. The hubs the wheels were mounted on were a Canadian design so used "standard" threads. Left hand threads on the left side was common practice at the time- "standard".
If you are suggesting there should be a single global standard for threads and other components, you will have to get the USA to change to metric, and wait for all existing SAE threaded items to work their way out of existence.
In other words, don't rush to get rid of your inch wrenches...

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Peter Van Driessche in Belgium bit the bullet for a border raid across France and Spain into Portugal to pick up this limber.