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Even in busy Lower Manhattan with increasing number of residents. when the workers head home, some of the vendors put their carts away for the day. The shorter the walk the better. Large units where you see cooks-servers standing up inside are hooked up to SUV utilityvehicles or such, and hauled away somewhere.
Rich GR II f/4 1/200 ISO 400 18mm.
The Mahindra Scorpio final assembly line. This photo was taken with permission at Mahindra's Scorpio assembly line at Nashik during a press tour.
The 4-tonne Leyland DAF T244 and T244 GS an air transportable version.
In June 1989 the Leyland DAF 4-tonne truck was selected to be the basis of the next generation of 4-tonne trucks used by the British Army. The selection followed an arduous ''drive off'' contest against designs from all wheel drive Bedford and Volvo Trucks. The initial order was for 5,350 units and production started the same year. First production vehicles were delivered in 1990. Deliveries were completed in the mid 1990's. This Leyland DAF T244 General Utility Truck is currently in service with British Army, Royal Navy and Air Force. A small number of these trucks were exported to Brunei, Indonesia, Ireland, Kenya and Malaysia.
The Leyland entrant, now produced by Leyland Trucks, was based on a design known as the T244, an entirely orthodox design with a forward control all-steel cab and the conventional cargo body with a removable tailgate and dropsides. Vehicle has a payload capacity of 3.937 tons. In 1995 a payload option of 5 000 kg was introduces. A small number of vehicles were upgraded to this standard. The Leyland DAF T244 can tow trailers or artillery pieces with a maximum weight of 4.921 tons.
The forward tilting cab design was based on the C.44 used on the Leyland Roadrunner commercial light truck and is so arranged to allow the vehicle to be driven directly into a C-130 Hercules transport aircraft (the T244 GS model) Cab accommodates driver plus two passengers, the sleeper cab has space to allow it to be used for driver training or to allow radios to be installed, in addition to the space provision for the crew's kit. The cab roof is strengthened to bear the weight of two men and has provision for a roof hatch and machine gun installation over the observers platform inside the cab.
Every component on the vehicle was rigorously tested prior to the selection contest, including the axles which were specially developed at the Leyland Albion plant in Glasgow. This military truck is powered by a Leyland DAF 310 5.9-liter diesel engine, developing 145hp. The vehicle has a full-time all-wheel drive. Optional equipment included winch or hydraulic crane.
The Leyland truck has assumed many of the tasks undertaken by the previous Bedford M series 4-tonne vehicles. It can carry 20 troops or 3 standard NATO pallets, and may be encountered with a variety of special bodies. These are a flat-bed versions used to carry Medium Girder Bridge sections, a field refueling module, various types of containers for electronics and communication systems, workshops, and acting as a mobile trackway carrier and layer. Optional equipment includes a front or rear-operating winch, left or right-hand drive, a tipper body, and a load-handling crane, or infrared reflective paint finish. In 2005 MAN was awarded a contract to replace a number of vehicle type in service with the United Kingdom. The Leyland DAF T244 was replaced by the MAN HX60, which has a 6 ton payload capacity.
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS -
▪︎Country of Origin: United Kingdom
▪︎Entered Service: 1990
▪︎Configuration: 4x4
▪︎Cab: Driver plus two personnel
▪︎Weight: 6 ton (empty)
▪︎Maximum Load: 4.2 ton
▪︎Length: 21 ft 9 in
▪︎Width: 8 ft 2 in
▪︎Height: 10 ft 11 in
▪︎Engine: Leyland 310 5.9-liter diesel engine, 145 hp
▪︎Maximum Road Speed: 55.3 mph
▪︎Range: 310.6 miles
▪︎Gradient: 60%
▪︎Side Slope: 30%
▪︎Vertical Step: ~ 0.5 m
▪︎Trench: ~ 1 ft 7 in
▪︎Fording: 2 ft 5 in
Information sourced from - www.military-today.com/trucks/leyland_daf_t244.htm
The small crossover utility market continues to be a hot topic as sales increase from active lifestyle consumers seeking solutions that appease their utilitarian needs. With character traits based on athletic styling, inventive utility, fuel efficiency and both advanced connectivity and telematics automakers have set the bar high with vehicles such as the all-new Hyundai Kona. It drives smarter, works swankier and plays harder.
The acronym Unimog came from the German phrase UNIversal-MOtorGerät (universal-power-unit)
In 1942 the Ford GPA ''Seep'' was first designed to transport soldiers to and from offshore ships but it couldn't handle the force of the waves despite the front shield. Instead it was used for crossing rivers in a reconnaissance role but performed poorly on land so production ended in 1943 and survivors are now rare.
The controls are similar to those of a Jeep with the addition of two PTP levers, one for the propeller and one for the bilge pump. The rudder is connected to the steering linkage and it has an engine driven anchor capstan. The seat cushions were intended to double as life preserves.
After military service the Museum's example came from the Channel Islands were it was used for rides on the beach. It required extensive restoration and is now in working order.
Specifications -
▪︎Engine: 4-cylinder side valve, 60bhp
▪︎Transmission: 3 speed FED + propeller drive
▪︎Speed: Road - 50mph / water - 5.5mph
▪︎Weight: 3,400lb.
Information from The Muckleburgh Military Collection.
The successor to the successful series I was the series II, which saw a production run from 1958 to 1961. It came in 88 in and 109 in wheelbases (normally referred to as the 'SWB' and 'LWB'). This was the first Land Rover to receive the attention of Rover's styling department. Chief Stylist David Bache produced the familiar 'barrel side' waistline, with a 5 in greater width to cover the vehicle's wider tracks, as well as the improved design of the truck cab variant, introducing the curved side windows and rounded roof still used on current Land Rovers.
The series II was the first vehicle to use the well-known 2.25-litre petrol engine, although the first 1,500 or so short wheelbase (SWB) models retained the 52 hp 2.0-litre petrol engine from the series I. This larger petrol engine produced 72 hp and was closely related to the 2.0-litre diesel unit still in use. This engine became the standard Land Rover unit until the mid-1980's when diesel engines became more popular.
The 109 in series II station wagon introduced a twelve-seater option on top of the standard ten-seater layout. This was primarily to take advantage of U.K tax laws, by which a vehicle with 12 seats or more was classed as a bus, and was exempt from Purchase Tax and Special Vehicle Tax. This made the twelve-seater not only cheaper to buy than the 10-seater version, but also cheaper than the seven-seater 88 in Station Wagon. The twelve-seater layout remained a highly popular body style for decades, being retained on the later series and Defender variants until 2002, when it was dropped.
The unusual status of the twelve-seater remained until the end, such vehicles were classed as minibuses and thus could use bus lanes and (if registered correctly) could be exempt from the London Congestion Charge. There was some degree of overlap between series I and II production. Early series II 88 in vehicles were fitted with the old 2-litre petrol engine to use up existing stock from production of the series I. The 107 in Station Wagon continued until late 1959 due to continued demand from export markets and to allow the production of series-II components to reach full level.
General characteristics -
▪︎Manufacturer: Land Rover
▪︎Production: 1958 to 1961
▪︎Body Style: 2-door Off-road vehicle / 4-door Off-road vehicle / 2-door Pickup
▪︎Engine: 2.0 L petrol I4 / 2.25 L petrol I4 / 2.0 L I4 diesel
▪︎Transmission: 4-speed manual
▪︎Wheelbase: 88.0 in (SWB) / 109.0 in (LWB)
▪︎Length: 142.4 in (SWB) / 175.0 in (LWB)
▪︎Width: 66.0 in
▪︎Height: 77.5 in (SWB) / 81.0 in (LWB)
▪︎Predecessor: Land Rover series I
▪︎Successor: Land Rover series IIA.
Information sourced from - en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Rover_series
Recently, Kourtney and her husband drove their new 2012 Outback to Blue Knob. We loved the feedback she gave us after their trip … “one of my favorite things about Subarus are their versatility in all kinds of weather. I love it and feel like I can go anywhere =) It's my second Subaru, so I'm a fan for life.”
Digging into the recent archives as the weather has been dreadful almost all week.
Thank you for your favourites. :O)
The DKW Munga is an off-road vehicle built by Auto Union which was a partnership between DKW, Horch, Wanderer and Audi. The new company's insignia was the now familiar 4 rings which are still used by Audi. ''Munga'' is a German acronym for ''multi-purpose universal cross-country car with all-wheel drive''.
Production took place between 1956 and 1968 when almost 50,000 vehicles were built. It's 879cc cylinder two stroke engine is remarkably effective even though it sounds like a lawn mower ! Because of its light weight and four-wheel drive it can negotiate the toughest of terrain.
In 1957 the vehicle was used by the West German Armed Forces and Border Police and other foreign military units within NATO. Around 2,000 were aquired by the Dutch Army, many of which were shipped to the UK in the late 1970's. This example was one of these vehicles and was donated to the Museum by a private owner.
Specifications -
▪︎Engine: 3-cylinder inline 980cc, 44bhp
▪︎Speed: 60mph
▪︎Range: 248 miles
▪︎Weight: 1.17 tons
▪︎Transmission: 4 forward, 1 reverse
▪︎Battery: 2 x 12 volt to give 24 volt system
▪︎Crew: 4.
Information from The Muckleburgh Military Collection.
This is a Yanmar utility vehicle with hydraulic dumper. It has eight drive wheels and is powered by a diesel engine. It was on consignement at Reinbold's Sales, Frankenmuth 9/08.
near Mammoth Hot Springs in the Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
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I just thought this looked cool- the two dump trucks approaching each other. The third one was just for fun, I guess.
The Land Rover Defender (initially called the Land Rover Ninety and Land Rover One Ten) is a British four-wheel-drive off-road utility vehicle developed from the original Land Rover Series launched in June 1948. In October 2013 Land Rover announced that production would end in December 2015 after a continuous run of 67 years. Production finally ended on 29 January 2016 when the last Defender, H166 HUE, rolled off the production line at 9:22. Jaguar Land Rover announced their intention to launch a replacement "new Defender", which motoring journalists speculate will be "quite different" from the original version.
Land Rover 110 Defender 4x4 Utility Vehicle
The British Land Rover, one of the most influential and much-loved British vehicles of all time, was launched in 1948 and remained in production with much the same basic specification until 1983 when the Series 3 109 inch was replaced by a new One-Ten model (110 inch wheelbase). The traditional Land Rover body shape remained but coil springs, introduced in the new Range Rover, replaced the long-lived leaf spring suspension, and the four cylinder engines were fitted with an all-synchromesh five speed gearbox. In 1984 the coil spring Ninety (with a wheelbase just short of 93 inches) fitted with a four cylinder engine was introduced. A V8-powered version appeared the following year and in 1986 a new 85bhp, 2495cc turbo-diesel engine became available, then in 1990 the Ninety and One-Ten range was renamed Defender 90, 110 and 130. Not surprisingly the new Land Rovers proved popular for Military use and UK Ministry of Defence.
Land Rover has a range of specialised Defence Vehicles including the Defender FFR (Fitted for Radio) model, a platform to provide modern Defence Forces with a flexible and highly-mobile range of Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4i) roles. The vehicle combines an upgraded dual-voltage power supply and full electrical suppression with the acclaimed all-terrain performance of the Land Rover Defender. It is capable of transporting sensitive electronic equipment safely through challenging conditions in support of C4i operations, and is also effective as a carrier of electronic surveillance and electronic counter-measures technology.
To support the power demands of the latest electronic equipment, the new Defender FFR features a new electrical architecture with a dual 12v / 24v power supply, replacing the 24v system of the previous model. The total output is raised from 100 amps to 280 amps, enabling a significant increase in the amount of C4i equipment that can be operated. Two high-output 12v glass mat, air-transportable military specification batteries are fitted, giving improved engine cranking at lower temperatures. The batteries are now stowed under the rear floor, releasing extra space in rear body for equipment. All of the Defender FFR’s electrical systems are fully suppressed in accordance with the most stringent test standards (including Def Stan 59-411 Class A and Mil Std 461F) enabling C4i equipment to be installed without further suppression work.
The operational performance of the Defender FFR is further enhanced by the standardisation of a heavy duty 3500kg chassis, providing improved payload capability, and the fitment of a new 90kW 2.4-litre diesel engine which offers over 35% more torque than the previous model.
Additional improvements include a more spacious and efficient driving environment with a new ergonomic dashboard design, and a foldable forward-facing radio operator’s seat with integral headrest and 3-point safety belt for improved comfort and safety.
Sources from :
www.classicdriver.com/en/car/land-rover/defender/1987/691401
www.army-technology.com/contractors/vehicles/land-rover/p...
The small crossover utility market continues to be a hot topic as sales increase from active lifestyle consumers seeking solutions that appease their utilitarian needs. With character traits based on athletic styling, inventive utility, fuel efficiency and both advanced connectivity and telematics automakers have set the bar high with vehicles such as the all-new Hyundai Kona. It drives smarter, works swankier and plays harder.
When the UK MoD procured the current military Land Rover fleet in 1996, the coil-sprung turbo-diesel inter-cooled engine Defender HS/XD or ‘Wolf’ version which primarily replaced the last of the leaf-sprung and petrol engined Series III fleet mostly built between 1971 and 1984, they also had on strength several thousand naturally aspirated diesel engine pre-Defender (mostly) long and short wheelbase Land Rovers mainly built around 1985-87. As these mid-80's vehicles had a planned service life of 15 years plus an expectation of a few more years in reserve stocks, only 8,000 of the Wolf model (plus 800 similarly engined stretched wheelbase Pulse Ambulances) were procured. However by 2006/7 the roughly 4,000-strong pre-Wolf fleet was both overdue for replacement and also assessed as being no longer compliant with the latest road safety regulations. Tithonus was a means of temporarily solving these issues without buying a fleet of new vehicles.
There is no doubt that UK MoD got its money’s worth with the pre-Wolf Land Rover fleet, which saw active service in quantity in the 1991 Gulf War and on following operations in the Former Yugoslavia, though it was mostly the Wolf which stepped up to the plate for the later conflicts in Sierra Leone, Afghanistan and Iraq, but by 2007 the now 20-year old fleet was getting a little jaded and most of the short wheelbase models had been replaced by their younger Tdi-powered siblings. However the option of buying more Wolf Land Rovers was no longer on the table, as not only had this model only ever been produced for the UK Forces and that part of the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps designated to work alongside the Royal Marines, but once the original contract was fulfilled UK MoD expressed no willingness to support Land Rover in keeping the specialist Wolf jigs and pressings in store for future contracts. In 2007 there was no budget available to allow competitive trials, as required under EU rules, for a new vehicle fleet. The option of a mid-life upgrade for the best of the ageing fleet was, however, deemed viable.
It was therefore decided that around £10 million would be spent on cosmetically sprucing up the best 3,700 or so of the remaining pre-Wolf Land Rover fleet to theoretically extend in-service life to over thirty years. That figure, which works out at around £2,700 per vehicle, had to include fitting a new Wolf-style roll-over cage and bodywork strengthening fitments to the rear compartment plus fitting either a new Wolf-style hard top or canopy, and external protection bars also had to be added to the cab as well as a new paint job applied to make the vehicles look a bit smarter. It was suspected that the £10 million figure did not include ABRO staff wages and when the project team were questioned at DVD 2007 they admitted there was no money in the budget for major mechanical upgrades. The brief was simply: To repair the vehicles to field standard, refurbish bulkheads and chassis, renew all brake components, wheel bearings, hub seals and shock absorbers, wax inject chassis and bulkhead, repaint the vehicle and underseal the chassis.
The external inverted safety hoop over the windscreen was bolted to the the door and windscreen hinges and through the wing top and the two welded tubes which ran above and parallel to the door tops were connected through the new hard top to the front internal roll cage hoop by a single bolt. This bolted construction allowed for the top to be removed and the vehicle to be stripped down to waist height for reduced silhouette in combat environments, where safety from enemy attack naturally takes precedence over peacetime road safety considerations. Turning to the rear roll cage cum canopy support, looked quite similar to that of the 1997/8 Wolf model, but it was actually re-engineered by Ricardo to make it stronger. Marketed by the company as ROPS (Roll Over Protection System) the most noticeable internal difference of strengthening was the cross-bracing behind the cab.
Each Tithonus Land Rover was individually selected and fully refurbished by the MoD in 2007-2008 as part of the British Army LEP (Life Extension Programme) The project was to extend the overall service life of the Land Rover's by 10 years, from 20 to 30 years.
▪︎Year into service: 1980's
▪︎Defender 110 Tithonus Hardtop RHD
▪︎Features include
▪︎2.5 litre NAD diesel reconditioning engine
▪︎5 speed LT 77 gearbox
▪︎Hi / Low transfer box
▪︎Centre diff lock
▪︎Front disc brakes
▪︎Fully integrated Wolf roll cage including front external and rear internal hoop system
▪︎16in rims
▪︎7.50R16 Michelin XZL tyres
▪︎Updated Exmore front seats with head rest
▪︎Rear bench seats x2 with lap belts
▪︎Front and rear, sound proof rubber matting
▪︎Chequer plating to siils and bonnet.
Informed credited to - www.joint-forces.com/land-rovers/37091-mlr44-tithonus-a-s...
STALWART H.M.L.C. FV620 -
The Stalwart H.M.L.C. (High Mobility Load Carrier) FV620 first entered service in 1960 and was manufactured by Alvis in the UK.
ENGINE - The Stalwart is fitted with a Rolls Royce B81 8 cylinder 6.2 litre water cooled petrol engine producing 210bhp at 3,750rpm coupled to a five speed manual gearbox, giving the vehicle a top speed of 45mph on the road.
Although at some time in its history the mechanism has been disabled, the Stalwart was designed to be fully amphibious, being fitted with a Dowty water jet propulsion system. This vehicle is, at the moment, in the early stages of restoration.
ROLE - The Stalwart high mobility 6x6 truck was designed to deliver up to 5 tonnes of supplies throughout the battlefield, in particular ammunition or fuel for the Main Battle Tanks, thus allowing the frontline troops to be resupplied, whatever the conditions.
SPECIFICATIONS -
▪︎Weight: 9 tons
▪︎Maximum payload: 5 tons
▪︎Width: 8 ft 4 in
▪︎Height: 7 ft 5 in
▪︎Length: 20 ft 8 in
▪︎Crew: Driver / Commander + One.
Information sourced from - norfolktankmuseum.co.uk/stalwart-h-m-l-c-fv630/
The DKW Munga is an off-road vehicle built by Auto Union which was a partnership between DKW, Horch, Wanderer and Audi. The new company's insignia was the now familiar 4 rings which are still used by Audi. ''Munga'' is a German acronym for ''multi-purpose universal cross-country car with all-wheel drive''.
Production took place between 1956 and 1968 when almost 50,000 vehicles were built. It's 879cc cylinder two stroke engine is remarkably effective even though it sounds like a lawn mower ! Because of its light weight and four-wheel drive it can negotiate the toughest of terrain.
In 1957 the vehicle was used by the West German Armed Forces and Border Police and other foreign military units within NATO. Around 2,000 were aquired by the Dutch Army, many of which were shipped to the UK in the late 1970's. This example was one of these vehicles and was donated to the Museum by a private owner.
Specifications -
▪︎Engine: 3-cylinder inline 980cc, 44bhp
▪︎Speed: 60mph
▪︎Range: 248 miles
▪︎Weight: 1.17 tons
▪︎Transmission: 4 forward, 1 reverse
▪︎Battery: 2 x 12 volt to give 24 volt system
▪︎Crew: 4.
Information from The Muckleburgh Military Collection.