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  • Members: 333
  • Category: Automotive
  • Founded: Nov 3, 2000
  • Language: English
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3439 joshhayles Offline Send Email Mar 1, 2002
2:00 pm
This from the BBC: Two hundred jobs are to go at a South Cheshire truck manufacturer. The cuts in July will halve the number of workers at ERF in Middlewich,...
3440 joshhayles Offline Send Email Mar 2, 2002
3:46 pm
"Bravenet" seems to have gone off-line today (Saturday) knocking out all the services in our "Interactive Panel" at aecsociety.com Hopefully services will be...
3442 joshhayles Offline Send Email Mar 2, 2002
9:58 pm
Phewwwwwww! Am I relieved to see this here! Beginning to think it was something we'd said. Thanks Andy!...
3443 joshhayles Offline Send Email Mar 2, 2002
10:09 pm
Looks like a scene from Mad Max! Where is it?...
3445 andrewwright23@... Send Email Mar 3, 2002
11:30 am
Hi Josh The Mandator is located in the hills near Caernarfon,if someone had a cab it would be a smashing project to do. If anyone is interested I would gladly...
3449 Neil Fraser
aecsouthall Offline Send Email
Mar 3, 2002
3:40 pm
I went along to the excellent LT Museum annexe at Acton Town today for their first Open Day of 2002. I met up with Keith Rose, Keith had brought RM 2037...
3452 joshhayles Offline Send Email Mar 4, 2002
12:41 am
... JOSH REPLIES: ============= Great stuff! Excellent work..thanks!...
3453 joshhayles Offline Send Email Mar 4, 2002
12:44 am
Apologies to anyone trying to access any of the services in our famous "Interactive Panel". They are all hosted at a company called Bravenet, which has had to ...
3454 Neil Fraser
aecsouthall Offline Send Email
Mar 5, 2002
4:50 pm
Are any members able to tell me why a "Crash" gearbox is so called please? TIA Neil...
3455 joshhayles Offline Send Email Mar 5, 2002
5:56 pm
Well...that was a shock to the system. Within hours of Bravenet unplugging itself from the net for security reasons, YAHOOGROUPS went off-line. What bad...
3457 Neil Fraser
aecsouthall Offline Send Email
Mar 6, 2002
3:57 am
I can't find an A-reg Regent V in my records so I presume this Derby trainer photographed in 1990 has been re-registered. Photo © John Law. I can't find an...
3458 Neil Fraser
aecsouthall Offline Send Email
Mar 6, 2002
3:57 am
Reliance/Alexander seen at Airdrie in 1976. Photo © John Law. Reliance/Alexander seen at Airdrie in 1976. Photo © John Law....
3460 Neil Fraser
aecsouthall Offline Send Email
Mar 6, 2002
4:31 am
G&G of Leamington Spa, 1961 AEC Regent V 2D3RA982 with MCCW H39/31F body, new to Rhondda. Seen in 1979. Photo © John Law. G&G of Leamington Spa, 1961 AEC ...
3461 Peter Relf
peter_relf Offline Send Email
Mar 6, 2002
6:56 am
I should think it's because of the noise it makes if the gear-change is missed !! Peter R. ... From: Neil Fraser To: Yahoo Group AEC Society Sent: Monday,...
3462 Brian
bigto_2000 Offline Send Email
Mar 6, 2002
7:11 am
Surely this is from the days when synchromesh gearboxes first existed and being easier and smoother to use the older boxes thus became known as 'crash' boxes. ...
3464 joshhayles Offline Send Email Mar 6, 2002
11:37 am
... JOSH SEZ: ========= There you are Neil..you can go and make one for your kid's bike now!...
3465 berisfordjones Offline Send Email Mar 6, 2002
1:38 pm
I may be technically wrong but the way I've always understood is: Unlike a 'synchromesh' gearbox where the gears are synchronised to meet each other during...
3466 Neil Fraser
aecsouthall Offline Send Email
Mar 6, 2002
6:02 pm
1959 AEC Regent V 2MD3RA609 with Massey lowbridge body, new to Bedwas & Machen Urban District Council, passing to Rhymney Valley District Council in 1974. Seen...
3467 Neil Fraser
aecsouthall Offline Send Email
Mar 6, 2002
6:06 pm
Ribblesdale's of Blackburn rare Caetano-bodied Reliance, seen at Blackpool in 1982. The VR reg is WTU 489W. Photo © John Law. Ribblesdale's of Blackburn rare ...
3468 Neil Fraser
aecsouthall Offline Send Email
Mar 6, 2002
6:35 pm
Kerr's of Galston (near Ayr) Matador recovery. The beastie next to it is a BMC 250 Ju (I think!) Photo © John Law. Kerr's of Galston (near Ayr) Matador ...
3469 Neil Fraser
aecsouthall Offline Send Email
Mar 6, 2002
7:01 pm
"AEC Mercury" is the latest title in the Commercial Vehicles Archive Series written and published by Graham Edge, and an excellent volume it is too! Graham's...
3470 uw167@...
uw1672000 Offline Send Email
Mar 6, 2002
8:57 pm
Unless they had more than one, this is likely to be O853741 / 03YZ69, new in 1940. First civi owner was Russell of Bathgate and according to my records it ...
3471 aecsouthall Offline Send Email Mar 6, 2002
11:39 pm
... Subject: [yg-status] Groups outage Monday March 4 Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 18:14:51 -0000 From: "groupsproducer" <groupsproducer@y...> Reply-To:...
3472 Neil Fraser
aecsouthall Offline Send Email
Mar 7, 2002
12:20 am
Thanks to all for the replies to my query. So "Crash" literally means crashing the gears then? I didn't know that. Must have been krackering driving those...
3473 aecsociety@... Send Email Mar 7, 2002
12:23 am
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the aecsociety group: From the drivers's perspective which is the best type of gearchange? o Syncromesh...
3474 aecsouthall Offline Send Email Mar 7, 2002
12:33 am
Neil says "after all that I spell 'synchromesh' incorrectly!"...
3475 joshhayles Offline Send Email Mar 7, 2002
12:42 am
... JOSH SEZ: ======== Sounds frightening!...
3476 Peter Relf
peter_relf Offline Send Email
Mar 7, 2002
3:41 am
Neil, It was originally 239 AJB and is one of the batch new to AWRE Aldermaston. It is now preserved. Peter R. ... From: Neil Fraser To: Yahoo Group AEC...
3477 joshhayles Offline Send Email Mar 7, 2002
8:50 am
... JOSH SEZ: ======== I can't find the crash option...
3478 Nigel Utting
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Mar 7, 2002
9:52 am
Hmm... Cornish plate - <puts 2+2 together>. I have a feeling that this would be one of the ex-AERE ones that went down to Edes of Par. That small 'destination'...
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