So is it alright, on this evidence, for me to drive over to work on the restoration of my truck then? I thought we were supposed to stay at home and only leave the house for a limited number of essential purposes.

Thanks John, it is but a small part of a 15cwt Bedford MWR radio truck restoration….

Another tip, if, when the project is up and running, you want to remove plating from nuts and bolts….use Sainsbury’s power limescale toilet cleaner, which removes it in about 15 minutes!

You could also try the WWII Wireless Society Facebook Page or VMARS. 

Those clips almost look like the old style of jubilee clips made of wire with a wing nut instead of slotted head screw to tighten up and with some way of mounting to the frame added.

Would it be possible to reform a larger clip into a figure of eight in some way, perhaps with the aid of some heat, and add a variable size collar from some rolled spring steel (from a old saw perhaps) to go under the wire circles.

See Stirling Project Update thread below.

Built at Newton Heath Manchester as part of order for 300 504Ks placed in November 1917.

22/3/18 issued to 3 Training Depot Station (TDS), Lopscombe Corner, Salisbury

?/7/18 with Aeroplane Repair Station, Lopscombe Corner, Salisbury for fitting of replacement Clerget engine

?/?/18 returned to service at 3 TDS

8/4/19 retired at 3 Aircraft Salvage Depot, Waddon, Croydon

22/1/20 to IWM, initially recorded as “lent”

M11 and A505 still closed this morning….

Didn’t the Whitley Project have an exhibit within the Thameside Aviation Museum