Mike 84C Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Would anyone know what the H vans wheel base would be? It looks quite long in photographs and is there any drawings in New Irish Lines before I trawl its archive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Glenderg Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 (edited) Mayner of this parish posted this photo some time ago, and it works out as 17'4" over headstocks and a 10' Wheelbase. Richie. Edited October 18, 2014 by Glenderg photo link added Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Mike 84C Posted October 19, 2014 Author Share Posted October 19, 2014 Thank you very much Glenderg, I asked because they always look as if the wheelbase is more than 10ft, perhapse its because most photographs are taken from an angle and the low roofline decives the eye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Mike 84C Posted November 19, 2014 Author Share Posted November 19, 2014 Nelson, Glenderg posted this picture that Mayner had posted of an H van which may help you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 leslie10646 Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 To all intents and purposes, this van is the same size as the ex-GN Bagged Cement van which I have sold about 450 of! Same wheelbase and body size. There the similarity ends - the chassis and brake gear are different, the roof flatter and it has "plain" corner strapping - the cement van had a slopping corner strapping on the sides. The corrugated iron ends aren't necessarily wrong, if you simply repainted one of the RTR vans, as I believe Inchicore often used whatever they had to hand and if they were out of sheet steel but had corrugated ....... There's a good pic of one on page 71 of Locomotives and Rolling Stick 2nd Edition. All that said, this van is on my radar, with proper chassis, if you can wait a year. Leslie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 StevieB Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 That's music to my ears Leslie - I'm in waiting mode already. Stephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Would anyone know what the H vans wheel base would be? It looks quite long in photographs and is there any drawings in New Irish Lines before I trawl its archive?
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