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Rob


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One of my favourite exhibits at the RAF Museum is this Crossley light tender, built on the chassis of the Crossley 20/25 chassis which was also used as a staff car (see the thread on the Shuttleworth Collection for a photo of one). The first one was delivered to the Royal Flying Corps in 1913 and by the end of the war there were 6000 in service. By 1922 there was still 328 in service, and as well as serving in the UK and Western Front, they were also used in India and Mesopotamia (Iraq). After the war many were sold off, and the nickname of the 'Flying Squad' in the Police force comes from the fact that the London Metropolitan Police force formed the Mobile Patrol Experiment in 1919, it was equipped with two Crossley Tenders from the Royal Flying Corps



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I believe the only other WW1 Crossley on public display is at the Australian War Memorial. This is the only link I've found:

http://cas.awm.gov.au/TST2/cst.acct_master?surl=632394762ZZZNEQJLZVZVN37456&stype=4&simplesearch=&v_umo=&v_product_id=&screen_name=&screen_parms=&screen_type=RIGHT&bvers=4&bplatform=Microsoft%20Internet%20Explorer&bos=Win32

Anyone have any other photos of it?

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Runflat wrote:

...Anyone have any other photos of it?


Sure do. Took these in 2006.



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Thanks for those Mark - what's that behind it, a Dennis or Thornycroft 3 tonner?

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KZVS Logo (State Work of Military Automobiles) in Russia - made of Crossley licence.

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Rob wrote:

Thanks for those Mark - what's that behind it, a Dennis or Thornycroft 3 tonner?


Er... Um... Don't actually know. It's a Leyland something-or-other as far as I can make out. Here's some photos of it. Apologies for the camera shake; tripods are verboten at the AWM.



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Another pic of the AWM Crossley:

http://www.crossley-motors.org.uk/Gallery/todaybus/australian20_25.html

Some links to other preserved Crossley tenders, albeit now in civilian guise:

http://www.crossley-motors.org.uk/Gallery/todaybus/20_25bus.html

http://www.chrishodgephotos.co.uk/funpics/pageg/CalendarPicsHome.htm (scroll down to 'HCVS London to Brighton run' 

And a staff car:

http://www.crossley-motors.org.uk/Gallery/today20_25/RFC.html

-- Edited by Runflat at 22:59, 2008-03-03

-- Edited by Runflat at 23:10, 2008-03-03

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Thanks Runflat, great photos. Mark, I think the Leyland at the AWM is the Leyland Subsidy A type

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It is, or to be precise: W.O. Subsidy Model, Class A, Type 5000

Dig[ger] a little on the 'collections' part of the AWM site and it says this:

The original body type and service history are unknown. Repurchased by Leyland post-WW1, it came to Australia 1920s, reputedly used in the early construction of Canberra and later in the ACT timber industry, according to the owner. The owner restored the vehicle around 1974/75. This number plate 'A ^ F - 32' was with the vehicle when he acquired it and is an early RAAF number plate pattern from the 1921 - 1939 period. Being 32, it is likely to have been issued in the early 1920s and may provide a clue to the vehicle's early use.

No history shown in relation to the Crossley.

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Just noticed this!

There is another Crossley on display at CFB Borden Museum, near Barrie, Ontario, Canada.

Here are some pictures I took of it

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7700258@N05/sets/72157603390643688/

The lighting is not good. Neither are my photographic skills!



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Rob


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Interesting looking Crossley, looks nothing like any of the ones i've seen before - or is it a Canadian branch of Crossley and a different version?

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I dont think that is a Crossley. It looks more like an International Harvester 3/4 ton Model H.

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Wheels & Tracks magazine (No 14, page 48) says Borden has a 1916 International (IHC).

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I was just going by Borden's signage. But they have their 6-ton labelled as a Renault FT 17!

I'll go back and have another look!

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I have just this minute got back from another visit to CFB Borden.

Their exhibit previously labelled as a Crossley has been re-signed. It is indeed an International circa 1916, so Mr Gosling and Wheels and Tracks Magazine were spot on!

-- Edited by philthydirtyanimal on Thursday 26th of March 2009 05:54:15 PM

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Nice to know the museum at least admits its mistake and changes them... a rare thing to happen nowadays!

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