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AEC Mammoth and Matador help!
old-dragon
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Illinois, United States
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Posted: Sunday, May 30, 2010 - 03:25 AM UTC
Hey guys, I was going thru the old Model Truck World mags and found some pics of diecast vehicles and one or two scratched AEC trucks that I'd like to try and build, problem is alot of these folks and the mag, which is based in the UK, seem to think we Yanks know thses trucks enough to not need a full description of them....well, I do!
I'm looking for any line drawings of AEC Mammoth or Matador MKII or MKIII especialy where they show the long delivery van body or the bus recovery version. Did a google search already and can find plenty of angled shots but nothing with specs, so I'm looking for line drawings...with specs hopefully!
Can anyone help?
casper
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Nelson, New Zealand
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Posted: Sunday, May 30, 2010 - 04:17 AM UTC
Bob,
I've got bucketloads of info on the AEC's, will hunt down anything that may be of use and flick it thru.
Just on the Matador Recovery - as they were shop-built and no two the same it's a case of "anything goes" (well within reason ).
Might even be able to recall my tyres and rims I made and cast a set.

Roger.
casper
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Nelson, New Zealand
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Posted: Sunday, May 30, 2010 - 04:37 AM UTC
Here's a couple of sites to get ya started:
http://www.aecmilitant.co.uk/index2.html
http://www.aecmilitant.co.uk/downloads.html
http://aec.fotopic.net/

old-dragon
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Posted: Sunday, May 30, 2010 - 06:06 AM UTC
Cool!
Ok, what's the difference between the Matador, Monarch and Mammoth truck cabs...I'm not readily seeing any major differences...
casper
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Nelson, New Zealand
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Posted: Monday, May 31, 2010 - 11:15 AM UTC
No difference in the cabs over the name range. From what I can work out is the names relate to overall GLW (Gross Laden).
HTH
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