P5 – The power of television

[ppppenguin]

This article was in the most recent issue of the BVWS Bulletin. It's now also available on the BECG website:
https://becg.org.uk/2021/07/13/p5-the-po...elevision/

[roadster]

For some reason, the generator engine is still being referred to as a Perkins, it is not, it is a Ford. I know that there was some confusion in the original CVA advert. My feeling is that the generator may have originally been fitted with a Perkins engine. The present Ford engine is a later replacement as, from viewing the photographs, it is a version introduced in the 1970s. This series of Ford engines ran for around forty years. This engine appears to be fitted with a special governor control so it may sense the generator frequency for more accurate speed/frquency control.

[LENINGRAD T2]

Polish Television in the 1950s purchased a PYE broadcast vehicle. The fate of this vehicle is unknown. Has such a model survived?

Hopefully the BBC's four-wheel power supply will be restored to its prime.

[ppppenguin]

The nearest vehicles that we know of are the BECG's "Vivat" and Brian Summers' MCR21.

Vivat is close to being fully operational and has ben used on several TV/film productions including "The Crown". See photo.
https://becg.org.uk/projects/project-vivat/