The last bit is definitely true
I did wonder if it was a kromhout as I have not heard of French Gardners but Google throws up a few results for Latil Gardner.
We need to consult the oracle (bargemast)
I predict that he will point out that it is a gardener and not a Gardner.
I hope you won't let us down Peter
Perhaps for some reason the Latil units were not suitable for boats. I would have thought it would be well known to boaters as anything related to Gardner is pretty much like a cow is to a Hindu .
Sorry to arrive a bit late, as I've been very busy doing a few other things.
Looking at the picture in the eBay listing I can say that I've only seen a truck like this once in my life, and that was in the early 80's at a truck scrap place where I went with a friend who needed a cheap drive shaft, and as this truck was such a rare beast, the scrapguy wasn't probably going to sell any parts to anyone, as nobody was still using that kind of truck, so we got that shaft for next to nothing.
The engine had been removed, so I didn't know that they had an engine made under Gardner licence, but I looked it up on Google and Latil used to build Gardner engines under their own make name Latil for quite a few years even petrol ones before the LW clones, they later became a better know make Saviem, followed by Berliet, before it all became Renault trucks.
Moteur Latil H1 "Licence Gardner". (1934 - 1948)
Moteur à huile lourde.
4 cylindres : 2 groupes de deux cylindres.
Alésage : 108 m/m, Course : 152,4 m/m.
Vilebrequin 5 paliers.
Cylindrée : 5 litres 585
Injecteurs indéréglables.
Régulateur donnant au moteur la quantité exacte de gas-oil nécessaire (pas de fumée) à toutes les allures.
Automatisme de l'avance à l'injection.
Graissage sous pression.
Circulation d'eau par pompe centrifuge.
Dispositif Gardner pour démarrage à froid.
Démarreur électrique 12 volts.
Puissance effective : 62 CV.
Moteur LATIL type H1 licence GARDNER.
Utilisation sur H1A1B4, H1A1B4T, H1A1B5, H1A1B6, H1B6, H1SPB3, H1SPB3T.
Moteur Latil H2 "Licence Gardner". (1935 - 1950)
Moteur à huile lourde.
6 cylindres : 3 groupes de deux cylindres.
Alésage : 108 m/m, Course : 152,4 m/m.
Vilebrequin 7 paliers.
Cylindrée : 8 litres 376
Soupapes commandées par culbuteurs.
Graissage sous pression.
Circulation d'eau par pompe centrifuge.
Démarreur électrique 12 volts.
Puissance effective : 95 CV.
Moteur LATIL type H2 licence GARDNER.
Utilisation sur H2AB3, H2AY6, H2A1B8, H2A1Y10, H2B6, H2B8, H2Y10.
