I took a chance on this item when I saw it on Ebay because (1) I'm sure I've seen it before somewhere, (2) the sellers description was intriguing and (3) it was cheap.
The seller said "vintage motorcycle pannier part came with a set of wd khaki pannier frames".
It measures 7 inches (178mm) across, the 4 slots are 1 inch and I presume could be used for a webbing strap?
My first thought was perhaps something to do with an airfilter, but it could just as easily be a bit of a wireless set, generator set or 3 ton truck.
Any thoughts or observations welcomed.
Rob
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I believe that it was the service green replacement engine cover fitted to the Suffolk Colts used by Reconnaissance Regiments when on Royal Parks duty.
Rik, are you suggesting that I have inadvertently purchased a component from a lawnmower?......
Rob
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Rob
Shirley Rik was joking
It looks strangely Harley Davidson to me
Ron
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Rob
There is no end to how much I love the fact that there actually IS a British Lawnmower Museum! Who would go there I can't help to wonder (and probably step on someones toes as is sort of a habit of mine when making jokes about things I don't understand -Sorry!
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Nothing odd about a Lawn Mower museum.... is there?
What I love about the interwebby thing is the amount of sites run by collectors of odditiesthere is one about old camp stoves, and I've just discovered a couple of sites about old hurricane lamps.....nice to know I'm not the only one
I live not 5 miles from 'The Paperweight Museum' and only about 20 miles from 'Barometer World'...
Talk about excitement overload...
...Ian
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Forget about all that! I have the 'BUTTON' museum 5 miles away. 
Ron
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Ok then, there must be a Rivet museum somewhere?
but probably closed while they are counting them
There is, or at least was, a grease nipple museum...Ian
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Been there, Classic Motorcycle did a piece on it in the 1980s ago.
Some old yorkshire bloke running it
Absolutely Hilarious!
I'm not aware of an adjustable spanner museum, but I'd say that there is scope for one and I feel a book purchase coming on...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Adjustable-Spanner-History-Origins-Development/dp/1785000357/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1443888828&sr=1-3&keywords=geesin
In Devon on holiday?..
Try the Pixie Museum, the Time Travellers Museum, the Witchcraft museum or the museum of Surfing...
or for a real fun day out...The Devon and Cornwall Police Museum.. Ian
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