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Beno1983

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  1. Hi All It has been a while since posting on here and as we had some decent weather we thought it would be a good idea to have a got at putting a mast on the back of the lightweight. We managed to get hold of the top bracket for soft top vehicles and decided to fabricate a base plate for the over rider out of a plate used for ground mounting the mast, brought for the princely sum of £2 at a recent show! We then test fitted it and its pretty clear we will need to remove the mast either taking it in or out of the garage! Hopefully we can get her to some shows this year and finally get some of the last bits we need to do done so we can finally call her finished!
  2. There certainly is not a lot of space in them (especially with radio gear in the back) for sleeping! I'm sure the fun you had in it more than made up for the lack of sleep! I know Jim the Lightweights owner would like to have a Landrover Ambulance but his missus would kill him if he got one!
  3. Thank you both for taking the time to provide the very detailed info above its very much appreciated and great to know where she has been! I had a look on Google and was a bit confused that every time I searched for 19 tank transporter sqdn I was getting 27 regiment back as results so thanks for clearing that up I missed the bottom row from the initial post As you say it was disposed of.
  4. Hi fesm_ndt Thanks for the comment, Ive just had a look at your link that must have been an incredible experience! I notice you say you miss your Lightweight what was her fate?
  5. Thanks WCmatt high praise indeed! The old frame is the original chassis from 55HG89 which we had to replace due to rot, we kept it so that we could use it as a reference point for the various holes and bracket placement on the new chassis. Not to worry though we still have the MT350 as you say as well as a Sankey trailer and a Wolf to sort out after the Lightweight is finished!
  6. Finally managed to make some progress on the doors were pushing to get to at least one show this year so hopefully we will able to get the list of jobs we have left sorted before the end of the show season! We decided to go with new doors and door tops as pretty much all of the rest of the panels on the vehicle are original and the doors that were on the vehicle before had rotted out on the bottom and needed re skinning. Disassembled the door tops for paintNS back togetherNow for the bit we were kind of dreading, re fitting the doors! Luckily it went on with only some slight adjustment and seems to fit quite well, all be it without seals yet!Next were onto the other side and then door tops and the rest of the list!!!
  7. Hi All Got this info today using a FOI request, any detail on the unit codes would be very much appreciated!
  8. Thanks WCMatt, its the next project, Jims Harley Davidson MT350
  9. Hi all We have managed to get a bit done over the last couple of weeks so thought it was time for an update, we have decided to take some time off work this week to really get some bits back on the vehicle as were hoping to make it to the leafers at t'pit in August so time is not on our side! We have been mainly concentrating on getting the bonnet painted and fitted which for some reason has seemed to take ages but were finally there. Weve also managed to get the O/S floor, sil and TUAAM boxed fitted!
  10. Hi Hobbit There is defiantly a smell of oil, petrol and canvas but that could just be from Jims garage! Its always good to hear from people who have used them in the past. Did you work on them or drive/operate them?
  11. Did a little bit more work over the weekend mounted 2 penthouse lamps to the radio table and had some fun and games when we wired them up. To begin with we used what we thought was the correct cable which had a 2 pin connector one one end which we connected to the 3 way power distribution box and then a 3 pin penthouse connector or the other end. We attempted to test the wiring and for some reason we were only getting 24 odd volts at the battery with the engine running where we were getting 28V previously. As we had changed the lead that goes from the shunt box to the generator panel recently we suspected that there was an incorrect connection somewhere on that lead so started to fault find. Turns out that the issue was caused by the penthouse power cable which was not wired as we had thought! Lesson learned never trust a cable is correct again! After all that let there be light! Nice new tilt from Undercover Covers
  12. Hi LightLandy We have seen a few methods of mounting the horn, when Jim got the vehicle it had an incorrect horn that looked like it came of a truck of some sort. It was on a triangular shaped bracket on the front panel and was on in the middle with the oil cooler. We decided to mount it on the inside next to the air filter as we have seen a lot mounted this way and it just seems a good place to put it. Here are the holes that we mounted it to Dont have any photos of the actual horn itself, will take a picture on Saturday and share it
  13. Did a bit of work on the upper tailgate yesterday needs some slight adjustment and the seals putting on. To be honest Im really glad its done as I think its the last time I will have to rivet onto painted panels! Will soon be time to do some more painting of the bonnet, doors and wind boxes so hopefully the decent weather were having holds for a bit! Had a bit of a tidy up of the radio table as it has become a bit of a storage area recently, still need to get hold of a couple of cables then we can get all the cables routed properly.
  14. Thanks for your comment WCmatt the cappings are easy to get off but we found that the tub sides are really flimsy without them for support. There are 8 rivets on either side that go directly ontop of the painted surface, needless to say there were some tense moments after every one snapped and we check we hadnt ruined a few weeks of work! What are your plans for your Lightweight and how long have you been working on it? If you have any questions on anything you have seen above please let me know. As Ive mentioned before this forum and its members are an constant inspiration to me so more than happy to help out whenever I can as many other have helped us in the past!!!
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