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Thanks a lot guys. I was hoping the rims on another vehicle of the age would be similar so I could take them down swap them over and put it on the trailer. It's in a very remote area and as Mike (Goanna) would know remote in Australia means 4 hours to the nearest town or 400km. I'll just have to go down with new tyres and fit them to rims on site. No issue. Ian your vehicles look really good. You've got a much more straight forward project ahead of you than me. I'm trying to gauge how hard sourcing parts is going be after confirming only 28 Standard Tilly's are known to be floating around. I want it to be 100% factory original. But depending how complicated the rear tub and finding parts for it might be. This may not be possible. It might get a temporary mod tray as a last resort well until something maybe one day pops ups. I'm just putting it all together. Any advice or opinions on this guys would be appreciated.

That's a beauty Ron. I hope to get there with the standard eventually. I've emailed the Tilly register and will get that all sorted ASAP. At the moment I'm trying to find out the tyre and rim specifications for the UV standard Tilly, so I can at least get it rolling and up on the trailer. If anyone has any idea?

And yes Richard in Australia which should make finding parts and having them posted and shipped here an interesting challenge.

Thanks for the warm welcomes everyone!! I've already found some interesting and great reads on here. And also maybe one or two contacts about my Tilly. Thanks again really enjoying it. I'll get some photos of my Tilly up very soon. Although she isn't much to look at, at the moment and most of you will probably think I'm crazy for taking it on. But that's half the fun.

Thanks Guys. Ian I've sent you a PM as I'm in Australia talking by phone might be difficult but I can give you an email address. Great to hear there is a couple of fellow Tilly owners on here. I'm in Australia which I already know is going to make the restoration that little bit harder especially finding and having spares posted and shipped here. My Tilly is very rough and unfortunately has had the rear tub converted to a flat bed at some stage in it's life. Mechanically it's all there and from the front end to the windscreen it looks to be all there body and trim wise as well. It is missing the seats and doors after that. Big project I know. I'm confident with the mechanical side of things and should be able to rebuild it all and get it running and driving no problems at all. I'm also confident with the body work ect, well the stuff I do have. My main concern is fabricating the rear tub completely from the ground up or finding a few parts to rebuild the tub around will it be possible to find these parts even just some of them? Or maybe a fairly complete tub? I'm fairly confident I could fabricate the doors if it isn't possible to find any? Another main concern is that I will have to find the dash instrument gauges? I will obviously be sourcing parts from the UK and around Europe and having them shipped here. I've also read on one site that not many of the Standard Tilly's still exist with one website giving a number of around 25 still left out of an original production figure of 3000. I've got no idea how factual this information is but maybe someone here does? Any help with any of this and your thoughts and opinions on things would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Hi Everyone, My names Ryan. I'm new here, just put up an introduction post listing my other military vehicles and a bit about myself. Ive recently purchased a 1943 Standard UV Series Tilly, that's a bit worse for wear. I plan on giving the old girl a full restoration. From the limited information I can find it seems these vehicles aren't exactly common. So I'm chasing any information I can get, also like minded people who may either now or in the past have owned a Tilly, people that are knowledgable about them or a pointer in the right direction. I'm also chasing any parts I can find and if anyone could give me an indication of how hard parts are going to be to find. Basically any help or discussion at all in relation to the Standard Tilly would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance...

Hi Everyone, I'm Ryan and new here obviously. A little about myself. I currently own a couple of ex-military LR's including an interesting 6x6 mortar carrier variant. I've also recently purchased a 1943 Standard UV series Tilly, which is my reason for finding and joining the forums. I'm only a young fella at 25 but love all things old and vintage especially vehicles and machinery. From classic cars to vintage tractors I just love restoring and playing with old stuff. Learning new skills and making things. My family often says I was born in the wrong era. I plan on doing a full restoration on the Standard Tilly which is looking a bit worse for wear at the moment. From what I've read and the limited information that seems to be available these aren't exactly the most common vehicle. Which seems to be the case with every restoration project I've taken on to date. So I'll need lots of help and encouragement along the way. I look forward to browsing the site and getting to know you all a bit better. I've already found a thread I absolutely love where a gentleman is restoring a 1914 lorry from just a chassis, I love stuff like that.