GoranWC51

Ozitim, I've heard of some people reworking halftrack tracks, but I don't know how well they've succeded.

Problem is that the halftrack tracks are quickly getting scarce. Some bought 2-3 sets while the prices were still low on the ex Israeli tracks manufactured in the late 1980's and early 1990's, but prices have gone up sharply.

Rumors are out that there are stocks of tracks in Israel, awaiting the spike in prices. But again, it's only rumors.

Goran N

May I suggest you putting up all of the photographs you have and put them up on a photo sharing site, such as flickr (http://www.flickr.com) as that makes it easier to look at the the photos?

I'd love to get my hands on a Studebaker U6, or other Studebaker model. I read just the other day that the Studebaker trucks which were sent to Australia at the end of the war and post war, were put into storage and not retrieved until the mid to late 1950's. And that the Stude's were used well into the 1970's....?

Goran N

Ex Dutch army?

Goran N

Congratulations on the start of the restoration.

The tank seems to be in very good condition with a lot less rust than I have seen on some other tanks. The fact that the Uruguayan army used the M3 until 1996 is a help as well. There should be spare parts lurking about in storage facilities if you look hard enough.

Any chance of M3's that are surplus to collectors and others in Uruguay to sell some?

Goran N

Better?

I tried to upload as many pictures as I could find where markings can (hopefully) be seen. Hope they're some help to you:

Hi Cucho,

What documentary was that still photo taken from? I can probably get more stills out of that video if I have it. So name of the documentary and where I can find it would be most helpful.

It is indeed the same Dodge as in the photo I posted. I have learned that the ARC worked with groups of 8 GMC Clubmobiles and one Dodge Cinemobile in each group.

Notice that this Clubmobile is based on a closed cab GMC WITH gun opening in the roof of the cab...(!)

Goran N

Tony,

If you look closely on this close up you'll see that the number is indeed 712000

Cheers

Goran N

Any chance you have more information, preferably photo's, as the only photo I've managed to find is the one posted above.

Have also, in vain, tried to find the book (in which there supposedly are a few (?) Cinemobile photos)

"The Clubmobile--the ARC in the storm Paperback

by Marjorie Lee Morgan (Author)

Paperback

Publisher: Hazlett Print. & Pub (1982)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0940588072

ISBN-13: 978-0940588073"

Cheers,

Goran N

When you have a limited amount of original parts to build from there's no other option than to re-create the part/parts you need. Otherwise the vehicle/aircraft/tank... in question will remain a sorry pile of parts for ever.

Goran N

"700 x 16 tyres....... in this condtion are hard to find." Yes, the tires are almost 20.000 Euros, or?

I suppose they saw the price the M38 sold for at an American auction for a ton of money and decided 20.000 Euros for a Dutch made one was a good price.....

Goran N

Wasn't it L-E Pettersson and the other guys around him that restored it? I remember seeing it years ago at P10 in Strängnäs in half finished state.

Maybe you could contact the guys who restored this one:

http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?14587-Autocar-U7144T

Good luck, you always turn out great quality resto work.

Goran N

Here's a vehicle I haven't seen as a Red Cross Clubmobile before; A Dodge WC62...

It's rear body is different and the sides are flat. Could it be a rear body that folds out to become a stage?

Anyone know more about these? I'd love to get a WC62 without a rear body (and there are plenty of those around Europe) and build me such a vehicle

Goran N

Great! Keep us posted with pictures on your progress with the gun.

Good luck,

Goran N

That's not a bad Vicker's copy, Bill

For a VERY reasonable 9.99$US you can get a full set of plans, CAD drawings, etc. of the Vickers Machine Gun:

http://www.replicaplans.com/VickersMachineGun.html

I've bought other plans from this seller and they are top notch when building a replica firearm.

Good luck,

Goran N

Wanna sell your GPW? - eh....?

Goran N

What's really amazing about this Russian tank is that they get it up and running, after having spent God knows how many years parked in the same spot. One can see that it has sunk down into the ground quite a bit. And I wonder where the tank was parked as it would have been picked absolutely clean of any removable parts in a short period of time, if it had been somewhere where the public can get to it.

Goran N

Here are a couple of pic's I took of a Swedish army WW2 era 37mm anti tank gun, at the Swedish armor museum Arsenalen. Hope this helps:

Goran N

A 250 lbs 101st/506th or 82nd AB, "Living History" or "Reenactor" in a Para uniform.

Need I say more?

I doubt that the present day airborne guys will think very highly of very overweight people who dress up in tailor made uniform and pretend to be a WW2 soldier. The guy in the picture could not run ten yards without having a heart attack.

The soldiers of WW2 were in their late teens or early twenties, and were well trained, and EXTREMELY seldom overweight. Showing a period photograph of a rear area maintenance soldier that's slightly overweight does not prove that ALL soldiers were overweight (happened to me once when a Living History guy wanted to prove his point)....

Goran N

A pair of brothers in the northern part of Sweden built and raced a really fast and competitive Drag Jeep in the 1970's, equipped with a 426 Hemi engine. The Jeep was pulled on its trailer by another, somewhat "milder" Jeep, also equipped with a 426 Hemi....

Yours has the same heritage as mine - ex Norway. The Clover leaf tyres, doors, over sized rear view mirrors, etc. Bought mine straight from the Norwegian army in April 1994 (20 years this coming April..Time flies when you're having fun)

Goran N

Hiya Richard, and welcome to the friendly forum - but where are the pictures of your WC51? You ALWAYS post lots of pic's of your vehicle here.... =)

My WC51 is currently undergoing a full resto in southern Holland and will hopefully be fit for fight this coming spring, in time for the 2014 celebrations.

Goran N My WC51 before the restoration

The T.P. markings on Jeeps didn't come into use until after the war.

The only positive way of claiming that markings were made during WW2 is to find original WW2 photographs to prove it.

I have yet to see a single allied Jeep, Dodge, GMC with T.P. markings. My own Dodge WC51 had the markings "Max T.P. 35 LBS" painted on the dash just above the glove box. A practice often found on Jeeps as well. The photo's showing the marking "Max 45 M.P.H" on the dash of a British Airborne Jeep.

A WW2 MB/GPW used in Korea might have had them applied in the early 1950's. A MB/GPW with typical Korean markings and additions would probably make quite a stir at rallies.

Goran N

That is so fantastic!

I didn't think there were any Panzer I's left out there outside of a few museums in places like Russia.

I'm not sure but Kevin Wheatcroft might have a Panzer I in his collection, and then surely parts like engines, gearboxes etc for it. Maybe you have stuff that the Wheatcroft collection needs, and make a swap?

Goran N