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"Brightwells Dnepr" it looks a littlebit like military K 750 B (W)...but i´m afraid and as they say it is an ordinary K 750..sidecars frame and bikes frame are civilian versions but anyway.... if you are not a rivet counter...nice looking repro! pekka

hi maybe this helps to dig out something here they are ! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_aces_from_Finland pekka

hi if you are interested in British war history in Lappland please read this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Kirkenes_and_Petsamo my friend said his relative met 1941 in autumn ? two British pilots who were shot down in that attack he met them at the German ? military hospital in Tornio but didn´t remember their names maybe someone is interested about that and knows who they were pekka ...and about the Fokker D XXI in Finland The highest scoring airframe was FR-110, achieving 10 victories; this aircraft survived the war and is on display at the Central Finland Aviation Museum. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker_D.XXI

https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/VL_Myrsky restoration: Myrsky II (MY-14) https://www.vlmyrsky.fi/blogi.html ww2 history: https://www.vlmyrsky.fi/historia pekka

hello old topic interesting Vickers replica tank project any progress ? here´s this morning Yle news story of the Winter War tank battle maybe old finnish dialect words are difficult to understand but try to use copy-paste to google translator https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10035208 pekka

Hi Remember, it is historic , ex Military Armored Fighting Vehicle and maybe the main reason was to to preserve historic vehicles by selling it to the collectors if you convert it to other purposes for example " emergency vehicle " or "riot control" etc. with water cannon and etc DIY bullet proof windows I´m sure You and others aussie AFV owners Get In To Very Big Troubles with Authorities (nowadays here in EU , they are very, very suspicious / paranoiac of...) .....especially if you then get " a brilliant idea" to make action youtube video pekka

hi Rick not bad no worries It seems that "67" is in a typical well-used condition with all kinds of civilian modifications ;-) Check the frame carefully .. I wrote in the past, there may be quite a few cracks pekka examples of my frame: (frame upside down) behind the left front leaf spring bracket there´s a weak point reinforcement flat bar..... army/ factory upgrade? cracks ...left front shock absorber bracket ( holes for the old and later mod absorbers) cracks ...rear leaf spring bracket left front rear leaf spring bracket ...... heavy corrosion inside that´s why i have dismantled the frame not catastrophic but observe weak bending point behind the bracket

Douglas DB-7 Boston / A-20 Havoc (Russian ?) http://yle.fi/uutiset/3-9604845 pekka

damaged thread possibly from gun breech or muzzle break pekka

if it´s not a brake disk/ drum or flywheel hardened armored steel ? or something to do with guns and ammo pekka

old and hardened or failed casting bronze bearing or brass pekka

to buy Gaz 67b is not a bad idea as you know already ..original ww2 67 are very rare ..i suppose "war time 67 s" 95 % of them have later made ww2 time id post war 67 b are not very rare but crated barn finds don´t exist if you want quick & easy project you have to remember that the 67bs are well used and field repaired several times over the years by previous owners the car body is simple and quite easy to repair ..nearly all the sheet metal are available except the bonnet, firewall and the front grille those repro parts are high quality cnc cut and they have all holes ready Gaz tech is Fords from the twenties so that´s no problem dash fuel tank is a problem.. at the moment i haven´t heard about russian repros many of them have been out of use and modified (glove compartment !) the frame may looks good from outside but probably have nasty corrosion problems inside the boxed c-rails ....also likely have cracks here and there and could be dangerously weak after 60+ years of heavy use, backyard storage + mud & moisture the frame is not so good design against corrosion (my opinnion) because both rails are encased ...two 3 mm thick nested c rails welded together also they have quite a many factory stamped (big) holes and some rivets may be corroded badly , if is not dismantled and the boxed rails opened and the insidesand blasted etc .... and the frame may have been bent if it is not reinforced by the army work shops in the fifties that´s why they are usually "modified" , angle iron welded and repaired several times ...but don´t give up ! pekka

the first truck is LHD ? pekka

yes, he certainly does not look well groomed sleek Fallos Deodorantos -class businessman but please look at his hands ...soil & oil, not manicured ....like the majority of us.. i think my opinnion he belongs to HMVF-class,real tankman ;=) pekka

multifuel engine test ? pekka

turbo diesel + intercooler? pekka

my guess... F L. means Flugzeug F.Z. might mean the fuse (zünder) & type for the 3 kg charge EOD friend said that Wehrmacht had instructions and correct "bolt on" demolition charges for every fighting eguipment from 20 mm flak to tiger tanks and Luftwaffe had the same practice ........... i have couple of Luftwaffe 200 l lubricant drums Luftwaffe marking example: F L. SCHMIERSTOFF pekka

Clive i think that the sand bags were derived from UN stocks, and could be the same as British in here Landrovers were not used on a large scale, but our UN troops had them off the topic : later in here , for example some MP units had Defenders but they were not so popular .. the cabin is cold in the winter they said and pedals area is very cramped ? especially if you use gumboot with felt insulation ...Defender was not originally designed for LHD ? i do not have any experience on them , in our depot MP had only Toyotas and VWs and GAZ/UAZ models pekka

if i remember correct... my friend said in the -80s that they had Landrovers + sandbags on the floor in Lebanon (Finnish Un forces) now mystery solved... pekka

sound deadening pads...noice reduction ? pekka

your battery charger ..yes it looks right type to use if i remember right 6 volts is recommended, but i use 12v if you have a car frame and 1000 l water & soda crystals you may need more amperes than 8 ? ....i´m not a specialist for electricity pekka

i have used Citric Acid Monohydrate..chinese made foodstuff ..couple of years ago was about 75€ / 25 kg here in finland they said that is also good for pigs stomach problems ...but do not try !! acids also work well, but they say that the pores must be neutralized with f.ex. soda crystals how acid affects the strength of steel ? for example fine threads and springs in my experience, electrolysis has one advantage that the solution can be re-used several times if the precipitate is filtered off with gauze etc. between uses pekka

in my experience: about 0.6 l soda crystal & 20 l water i have used measuring jug/cup no big difference if less than 4 %...but if u use more soda than 4 % it does not improve the results mabe 2 % works too, you can try it if you have a big bucket and few days after you can (steel/ brass) brush the black silt away... easily it works.. pekka

soda crystals & water correct mixture is 4 % ..no more so 4 / 100 l use only 6v or 12v .....and .....minus (-)on the piece that is to be cleaned ! for example http://antique-engines.com/electrol.asp pekka

Matt early, fifties canuck Ferrets, front ? http://www.ramtank.ca/ferret.htm pekka 02 CC 30 54-82550