Hercules Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Hi All, 65 years ago today, my Ford GPW was "Rebuilt to Class 1" by Army Auxiliary Workshop 'B6', as shown on the plate attached to the glove box (picture attached below). Can anyone tell me anything about Workshop B6? I have posted this here, as although my Jeep is American built, it was used by the British and came out of service in 1951. Any help gratefully received! Cheers Simon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter4456 Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 (edited) Army Auxiliary Workshops appear to have been the larger civilian dealerships carrying out work for the Army. According to the Austin Champ Owners Club, B269 was Henlys of Weston Super Mare in Somerset who carried out Base Overhauls on Champs in the late 50s. Edited December 22, 2010 by Peter4456 Dodgy spelling! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Initially MoS AAWs even included small garages but towards the end of the war had been consolidated into about 180 AAWs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 I recently restored an ex-British Army Ford GPW, and the engine had a rebuild plate from Singapore Base Workshop REME. Regarding the Army Auxiliary Workshops, many years ago, whilst trying to trace the history on a vehicle, I asked the REME Museum if the had a list of them, with the B numbers, answer was no. It is possible that in records for the Ministry of Supply ( the oversaw the rebuild programmes) at the Public Records Office, there might be more info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hercules Posted December 29, 2010 Author Share Posted December 29, 2010 Thanks Guys, Clearly a little more research needed! Cheers Simon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thumpercross85 Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Hi, just wondering if you could let me know the spacing of the holes on this Rebuild Plate - I am trying to find out what plate would have been on the centre of the dash on our British Jeep as per the holes on this picture, the hole pitch is approx 1" x 2.5/8", many thanks, Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 I had a British jeep chassis that I was trying to id the rebuild workshops.Someone could write a very good piece of reference if we could only find out the list of designations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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