Chris Hall

Does it cost too much to plate in brass or copper and then sand back before plating?

A bit late but it’s a Halftrack, I can tell as the fenders are International Harvester whereas the Whites Scoutcar and Halftrack were different.

I thought some of the RE fans would like to see this photograph that popped up on Facebook recently. It is our Queen during her time in the ATS.

After much jigging around I got all the armour plates to align properly, I just need to buy some Jeep body mounting pads to fit the radiator Louvre frame, and all should be good. I managed to salvage the original inner hinges by heating and straightening and exercising the hing pin. They came out quite well so they got shot blasted, painted and fitted today. That meant I could fit the vertical hood panel but the hood latches need freeing up which means they need disassembling. Next job will be the fenders, I’ve done some serious repairs to one of them and it only needs a little welding, blasting and priming to finish. The second one is better and only needs a section welding in and a dent knocking out (which is easier said than done on this gauge of steel).

we get new boxes that are green but are earth brown when they come back from depot. In service we call them either Tins, boxes or H83s. We used to have H82s but not seen them in years.

The live ammo is the same length as the blank. My can has full size linked ball ammo in it.

Another few months have past, got the hood panels off the M3 blasted and welded, making grooves in the multiple cracks is a right royal PITA. Primed them and fitted them to the M16 and I think they’ll fit nicely when I can get some more hinges.

Was that the Stuart? It overtook our park and ride bus as we left. Annoyingly that’s the only time I saw it. When I last went, they had an M18, this time I went to see if it was there and it wasn’t. But the rippled tarmac was there from when it moved off 5 years ago!

I live only a few miles away so went on Saturday, I probably saw you and didn’t realise. Supposedly, lead balls in the tank dissolve into the fuel to help the valve seats. Personally I think it’s a bit of a gamble as I do t see the lead dissolving much.

14 years, that must be a record!

It’s been 6 months since my last post, I’ve been a little busy at work due to the current situation in Eastern Europe. However I have got a few things done, gearbox and tranny case have been rebuilt. Some bits have been repaired, primed and fitted to ensure they will fit. Im just on with the fenders at the moment, they are 2mm thick steel tinware and really take some work. Picked up a near complete winch, I guess from an IH but they are the same. Everything that is in red primer has been repaired and fitted /re-fitted to ensure it does fit.

Found this, maybe for Dodge https://forums.g503.com/viewtopic.php?t=226403 yes I may end up at Woodhall, can’t really not go seeing as it’s only 30 minutes down the road.

No, all the Jeep jacks I’m aware of are mass produced from pressings. That one looks forged and maybe even British.

I hope they are as good as the South American rims.

Sodas good for cleaning up metal like alloy crank cases and painted parts, but if you’ve got some deep scale rust, it just doesn’t cut it in my opinion.

The ones we have in use never see any kind of maintenance, the wood is just in the white, no finish at all. My thoughts are that they are ‘On Condition’, I.e. as long as they are serviceable, no maint is required. If they become unserviceable, they are either repaired or scrapped.

This just flashed up. States 1947 but it’s a civilianised WD/CO likely built in 47 from spare parts. Jan will have more details on based upon the M20xxx serial number. https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/A-c.1947-Royal-Enfield-Project-Qty-55-c-EA54D7BBAA?utm_source=alerts&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=keywordalerts_solr_control

Firstly, it’s not a White, it’s an Autocar and was likely a M3-75 GMC before being converted to an M3A1. Probably originally assembled in late 1942 before being converted to M3A1 in 1943. I believe lots of the M3-75 GMCs never entered service and were converted to M3A1 pretty soon after completion. I guess due to contractual obligations they had to be completed. Have a look for the original M3-75 serial number.

That was my first F600, back in those days, we used to get a new 600 every time we moved unit. In the last few weeks it’s all moved onto ‘My Drive’, so we now do our own MT Admin, Personal Admin, Medical Admin, MT driver, MT Mechanic, C4I, and a dozen more jobs. The only job I don’t do is my own because I don’t have the time.

Yes, it’s a driving permit that most of us call your 600 or license. It’s pretty much redundant for normal vehicles as it’s no longer needed.

F600 is a personal driving license and is 1/2 an A5 size so it fits in your pocket. In RAF service wallets would have the DI check sheet, running log and any other relevant paperwork.

If it is a G, it refers to tanks and automotive materiel. G 2 refers to the M17 5 Ton Artillery tractor. if it is C2, it would refer to the carriage M1916 for the 75mm howitzer. I could be well off the mark and it may just be coincidence.

It looks like the C could be a G and it resembles a US ordnance number.

I was thinking along the lines of the path of least resistance. On the bike could the condenser be leaking to Earth (the frame) but on the desk, assuming it’s wood, it’s insulated and therefore the path of least resistance is through the wire and plug back to body. im no electric wiz kid so that may not even be possible.