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In 1944 they made these kind of cast iron plaques for the liberation of maastricht, that were offered to allied soldiers it seems.

Yes we are getting somewhere. Fonderie Millen must be it. They were located in Maastricht but since 1941 also in Stein. There is also a logo FM in a circle stamped on the bottom of the jeep. On the net i did find pictures 2 cast iron models, lots of aluminium ones in several colours and one in brass.

Thanks.

Only snag is no-one knows the company

Nice collection, could you tell me how high the front bow sits above the bonnet?

Did find another 1945/46 jeep toy made in Holland. The company named "Victory Toys". I have found them on the web in cast iron, aluminium and brass. Mine is in aluminium wheels and all, you still see vague traces of the star on the bonnet. The underside has still some olive green paint. Hood, sparewheel and jerrycan are missing. Did not find the firm tough. I can imagine it was in the north of our province as there are/where several foundries .

The truck is going to be very heavy with all those massive parts... 😉

Are there no old ex-quarry staff that might know were it came from?

On board toolkit with lathe always handy...

Hi Scott, Thanks for the invitation but it isn't my car.

Regards Fer

Nice job you a doing.

Here a pic from a gipsy with a dutch build body. Probably ex-forestry service.

It's SOLD.

I had to drive 15 kilometers to find a battery for a recent fiat panda.....🤨

A friend did a glass pearl blast of his aluminium sump. It seems to "hammer"' all pores close?? Didn't look nice, looked like rough sandblasted surface but it'was smooth to the toutch??

The small clair pipes you are discribing are used in air-pressure technology. I think we also had those on the Koni load-leveller shock absorbers.

A nice small binocular from the German 37th infantry regiment. They were in Longwy, Verdun and the Marne. It has of course some traces of wear. 2 sets of Geman regimental markings. They original leather strap. A little dust cap is missing (red arrow). 60 euros plus postage. But feel free to make an offer.

Or this belgian one bought at a fleamarket.

It's marvelous truck. The bronze green gloss paint is great.

I did find a similar one a few months ago, but not any markings on it..

On idling it has the same sound that old barge diesels have. Great job.

Nice job.

It's bad. Didn't the ducks have nose scoops to cope with waves?

There was /is a french trucking firm Loheac that bought a lot of US army semi-tractors in the 50s as no one was wanting them. They did a lot petrol transports and later fitted lot's of them with homebuild polyester cabs.

Shame there a lot of fine old trucks there desintegrating...😢

Looks great. The UJ with the bronze blocks is the same system as used on the Fiat 500 driveshafts..😉

found this chassis in an belgian garden any ideas? The rest was grown in. The man collects brewery trucks apparently.