Great War truck

Yes, a truly superb job. Well done both of you.

Thanks. I will ask some Austin owners. Cheers

I have had this for a while but have no idea what it is off. It has a tag on it which says LV7/AN BF.1119 Anybody have any thoughts please? Thanks Tim

A sandblasting does make it look good very quickly. A big step forwards.

After cleaning with cellulose thinners and applying a first coat of Bonda Primer to prevent rusting again.

After the success of placing the newly acquired rusty Head Lamp Brackets in Molasses to clean the rust off them, we dug the Side Lamp Brackets out from their long term storage – they were heavily rusted, too - to give them the same treatment. The second picture shows them as acquired with the remains of the original lamps still attached and the Coach Bolts that were used to fix them to the scuttle, before treatment. The first picture shows them after being taken out of the Molasses after 10 days – still wet and covered in the solution before that was cleaned off with cold water. The third picture shows them after an initial quick wire brushing.

It will also arrive at the sale with a dating certificate from the Military Vehicle Trust What is that then?

I think they are Wolseleys.

The advert says: It’s ready to go and most importantly; there is on file a letter to the DVLA from the Military Vehicle Trust confirming the opinion that this Jeep has a World War II pedigree. If the MVT issue letters like that to the DVLA do they come back to the vehicle owner? I struggle to believe that this Jeep would have been verified as wartime.

An excellent question. I have raised it with them.

It was up for sale at Beaulieu last month for £16,000.

Probably my favourite photo of all was this one taken by John Styles .

The full story has been published in this Months CMV so I thought I might add some otherwise unpublished photos. These ones were everybody getting ready for the trip.

Each Peerless was fitted with two wooden tool boxes with a metal lid. While at Beaulieu a few years ago were were very lucky to find an original one for a reasonable sum. After it was purchased we were asked what it was "It is a tool box from a Great War Peerless army lorry" Steve replied. "What are you going to put it on" he was then asked. "On to a Great War Peerless army lorry" Steve explained. For some reason the guy seemed disappointed. Anyway, one down, three more to find.

Yes, you are right. I have found some photos which I took some years ago. A slightly different arrangement.

Thanks chaps. Allof the equipment should have been electrically powered so no need for line shafting. Good idea though. It was the first photo and the two verticals towards the far end on the left. I have seen another vertical on a photograph which looks like it was securing a pillar drill, but I have not seen anything quite like these. Thanks Tim

David showed me some photos of the workshop not long after he acquired it and he asked me what the two vertical supports in the first photo were used for. I have never seen these on any of the workshop body photos that I have seen so thought they might be added later, but David is confident that they were either built into the workshop as new or popssibly added very professionally later on. They do seem to have the original colour paint as per the rest of the lorry. Any thoughts please?.

I am sure most forum members will remember seeing the two RAF Leylands at the Knowle Hill rally on the forum a few years ago. The second chassis on top of the first with the parts to restore it scattered amongst many other additional lots. They were both purchased by David Seeley who restored one, moved it on and then started on the second one but fitted it with an original workshop body which also featured on here some years ago. This could be seen at the GDSF this year. Although not finished it has really come along.

The glass is very easy and cheap to get cut. The reflectors are impossible to get.

Does it have WD stamped on the top or is it a civilian one?