2ndArmourMad

I have tombstone can mounts and grenades boxes 

22 hours ago, Chris Hall said:

That’s the one, it’s got most parts with it except for the rear bed, track armour and side armour. It has some M16 armour and the rest of the side armour I can get repro. I’ve got leads on 2 original M16 floors, I’m picking up a 10” and 6” Maxon adapter ring in Feb 21, I can get a Maxon M45 mount from France, I have the M2HBs already, the track armour is similar to the M3 so I may buy repro and adapt.

 

my idea is to finish the 42 GPW whilst buying parts for the Halftrack as and when I can. I don’t know the state of the engine yet so haven’t decided if I should rebuild or buy a surplus french rebuild.

 

it will be a long, long resto.

when you get into the finishing parts I have grenades boxes and flare boxes plus tombstone can holders which you will need for the inside and you can make a copy from.
I’ve just sold my maxson quad and guns to a mate and I know the quads yours on about in France if you need help with fixing yours when you get it give me a email, they are quite complicated units.

Ah was it that one on milweb which was stripped down, looked an interesting project 

What halftrack have you got then ? I’ve seen your wanted thread, did you find one in the UK ?

Probably not. 

No, this COVID 19 business has made me realise that having many military vehicles is a strain and I cannot drive them all.

I’m down scaling to enjoy the simpler things. 

5 minutes ago, Rootes75 said:

Have you listed it on ebay?

Yes, I am selling up all of my military vehicles, this my gmc, weasel, jeep, flea and most of my original weapons including quad 50 and live rifles 

Lovely little bits adding to the overall WD look, Folding pegs and kick starter. 

No I’ve not heard of that book, I shall take a look and try and buy one.

Thanks 

If you want a good replica then give Chris Golding a call, I have several of his and you won’t find better in the UK. 

Yes totally agree, I know of several vehicles some military others not, that are just sitting and will so say never be sold. 

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And a lovely person sent me some reading material in the post! 
 

cheers 

little drive out today! 

On 5/25/2020 at 11:03 PM, Richard Farrant said:

It is 4 ton, was issued right through to the Bedford MJ, may even have been in the kit for the Leyland DAF 4x4, can't remember.

yes I think they were, I just managed to get this off a friend who removed it from a DAF 

bent up some bars, made the centre pipe and release bracket.

new grip parts arrived as well, next I’ll make the leaver mounts and spin up the bumps On my lathe for the ends of the bars. 

Pulling off the stickers revealed a number 23,  I think I’ll never know when this was done but I’ll add it back on once it’s been repainted.

It has had a Repaint at some point, which is now failing in some areas, I will give it a full repaint in its original BS colour code. 
 

Them nasty stickers are also not helping pulling off the paint when being removed.

On 5/10/2020 at 12:18 PM, Richard Farrant said:

Here is a photo of the jack issued on military Bedford RL trucks.

I believe it’s called a tower jack rather then a bottle jack and it needs to be 4ton or more. 

13 minutes ago, Rootes75 said:

Someone sounds keen! 100 miles thats a long old journey, a good run to try her out and make sure there are no problems.

Oh there are issues but nothing a good strip, clean and adjust can’t sort. 
 

Went for a lovely 100 mile trip today, lots of hills and slow slow driving... 

I decided to add another vehicle to my horde, this time a 1956 green goddess.

lovely condition and pretty much complete, I need to replace the roof felt and clean up the lockers etc but no welding or major work needed, first up will be sticker removal and a good wash/polish. 
 

lovely. 

Putting in my rebuilt engine, I’ll be making the new header later next week. 

ebay seems to be flooded with flea parts currently which are making huge amounts of money, a set of these throttle parts went for £185! 
 

luckly I got these at a much more realistic price. 
 

I’m also just awaiting the barrel to be sent back to me for my spare engine and then I can bench run it. 

Part of the handle bar set up!