Austin

That's a Brockhouse trailer, I had one for behind my K9.

The weldathon continues....I'm not patching any rusty holes, I'm cutting out the rusted areas and welding fresh steel in, Im not really an experienced welder or fabricator, but have a good MIG and lots of grinding disks to clean up the bird poo! In the first piece you can see the previous panel I had started to weld in, but I wasn't happy so cut out a new larger section. Second picture is all welding done (for today!).

Hi Duncan, That's an interesting point regarding the rear body, we've been looking at various pictures and have noticed that we have an unusual set-up regarding locker boxes, spare wheel carrier and curved rear mudguards. We do have a contract number on a tag on the dashboard, but a quick google search revealed nothing. I have attached a picture. The text reads BODY CONTRACT No 6/VEH/20602/CB 27. Also Duncan, if you are ever in the area, the kettle is always on so call in for a cuppa! Austin. EDIT - I'll get the measuring tape and see what length ours is tonight. Thanks for the info Croc!

Thanks Degsy, I'll get some on order.

Quick little update, we have bought a full manual for the R series trucks, so now know what various oils we need. Anybody able to tell us what the modern equivalent OMD 330 is? The pictures attached are of the old grill badge and the new one, again bought from everybody's favourite auction site, it came on a replacement top grill panel too, which is a huge bonus as the original had rotted the whole bottom off.

Wow! Please post some pictures, sounds like a once in a lifetime find to me!

Thanks again Simon, I must say, we've been following your martian resto thread and can only hope to achieve that standard on this Bedford.

Thanks Simon, we had noticed that in a few places that have been stripped and etched were starting to show a little surface rust after about 3 weeks. Obviously, we want to keep rust away as best as possible but keep a standard gloss look to the chassis (no underseat or stone chip type paints). We are doing the work outside until a unit becomes available. Cheers

Just getting upto date with a couple of pictures, the first is Aaron using twisted wire wheel on the angle grinder on thw spare wheel carrier. The second is a cleaned up twin jerry can holder, and painted in etch primer. Does anybody have any doors for sale?

Of course its not dying out, my 21 year old brother is on his third MV! His current is the RL in the restoration forum. As with everything, things don't stay the same, where my Dad was buying vehicles and parts from local farmers and scrapyards, we're now using ebay and Milweb. Information has never been easier to share, helping restorations and exact paint schemes etc but also everyone has seen the ridiculous prices some MV's are advertised for, and that pushes up the price of the restoration projects, parts and militaria.

Yes Brooky, it was reregistered in 1994. Most still seem to be still on SFX registrations. The logbook still needs to be applied for, although it was shown as being taxed until last month.

I'll add a few more pictures of progress that we've made. Oil bath air filter was full of water/oil emulsion so was removed from the truck for a clean-up and repaint. The air filter element has been cleaned in parts wash solvent and petrol.

Hello to all on HMVF! This thread is to document my brother Aaron's Bedford RL restoration. We purchased it unseen from ebay, with a view to restoring and rallying the vehicle. It was described as running and driving, but needing a battery and petrol, when it was delivered we found the engine had seized due to being stood. Ebay picture attached. We hope to use the restoration to further our welding and fab skills, so any tips or ideas will be taken onboard! Thanks, Austin

Brilliant! All sorted now :cheesy:

But only on this forum......:-(, Anyone have any idea's to sort it out? Got a resto thread to start!:cool2:

That looks expensive! :wow:

I have the original still on my K9 under my alloy cover, it was made of canvas with what looks like a bungy cord to hold it in place. On the K9 it has a flap that is screwed to the steel cupola surround to avoid loosing it, (different to RL's, but maybe its the same size hole?!) It also has a big strip of steel sown into it. I'll get some pictures next time Im working on her. :cheesy:

Keep going matey! She's looking good! I saw this old picture, and wondered if its your Bedford...

I also found it by accident, a great show. Nice to see period footage of postwar vehicles! The Humber Pigs in N.I and the Ferrets were great! :-)

Looking forward to the next instalment! Fantastic!

Welcome in! I love your code 3's! Fantastic

K9's are ace trucks, RAF ones had trafficators, I think that was the only real difference, some had PTO's too.... Good luck withyour search! :-D

Hello Bill, and welcome to the forum from another K9 owner. I've a few pictures of your truck from rallies. No idea what it did in its service life though. You might want to add a little more information to your introduction post too! Austin

Norton, owned by symantec will add loads of hidden files onto your PC, took me months to get rid of it!

Very nice, but 100% not 1940..... These were post war and made in my home town of Southport.