Maurice

Thanks, will try again and upload a picture, it becomes very clear then, I am fairly certain the metal posts are from the M35 series of trucks, if they are, there could be a set for sale.

Can`t see picture either , but early GMC , Chev`s had the side stakes from steel , and top wood . later it went on to be 3 pieces wood and 2 metal corners . M series trucks also had wooden stakes.

Just the point i was making. There is no issue with real ex mil vehicle of any type in my book.

What I said was I was supprised at the amount of civvy vehicles that attended. I was at the back of Kitcheners field and by friday night I was surrounded by for example....Ford Focus, VW Golf I could go on. If these vehicles are used to transport true ex-mil vehicles or even kit to a degree OK. BUT when they are used just as method to get cheap camping and entry I for one dont think its right and not fair on others who have made the effort.

I would be interested in what they filled in on the entry form.

The only way to get around the everyday car thing then would be to say a show is for vehicles built from say 1914 till 1980. OK there will be again people who find a way around it , but limits their sources.

Canadian CMP trucks did not have a chassis number stamped in to them , they only had a plate on the dash (Chev.) or on the drivers door (Ford) if there is a chassis number then it is a post war one .

There are bar grip tires on the market which are for British rims , Dutch Army even put some on their 25 pr guns . Some Dodge owners bought them even by mistake , and later discovered that they had moulded on the sides " for British rims only"

this is the back end from a tail /brake light I got from a MW body in Belgium , is there somebody who has a complete one for sale , and a lens to complete this one ?thanks

There are trucks from the 50ies with almost identical double reduction axles , these diffs should be possible to adapt to the Diamond axles .Problem is that you have to go to the States to find them on an old truck . if you increase the speed more than 33 mph , than the engine won`t pull uphill anymore . gearbox modification also only can increase speed a bit , otherwise prop shafts revs. are getting to high . And oil in axles starts to foam .

There were always these talks over here from the heavy haulage companies that they turned over the transfer case gears , but again the prop shafts would spin to fast.

BSA folding bikes and infantry bikes can have 3 collors , service brown , a green collor like some ammo boxes have too , and , an olive drab collor. This also aplies to the Ammo boxes, for example the 25 Pr boxes are also deliverred in brown or green . WD marked jerry cans from 1943 for example are almost all in a dessert yellow , the 1944 marked ones are almost all green , water cans black or sevice brown .

My trailer was used on a farm , and had white number on right and rear side , and a friend is just restoring one , and that also had the remains of white numbers. there turned a GPW bonnet up a couple of years ago in the Arnhem area , and it also had the white M number on . So I think it was a mather who painted them , and spare time they had .

First contract was by the look of it for 50 MWG trucks, but acording to B.Vanderveen he told me that he found in France a wreck wich had chassis number MWG1381, so doesn`t match again .

best reference for these early ones are pictures taken by the Germans in the Dunkirk area, you see burned examples were the wooden steps are burned away. good book from Tankograd about captured British vehicles.

there is no relation between chassis number and Z number . They were just radomly parked , and then the Z numbers were aplied.

Yours must be from the 1939 contract , in 1940, the following contract had u channel step brackets . There was a start contract for 500 MW`s , and a following up contract in 39 , about 3000 were built in 39 , starting from 1001. your steps should be made from a single wooden plank ,in 1940 was the change to the u channels and 3 wooden piece step . somewhere I must have the two 39 contract numbers .Will dig them out.

ha Adrian , we must have posted the answer at the right time , you just must have pressed the enter button a second earlier

Diamond T 980 981.

Why can`t the French towns where they are placed not do anything? They also have the earnings from the tourists which are bringing loads of money into the region by exploring the battlefields.

hi , the fan which you should use is the right one .

these came from the Swiss army , and were sold by the well known Van Dam company in Holland. Militarized CJ Jeep.

hooks on 1/4 ton trailer are flat , on 1 ton they are round and thicker.

That bracket is for a hand throttle , usually for MWC to operate the pump at a certain rev.

Bedford used a black primer , I found it on most of my Bedford , mudguards and bonnet included. over it was this early british olive drab , inside the dash it was well preserved , over it was another coat olive drab , and than a rather greenish paint finish with no markings and finally a coat white , and red as final coat .

This black primer is far superior to the olive drab they used , so maybe it came off during the years , on my chassis under the body there were only few spots were the olive drab was still attached.

These look good how did you do them or.... are you able to do a few extra to sell? Thanks David

No problem to do a few more , but I still have to fill them in with black or red , as soon as somebody knows that , I can make a few .

They are zinc plates etched . Dash pannel ones are also available , and the fuel plates for the battery box are also done .

Does anybody know if the plate welded on to this seat is original , or a post war addition?

I just etched a new battery warning plate for the M20, does anybody know if this should have red or the standard matt black infill color? The fuel plates in the battery box are red , the warning plates in a DUKW are also red , so who knows?

Many thanks for the advice.

 

I'll have to just keep an eye out on ebay but i can start with what i've got.

 

In guessing they were either Service Brown or OD. What colour did you use?

check inside of frame were the steering bearings are mounted , usually you will find the correct colour there , mine had this ( like a lot of ammoboxes have , 25 pr etc) green on it , some are Brown .

This is another new project , sanded down rear door , and found on top of 2 layers olive drab the markings from the Highland Division , and on top of that were 2 layers deep bronze green (plate says rebuilt in 54 , must have something to do with the bronze green ) on that is a grey primer and dessert yellow , must have been a seventies paint job restoration.

On the door are some markings and an emblem with on the bottom the text "The Guards"

Remarkable , on mine there was also a date on the front and rear springs , sept 39 . Early single working shocks didn`t have a date. on a friends OX there is also the date on the leaves , just hope nobody swapped them over the years.