Maurice

Mine also has a z number from vehicles wich are produced later . same as with my 1940 chevrolet the Z number on it doesn`t match the chassis number, but is still a number allocated to that Chevrolet batch . They were just parked in line and somebody put the registration numbers on , they didn`t bother about chassis number , chassis number was only for ordering parts. I have an enlarged picture from that vehicle , and ju just can see that the step bracket is the other way

about picture 3860 , john the steps are from an earlyer contract , did you notice?

Who is cheating with the ammo tins ?:cheesy:

the encircled scotches is what I meant , yes.

I just saw now on the under body picture that there are the scotches for winching , and they are still in place , this is an official canadian modification.

The hooks under the body could be original , if it has been in Canadian service , but then there would be as well fitments on top of the booms for wooden poles , and a structure on the frame for a canvas , There is still a tail door lying in a local scrapyard here , any use ?

with regards to the reflectors , these are Dutch army , did the truck come from Holland ? Remember seeing 3 closed cab GMC`s without winch in Van Dams yard in the late 80ies , one went to Italy .

There is one problem with the Matador cabs , AEC made only the chassis and the floor for the cab , including the 2 front panels, the rest was done by several carpenter companies, who got a bag with the metal bits per vehicle , so if the cab is not from the same company the doors are not interchangeable between cabs , nor is the rest . there were also different cabs , post war ones with insulation , and split cabs , like mine . Hope this helps .

Question , is this a wartime , or postwar body on a QLT Chassis? I can`t find any pictures from this kind of body . Anybody out there any clues?

on the airborne versions ,they were made with and without lights , the brackets for the switch and light are spot welded on , so this would not be an in the field job , because there are struts on the inside which prevent spot welding afterwards . If the 10cwt trailers (mortar /GS, and lightweight) have a hole in the plate under the towing eye , then it was fitted with lights , 1 tail , and axle light.

The Humber scout car is now in Belgium near Antwerp.

by the look of it it is a C1 engine

That is what I also always thought , the untouched Gmc engines I have were also grey ,not like the light grey color the norwegian army used , but more like the chev. and GPW collor.

The ones in my 2 bedfords are different , late ones are all metal , the early ones have a wooden bottom.

C1 engine isto be recognized by rounded valve covers , C4 are flat on top . C1 cilinders have a cilindrical set of cooling fins , and the C4 has an increasing in diameter cilinder cooling fins.

The heads from the cilinders can be taken off , but they are a tight fit , cilinders are not cilindrical .Is it the C1 version ?

Today took delivery of the R106 reception set.Next week a long trip to get the R107 set.

third time lucky ? horn should face forward to my knowledge , it is also like that in the several drivers manuals that i have. Good luck with the truck.

What was between it , was only 3 to 4mm thick ., no rot between wings and rubber , still original olive drab underneath . Rest of trailer was bad , wood still there , but under the wood a lot of steel rot . I will take a picture , it is almost finished.

On mine there was a rubber piece between the mudguards, but there were manny layers of canvas in the rubber to reduce the amount of rubber used .

Hi all , I am looking already for a while for a good saddle cover for my Royal Enfield CO , anny recomandations where to get a decent copy ? Most I have seen are very poor cheap quality. Thanks Maurice

I got a NOS one with cushions , will swap it for an early version.

yep , were the tanks are it is very firm now , but the path to them is still bad , there is a stream next to it . Condition of the wrecks is not to bad , even after 60 + years outside .

every time I have been up there it was miserable, once walked up to the 2 Grizzly tanks , and the moors are that agressive that after comming home my leather shoes started to moulder away, had to skip them . At that time I also had a look at the cocrete filled AVRE , jee she was still perfect for restoration, shortly after that she was gone . And about recovering tanks there is somebody who needs tracks a certain tank , just been up there today , and got bogged down straight away with a wheeled excavator.Only the bucket could retrieve it again . I still know of a M10 in Belgium , it is 6 miles into the woods , but it is 4 miles marshland , to the tank . It was driven there when the ground was frozen , but cracked through it , and abandoned. There is now just about 7 inches from the turret sticking out of the bog .

this is in the yard for you