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  1. One other major find today though was the chassis plate in the cab that was completely unreadable due to rust and muck etc...well after an hour or two of extremely delicate cleaning we have managed to read all of the writing on it... Biggest surprise is that it gives the Contract Number (the plate on our 1942 Commer does not)... So we can at least date the lorry to it's Contract, the contract being issued May 1944.
  2. Well, this morning we have had a really good look round and explore of the Commer. She definitely isn't a pre Heater Truck. No pto driven belts. We were confused as she has a compressor fitted on the side of the gearbox, that's what initially made us wonder about the heater truck possibility. But she isn't. I have had a good look through all my later war Q4 3 tonner manuals and have found the compressor is actually a tyre pump compressor, it's only in my manuals from 1944 onwards, that's why we didn't recognise the set up.
  3. Just a couple more photos.. The plate you can see on the back of the cab are backing plates for gun racks fitted in the cab. She looks better on the outside. The lower 2 to 3 inches of the cab and lower 4 to 5 inches of the inner doors are pretty much shot. Both bonnet sides need sections re-fabricated as does the grill surround. Internally the windscreen frames are rusted through so will also need re-fabricating.
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  5. So, cutting a very long story short. After 7 months of negotiating and red tape and transport issues we have managed to buy and import (From France via Holland) another Commer to our collection. We have already restored a 1942 Commer Q2 30cwt but once we were pointed in the direction of this one we pulled out all the stops to save her and bring her back to the UK. She's a 1944/5 Commer Q2 6 cylinder 15cwt AM Load Carrier (Q2). She is in a pretty poor state, the engine is seized, she requires welding to most panels and she will obviously need a body to be built and a full chassis up restoration. But, most importantly, she is saved and being such a rare truck its important that we restore her back to her original guise. There are a lot of different features on this truck compared to our earlier model so although both Q2's and only a couple years apart they are very different.
  6. It's funny with naming our vehicles...a couple of our cars have names but none of the lorries...but, strangely my Wife said this morning out of the blue 'I wonder if the kids should name the lorries?'...
  7. This is our 1942 Commer Q2...30cwt GS bodied truck. Restored by us over the last 3-4 years...Still with a few small finishing jobs required for this year's show season.
  8. We have a couple of our trucks booked in for White Horse. That should be a good show this year.
  9. We attend quite a few events in the Southwest, was wondering if you get over the bridge to any shows?
  10. Personally I find the military vehicle enthusiasts a pretty good bunch, at any of the shows we attend. We have vintage cars too and that's a very clique group...very different people in general..in our opinion..
  11. Out of interest, how did you get on with the project? Would be interested to see which vehicles were used.
  12. Welcome aboard. Which area of the country are you based, there's always a good spread of military shows nationwide.
  13. Out of interest are you part of a unit for reenactment?
  14. I'm on a few FB groups too, its another good source of information. But, I feel on FB there are a lot of armchair experts who can quite easily offend. When we finished our truck last summer some photos of it were posted on FB, not by us but it was nice to get he exposure. Trouble is, then we started getting comments about how we'd done this wrong, painted it the wrong colour, something didn't look right etc etc At the time it really got under my skin, after all our hard work to be sort of ripped apart, quite cynically tbh. Whereas on the Forum, people have followed my restoration blog, really helped me at times where I've had decisions to make, made good comments and gave good advice that has really helped. I've also closely followed other restorations which have given great insights into things I didn't really see before. I think that's the difference.
  15. Over the years I've made some very good friends on the forum, albeit never meeting in person. I check in quite often each day to see what's going on. Some days I just hit some likes, others I may comment. But sometimes its just reading. I have noticed fewer posts from some people but there may be quite a few just happy to read without comment.
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