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  1. On a sad note, this Gentleman passed away last week R.I.P after a long battle with C.O.P.D I will miss his sense of humour and company, R.I.P Alan, :-(:-( Dennis
  2. I took myself off to Wangi Wangi, about 24 miles from home to have a look over the vehicles that will be parading on the 25th April next year, it will also be the Centenary of the 'Gallipoli' landings. I believe that 23 of the vehicles in the parade belong to one man, I also think he is driving the lead carrier. Also he just recently took possession of a 'Dodge' ambulance, he imported it from the UK, some of you may recognize it, anyway enjoy cheers Dennis
  3. Unsure if this is the best place to post this, so if required please either move it or delete the entire post, ta. Well what a day weather wise, I awoke @ around 0430hrs to the sight n sounds of the boom crash opera aka thunderstorm, bugger I said to self. Around 0630 I started to move Land Rovers out from under cover etc and park up waiting for their respective drivers, when it started to bucket down, the open topped vehicles got a drenching. I watched the storm on the internet and guessed by 1030hrs it would have moved well away and it did, the first Land Rover was away in pouring rain @ 0900hrs to secure our spot for ease of veterans right in front of the Ex-Services club, here they all are, only 7 made it. the lead vehicle suffered a deflated tyre LHS rear so that needed attention quickly, also a late withdrawal 'Gladys' the S2A 109 Wksp vehicle would not start, unless you poured fuel down the throat of the carburetor, so rather than muck about trying to find the why etc again I withdrew it from the parade and contacted a disappointed driver, at this stage I'm unsure why it wouldn't start n run, but I will find out. The parade got underway right on time 1115hrs it all went well, no issues except my mate forgot to push the choke home on the gunbuggy it was a tad smokey LOL, anyway here is one of the elderly gents ex RAAF, he really enjoyed his ride as he did last year, he hopes to be able to participate again in 2015 next year 2015 it will be 100 years since the ANZAC legend was created, cheers Dennis
  4. Here is an image of my Series 2A Gunbuggy minus the 106, as they are just not available to us in NSW and also the Firearms laws etc dictate way too much $$$ for a permit if you could get a 106. The reason they were called 106 is because the Aust/army (but this could also be true of the US as well) also used a pack howitzer (Italian design) and it is designated 105mm, now they are both 105mm in the bore, but the 106 has a much longer shell casing full of holes (because it's a RCL) I do have 4 empty cases and 6 of the cardboard outer cases. We in REMLR know of 13 gunbuggies in private hands across Australia, and there are 7 in musuems, what happened to the rest of them?? who knows, and No mine is not for sale sorry, cheers Dennis ps Ozitim, nice images, thanks for sharing them with us,,. pps here is an image of the said 105 Howitzer that 105 is privately owned.
  5. I'm fairly certain this is called 'Parakeet' cheers Dennis
  6. Very nice, oh BTW when can I come by and pick it up:-D, cheers Dennis
  7. I had just read that this vehicle has been recovered??, found apparently where it ran out of fuel, can anyone confirm this, cheers Dennis
  8. G'day All, Just catching up on some home maintenance (you know painting etc) well it has been let go kinda sorta for 12 years or more, mind you our house is not a dump etc, but I thought I had better freshen up some of the rooms LOL. Here is a picture of all my Land Rovers lined up waiting before the parade the Land Rover at the rear did lead the parade, a parking issue mean't that it had to go around the block again, but the driver was instructed, that when the parade marshall called "Parade" he was to move up and take the lead. You know none of the Land Rovers have left the yard since Anzac day, between work and working in the house and a short 4 day trip to White Cliffs in far Western NSW, I haven't had much time to even look at them, anyway hopefully that will change, anyway cheers Dennis:-D
  9. G'day All, At present I don't have any future projects in mind, but in having said that I am rather partial to the International range of 4x4 & 6x6 trucks that were used by the Australian Army back in the period from 1960 1980's (late in the 80's) before they were replaced by Mack 6x6 & Unimogs. I'm catching up on some home maintenence, i.e. painting etc (mainly inside):-| what you see in that last youtube clip represents almost 12 years of my life, not included in that clip are two variants of the No5 trailer, anyway thanks for the compliments re the restoration/s, but I'm just an amatuer, cheers Dennis
  10. G'day All, Well quite a lot of water has passed under the bridge since my last visit here, Richard, I didn't make it to Corowa this year, mainly because of way too many things to do. On a brighter note, 113-372 is now on historic registration and did participate in our local Anzac Day parade. Veteran numbers were down this year, I personally knew of 3 persons deceased (R.I.P) that usually rode in Land Rovers provided, I will endevour to include some pix over the next few days if time permits me, anyway hopefully here is a clip of the parade it took me about a fortnight to prepare the Land Rovers for the day, my son in law helped out in painting all the tyres, including the inside walls, at around the 1.38 mark, the driver of 113-372 gave the siren a little tickle, anyway cheers for now Dennis ps 113-372 is not quite finished as yet, as you could see it needs door tops,,.
  11. G'day All, I can't believe it's been over a year since I have posted in here, must admit though I have been busy to say the least, anyway a few pix to update the thread, is there a problem with the site as I'm having problems putting text n pix in sequence, anyway cheers Dennis
  12. G'day All, I needed to move on the chassis, to repair it asap, so I could park my 110 out of the weather. I had a donor section from a S2A 109 ex-mil chassis, so out with a few extra tools from the shed, marking out where the chassis rail is situated mark lines and dot them with a center punch top n bottom so you know where it has to be, then I measured between the chassis rails and cut a neat fitting heavy wall pipe, tack weld in place, out with the gas axe on the donor section first and in the meantime, on days when I've been at work and can't afford to get too bloody dirty (I am a Reg/nse remember, skin integrity is paramount) I attend to all manner of little insignificant jobs of cleaning nuts n bolts, washers etc, in fact anything that has to go back on/into the Land Rover, all cleaned/grit blasted/etch primed some parts painted Gloss Black others left as 'etch primed' for a DBG top coat, all this work helps when putting it all back together rather quickly, I work like this most days, today being an exception, I had to babysit for a short period and it is rather cold n wet outside, bolts in this pic are through the chassis bolts to hold bulkhead/firewall support brackets, anyway cheers Dennis ps my arthritic hands get a work out running taps n dies over countless numbers of nuts n bolts, I like the nuts n bolts to screw together without spanners, until the need to tighten up at jobs end,,.:-D
  13. G'day All, Next in my sights was the bulkhead/firewall, in my opinion it is a basket case, it has major rust in the A pillars x 2, both footwells are shot, and it has severe rust problems across the top of the bulkhead under the windscreen seal, around the multiple panels that hold the vent openings, so I was also on the hunt for a suitable replacement but thats another story in itself. both doors were similar, but doors and door tops are not a problem, I have many door frames and a couple of NOS ex-mil doortops. With the bulkhead/firewall removed, all old brake pipes put in the garbage, all brake pipe clips and ancillary fittings collected/tagged n bagged, I moved the chassis to where my 110 usually parks up, it was looking a lot like rain at the time and I needed to get on with it, with the chassis at this stage (after removing front diff/assembly) attention was turned to removing the very stubborn steering relay, it has copious amounts of penetrene poured around it etc all to no avail, so on with the thinking cap to figure out a cheap n easy solution using materials at hand I only had to buy a couple of lengths of threaded rod and a heap of nuts, as you can see I removed the relay, but at a cost, I now needed to replace the 2nd cross member (1st x member is the front bumper bar) the relay let go in spectacular fashion, with a very loud rip/bang, and just for the curious amongst you, the porta-power is not pressing directly on the steering relay shaft, I machined a piece of steel to encompass the shaft and press on the body of the relay, anyway more to follow, cheers Dennis
  14. G'day All, After fiddling with the tub for a period, I still needed to complete the strip down of 113-372, i.e to remove all other mechanical parts and store them in such a way so as not to hinder my progress, now I live on a small block so space is at a premium and is utilised to the max!!!. I removed both differentials and front axles from their respective housings and found a space for them to co-exist with other stuff LOL the rear axles were left in place as I didn't have any spare drive flanges to keep water out of the bearings, we have had a very wet time of it here in the Hunter Valley this year. Next it was time to remove the transmission, I had found a rather large (extra) hole in the bellhousing, at the time I was unsure as to what had caused it, even after the transmission was out albeit in 2 pieces (I can't lift heavy objects, buggered back) it still wasn't obvious until the engine was out on it's stand with the flywheel/clutch assembly dismantled, and lo n behold, in the crud from the leaking rear main bearing oil seal, I found what had caused the hole. the circlip on the end of the starter motor had let go at some time in it's past, this in turn let the Bendix Spring come off as well, it would have been picked up by the spinning clutch, and jammed/smashed a hole in the casing to get out and be free :cry:, it would have made an almighty racket in doing so wouldn't you agree, anyway cheers Dennis ps more 2 come pps the engine block (water jacket) was filled with water to keep the water pump seal viable,,.:goodidea:
  15. Continuing on LOL:D I set about removing the rhs of the tub because of it's badly damaged side etc, the floor didn't fair much better either, it was bent n buckled from years of having heavy machine parts dropped in and onto it, and you guessed it the tailgate was US, a total basket of bent alloy with steel bolted onto it etc etc, it was scrap. It takes some time to drill through spot welds/rivets etc and just when you think you have them all theres always another LOL. note the change in design in registration plates BLR-626 from the older style, these were ?centenary plates not that 113-362 was 100 years old:nut: I refitted the corner gal/bits with new rivets and the fuel filler is easy to do as well I then trial fitted with 3/16 pop rivets the rhs donor section and checked it for square etc, it wasn't too bad, but the alloy extrusion across the rear was badly out of shape and I couldn't get the tailgate opening correct, so with a bit more brute force etc (heavy angle iron and G clamps) + my FBH (flamin big hammer) we managed to get the gap equally spaced, off then down to Newcastle to buy a section of aluminium to refit the floor, it fitted like a finger in a glove :blush:, anyway cheers Dennis
  16. Day 2, it will be no different to day 260 (if I live that long LOL) it will be a full on slog to strip 113-372 down to a bare chassis. We have had more than our fair share of crappy weather here, I feel like I live in England or some other wet country, anyway most of the nuts n bolts undo without too much hassle, those that hesitate, well they have 2 holes drilled in them, then they lose their head. The rear differential must have had a very bad leak around the pinion, as there was dry oil n dirt attached to the chassis in copious amounts, when I dropped all the oils from engine/transmission etc I noted they were all below what should have been in each area, but as I would discover later, everything was A OK, thankfully. Note the civvie shackles, most likely because they couldn't get shock absorbers to suit, or it could have been because of the late owner and his ever present medical condition The tub was checked over and it was decided at a board meeting (me, myself & my alter ego (all 3 of us)) that the rhs was a write off. The rhs tub was full of BOG, Land Rovers and BOG don't mix full stop, hark back to the pic of 113-372 in downtown Saigon looking very shmick n smart to looking like this when 'Stan M' took the photo on his way back to Oz after completing his tour of duty in Sth Vietnam I discovered that 113-372 MUST have had an accident in Saigon, the 'Provos' would have requisitioned another Land Rover, 113-372 went to ?RAEME for repairs for an unspecified period, during this period the rhs of the tub was removed and very expertly put back into place by an unknown RAEME fitter, and I must say, what a expert job he did at that, tub side refitted with Csk alloy (solid rivets) filed over etc etc, anyway to cut a long story short, 113-372 had been replaced by another Land Rover and was now relegated to airfield security as you can see by the pic, and 113-372 was just another truck,,. In it's life after the military, it was bought at auction by a chap (now deceased) called Allan Howarth (Newcastle Land Rover Owners club of which there are probably no L/R's in, and the area up in the Barrington Tops aka 'The Lease' is named after him), he bought it as stated, ?? did some titavating, then sold it to 'Craft Bros' sawmills. Somewhere during it's life with the sawmill, it had a heavy vehicle back into the rhs side of the tub, punching a rather large hole (approx 3" x 3") this was bashed over and bogged up, which over time, as previously stated Bog n L/rs dont mix, it cracked from vibration etc and it looked sh***ty, so I decided to remove the offending panel completely,,,. more to follow shortly cheers Dennis
  17. G'day All, Day 1, 9th January 2010, 113-372 aka BLR-626 was taken from it's resting place in Morpeth NSW on a journey to breath life back into it, BLR-626 has had a hard life since demob on 10th August 1970, it has traversed the Wattagan and Broken Back Ranges for almost 20 years carrying men and gear to resupply logging equipment for 'Craft Bros' sawmills Millfield NSW, until it was semi-retired due to the owners health status, when it came up for sale as previously mentioned. Some pix from day 1, the strip down begins, easy parts first I don't know why I always start with lhs wing :nut: as can be seen a hole or two in footwell, this is caused by not cleaning out the splash guard, crap builds up in there moisture resides there + humidity = rust:( anyway cheers for now Dennis
  18. G'day All, I have started a thread in MV blogs restorations etc of Number 8 113-372 cheers Dennis:D
  19. G'day All, This will be a ongoing thread re the restoration of 113-372 a 1964 Series 2A 88"GS, Army Census 6005 Nomenclature Truck Utility 1/4Ton GS Contract C110350 Chassis number 24305444b I have seen this Land Rover in and around where I live since the early 1970's, it was owned by a local sawmill company 'Craft Bros' Millfield NSW, I just knew at the time it was a ex-army Land Rover, it always looked and sounded good as it motored around, at the time I was married no kids as yet, I had a Series 1 86" and I lusted after a better looking Series 2A especially ex army, anyway I didn't get one until 1999 (Chloe, my 1st restoration see Land Rover gallery) anyway this Land Rover didn't come my way until 2000/2001, I had heard that it was for sale, but I ended up getting the run around so to speak and I bought another S2A 88"GS (see Wee-Wullie in L/Rover gallery) so my old mate Graham Dunlop bought BLR-626, a picture of it sitting in Millfield NSW in 2000 and kept it for me until I could afford to start work on it. Now jump back to the late 60's, the place Sth Vietnam, a young Nasho (National Serviceman) had just completed his tour of duty in country (12 months) he is at Tan Son Nuht airfield just outside Saigon waiting for a bird to fly him out back to Australia, when all of a sudden as is what can happen at any given time in a war zone, the Vietcong attack the airfield with rockets n mortars, he is issued a weapon to help defend the area against the Vietcong, anyway as it came to pass Stan M (the Nasho) is waiting at the perimeter of the airfield next morning after the all clear, along comes a Land Rover with 4 Aussie Provo's in it, of course Aussies being a bit cheeky towards each other in a friendly way, the Provo's were ripping him off about RTA (return to Australia), he whips out his camera and snaps this shot Stan thinks nothing of the picture, as the lads who served in Sth Vietnam got a raw deal by the Govt of the day and successive Govt's until the welcome home parade in the late 80's, it was a disgraceful state of affairs, then along comes the internet, people/mates etc all start looking for each other, Stan lives in Victoria and now runs a website 2AOD, lots of really good pictures in the site donated from ex serving soldiers, so it's a good site to look at if you are into re-enacting etc. A fellow member from REMLR informs me that there is a in-service picture and not only in-service, in country to boot, now thats a ++, so I got in touch with Stan telling him that I now own that Land Rover, here is a snap of it the day I had it moved from Morpeth to Cessnock a distance of approx 20 miles, Mr Dunlop in background a short video clip of 113-372 travelling along the New England hwy West Maitland NSW http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rDXhT4_qDM Back to Stan M, once a month at his home they have a Sunday arvo BBQ, all the participants are ex servicemen + wives, after I had told Stan about the Land Rover and what is going to happen and the approximate time frame etc, he noted the ARN (113-372) and put it in a prominent place near his computer, well one Sunday not long after one of the regulars at the BBQ, brings along a box of 35mm slides telling Stan he was going to dispose of them, but decided to give them to Stan to copy and put up on the web, well 6 slides in this one jumped out and hit Stan in the face, he rang me to tell me to check my emails, this is what awaited me *&^%$# was I excited, I now had 2 pictures of 113-372 in country, I only know of 1 other Land Rover owner who has more than 1 picture of his S2A 109 Wksp vehicle, the MP who took this picture in downtown Saigon in 1967, he lives in Victoria, Graham B is his name, they are trying to find out the names of all the personell in the picture. The Land Rover has undergone quite a bit since that Saturday on the tilt tray truck, anyway much much more to follow cheers Dennis ps for anyone who has not seen any of my restorations here is a clip from 2009 with all 7 Land Rovers in it,, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72S13O_j3KI, cheers,,.
  20. G'day All, continuing on, here is a picture taken by a chap who died a few months ago, these are the LRPV's at auction back around 1990-91, the SASR is based in a suburb just outside Perth in West Australia, thats around 2,500 miles from my place, (London to Moscow LOL) a few (less than a handfull) were purchased by locals for whatever use, the remainder were sold to a pastoral lease up in the Kimberley region of W.A., and thats where they remain to this day, a few fellows located some of them about 1 1/2 years ago but negoiations were a failure and they could end up as scrap, a pic from the auction (pic from remlr) all that aside I had wanted one of these vehicles for quite some time, I always knew that I could build one, and I have, the only items missing are weapons. Australia (since Port Aurthur) has undergone drastic firearms law changes, I suppose much the same way as in the UK after the 'Dunblaine' incident, but the major difference is you people in the UK can own and display de-ac weapons, here in Oz we are supposed to have national uniform gun laws across the land but they vary from state to state, here in NSW replica weapon license is very hard to get, and to get any sense out of the desk 'Johnnies' who work in firearms registry, well you might try a sling shot to the moon, it could be a easier task, hence no replica or de-ac firearms, anyway back on track. Some of these vehicles were fitted to carry a motor cycle, originally the troops used some of their own m/cycles but it ended up with the Suzuki DR 350 was the bike of choice, it's quiet, 4 stroke, good performer, so I bought a s/hand job, I doubted very much whether the SAS specified anything special on it, and it's very hard, almost impossible to get any information regarding vehicles/kit/accessories that may/may not have been used. The bike I have is definatley a civvie job with a paint make over (it is a goer none the less) the weapon pintle can be seen above the bike in the picture, the mount was a home made job (at unit level most likely) basically its a wheel hub n stub axle, I machined the 2 rings under etc that acts as a locking device to stop the gun swinging around loosely, it would have been fitted with either a Browning .30Cal and or later in service M60/Mag58. Here is a picture taken at a show near home, it has quite a bit of kit that cannot be seen, in the console between the front seats, 77 radio set, 3 angle head torches, map compartment, signal mirrors, 6x50 binoculars, 3 sets sun/wind/glare goggles I think thats all, in the back it has 5 plastic jerry cans for water, steel ammo boxes, I still need to make a M/gun mount for the lhs front, that will happen when I'm finished restoration No8, the windscreens were removed when out in the scrub otherwise it would have been a dead give way, anyway the picture the tyres on the vehicle came off either a LRPV 6x6 or a RFSV that had been in Afghanistan, the vehicles are sent home to Oz to be refurbed etc, all tyres are replaced regardless, all six of these tyres had the ARN's of the vehicles they were fitted too. I have to tow a No5 1/2 ton trailer behind this Land Rover because drivers following you cannot see the brake stop lights etc, the military can get away with it most likely but I can't anyway thats my copy LRPV (Long Range Patrol Vehicle) it may not have been one in service, but it is sure as hell is the same as one, cheers Dennis ps I have to remove the PSP off the front before driving as the turn signals can't be seen , a link to youtube and watch all 7 Land Rovers in 2009 camera atad wobbly at times
  21. G'day All, With the engine and transmission back in place, bulkhead bolted on, I now turned my attention to fabricating all the other items needed to complete this job. I set off on a road journey to Victoria, Bandiana Military musuem, to take some measurements & drawings of a similar Land Rover, I had permission from the Musuem curator to be allowed to sit climb go under whatever with it, any problems with staff direct them to him, I had no bother from anyone, also I had been in touch with an enthusiast here in Aust, he came good with the information that I needed, (he has several of these rare machines) I now knew that none were identical, they were all very close but not off an assembly line if you follow me. Armed with pictures and drawings I set about fabricating it all, a mate (Gordon) helped me with tube bending as that is an art, I mean I can bend tubing in the jig but to bend two exactly the same and be the same length, well thats another thing altogether anyway one of the many sketches I made this one is for a reserve fuel tank, the vehicle has 3 fuel tanks, it carried approx 78 Gallons of fuel, a start on the fabrication of bar work this was time consuming and also used quite a bit of oxy/acetylene, heating & bending 3" x 3/8" flat bar, I won't go into the details of it all, it was difficult to say the least to do in a home workshop environment. The engine as can be seen is a 5 main bearing diesel 2 1/4lt it is up to the task, and given that this vehicle is a copy/replica call it what you like, this was my engine of choice ( Ilike diesels). Many months passed with all sorts of gear fabricated and fitted, it started to look like a ???? this was one of the many chalk full size drawings I did just checking it all before making it :nut: the finished job, but not mounted a lot of water went under the bridge as they say, but work continued almost everyday, rain puts me off and I can remember we did get our fair share of it. I used the Series 3 wiring harness, and modified it to suit my application, it worked out very well, the instrument mount made from a sheet of aluminium fitted with 4 'Smiths' gauges the original vehicles had VDO gauges I'm not fussed on VDO as the bodies are plastic and have been known to crack/break so I used steel bodied 'Smiths' the almost finished dash Land Rover starting to take it's shape now, but still quite a long way to go, a lot of internal fittings still to be made some of the pix are out of sync with my text, but I don't suppose that matters much, anyway cheers Dennis
  22. G'day All, OK, I get the message , here we go. The chassis of the S2A 109 was in reasonably good condition except for the cross member under the clutch bellhousing, it needed replacing, this is the replacement and later on that same day it was in position and ready to be fully welded The chassis was then pressure washed/needle scale gunned in a few areas treated with some red oxide then etch primed & painted Flat Black (Protec Cam Flat Black) The chassis was refitted with all the items needed for a rolling chassis (you know, all seals/gaskets/brake pipes/brake fittings all replaced with new items as I have done on all jobs so far except for Gunbuggy) This particular type of vehicle was fitted out with loads of extra gear so it needed to be beefed up in some areas in particular the suspension, it was modified to have 4 shock absorbers on the rear axle, the top mounts had to be let into the chassis fabricating the bottom mounts weld them together and then weld them to the differential housing basically it was now back to being a rolling chassis. Again the tin worm had done its duty on the bulkhead as is often the case anywhere where rainfall n humidity :-( are ever present. So the hunt was on for another, a chance conversation with a friend and I was soon off to Cobar in Outback NSW. I set off on a Sunday afternoon at around 1400hrs, arriving in Cobar at 2330hrs, I slept in motel 110 missed the property owner so I had to hang around all day for him to come home from work, 1630hrs, the b/head was removed and on the roofrack and I was heading home at 1800hrs, the donor I arrived home at approx 0420hrs Tuesday morning, I didn't think this lot would fit under the carport roof so I parked in the street this was unloaded at around 1000hrs Tuesday morning and by Friday afternoon it had been repaired and was bolted on the chassis, more to come later cheers Dennis
  23. G'day All, Would anyone like to see what I did with these 2 Land Rovers??, I acquired both these Land Rovers in 2004 they had been in storage at a mates place until I was ready to start stripping down etc, the rebuild took place during late 2007 early 2008, this was a ex-mil S2A 109 GS reduced further down than this, this is a civilian Series 3 109 it was used as the mechanical donor and was reduced to this This was restoration No7, it took about 1 year to build, it is a copy of a unique Australian military Land Rover, it has everything except weapons, would anyone like to see it?? cheers Dennis ps I had secretly harboured a desire for one of these since 2001 or thereabouts,,.
  24. G'day All, just for interest sake the owner of the AEC Bob Dimer passed away just a couple of months ago, I have no idea as to what has/will become of the AEC, it is 1 of 2 in Australia cheers Dennis
  25. G'day All, A few more words and pictures of my S2A 109 Wksp, this is the donor chassis as the original was US, it was grit blasted on a Friday morning (I helped as always) back home approx 1300hrs, etch primed and put into storage for about 18 months as I was still doing my S2 88" C/R ( I think :embarrassed: ) anyway it was taken out of storage and moved approx 7 yards into the backyard area, where I jacked it up onto my stand so as to facilitate ease of work, the chassis recieved 2 coats of Gloss Black, a picture in waiting first, I can distinctly remember starting to apply the black paint to the chassis on a Tuesday afternoon and by Thursday evening I was ready to refit the chassis with springs and diff/assemblies this is Fridays effort thats the S2 with the white cover (I was working on the exhaust system) the rear tub off the 109 is in the background as well as the $25.00Au bulkhead I bought in Cobar (Outback NSW) it was a rolling chassis by the next morning, (Saturday 11/3/2006) the hold up:embarrassed: what held me up from finishing on Friday evening was I couldn't find the 6 locking tabs that secure the front stub axles to the spindle housing, my problem is I'm colour blind, and as I paint everything mechanical (both sides) black, the tabs were sitting on the cardboard that I had painted them on, but I couldn't see them :embarrassed::shocked: anyway I didn't think that it was a bad effort for just a few hours each afternoon to culminate in a rolling chassis. I kept slogging away at it everyday, I clearly remember working over the Xmas New Year in 40+ C heat, the only good thing was that the etch prime flash dried and the Gloss Black just about baked itself. The bulkhead needed repairs and grit blasting/painted, all this was accomplished over the next few months, refitted to the chassis along with a new wiring harness from Vinwire here in Australia (LR611 to suit a S2/2A military L/R), new brake pipes were made up by me, I love trying to work out the length and where the bends have to be, A lot of water had gone under the bridge so to speak, and quite a lot of refurbished land Rover parts went back into service on 172-562. Being a Electrical wkps vehicle, it was fitted with all manner of tools requiring a electrical switchboard, mounted on the rhs rear of tub in a cubby hole with a cat flap all in A1 working condition. The RAEME vehicle was attached to 2 Cav, (inverted triangle, RAEME spanner inside it) it was the A (alpha vehicle) Tech/supp, with call sign 'T' Tassie Devil, it does look good hooked up with it's matching No5 Platform trailer don't you think, I have all the nessacery canvas pieces/ropes etc to enclose the 2 bodies, but it's a PIA to put up and I don't have any pix of my own, but some from REMLR, anyway 172-562 note it doesn't have the spanner nor call sign on wing, a few inservice pix cheers Dennis
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