Alex van de Wetering

Tim, the work you guys are doing is very inspiring to say the least. Every few days I have a look at your thread and it's great to see which techniques and materials you use to bring the old Dennis back to life. I am really interested how the casting progresses; I don'y kno if porrible, but it would be great to see some pictures of the actual casting process and the steps leading to it. I think most of us only dream of having missing parts casted, so it's great to see someone actually doing it! Keep up the excellent work! Alex

Tomas, I remember this truck from a few years ago. Excellent to see you guys are bringing it back to life. Didn't it come from Portugal or something? Alex

Actually I think the Autocar was identical to the White. Federal built a similar truck, but that one has an obvious curved grille in stead of the flat one on the White and Autocar. Yes, I had a look at the truck at the Wings and Wheels show in Belgium, earlier this year. Seemed like a real nice project....some welding needed to the right hand side, but nothing too serious. By the way there is a second one for sale in Belgium at the moment....dressed in civvy colours. Anyway, Back to the subject....I really admire you guys for starting a project like this....."not for the faint hearted" comes to mind... Hope to see new pictures soon! Alex

Great stuff and excellent work! I have also been looking into these easy spray-systems. Sounds like an ideal tool for MV resto. Anyone who can tell me more about the paint quality itself? Would it be good enough to paint a classic car interior or engine bay as well? Have a Fiat 500 and Chev CMP waiting in line for a paint job.... Alex

Mike, Hanno, Yes, the truck looked terrifc; It was on show at Batterie Hillman in Colleville-Montgomery. I recon it must have been the same one you talked about, Hanno. Mike, check your email! Alex