Wolfy

Welcome Greg

Welcome David, great truck.

I also go on the Oz REMLR forum which is really good.

Colt

Welcome!

On the ball as ever Tony thanks.

OK I had to Google that one.... Free From Explosives. Just to play devils advocate is that just a safety requirement or a legal one as well?

Just curious as I'm looking for a rapier (not a drill version) and therefore wondered.

I dont think I''ve ever heard inert missile and deac cert mentioned together?? :shocked:

But I'd rather not blow myself and my house up I think :nut:

cheers

Colt

Beautiful. Would love a vaulted ceiling to hang it from.

Wow! Is this the one Ramco had for sale?

I wish I had the money and space, real beauty.

Its worth completely dismantling the steering box, the upper and lower bearings and cups wear and can be pitted. The sector shaft and worm gear also wear and thats the most common reason for play.

The most annoying job I found was removing and fitting a new bronze ring whrere the horn connects. Also you need to apply quite a lot of heat to the bronze ring without melting the plastic underneath to re-solder the horn wire, in the end I used a huge 50 year old soldering iron a friend lent me.

Theres some debate on whether to refit the box using oil or grease as grease can harden and not lube the parts it should. Oil is very messy and can leak, I went with grease which I'll regularly top up with a gun.

Its all worth doing while youre there.

Brilliant!

Do you need a licence to transmit on an operational radio, otherwise you can lose it and the Jeep.

 

why would you want a BC1306. They were only used right at the end of the war. What you want is a BC659 or to be really different a BC654.

I'm no expert but I think you've answered your question in your next posting.... 654's dont come up often and are very expensive. Not keen on the look of 659's. Besides BC1306 radios are far nicer looking (IMHO) and were introduced in 44 which is fine. Thanks for your input it all helps.

Thanks for your reply. Is it worth buying if it doesnt work for display purposes?

ooh I forgot... did the British use these radios in Jeeps in WW2?

Thanks

Hey Folks,

Can anyone tell me what a BC-1306 costs nowadays? I think like anything they have gone up in price due to rarity.

I have the opportunity to buy the power supply pack PE-237 for $250, is this a good price or a normal price? Just trying to figure out if its worth buying.

Many thanks from a radio virgin :-)

Great truck! Wish I had the space....

Lovely mount!

The more commonly used British wartime 20mm mountings were the Universal mount and Haszard Baird mounts both based on a round turntable and demountable for use on a 10 cwt truck like the one seen at shows on the UK circuit. They could also be towed short distances behind a Jeep or truck.

The Polsten airborne mount was indeed used at Arnhem and on several other operations and was designed to be used behind a Jeep, the gun was a simpler and easier to maintain design. There is one known original version I have studied, there are 3 excellent replicas, I am making the fourth...slowly! I have collected a fair amount of information on all three mounts.

Colt

There was an L118 in a re enactors camp at W&P this year, it looked like it was in private hands, got a photo of it somewhere.

There was also a deactivated L119 sold in the States...no doubt mega money.:embarrassed:

I also used Rinkens / Kingstown for my 42 Jeep, they were very good.

Only grumble I had was additional taxes to pay at this end not in the quoted price but not a lot I could do about that.

RRServices also do imports for customers.

Will post pictures when its done, first I have to finish the rebuild of the Jeep :nut:

Im going for the modern X series Clayton heater, the heat output is far superior to the old style heater which are poor and the smaller model fits up under the dash so wont show at all.

I made an exact mock up to check sizing.

New repro combat wheels are £100 - £120 each but I prefer the original ones.

I've been buying original ones one at a time but must admit havent thought about the holes wearing...must check.:nut:

Thanks Tony, interesting, I wouldnt have guessed that was the answer in a million years.

Why does a Bren gun deactivated say 4 years ago fully strip down (apart form the barrel) but an SLR deac from the same period is welded up solid?

Thanks

Colt

Lovely truck, looking good keep us posted.

verrrrry nice! :cool2: