Wolfy

I gave up with mine and bought a new one from Sodbury in the end which was thankfully only £100 but that was 8 years ago. They are ridiculously expensive new.

I like the colours nice choice.

Was a really great day thanks to those who made it possible.

Any update on this thread Jim?

Any update on this thread Jim?

The best tutorial for rebuilding the gearbox is on youtube, the guy does each section in short easy to follow stages.

Now....having said that I made two common mistakes -

1) On the end of the shift rail there should be a thimble cup that stops the oil leaking into the bellhousing and its often overlooked. I bought mine 2 years before and forgot to fit it. Dallas do a mod that keeps it held in place.

2) To stop oil leaking into the handbrake you can I'm told use a sealant behind the rear gear of the gearbox, I didnt do this either.

So my box will be dropped in the coimng months to do theres, frustrating but a necessity.

Met him once, he was a nice guy and had a great collection.

My Wolf 110 was registered as estate car and I had no problems.

Welcome Derek!

The Vickers on one traders stall priced at £5.5k sold apparently! :wow:

Sent you an email Tim many thanks

Carleton

I'll see if I can live with it, I'm getting used to it with my Jeep....I'm too used to the Wolf still and getting places in good time but I'm sure I'll adjust.

Hi Simon,

Could you pm me where they were made please? Would be interested in one, I was going to make one myself but buying may be the way to go...

Thanks

Carleton

Good Tom. These Tilly engines are fun to take apart! The big end eye is too big to come through the cylinder and must come out the bottom way!!!

I fitted new pistons after a re-bore to mine. Together with big end and main bearing shells, valves and springs and timing chain. The power now is incredible! Possibly it could pull a sick whore off a piss pot.......But probably not.

 

Ron

Love it Ron!

The low power is something I'd like to 'fix' on mine but I havent figured out how yet.... maybe a very large rubber band. Failing that I may actually go with a B series engine.

Carleton

See my posting on the forum about Brens a few years ago, I felt they were inching up in price but theyve jumped recently.

For me deacs are getting out of reach now which is a great shame, I really wanted a Browning Hi power but £650 is just too much to tie up.

Where will it all end? A limited few with the funds to invest? No idea.

Carleton

Both our Jeeps and the Morris had vapor lock problems on the way down and at the show.

Talking to other owners of older cars there were literally dozens of old vehicles having the problem. One lightweight broke down by our tents with it.

Each time we fixed the problem by squirting fuel into the lines with a plant sprayer which will now stay in my Jeep permanently until I find a fix.

Carleton

Louis Wright a good friend who runs the Market Gardeners group came over and did a thorough explanation on how it worked, he owns 2 of them. I probably wouldnt do it justice if I tried to explain.

What a fine Jeep that is in the background :angel:

Was great camping with you both, well done on First place! :-D

Combined Ops here we come..........:kiss:

Welcome to the forum

Most likely. My deceased uncle served in 25 LAA Regiment in the Western Desert, then three D-Day beaches into Sicily, Italy and Normandy. He actually volunteered in September 1939 for the Nothumberland Hussars and was posted to A Squadron, who were promptly converted to be a light anti-aircraft battery. This was common for Yeomanry regiments (which the Northumberland Hussars were, not being a regular cavalry regiment. You may wish to read the history of the South Notts Hussars who followed exactly the same route, ending up being destroyed after being ordered to fight to the last round during one of the retreats across the Western Desert (if memory serves, it was at Knightsbridge).

 

25 LAA survived until the end of the war because they were in an active role, but the breakout from Normandy cost so many infantry lives that many other units were disbanded to provide more infantrymen for the meat grinder.

 

If you are interested, feel free to PM me and I can send copies of the booklet issued to all members of the battery at the end of the war, describing the wartime history of 25 LAA (not the regiment you are looking for, but it might give you a flavour of the life. I'll warn you, I grabbed these with the scanner during a brief visit to see my cousin. There is a lot of it, in single pages rendered as JPEGs because that was what the scanner defaulted to.

I will pm you thanks it sounds like useful info.

Rob I think youre right about Tilehusrst road, it has to be that location or possibly the Oxford road location thats now the TA?

Hey All,

I have gone through my Grandfathers war records and he served mainly in -

31 LAA Regiment - 224 LAA Battery. Can anyone advise where I can get more info on this please as the internet isnt showing me much.

What would vehicle markings for this be??

Many thanks

Carleton

Nice work on the roof! :cool2:

Tony thats a serious mast fantastic!

Thanks G0oz.

Have pm'd you Rob.

Good info guys thanks. Where would I get the Canadian masts from? Google is sending me to this post!!

I did wonder also about the Larkspur ones.