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Great find, Jeremy! If it ends up restored like the C15, it will be a very good one :thumbsup: Hanno

Yes indeed we are a bit busy. MLU was swamped by spammers so we had to revert by people having to sign up by email. Please bear with us, all the content plus thumbnails of the Maple Leaf Up forum are fully accessible to anyone, so while waiting for your membership to come through, start reading as there's several lifetime's worth of it :cool2: Hanno

Of course with you having moved away from civilisation, you now have all the time in the world to read jeep books. Remember what our dear friend McStolly used to say about jeeps :yawn:, so a jeep in Canadian markings is only a meagre consolation, my dearest British friend :-D. A C30 is a very good step back up to the plate to where you were :thumbsup: H.

Oh my Pete, that sounds like a jeep anorak answer :shocked: How long has it been since you sold the CMP Chev?!? Hanno

I fear it will end up as yet another 82AB jeep. But at least some of these type of converted jeeps are restored as such. Here's an example:

Thanks Maurice, was good meeting you again. I've attached a picture with the areas Maurice pointed out to me earlier this week. The area circled in red is wood covered with sheet metal on early aeroscreen MW's, as opposed to sheet metal only on later ones. Also the area circled in yellow has indentations on early aeroscreen MW's, where they used cab pressings from OY - see second picture. Did I get that right Maurice? Thanks, Hanno

Thanks for the replies, so they are nothing special. The description implies they are NOS / unissued....

See http://www.milweb.net/classifieds/large_image.php?ad=66211&cat=3 PS Nice truck, Ian!

Can anyone visiting Withams check out this lot, please? LHD diesels were only used by the Dutch Army, right? Now, how would 2 "still in pallet" end up with the British MoD?!?

Quite so....

"Duitse dump" means "German dump"; it's not the name of a place. If only treasure hunting was that easy

Ruxy, Thanks for the extensive listing of plates. On the one for sale I only saw the plate on the dash. I checked under the bonnet to see the plate on the bulkhead at the rear of the engine but I could not see one fitted. What pictures would you need to see for more identification clues? I have some more. Hanno

Thanks Ivor! Meanwhile I found another listing of LtWt serial numbers plus colours here: http://www.lrfaq.org/Series/FAQ.S.chassis_numbering.954.html. From this listing at least it seems they only came in Bronze Green and Nato green from the factory, with the change over made somewhere before 15 Feb 1980. So the sand colour either was an in-service repaint, or done during civvie life? H.

Nope, those were intended to carry soldiers into action! Look closely at the photo , you'll see soldiers huddling inside the sledges. H.

Here I found the following info: And CalVIN, the Land Rover VIN CALculator came up with the following, explaining the "A" suffix:

Thanks Clive! I thought the stamping was sloppy workmanship.... If I pursue the deal I will double check the paperwork and serial number which should be on the chassis somewhere. Would the Serial No 95404355A make any sense for a 1979 LHD LW? H.

Rob, I was kidding you of course. I remember seeing one at the Airborne Museum in Oosterbeek decades ago. There's another (the same?) one at the Overloon museum these days. It is astounding what you come up with - keep up the good work! :thumbsup: H.

Went to check out a 1979 LHD Lightweight for sale today, as I want one as a runabout. It has its common Lightweight problems (doortops, outriggers, etc), but as the engine ran smooth and the drivetrain seems to work o.k. I made an offer. The man I was dealing with is the owner's cousin so he had talk to about it and get back to me. Meanwhile I thought to post a couple of pictures with questions here: 1) Could a 1979 LW have served in the British Forces in a sand colour? If original, I think this would be Light Stone? Being a LHD vehicle this was an ex-BAOR LW, which I think were all painted NATO green? Or were some kept in a sand colour to be sent overseas? 2) Who can tell me more about the military history of reg.no. 25-HF-72? What else can I learn from the numbers on the data plate? Thanks in advance! Hanno

Oh my, they seem to grow on trees there, here's another one for sale: http://www.midwestmilitary.net/RRHotchkisssale.html

Well, if you have the money isn't it better spent in pursuit of a dream, rather than on wine & women

Credit given & hats off! :thumbsup:

5:28am, Fri 18 Jan 2013 'There are no Spitfires': The dream has ended in the hunt for buried British planes http://www.itv.com/news/2013-01-18/there-are-no-spitfires-the-dream-has-ended-in-the-hunt-for-buried-british-planes/

Regardless if he succeeds or not, he's a real Hunter.....

Rolf, Good to see you're back! Hanno

Alex, Nice find! As I understand it, the later 214 engine does fit as a member on this forum fitted one to an MW. Once he reads this I'm sure he will share his engine swap experience. Regards, Hanno