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    Maple leaf forum

    in MV Chatter

    Posted

    I think they have been a bit busy. My membership has just come through and I originally did it about a month ago. Be patient and I'm sure it will be through soon.

     

    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

    Crashed Glider with Jeep inside

    in American Vehicles

    Posted

    Now Now my cloggie chum..... I'm just demonstrating that I'm a fully rounded person.

     

    Anyway fear not Old Bean, there's a C30 12 cab LAA and a Dodge D15 tanker waiting their turn in the workshop so my CMP interests are alive and strong.

     

    Who knows the current J thing may well appear in Canadian markings :cool2:

     

    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.

    early Mw's how many left?

    in British Vehicles

    Posted

    It must have gone through a major rebuilt at one point , front and cab are from a later era , early ones had for example in front of the windscreen wood covered with sheet metal , this one has the later only metal bonnet rest , several more details look differently , chassis is in all respects correct, with correct shocks and other early fittings.

     

    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

     

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    withams tender this month

    in MV Chatter

    Posted · Edited by mcspool

    The Dutch Lightwights belong to Withams, they have/had loads of them stacked up in one of the sheds.

     

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

    withams tender this month

    in MV Chatter

    Posted · Edited by mcspool

    Can anyone visiting Withams check out this lot, please?

     

    [TABLE=width: 500]

    [TR]

    [TD=bgcolor: #EFEFEF]51[/TD]

    [TD=bgcolor: #EFEFEF]Land Rover Lightweight LHD Diesel Ex Reserve Still in Pallet - Included in Sale

    Mileage From: Low KMS[/TD]

    [TD=bgcolor: #EFEFEF]£4,500.00[/TD]

    [TD=bgcolor: #EFEFEF][/TD]

    [TD=bgcolor: #EFEFEF][/TD]

    [/TR]

    [TR]

    [/TR]

    [/TABLE]

     

     

    LHD diesels were only used by the Dutch Army, right?

     

    Now, how would 2 "still in pallet" end up with the British MoD?!?

    Land Rover Lightweight 25-HF-72 sand colour?

    in British Vehicles

    Posted

    FVE22A/87 is wrong on its own 25HF72 , would fall into Item 4 of the contract so it would read FVE22A/87/4 (or ITEM 4 may at times be used in full - depends Lol).

     

    Don't expect to find all these plates secured with rivets , ISTR some are affixed with screws from new.

     

    [snip]

     

    Pity not more photographs , often the truck can be very close identified for age etc. this way. Yes , I wonder if the number branded on the dumb-iron is correct stamped (unmolested) and matches the "replacement" plate LoL

     

    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

    Land Rover Lightweight 25-HF-72 sand colour?

    in British Vehicles

    Posted

    I would agree that the reg number and chassis number are in the right ball park for the vehicle. The plate looks like a replacement but that doesn't necessarily mean that it's dodgy.

     

    I'm in the process of reproducing an accurate data plate for our lightweight because it was missing and it's very difficult deciding just how ours would have looked originally because of all the variations in the way that plates were marked. Some have some bits printed whilst others are all stamped. The stamping is usually neater than this one, though.

     

    The vehicle would have been NATO Green originally or possibly it could have been one of the last in Deep Bronze Green.

     

    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.

    Porpoise ammuniation sled

    in Trailers, plant and equipment

    Posted

    I'd not seen that photo before eddie - not sure if they're porpoises though - the shape of the front seems wrong. I'm sure that they were put to use for that purpose though.

     

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

     

    H.

    Land Rover Lightweight 25-HF-72 sand colour?

    in British Vehicles

    Posted · Edited by mcspool
    added text

    Yes that serial number does seem right for a LHD Lt Wt.

     

    Here I found the following info:

    Export LHD started at 95400001 to 95404518, this included vehicles for the UK armed forces.

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

    95404355A

    [TABLE]

    [TR]

    [TH=width: 80]954[/TH]

    [TD]Model: Land Rover, Series III[/TD]

    [/TR]

    [TR]

    [TH][/TH]

    [TD]Body type: Lightweight[/TD]

    [/TR]

    [TR]

    [TH][/TH]

    [TD]Wheel base: 88in[/TD]

    [/TR]

    [TR]

    [TH][/TH]

    [TD]Engine: petrol[/TD]

    [/TR]

    [TR]

    [TH][/TH]

    [TD]Model years: 1972-1980[/TD]

    [/TR]

    [TR]

    [TH][/TH]

    [TD]Destination: Export, left-hand drive (LHD)[/TD]

    [/TR]

    [TR]

    [TH]04355[/TH]

    [TD]Serial number[/TD]

    [/TR]

    [TR]

    [TH]A[/TH]

    [TD]Design: Unmodified[/TD]

    [/TR]

    [/TABLE]

     

    Land Rover Lightweight 25-HF-72 sand colour?

    in British Vehicles

    Posted

    That it may not be the original plate. The numbers are all over the place & it is screwed on not riveted.

     

    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.

    BEF 25mm Hotchkiss Gun

    in Artillery & Anti-Tank Weapons

    Posted

    Yes ,they are as common as muck, particularly the ex British ones ! :D

     

    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.

    Land Rover Lightweight 25-HF-72 sand colour?

    in British Vehicles

    Posted · Edited by mcspool
    it's 1979, not 1978

    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?

     

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    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?

     

    P1150061_resized.JPG

     

    Thanks in advance!

    Hanno

     

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