mcspool

Jonathan, I totally agree - tipping my hat to people like you who have the skills to do all this fabrication work!

cheers,

Hanno

PS: hint - the guys over on Maple Leaf Up would like to see your progress too

Sites like this may be a good starting point?

http://the.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_Panzers.html

great to see this HUP being restored! seeing all the work, it's more of a recreation

Great find, Canadian 15-cwt water trailer!

Have we seen this one on here before? This is proof tanks are buried, and only waiting for someone to locate them, dig them up and restore them!

Read more at https://www.facebook.com/shermanregister/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1046661035412880

This entirely depends on the insurance company. Some are willing to insure it temporarily on a foreign licence plate, but you will have to look for a specialized company and in general the fee you will have to pay is high. Some insurers are willing to give you this temporary foreign coverage provided you will insure the truck with them for the next year(s).

Been there done that: you will have to invest time in investigating the possibilities and insurer's willingness as it is a bit of a grey area - despite all of us being in the EU (for now, that is )

Using the current owner's insurance may be possible, the current owner would then have to "loan" it to you. But if you cause damage, he may then loose his insurance or discounts he has built up over the years. You would have to check with the current owner's insurance policy and his willingness to see what is possible.

Another option is to ask him to drive it to the UK for you! He could turn it into a short holiday, vist an event, etc. :-D

Try http://www.albert-jagger.co.uk/

I have no connection nor experience with them, but from their catalog it seems they have a good selection of U-bolts and other "old school" body hardware.

Very good pictures!

Looks like a great time was had by all.

Well done, Howard!

Great to see an early CMP restored to it's former glory.

I hope someone in the UK is saving this QM trailer?

http://www.milweb.net/classifieds/view_large.php?ad=80627&cat=7

Although it's been shortened, I'm sure it can be used for spares, as such, or restored - last thing it needs is scrapping!

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Some more up-to-date pictures of the Sherman remains being turned into a memorial:

http://www.ville-sainte-maxime.fr/le_char_sherman.html

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/102206466

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/102206543

"I wanna have tanks on the beach!"

This Hotchkiss H-35 re-emerged on a French beach about 5 years ago:

This is what it may have looked like when "only used on Sundays for a drive to the beach....."

More pics here: http://monptitbonheur.skynetblogs.be/archive/2011/02/28/fevrier-2011-le-char-hotchkiss-apparait-de-nouveau-sur-la-pl.html

Welcome Stuart and thanks for your very informative website!

Hanno

http://www.mapleleafup.nl/g104

Brilliant Mcspool, that's the first I've heard of that article, was it just a picture article and ww2 history, or was there much information about Bovy's intentions with the Sherman Priest?

IIRC, it wasn't an article but a picture of it on the range with a short caption and in a later issue a picture of it at Bovington with David Fletcher standing in front. Nothing like background you provided so many years later :thumbsup:

Sprocket, great to read about the history of these AFV's :thumbsup:

I recall reading about the Priest arriving at Bovington in Wheels & Tracks magazine.

TA grizzly is easy to be identified by the little hatch in the floor in front of the gunner for the Snake device.

Sprocket, see http://the.shadock.free.fr/sherman_minutia/manufacturer/m4a1mlw/grizzly.html for a picture of the small hatch.

The snake device was basically a large bangalore torpedo which was pushed forward into position by means of a chain. This chain was coupled to a hook on the the floor of the tank via the small hatch.

The Big G can also be found on US Shermans who had their casting done by General steel

Indeed - read more about Foundry Symbols and Trademarks at my Sherman Register web site

Peter, going back to the hoops. Where the hoops slot into the upright poles, looks like there is some sort of knuckle. Do you know what stops the hoops jumping out of the knuckle or are they drilled with holes for a locking pin or bolt and nut. Thanks Howard

Howard,

the hoops can be locked in either a low or high position. On 3-ton CMPs the hoops slide in sockets in the body uprights and can be locked in the high position by a pin - I'd say it works the same on this 30-cwt body.

Hanno

Yes that's correct Howard there are no longitudinal braces on your type of body just the hoops.

as per my earlier posting, I second that

Well done Hanno:-) I thought it was something to do with time lapse in the land of the Clog .

That's a very nice picture of a F30 not seen that before

Pete, even with the benefit GMT +2:00 and all we're a bit sluggish here in the land of the Clog (note: Dutch klompen are EU approved work & safety footwear!).

Replied to Howard's last posting, your informative-as-ever postings were on the next page already. But I'm glad to have been able to contribute something at least, and thanks for saving me having to dig out that manual to make scans.

PS: it was good to see your reaction on 'Agent O's new truck, but speaking of time lapse it was after 4 years of being silent on MLU

I see my friend already supplied proper scans of said manual earlier on - sorry I missed it Pete :thumbsup:

Couple of scans from the October 1941 DND special pattern bodies part list that may be of interest

Pete

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Another picture of the 3C1 body with hoops, this one is on the back of a Ford 30-cwt

Just wondered if any body knows the height of the steel tubes require for the hoops on the back of the body. It looks like on one of the pictures on page 3 that there is a knuckle joint that the hoop it self slots into. Or are they one complete hoop from one side to the other. Are they tall enough so you are able to stand in the back of the truck without stooping. Looking at some old black and white pics looks like you have a front and rear curtains, then a main canvas sheet, is this correct. I now need to get all this made. Thanks Howard.

Howard, here's a photo taken from a CMP body manual. No dimensions in there but I could scan it properly so you can guesstimate from the drawing. As you saw on page 3 of this thread the hoops can be locked in either a low or high position. On 3-ton CMPs the hoops slide in sockets in the body uprights and can be locked in the high position by a pin - I'd say it works the same on this 30-cwt body.

Here is an in service photo of another example in service in Tunisia, Sicily or Italy. This photo comes from another of Bill Greggs books. It looks like the tilt hoops have been lowered to their shipping height and are used as grab rails. I can't make out the Div sign on the near side.

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The canvas on 30-cwt and 3-ton trucks was a one-piece affair, as on British trucks of the same weight class. Front and rear were covered by folding over the canvas.

HTH,

Hanno

Rare pictures of military bicycles in use during a river crossing in Singapore in 1941

Look what I spotted going down on the highway North of Antwerp this morning....