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    Looking for Ford V8 Flat head

    in MV Chatter

    Posted

    Chris, as far as I know the pre-war engines were 21-stud, not 24. The Ford V8 Flathead was fitted to a huge number (100,000's) of vehicles manufactured by Ford Canada during WW2, ranging from cars & trucks to tracked carriers. Ford in the UK manufactured huge numbers of V8 powered vehicles as well.

     

    Seeing that your friend does not know these details, I guess he's looking for an engine for a hot rod? After WW2, the French fitted the 24-stud V8 engine in the SUMB truck, many of which are now sold on the collector's market. They have various refinements over the WW2 engines and are the one to choose if originality is of no importance. As noted above, RR Services sells parts for these French trucks, incl. engines. As a matter of fact, there's a take-out engine advertised for UKP 1000 on MilWeb as we speak.

     

    Hope this helps,

    Hanno

    'C' MV

    in MV Chatter

    Posted

    sirch wrote

     

    So I think he is saying that it is only a guide and not gospel, it just gives a representation of what vehicle is being sold for what price at the time, and if you take any notice of it :shock:

     

    What he really is saying is that he lists all the asking prices for a certain type of vehicles advertised on MilWeb. Depending on the type, there is a (big) difference between asking price and the price it actually sells for.

     

    Back to the subject: I am an Wheels & Tracks fan, have all the issues and really miss the mag and its author/editor Bart Vanderveen.

     

    I quit my subscription to CMV I think two years ago, not mainly because there was too much modern stuff in it, but I really was annoyed by endless number of errors in the articles. Not good quality, and add to that the high price you have to pay to get it delivered to Holland...

     

    My €0,02 worth anyway  :-)

     

    Hanno

    Buried Jeeps

    in MV Chatter

    Posted

    With out doubt, equipment was dumped and there is a great of evidence to proof it so much so that you can actually dive the equipment dumps in the Pacific left by the US after the war.

    And sometimes you don't even need diving equipment! See Pacific Junkyards.

     

    Hanno

    Not original, what the hell do you mean!

    in MV Chatter

    Posted

    I know someone who has all the parts for a tank restoration and I do mean ALL the parts but one - the dashboard. This has been the case for nigh on 20 years and still no start has been made because all of the original parts are not available.

     

    Indeed, I know him too. He has made a trip to a foreign national archives to find any drawing or blueprints, but alas. I think he is one of the people who has more fun in the research and finding the parts, than the physical restoration or the operation of a vehicle. To each his own.

     

    Hanno

    GMC's and Tyres

    in Blogs of MV restorations

    Posted

    Jack, just drive the truck on Norwegian tyres until they wear out! In the meantime save for another set, which might well be another set of Norwegian tyres going cheap because someone else really wants bar grips :D

     

    According to some people my Ford F15A has the wrong type of tyres. But I refuse to replace them before they are worn out. Even then, I'll probably replace them with bar tread tyres, as the only Dunlop Trakgrips available are Ferret tyres which are a) runflats, so they give a harsh ride, b) expensive.

     

    Hanno

     

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    GMC's in British Army ??

    in MV Chatter

    Posted · Edited by mcspool

    :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :cry: Don't say that I have to paint my truck, again :shock:

    I'm not saying anything, just that I would paint a GMC in British livery. The UK used both the -352 and -353 (see below), the problem is finding the pictures and information to accurately restore one, while info on US units is abundant.

     

    Cheers,

    Hanno

     

    From Data Book of Wheeled Vehicles: Army Transport 1939-1945. Sadly it does not mention the S.M. numbers for the GMCs.

    GMC_CCKW-352_2_-ton_6x6_truck.jpg Studebaker_chassis_types.jpg

    (click on image for large size scan)

    Out of debt ...At last.

    in Other Chatter

    Posted

    1945 war debt to US 'almost paid'

    US help to the UK was invaluable during the war

    The UK will repay debts owed to the US dating from the World War II by the end of this year, the government says.

    Under the lend-lease programme, which began in March 1941, the then neutral US could provide countries fighting Hitler with war material.

    The US joined the war soon after - in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbour - and the programme ended in 1945.

    The final payment of £45m will be made by the 31 December, meeting a 1945 obligation to repay the debt in full.

    "Repayment of the war loans to the US Government is expected to be completed on December 31 2006," the Treasury's Ivan Lewis said in a written commons reply.

     

    Did everyone forget howPresident Roosevelt explained "lend lease"?

    "Your neighbour's house is on fire. He comes to you, and asks if he can have your hose. You say, 'I will not give you my hose. But I will lend it to you. You can borrow it to put out your fire. And when the fire is out, you will return it to me'".

    If I was Mr. Lewis I would send Mr. Bush a hose! :D

    kids and mv's

    in MV Chatter

    Posted

    Yes, both boys are, but the girls (incl. my wife) are not. Typical?!?! :D

    Took the boys to a local classic car show, there were two Diamond T's driven by guys I know. My two boys (5 and 3 years old) had a ride up front in the cab and in the back. The loved it. The oldest one even said he loved the smell of these army trucks. Apples never fall far from the tree, do they... :wink:

     

    Here's a pic of the Dizzy T in question (but taken by someone else at another event) - mighty impressive, even for dad!

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    http://www.armymotorcars.com/html/diamond_t_0.html

    kids and mv's

    in MV Chatter

    Posted

    Yes, both boys are, but the girls (incl. my wife) are not. Typical?!?! :D

    Took the boys to a local classic car show, there were two Diamond T's driven by guys I know. My two boys (5 and 3 years old) had a ride up front in the cab and in the back. The loved it. The oldest one even said he loved the smell of these army trucks. Apples never fall far from the tree, do they... :wink:

     

    Hanno

     

    P.S.: the girls stayed home

    GMC's in British Army ??

    in MV Chatter

    Posted

    LeeEnfield

    So if you find a suitable GMC paint it sand with dark grey / black camo,

    (...)

    The IWM have more photos of GMCs like this, some of which are painted in disruptive camo as described.

     

    Larry,

     

    Do you have copies or reference no's of the pictures you refer to? It would be great to see some GMC's in the camouflage scheme introduced in Italy in April 1943, which used bold patterns of black, or SCC7 (a dark olive green), over a base of SCC.5 "Light Mud".

     

    Thanks,

    Hanno

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