phil munga

great pictures ,, I've been going through some old family albums trying to find pictures of my Grandfather ( Royal Engineer ) in Egypt stood with a military truck I've not found it yet so don't want to get other pics scanned until they're found them , in one album there is a pic of my Grandfathers group erecting shuttering to form something like one of these wrote next to the pic it says Italy Castel Del Rio

Got some great shots today , I should have had snow camo on rather than the green 1st pic from in car then crawled up down wind real slow as camera not so good so had to get close ( spitting distance ) then went for a short drive the wind had blown the snow from this area ,,, then on the way north A1(m) later the warning signs were displaying A66 west closed so rendering no Morris visit for a bit :cry: I'd have a go if the gearbox in the jeep was ok but its not selecting 3rd gear

is that an hour after its been eaten :rofl::rofl::rofl:

good link , seemed to think he did one before this one got pictures in a book somewhere ,two trailers with electric powered hubs that is drawn by a steam engine , but then on this write-up it says these are internal combustion engines and call them traction engines

Sean , thats correct they did build some strange machines ,,That must be some size loader 260t 2300hp , Do you remember the 183 ton ACCO largest dozer you can now get a model some nice pictures on link below http://www.vincelewis.net/acco.html link to the model makers website http://www.doncampbellmodels.com/blog/photos.html

going by this reply it can't be all that nice as the stuff I've seen them eat in the jungle would be absolutely disgusting , but then if you were stuck in the jungle we'd have half an idea what you might have to eat to survive

This topic seems to be causing quite a stir , may I ask if the product in these tins is nice ? also are'nt the sardine tins simalar

thanks for the link that model looks fantastic and might have to purchase one it shows great detail , Rick , looks like it'll be a job for a pals recovery truck thats if I can negotiate a fair price

I'm not sure what happened to that vehicle , some vehicles are only lent or are bought , I've sold an item to the program makers when they did the Scrppy Racers series ( think four teams ), and they have a budget to work to , The link below shows one I've got chance of http://www.hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?p=176405&highlight=Morris#post176405

I think the chances are that they only need to sell a few to get their cash back on a batch that they've bought , also them knowing that there are a few people out there that need some of these vehicles as a mode of transport My brother works at a garage repairing these and I was shocked at the price for some of the repairs , but then he went and collected the front half behind his Land Rover which I said was a bit overweight , they had to replace the main rear transfer box and drive shaft ,

This was one part that I have been trying to find pictures of the rear axle arrangement , going by what your saying do they just have the one diff or two live axles with the top worm transferring drive from the front to the rear axle ? the other deciding factor will be the price Stefano that engine looks more like an ornament and looks as though all thats needed now is to paint the frame that its fixed on , you've made a nice job of it , a bit heavier than I first thought- bit much to go behind a Land Rover

I think you've all got this wrong , the rabbit is taking driving lessons in a JEGEMV jet engined ground exploding missile vehicle On a serious note some very interesting pics Strange the things you learn from these forums I'd have thought looking at the said symbol that it was just a warning symbol to warn of there been a revolving wheel when its in the water , this been four wheel drive swimmer

Thanks for the details and great pics Stefano and that project of yours looks very nice , Rick , i'm not sure of the condition as yet and had a few people asking , but there might be a four wheel Morris ( posably like the one you just sold ) that could be striped for body parts ? , , Question is how much will the 6 wheeler weigh for transporting ?, I've been trying to find out but nothing as yet

Mark is that the grill you have it only looks to want some new tin letting in , might have to make do till you find a better one , mines been welded up and not very well , I would say the weld was more like crow5hit , if yours is past repair for temp fitment good luck in finding a replacement

Done a great job on that like the others Rob , looks to be quite heavy that one , how much will it weigh ,

They look to be in good condition here's the link http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150400255363&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.co.uk%3A80%2F%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dp3907.m38.l1313%26_nkw%3D150400255363%26_sacat%3DSee-All-Categories%26_fvi%3D1&_rdc=1

I've just gone through the last few pages to find a drawing showing these parts for the coupling , I know there's one on the last page but thought there was a better one showing these bronze parts of the gearbox input drive shaft ,, anyhow there was a page that I missed don't know how , but that clutch is quite some size which often is hard to gauge without another object or person next to things to show the actual size , so after that page thought I'd go back a bit more to see if I'd missed anymore - and ended up on page 44 the diff rebuild , seeing all them cogs and working out and understanding how it all works , just great fantastic Keep up the good work and keep thanking whoever found the drawings

Good find there Mike I was in W.H.Smiths and was flicking through the pages of the MV magazines and Plant mags and there was quite a good write up in one of them I could not stop for long as the Mrs was nagging to hurry up

Nice pics Well it keeps snowing on and off in the north east , doesn't seem to be getting much deeper , just replacing whats melted , anyhow what a day I've had :cry:,I got another car the other week so went out to start my old one to give to the father in-law , its not been out for over a week I put it in reverse and stalled it ,handbrake cable froze :argh: after a short while with the engine running i was able to pull the handbrake enough for the cable to come free select reverse right hand down all of a sudden twang twang rattle :argh::argh: I new from the pitch of the noise a piece of metal hitting the the floor that it was the front coil spring :argh: on investigating both front coils had snapped , I went in to show the other half "where have you found them" she said before I had chance to explain , after I told her what happened she said I thought they were horse shoes :argh: both strut tops had froze so as I turned the steering it put pressure on the spring causing it to snap ,, I then rang a brother to tell him and he said that other brothers car had done just the same the day before :argh: if they could have told me before I might have been more cautious , so now I have to fix the car i was giving away , All I've had to replace in 50,000 miles is brake pads and now this happens

I find this very strange because this is not something that has been noticed in driving more than 300,000 miles in G wagens , They have a hydraulic clutch cylinder and a spring assisted clutch peddle if the spring assister is not working then maybe it could be hard work ,, the gearboxes are OK but they are from the car range ( alloy ) and work from the gear selector via selector rods , if not greased it can make gear changes stiff , I fitted the 410 van type gearbox to my fathers cast steel much stronger ,, I'd post a pic as its an ex forces vehicle but not an MV maybe there might be another thread topic "other restorations"

Many thanks for all your replies , at the moment it seams the snow is coming in from the east coast making it difficult for me to make a visit , don't want to get there to find the vehicles covered in snow, Richard I was thinking there might have been more model types than that ,, Runflat , I think the chap that has this one has had it for a long time possibly a few decades ,he also has a few other MVs but I don't know any details about these yet , Great film footage

Hi all , On the C8 & CD/SW Morris Comercials I take it there's going to be a couple of identerfication plates plus chassis numbers , where and which of these would be best to identify these vehicles ? Hopefully will be able to see the vehicles early this week

Originally Posted by ford 369 Thanks for that , I find this a little odd because I did a search in the search bar in the "search forums" as well as google , I'll have to search harder next time :sweat:

Some great websites there Mark , that picture of the Austin Champ that you put up in the post there looks to be a pretty rare Field Marshal ( pop pop ) type crawler tractor , looks like it would make a good project

I was talking to a friend that had been down the river Thames sight seeing and he told me about seeing a sunken ammunition ship The American Liberty ship, 1199 Richard Montgomery now lies in the Thames estuary ,It is thought that around half her cargo still remains, perhaps from 1,200 tons to 3,000 tons of munitions containing TNT and he made it sound like its an unstable ticking bomb just waiting to explode , Here's a link to see what you think http://www.ssrichardmontgomery.com/images/swalemontgomery.htm