Ian L

Ian,

 

I am currently rebuilding an engine from an Austin K5. Ref. the fan belt, readily found at your local bearing supplier, will get the number tomorrow as it is at work. All the ignition parts are fairly common, in fact most will be same as the QL. For wheel cylinder rubbers, or even having the cylinders resleeved if pitted, go to Past Parts Ltd. at Bury St.Edmunds.

Hi Richard cheers for that info, do you know of any K5 parts just incase ? and do you still have the QL parts ?

Ian

I would have thought if anything thing was going to happen it would have happened on the drive home (clutching block of wood as I write this). The K5 is a cracking looking truck

I'll have that block of wood please !!!!!!

:-D

Well done:thumbsup:......at least you've proved it's reliability but it takes a brave man to undertake a trip like that with an unknown vehicle.

Hi Degsy according the the seller she only went back on the road in 2009 after standing for 25 years, he never drove it more than 20 miles to shows and thought we were mad to attempt 185 miles on the motorway.

My mate drove her at 35-40 mph down to Birmingham & then up to 45+mph for the remainder, it used no water & about 1/2 litre of oil and 24 gallons of petrol.

If she was going to fail I wanted to happen ASAP so I can use her with some confidence next year.

Can anybody advise me where to get parts for my Austin K5 'Screamer' I only need service items at the moment such as points/condensor, fanbelt, wheel cylinder rudders etc as shes all 'up & running' but the commander hatch is missing so if you know of one or have photos/measurements then that would be a great help.

Drove her home from Lancashire to Oxfordshire on Friday a total of 185 miles (181of it on the M6, M5, M42, M40) took just over 7 hours with 3 short stops to check levels.

I have no intention of a restoring her as I need to finish off my Bedford QLD restoration but atleast I now have a truck to camp in at the shows.

Cheers Ian

Anyone got any thoughts on the non-originality aspect of that?

My Q4

not original but a working truck being used.

Is that a Bedford QL Petrol tank behind the cab ?

The factory colour was black, on subsequent rebuilds up to about 1950, the colour was Eau-de-nil ( standard BS shade).

Hi Richard

What is 'Eau-de-nil' ? when did it go to that green/blue colour ?

Cheers Ian

Hi Guys

What colour should the engine be for a WW2 Bedford QL ? it is currently in a blue/green colour but is this post war ?

Also should the gearbox etc be in the same colour ?

Cheers Ian

Stripped !!!!

First job was to remove the old civvy body with help from my mate Dave.

Delivered to Enstone Airfield Oxfordshire, the chassis & engine work will be carried out here & the cab will be restored at my workshop in Kidlington.

Brings back good memories of the early 80s anyone know where it was filmed ?

Looks like it's just loaded a QL body :whistle:

It has, well spotted.

On a farm nr Duxford

Collecting the body from Duxford, Jon helped load it with one of his 3 Matador's.

QLD still in use but GS body removed & now a logger on a farm nr Duxford.

Rare find back in July 2011, a QLD GS Body complete & origional which I bought several months before finding a QL to put it on.

The QL in the photo has now been turned into a logger

well it dosnt look like a complet wreck :-)

Hi Niels, shes not a complete wreck but a couple more years outside and it may of been a different story.

oh no, what a shame, how did it end up in a scrap yard, it looked good enough to drive away in the first shot! Any more info on it? what is its future now?

Hi Ed I've saved her a few weeks ago & started the restoration last week, lots of photos to follow.

Ian.

Move on 6 years to October 2011, Breakspears scrap yard in Wantage Oxfordshire.

This is the day I found her looking much the worse for wear.

Bedford QLR as found in 2005 by one of our North Oxfordshire MVT members in a field nr Bicester Oxfordshire.

A few years later she ended up in a scrap yard where I found her and now in the process of being restored back to a QLD.

Lots of photos to follow in the next few months/years of the restoration.

The QL is shot to hell!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi Danny pity there's no rear body on it

Seriously £1200 :shocked: are they that rare ? http://www.milweb.net/classifieds/large_image.php?ad=59648&cat=8

And not forgetting the one with the P-51 canopy!

 

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Is that a Bedford QL bowser ?

ebay link. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WW2-Military-Vehicle-Lights-K-D-lamp-Co-Willys-Jeep-MB-GPW-Dodge-GMC-CMP-/230691099022?pt=UK_Cars_Parts_Vehicles_Other_Vehicle_Parts_Accessories_ET&hash=item35b642d18e What vehicle are they for ?

What about a machinery body? http://www.milweb.net/classifieds/large_image.php?ad=59308&cat=4

Apparently thats a WOT 6 Machinery body ? and the chassis is now sold.