Ian L

Have you got a link for Robert De Ruyter ? thanks

Hi Guys. I have just insured my 44GPW for £90 2 drivers fully comp !!!! agreed valuation of £??.000 can you beat that. When I first owned her 6 years ago it was £105 with Roadsure which crept up each year so I didnt bother putting it back on the road once it got to £135 !!!! now 3 years later its £90. They are a specialist company, Check them out http://www.glynwood.co.uk/motor.php P.S. got my Motorcaravan insured with them too for £216. Ian :cheesy::cheesy::cheesy:

Hi Richard Yes, the REME plate number has been stamped with the same stamps as the alloy plate and the front number, the original number is the same but different stamping tool. I will post pictures when I can. Ian

Hi Richard I also have a 44GPW reg 23YH35 and like you I posted my request off to 'Deepcut' a few days ago so it will be interesting what they turn up ? My jeep also have some other chassis # stampings, the original one is just behind the L/H shocker mount and almost unreadable unless you rub it with fin 'wet un dry' then there is one just behind the L/H bumper plate on top of the chassis stamped with the same punch as the REME plate and a forth one on a alloy plate bolted to the L/H chassis leg just infront of the shocker and also stamped with the same punch. Just to make it clear, all 4 numbers are the same. Ian

Hi David Did you get any replies ? as I have just posted a similar thread. Cheers

Hi Guys. I need photos of WW2 RAF airfield vehicle markings for my GPW, its going to be B/91 (RAF Enstone) Please post photo of your restored vehicle or origional ww2 photo. Its the B/ style I need but any photos will do. Cheers Ian

Problem solved thanks.

:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: Cheers buddy !!!!! its not a wartime engine, good new though its also not a Morris Marina engine either So its a later 50s engine with hardened valve seats.

Thanks great site, thats all the questions about paint colours answered.

Hi Guys almost finished the restoration of my 44 GPW but got a couple of questions. #1 Should the gearbox/transfur box be the same colour as the engine (grey) or green ? #2 Should the airfilter and cross over tube etc be Black ? Grey ? or Green ? #3 Can you get a 12v battery that looks like the origional 6v battery ? Cheers.

Hi Guys why has my 44 GPW block only got 3 core plugs ? rather than the usual 5 ? Moulding number is 908756 and engine number is #1722 If its a later CJ2 engine or even worst a Morris Marina engine :mad: fitted I dont want to know !!!!!!!!!!

Am I missing something I thought this was 2011 ? or did my resto take longer than I though :nut: What date is it this year and are there any spaces left ? :undecided: cheers

Hi Nigel I have just used Zinc Phosphate Grey Primer & Dark Olive Green for my British GPW, both are mixed with White Spirit rather than cellulose thinners which mean you dont get a reaction with other paints and you can spray it outdoors on hots days (if we have any more) without it drying as it comes out the nozel.

Cheers Nick that proberly explains why I have an early Ford engine #1722 with 'WC' valves and an odd con-rod, a 43 Willys box full of 'F' parts but most the other parts appear to be Ford, bit of a Heinz 57, where would I find out where B398 was ? cheers

Hi Ted thanks for the info, could you PM me your phone number please. thanks Ian

Hi Ted can you help with the correct markings for a Ford Jeep based on a local airfield (Enstone if poss) in 1944 The restoration is almost complete and the paint went on yesterday. Thanks

Make that 4 of us with YH :-) I have just started to tidy up my 44 GPW which I have owned for about 6 years and never knew what the brass plate ment ? it reads 23 YH 35, chassis 183616, Base OH, 1 56 & B398 can anyone tell me what all that means ? and any info on my Jeep ? cheers

Microlights are not necessarliy the cheepest way to get a PPL its a myth, but they are cheeper once you have a licence. If you go the SLMG route at somewhere like OSF at Enstone airfield its about half the price of getting an SEP licence (the old A licence) then you do a few hours take a conversion that takes an hour or so and you have a full JAR SEP Licence, you can go almost anywhere with that. I did it that way and now have over 1,000 hours most of it in Europe, and checked out on 26 types in 16 years of flying. Ian

NO NO Loggy go all the way mate and get wings and a stonking big motor & fan up front !!!!! thats what i've done, travelled all over europe & north Africa in mine for many years. P.S. Think I saw your 2 MVs a couple of days ago when I did a breakdown in the end of a cul-de-sac in Didcot ? I had a quick look and they both looked very nice. Ian

Hi Guys I have just been given a old Raleigh cycle with 28" wheels, the frame number starts with a 'U' which dates it to 1934 according to the Raleigh cycle website. When I stripped off the 2 layers of black paint I found that the frame and rear wheel are a light shade of green and 'Nitromors' paint stripper wont shift it so its good paint ? Could this of been an Infantry cycle ? I know very little about the military then or now but would like to learn !!!!! I dont know how to post photos either so if somebody gives me their email address I could send them the photos they could do it for me ? Cheers Ian

Hi Adrian, I have found a light simular to Franks but with the mounting on the top so was going to use it for the time being untill I find the correct one. Thanks for the info, Ian

Hi Frank thanks for getting back to me, I have found a blackout light which looks exactly the same as yours but has a top mounting so I was intending to use it on my Jeep. Cheers Ian

Thanks Paul I popped down there a few days ago and got all of the little bits I needed !!! what a Aladins Cave, Cheers Ian

Checked then out but could not find uniforms, just medals ? have I got the correct one ?