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    Driving license..

    in MV Chatter

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    Hi Shane

     

    You can drive a large goods vehicle manufactured before 1st January 1960 on a full category B licence provided the vehicle is unladen and any trailer being towed is unladen. I am not sure about a halftrack, the definition for the licence used to specify "a vehicle steered by it's tracks" but this no longer seems to be the case, however I am sure some body will come up with an answer on this one.

     

     

     

     

    Cheers

    Degsy

    Rare GMC?

    in American Vehicles

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    Hi Jack

    Wheels and Tracks issue 22 carries a good article on the airborne GMC's,

    the necessary parts were produced as kits for either factory or field installation on LWB cargo and cargo/dump and SWB cargo trucks.They all started life as canvas cabs but it is known that some were fitted to hard cabs, it is believed that this was done post war during NATO country rebuilds.Total production is quoted as 3880 353A2 cargo,2497 353B2 cargo with with winch and 475 353H1 cargo/dump with winch.Apparently

    the 352 is not listed anywhere but it is known that over 400 were produced. It appears that comparatively few have survived and they are considered to be fairly rare.

    Lightweight running rough

    in British Vehicles

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    Hi Bob

     

    Check that the top of the carb or body has not distorted,it does happen with Solex,but they do have a tendency to run rich,is it black smoking?

    I assume you have checked/changed points,condenser,plugs,plug leads and HT lead and also distributor cap and carbon brush and spring. A possibility is that the springs on the auto advance in the bottom of the distibutor have weakened,this would cause the symptoms you are getting.

     

     

     

    Let me know

    Cheers

    Degsy

    Vehicle markings....

    in MV Chatter

    Posted

    Hey Jack I thought I answered most of these questions on the CCKW site,

    A lot if not all vehicles had their unit markings deleted for the D-Day landings as a security measure and because it was believed that Rommel was going to use captured vehicles to infiltrate behind Allied lines, this actually happened later at the start of what became known as the Battle of the Bulge.

    What fuel mix?

    in American Vehicles

    Posted

    Without either fitting hardened valve seats or using an additive the valves will definitely batter their way through the cylinder head ,at higher revs they will just go through a bit quicker.

    As Jack knows we use Broquet pellets in both a jeep and a CCKW, not cheap but they are fit and forget and have a long history as they were originally designed by a B rit engineer for Merlin engines fitted in Hurricanes supplied to Russia.

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