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Yes very nice looking! Keep it with his mickey mouse look! You will only have pleasure driving a Bedford MW!
Yes, I was surprised how nice it was to drive, compared with Morris's not quite as nice as the Humber though.
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your data plate chassis number give's the year of manufacture as 1942
Great, thanks Wally, can it be narrowed down to a month?
Cheers
Jules
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It's a 'Gooseneck flare'. Note the air ministry number.
Used on airfields to line the runway on a foggy night.
Jules
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Hello Julian
Welcome to the forum.
I noticed work was in progress when I visited a couple of weeks ago, I had an enjoyable visit and spent some time talking to an old friend, David.
Mention Julian from Oxford and he will fill you in.
So, apart from your fantastic second to none collection of Battle of Britain memorabilia, you have some interesting vehicles too, I remember Mike was always keen to find period 1940 vehicles.
I too have a 1940 morris CS8, that is in line for restoration soon, as Richard said, if you have the old one, it can be rebuilt, I'm afraid MCC 6 cylinder water pumps are hard to find, if you have nothing, I have one that needs rebuilding you can have.
Let me know
All the best
Jules
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Jenkiov is right, there are many cheep parts out there, be carful poor quality rotor arms, condensers and other ignition parts are typical.
not MV related, but I recently learned a lesson with our Triumph Herald, try finding a NOS or 'good' quality Lucas Voltage regulator.............hundreds on ebay but all poor Indian copies, all stating to be Lucas 'type' but of very poor quality and lasted bearly a year.
try and by NOS if you can, but as gas44 said, find a good dealer that you can trust, and stick with them, at least for 'mechanical' parts.
I'm happy to shop around for cosmetic body parts, but anything mechanical for the jeep I head to the 'Home of the Dig out'
Jules
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Thanks Guys
Both replies really help, though I am still slightly confused about the hood star, to portray a mid 1943 period, the 'invasion' star would not have been used? Until 1944?
When did the 'broken' star marking come into use? And would this have been used on vehicles in the UK.
Cheers
Jules
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Hi All
I have decided to repaint my 1942 GPW as American, i have no service history, except i know it was never British.
I'd like it to represent a jeep used by the USAAF in 1943 belonging to 384th Bomb Group ( i have a connection with one of their B17's that we recovered the remains of)
However, i would like some advise on what markings it needs to have ? i.e should it have U.S.A and the hood number or U.S.A.A.F ?
should it have a Star on the hood ? and what would it have on the bumper ?
thanks
Jules
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Welcome mate
Good to have another local on the forum
Perhaps see you at W&P
Jules
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I suspect the Morris could have felt hub seals, and if they are, from my experience I would not use one of the general purpose greases commonly available, you often find them too thin and oily. I prefer the old style sticky grease as this will not soak through the felt. There is a grease used on semi-trailer wheel hubs that is good for the purpose, and one I use is blue in colour. I have used it on hubs with primitive (felt) sealing and not had any problems.
regards, Richard
Yes Richard, Felt hub seals and the old grease I 'spooned' out was like wax ! so I think that's the way to go, i'll ask Morris what they suggest from their range.
thanks for all your advice
Jules
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Thanks Chaps
I have just ordered 25ltr of their Golden Film 30, Yes, I'll give them a ring tomorrow
Cheers
Jules
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What Grease should I be using in my Wheel Bearings on my 1942 MCC PU ?
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Having stripped my rear MCC PU springs I have 'lightly' blasted them, so as not to destroy their tension.
Now, on re assembly, do I prime all round and put together dry, or Prime, grease and put together or put together bare of paint but just grease ?
what's the correct way ? also if I grease them the top coat of O/D won't hold........................
cheers
Jules
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Hello Ian
Yes I have seen your WOT2. Is it in RAF markings, always parked by the Spitfire ?
I took lots of photos of it and thought it looked lovely.
Good to have you on the forum.
Might we see you at W&P this year ?
Jules
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all very interesting, I was only thinking the other day that perhaps we could start a thread on vehicle values as a guide, a bit like the page in CMV magazine, though it always annoyed me there were never any ww2 British prices.
as you will have guessed WW2 British is my interest and there is a hungry market for good examples of Bedford's, Morris's, Austin's and Humber's............
perhaps we could all input what we feel would be a reasonable price for various vehicles, an average could be worked out ?
just a thought.
Jules
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No, this is not a 'Wanted 900 x 16 Trackgrip's..........................' Hens Teeth spring to mind !
My Question is this, on my 1940 MCC CS8 the rear are Goodyear 'Bannana' pattern that I believe predate the Dunlop Trackgrip ?
the Goodyear's have 'For British wheels' on them.
then on the front, Dunlop Trackgrip.
So, is there an official account of when these two types were supplied, or more interestingly the combinations of the front and back.
I believe that as a 4x2 there was no point in putting heavy grip on the front, and in some cases we see the more road pattern tread.
one of the Trackgrips I have is dated January 1940, and also interestingly has an arrow of direction on, again this is something that we should be aware of when fitting.
anyway, I just thought I would perhaps make these points, and would be interested to know what anyone else knows.
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Hi Guy
I don't think you are missing anything, the section sticking out looks like it has been added to take the return spring.
here is a couple of shots of my PU which is the same whilst I was stripping her down.
regards
Jules
Is it possible that there is a section of the angle iron missing around the pedals, just have a look on the picture and you just can see a bit of a piece of angle iron?[ATTACH=CONFIG]104823[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]104824[/ATTACH]
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Hello Guy
looks very nice, you have a lot of work to do, and we will follow your restoration with interest.
do ask if you need any info.
regards
Jules
Bedford water pump lubrication
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Hi
Bit of a squeak on the water pump, is there a greasing point anywhere ?
Jules