Masseyboy89

Must be my uncles training, old timer

He's joined! I like the sound of a WW11 bike.. and the help come to that!

Hi Phil, would love to see a picture of your jeep! Simon.

My GPW jeep has a chassis no that was guessed at by DVLA! On shot blasting the chassis i have found the original no 206087 stamped on the rear cross member. How difficult would it be to change it on the logbook?

Can i get the exact registration no from the chassis no?

Also the no 20yh23 is stamped is this a reg?

Phil

I believe you can contact the DVLA to get your log changed but they will charge £25 for the privilege and take a while to do it. I had no end of trouble re-registering a vintage tractor, if you can prove that they messed up, you may avoid a fee?

Don't take any of this as gospel as I am only working on prior experiences of DVLA and logbooks for my tractors.

Makings of another great thread.Good pics and text.Well done mate.

Thanks mate! I'll try my best to keep it updated. Simon.

Hi,

Can anyone tell me which batteries/any information of the original batteries (rough measurements, CCA etc.) the MUTT had, or what you use in your MUTT's today?

I have been using a pair of 643's that I buy for my tractors to run the cars but they are far to big to fit in the tray. The battery trays in the cars I am currently rebuilding are well rotten so I was going to design different trays to house modern day equivalent batteries, any ideas on which I should go for would be greatly appreciated, Simon.

I want this car to be 100% solid, I cut back to bare metal with my knot brush, to expose any weak patches. As soon as the liner for the welder arrives, the chassis will be braced, cut and welded, as soon as I have completed one section, I will move to the next, this is what I shall be cutting and repairing. I will weld both sides, then grind and polish the external welds, hoping to end up with repairs that are not noticeable.

The welder is waiting for a new liner, so I needed to find other things to do on the cars this weekend.

I bought this old spade at the dump for £1

After 15 or so minutes I had one for the side of the jeep.

There are many other interesting things he collected in his travels that are not RAF/army related, We also have several uniforms and medals of his. There are some great slides and photographs which I wasn't able to locate today, upstairs I also have several flying maps he saved when a lot of kit was destroyed, Simon.

I would love to hear your thoughts on these items, I have little idea what aircraft they were for, the caps are his, I believe all of the flying hats are also. Anyway...

There are a few of the jacket:

The Caps:

Flying hats:

Simon.

If you would like to see more pictures of the stuff, I took plenty.

Hi,

This may interest you. My grandfather was in the RAF during (Lanc. pilot) and after the second world war (instructor), here are some pictures of a handful of the things he kept and were found dotted about the house, boxed for 50years when he died.

enjoy, Simon.

This may be of some help: g503 link.

 

Cheers,

FB

Thanks FB, great read!

I could be wrong, but as I understand it, if you were to make your own 'mock-up' smoke dischargers out of wood etc, then in order to comply with the VCR Act then (technically) you'd have to paint them in bright neon colours, even though the real things themselves wouldn't.. make sense of that if you can...

 

I think people on the forum have looked into getting some made in the past and apparently the shape actually makes them quite hard/expensive to reproduce. A shame really, as I'd love a set to finish off my 432.

 

As for buying a pair off Withams, I think even if you had the correct licence, they probably wouldn't be interested, the average individual collector to them is a very small fish, compared to some of the international aid agencies etc, that they sell to in bulk.

That's a shame - I guess its just one of those things! Something I never understood, don't replica guns that don't shoot anything need to be those ridiculous colours? Why is it that deactivated guns don't need painting? After all nothing looks more like the real thing.... Than the real thing, whether it fires or not! I'd like at some stage an inert M60 or M2 50. Cal to decorate one of my vehicles for shows but don't know where I would stand with the VCR act?

Back on the subject of 432's - it looks like someone has gone and bought the whole lot from Witham? I was just looking in the 'direct sales' part of the site.

Withams seem to classify them, rightly or wrongly, as 'firearms' and therefore remove them to avoid breaking the law in supplying them to the general public. As you say, its easier for Withams to remove them altogether and play it safe from a legal point of view. In my experience as well, they don't seem too concerned if their policy's lose them the odd sale, there's always plenty of buyers around.

 

James

Thanks James,

Its a shame they cut them off, but I can see why they do it. I guess there is not a way around it? I suppose it wouldn't be impossible to fabricate something that looks pretty similar. Simon.

Bugger - I meant to post this in 'I maybe stupid, but......'

I have been browsing the mod sales website for FV432's. Can anyone tell me, why is it they remove the smoke dischargers and wont sell the vehicles with them on? Is it not possible to deactivate them or is it just easier for them to remove them all together and save the hassle? I'm guessing that's what the problem is with them? Simon.

Thanks Chris! That's great, I wouldn't mind using this roll for tools when I am out and about, seems a pity to cut that tag of it though :undecided:

Watching with interest Wayne, great work, keep the pictures coming! Simon.

Very interesting, thanks for posting!

We've all had days like that! that made me laugh though! Reminds me of a series 2 landy I had, I was changing the door tops, I was on the divers side and one of the bolts had snapped off and rusted in the door. I had limited tools where I was and when I snapped the one sharpish drill bit I had, I lost my temper... I balanced a punch in the hole in the half drilled stud and belted it with a club hammer as hard as I could... I watched, as if in slow motion, the punch fly through the cab and smash out the glass in the brand new door top that I had just put in the other side. These vehicles love to test us now and then!

It would make a pretty serious fishing boat with those two 50. cals on the front! :-D

I think there was an article on G503 about someone restoring one - always thought they looked good.

I've been watching Apocalypse now again! I'll try and find that thread on G503, thanks. I've always liked the look of them as well, Its sad more didn't survive. I guess with the the controversy of the Vietnam war combined with a limited use in the civilian world meant the majority ended up as history?

Keep up the good work Chris!

Cutting the rusty passenger side out rigger, line gives a rough idea of what got the chop

And that my repair section so far, It would be welded in but its tipping it down with rain now! At least it fits! :nut: