landrover nick

Looking for any infomation as to the work carried out to my 1951 80" landrover in 1960 when a base overhaul was carried out

would the work be carried out to a set standard (anybody got a copy of the standard please ) with the complete vehicle rebuilt to as new condition regardless of cost or was each vehicle assessed and just repaired as necessary ,if every vehicle was completely rebuilt there must have been some system to bring the overhauled parts for each vehicle back together or was it case that the next completed set of parts were just assembled as complete vehicle .was the 50s /60s system the same as the wartime rebuild programe for say bedford MWs which after rebuild got new Z numbers in the  Z 160000 range ,am i correct in think that the same system was in use on all  vehicles used by the british military ,would workshop B398 have just specialized in land rovers or just overhauled any vehicles it was sent ?

3 hours ago, LarryH57 said:

On Page 13 - Citroen, made a 6 ton GS body. For what vehicle I wonder and why Citroen?

Citroen cars slough  were also involved in the manufacture/ modification of the bodys for the Bedford MWR radio trucks and the assembling of vehicles imported as kits from Canada (drive to victory a catalogue of canadian military vehicles has them assembling 70,000 trucks )

just thought i would add the photos of the MWR on the recent 30 corps trip to Holland in here ,it was the first time i have managed to get a full crew of five in the truck with all there kit ,beds ,chairs ,a shower the roof rack worked a treat and we all slept under the penthouse which which rolled out from the right side of the roof rack .

Thanks for answering my question i have been looking to try and find any  infomation regarding Bedford MW production with a view to trying to establish a more accurate method of  dating factory production i own a 1940 MWD chassis number 12249 which if my reserch is correct was built in July 1940 all my infomation is collected from diffrent sources but i have nothing from the factory to conferm this infomation i also have Bedford MWR chassis number 42436 and at present the closest to a manufacturing date would be 1942 i would like to find any accurate infomation which could narrow this down

On 1/24/2019 at 10:45 AM, Baz48 said:

I have a copy of a pamphlet entitled "BEDFORD VEHICLES  and VAUXHALL CARS supplied to Government Contracts or M.O.W.T Release January 1944" giving OY 3-ton WD chassis for 1941 as OY-36101 to OY-51178 with engine numbers for that period as OY-61672 to OY-79005

can i ask Baz 48 if there is infomation on bedford mw production figures in the copy you have ? if there is i would be happy to pay for a copy

well done thanks for sharing your photos it helps to inspire all of us who are doing the same thing

Looking for infomation on British /Canadian events 2nd-10th of June in Normandy

proberbly a good time to restart this topic looking to put together a list of British /Canadian events i have details of the larger british events ,the port en bessin parade on the 7th ,the Bayeux liberation parade on the 9th , looking for any infomation on similar parades and static camps we could visit

Hi all we are going on the MVT trip to Normandy this year i have details for some of the larger events but i am looking for details of british events and static camps we could visit

looking foward to seeing some samples

looks very much like an 80" steering box to me do the labels say if it is new or reconditioned should sell for a lot of money on e-bay

Dont think you are too far out with your HT leads attached photo is the only one i have of an MWR engine i think it came from some photos pre D-day about water proofing although the parts book has the coil either mounted on the engine as you have it  or mounted on the drivers side foot well depending on engine number .

This was mentioned in the last MVT Normandy tour up date but if read the above correctly there is an exmption regarding military vehicles over 50 years old used for historical activites  on page 11 paragraph 3 which seams to cover France ,Belgium, and Germany but not the Netherlands of course everything may change again when brexit finally happens

Hi Thomas the side plate steel cover which gives access to the cam followers and push rods is a diffrent it has a large radius in the plate to allow the screened MWR distibutor to be fitted , i have ready to be fitted to my truck if you need a photo to work from

whats on it the chassis number ? was this before they put the  plate on the dash panel .

Hi Jez

Is that  a brass plate on the top of the passenger side chassis leg just under the oil can holder

if the tread pattern matches  the attached scan i will take a set of five for my Bedford MWD restoration and would think there should be a lot of intrest from other early Bedford owners

looking good keep this up and you will be in Normandy next year no problem

Hi i saw your post about this on another site when i searched through the ledger i found 15 bedford MWCs Australian army registration numbers 50277-50291 intrestingly tha Australians recorded the trucks engine numbers which the  british RLC archive keeps no record of ,did the Australian army use many bedford MWs

Hi Phill welcome on board looking at your post and the army reg number you posted your landrover must be a 1949 80" the military called it a rover mk1 fitted with the 1600cc engine from contract 6/VEH/3659  with a chassis number in the range R8667261-9139  you could try a search on RLC web site there may just be record of your landrover there ,as to equipment fitted to early landrovers there was very little that was specific military parts most were rover parts which were also used on the export models ,from memory ,there would be a vent panel under the windscreen ,a WD type fire extinguisher mounted on the dash board just above the gear sitck ,spare wheel on bonnet ,possibly a jerry can and clamp fitted behind the front seats in the spare wheel well and tow jaw with either two pin trailer plug to match the war time trailers or possibly a sanky trailor socket to match the trailers for the austin champ as to the markings you would need to decide what date your restoration is be based on as the markings changed a lot over the period your landrover i have attached some photos to try and show some of the changes

this last photo is my own rover mk2 with 2ltr engine

Hi Ron are you sure its an o type the chassis number you posted would make it a 1940 Bedford MWD aero screen truck it was comon practice post war to fit a closed cab to replace the aero screen open cab ,have you any photos showing the position of the fuel tanks

Richard i have had a look through the restoration file photos for my MWR thinking there may be some photos of the front brake lines taken during the strip down but i have only found one of the master cylinder and pipe layout

the other attached scan comes from one of the late production workshop manuals and gives a good idea of the layout of the brake line

i think by the time they built your truck the hydraulic pressure switch for the brake lights would have been deleted (Chassis number 39692 stop lamp isolator switch deleted, hydraulic stop lamp switch not fitted after this chassis number) i am not sure if the spare port in the three way tee was just blanked off with a plug or you will need to find a four port tee to fit your brake light switch into

hope this helps

Nicky

would there be any intrest in trying to organise at Bedford gathering in Normandy for the 2019 liberation clebrations proberbly make it all war time produced Bedfords not just MWs

sorry Lauren it is only a single page of the contract register ,it was e-mailed to me by someone on here a long time ago i think all the MOS supply archive is in the National archives so the full ledger may be there .

not too sure if the body would be part of the free issue items ,if it was would Bedford have just built MWC s and then fitted the bodys to suit

This a copy of the ministry of supply contract ledger for 15 cwt trucks i am asuming that the free issue items listed on the sheet are parts supplied by the MOS to the vehicle manufacturer to be fitted to the new trucks on each of the contracts can anybody tell me what the free issue items would have been (there must be some expensive items as on some of the contracts the free issue items are nearly 25% of the cost of the truck ) i am thinking ,tyres ,wd pattern wheels , pick & shovel ,fire extinguisher .any help would be welcome