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Richard,

 

Do you perhaps have the Z-number for contract number S-8216 belonging to chassis number MWC 66674 and engine number 72177 ?

 

Danny

The contract number S-8216 is a Bedford contract number it is listed in the 1946 parts book but that is all info i have on that contract there are at least 69 Bedford contract card to date the Bedford MW face book group have located copys 34 of the contract cards but this one of the 35 missing contract cards we are still trying to trace .

Danny has your truck by any chance still got its original contract plate fitted .

Nicky

sorry Simon i cannot help as the one i got for my truck is still on the shelf awaiting restoration if you take any photos or have to get any parts please post them on here to prevent us covering the same ground again the only reference to this i have found is in the parts book is that what you are using

Nicky

Looks very impressive simon well done now you have a correct set of patterns can you make me one

Nicky

Excellent film always wounded how all the equipment on an MWC worked especially how the water pump driven off the front of the crank shaft was connected,one day the instruction film for the MWR will turn up, an excellent find well done

Nicky

Excellent work another step in the right direction

Nicky

sorry we must have created too much interest in it , it says on the listing that they can now ship overseas ,i know that this item has also been mentioned on Maple leaf up

Nicky

Too early for my truck but must be of interest to some one on here i know how hard i looked for the no 5 charging board not too sure how to post the e-bay link but you should find it from this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Charging-Switchboard-No-1-1940-military-radio-WW2-battery-supply-WS-19-/121948373528?_trksid=p2141725.m3641.l6368

Nicky

well done ,yes there were some excellent photo opportunity's if you waited your time and let the public get out of the way a very enjoyable event

Nicky

First trip out of the year to Crich tramway museum in Derbyshire to a 1940s week end the roof rack and the radio aerials are still to be fitted to the truck as i don't think they would have got on very well with the tram wires

The nights were very cold for camping

can ask our radio experts for some help i need to have made a COVER WATERPROOF NO 5 (the British version) i have been through the limited number of photos of this i can find and Simon Thompson kindly sent me a sketch of his cover

but i am still not sure i have all the information i need, some of the photos show a hole in the top of the cover for the set aerial

i also need some more information or better drawing of the detail of how the cover is made to fit around the carrying handles for the radio sledge

what are the markings on the cover

do all the covers have the loops stitched into the front and side for the aerial wires

Hi Peter

That s pretty bad the rust has taken a lot of the sealing surface for the head gasket away at the top of the bore is it going to be possible to have liner made with a step at the top to make good the seal at the top of the bore .

Nicky

Andy photos of door as promised

if you look at the photo above there two extra screw holes (the shiny bits ) they had self tapping screws going in to the cross brace on the wood frame i think they may have been added to stop the door skin drumming on the frame

Nicky

Hi Peter

i had the block on my MWR fitted with liners (i had water damage in one of the bores that when the company i use for machining were boring the block to see what size oversize pistons we could use the water damage had created a hard spot in the steel ) took a bit of research to find a modern liner of the correct dimension that could be modified to suit the Bedford block ,is the engine original to the truck ,if you decide to stick with this engine i can let you have there contact details

Nicky

(I gave up writing for Windscreen several editors ago as the stuff I write is "too detailed")

Clive windscreen is exactly the place for your articles it was the detail which made the articles readable it lost a lot when you and John Mastrangelo stopped being included i got an email from a pal of the new editor asking for articles when he took over , i would have though they would have been falling over them selves to get you back on board ?

Nicky

Personally I think its a great well balanced magazine catering for all tastes in military vehicles.

Nicky did you see the writeup for last September's Victory show

Ian your only saying that because your truck was in the last edition ,but on a more serious note it must be hard to find content month after month

Nicky

If you find a better alternative please let us all know i get it on monthly subscription ,there are usually one or maybe two reasonable articles every month have you tried the MVT magazine .

Nicky

Had an relay good weekend working on truck ,lots of jobs finished and starting to put everything back ready for the show season ,

the doors are finished the allied stars and Z number have been stencilled on ,

the cab is all back together

and i have started to fit the switch board and the wireless battery's

the first show this year is 1940s weekend at the Circh tramway museum at Easter

i have now finished with the second hand drivers door i got from Rippo, it is a complete door ,the wood frame is intact and shows no sign of rot or wood worm ,the door skin has been removed from the wood frame to help under stand how the doors are built, shows some minor rust but would clean up and re-use the top capping is damaged but is usable as a pattern there were no lock or hinges on the door when i bought it looking for £50.00 buyer collects

Thanks Nick

next one

i am correct with Australian Ford 01t on this one

Hi can ask the forum members for help in identifying the type of vehicle in the two attached photos i don't think they are both the same vehicle but they are both the same manufacture ,i have looked through all my reference books and the closest i can find is an Indian built Chevrolet 1311x3 in the observers fighting vehicle directory but its not quite right the info on both photos says Egypt 1942

any ideas

Nick

PART SEVENTEEN

Progress with the door skins at last ,after spending two months to find out that the company with the high tech folding machine are a complete waste of time i had find another supplier to make the door skins ,having looked a little closer to home a pal of mine is restoring a diamond T and when i showed him the door skin the answer was come back in couple of weeks they will be ready .

photo one is the door skins as collected

and what an excellent job they have made ,it took several attempts to get the sealing lip at the front and rear of the door correct ,the lip at the front is shorter than the one at the rear but the finished door skin fits the door frames correctly .

photo two shows the cut out for the door hinges

photo three shows the test fitting of the drivers door

photo four test fitting the passenger side

photo five shows the work on the rear of the door to clear the rubber supports at the rear of the door and pins used to nail on the door skin ,the skin was also bonded to timber frame with a modern panel fixer this should stop the skin drumming on the wooden frame

photo six the drivers door in red oxide primer with door handle fitted

photo seven the inside of the passenger door showing the striker plate for the door lock (was there a factory fitted striker plate or did the latch just catch on the inside of the wooden frame)

Dave

The military landrover registration numbers for the year 1955-56 were all BP numbers the lowest i have a photo of is 37BP45 to 99BP15 which is the highest the numbers would have started 00BP01 and run to 99BP99 but could have included vehicles other than landrovers

Nicky

Hi Dave

checked my files this is as close as i can get for a photo

Nick

Hi

I have been trying to sort out my error with the the contracts for the MWG s but i have a problem trying to work out the difference between the MWG and the MWT i have been looking through my photos and i think i have the descriptions correct

photo 1 is the MWG GS truck with gun mountings (open cab and ditching boards on outside of body sides )

photo 2 and 3 MWT anti tank tractor lorry body with seats tilt and draw bar

any help would be great

Nick

Hi Maurice

I have seen people loan documents , equipment and even vehicles to museums that's the easy part but when either you need them back or the museum closes or changes hands has a stock take they are suddenly an asset of the museum i have just had a quick look on the auction web site and there are shelf's full of manuals documents etc ,i just hope they find a good home were we can get access to them and not thrown out with the rubbish after the sale

Nick

Hi Maurice

The allocation of B vehicles WD numbers by Rob van Meel lists more contract numbers for MWG s

contract 294/v/3964 lists 99 truck 15 cwt anti tank Z 4427893-Z4427992

294/V/3993 lists 47 truck 15cwt anti tank Z4358596-Z4358640

294/T/8102 lists 8 trucks 15 cwt anti tank portee Z4372519-Z4372527

add to this the 480 trucks on 294/t/7729 gives a total of 448 ,would it be the case if only 50 trucks were built that the numbers were issued but never used , do you still have the copy's of the Vauxhall delivery charts i would be very interested in a copy my own truck MWR 42436 was built in 1942 but the month of manufacture is very much guess work ,i got late august from the total production figure for that year divided by 52 weeks.

Nick

Hi Jeremy

Yes i will be at Stoneleigh i will look out for you we will probably finish up with another meeting of the MW owners club like last year see you there

Nick