Bodger Baz

Thats fair enough, to be honest from waht i know Richard has a lot going on at the momnent so this forum is probably not at the top of his list.

my advice would be to be careful when it comes to rumours, especially as you mention maybe a slightly bias source.

managed a bit more work on the ol gal, got the wings off, airfilter and steering wheel

dug out the spare engine, can anyone tell me if this is 214 Cubic inch 28hp or is it the later 300Cui? it was prserved in 1977, the only difference i can see is the oil filter and inlet manifold. I have never worked on these bedford engines so really dont know much about them.

Baz

Sounds loveley. What truck is it currently sitting in?

 

Tim (too)

 

Currently sat in a Ford ET6, that the owner parked in the woods with a cool 1200 miles on the clock, he bought the truck for £17 just for the rear body.

Thought we were all friends on here...

 

we are :-D

Finally got a good engine to go in the Bren, fired up for the first time in over 30 years and she's a peach :-D

Before any moans, i tried to put it on HMVFTV but got the error code again

Baz

What are these supposed rumours then John? they must be real juicy as you keep on about them :-)

I am starting the restoration of my second Jeep which I rather fancy restoring as an RAF example as the other is US khaki. My father used to drive them in Burma in WW11. So my questions are, does anyone have any photos of the sort of specification, colour, markings etc and would they have been originally khaki and then resprayed in blue? So to restore with all parts including chassis and axles in blue may not be correct. Anyway any thoughts of knowledge woudl be appreciated. thx Andrew

 

Heres a couple of pics from Burma taken by my grandfather, Both RASC not RAF but it does show that the perfection we see today was probably not the case

Love it :clap:

I had a 841 shalft drive, iwent to the old timer rally in northern Holland on it with my brother in law on his WLA, Ihad to keep waiting for him! ..Cliff :

 

Blimey thats makes you pretty old!!! :whistle:

Hows the woody coming along? any pictures?

Baz

My Dad was in India/Ceylon/Burma until 1946 as a Signaller in the Royal Signals. Only thing he drove there was an Elephant. As for Japs, the only ones he saw were some POWs, who were Koreans, and about 6 foot tall! After the war he joined a Concert Party, and said that 'It ain't arf hot Mum' was very realistic.

 

Now that is intresting, my grandad travelled to Burma via Mumbai and Calcutta then drove down to Rangoon bringing up the rear so to speak. He then spent most of 46 driving concert parties around Burma! the truck in the picture with the spitfire was his for a while, i think its a chevrolet?

He spent a lot of his time driving dodge WC51's, nickmaned "coffin carriers!" as thats what they carried most of the time and two fitted in the back just right apparently. He also drove a lot of DUKWS around the water ways of Rangoon, unfortunaetly no pictures have turned up of these yet.

He then went to Ceylon before returning to the UK.

nearly forgot these :-)

Dug out some of my grandads pictures from his time in Burma 1944-47 serving with the RASC as part of the 12th Army (even more forgotten than the 14th Army!)

Picture were mostly taken in Rangoon, intresting array of vehicles and japanese officers surrendering in Rangoon.

These pictures inspired the markings on my Jeep :-D

Sweet, will look into it

Thanks for the help so far folks :-D

Bit of a long shot, looking to find out some info on where my Jeep was rebuilt back in the 60's

The rebuilt plate has the following info

FM Tarbuck Co

Zweigniederlassung, Jnnbruck

15.2.1967

I guessing this is in Germany (not sure though!), but have not been able to find an exact match on the words, anybody got any ideas? anybody else got a similar rebuild plate?

Baz

Rebuild it, usually the best option, at least you knows it been done properly (especially if you do it yourself)

I have seen so called recon engines with odd size bores :schocked:, timing out and even rattley bearing!!

a Hotchkiss engine we recently used has suffered low oil pressure since fitting, it was supposadley brand new! next on the list to fix!!!

i rebuilt my own jeep engine 6 years ago and have covered 12,000 trouble free miles since :-D, i even run it on straight unleaded and have not suffered any valve issues :-)

Be careful of Ford blocks, i had one apart a while ago that had been completely rebuilt, had even welded all the external cracks, unfortunately they did not spot the internal crack, it lasted a couple of miles!!!!

Baz

groovy, will keep an eye out for ya, hopefully i will be on the Indian

I sold my one for £600 last year, it was in very good condition.

 

answers that then, cheers

Anyone heading out this Sunday (16th)? on the A272 near Cheriton, Classic car bike and trucks by all accounts, hopefully i will be getting the Indian out for a blast :-D

 

looks kinda neat,...................what sort of money are these going for ??

 

Andy

 

No idea, never seen one for sale to be honest.

Stick contaminated brake shoes in the dish washer!, brings them up a treat!!!

i have done it sevral times and they always come up a treat and work fine :-D

Just dont let the other half catch yer!!! :naughty:

All you need to know is right here http://www.g503.com/serial-numbers/index.php

Baz

"Cons - The spares are expensive." - which parts? all the parts i have ever had to buy seem to be good value for money. what other vehicle can you buy a full exhaust for £50? and a brake master cylinder for £20?

Pros - great fun to drive, extremely reliable, fit in normal garage, out run all series land rovers!, very adaptable depending on taste.

Cons - watch out for tons of filler and hidden rust!, Hotchkiss dressed and sold as WW2! (although hotchkiss is a far better Jeep!)

found a place just round the corner!

Vintage tyres in Brockenhurst sell the Mitas 10.50x16 tyres, SWEET :-D

Is the ambulance for sale too - just out of curiosity???

 

can be, send me a private messege if yout intrested?

count me in :-D will bring along a few vehicles, not sure what in yet though! will have to see whats running near the time!