guy66

Some update on the bedford. separated the cabin from the chassis and I took the roof section first of, this will make my job match easier in the workshop to repair section by section.

The cabin floor will need some welding work and as a small part can be man handled in the workshop .

Al the bolts came lose after some gentle heating and it was a strait forward job to take the roof section of the main cabin.

The cabin came next and removed the engine and gearbox, butt it wend very dark and have now pictures of the

removal of the engine.The engine will need a good inspection and some of the pistons are stuck in there bores.

Something interesting came to light when i had a good look at the doors, the QL came from a depot in Antwerp as can bee seen on one of the doors!

Funny how suddenly a bunch of qls are being restored, and we all have to rebuild the bottom of the cab :-)

good luck guy

I really think it is the challenge to put a British workhorse back on the road, if I want to start something easy as a project it surely makes the challenge so match easier if I had chose something American. But this is not my cup of tea !!!

Where I live we where liberated by the 53rd Welsh division and feel it as something of a acknowledgement to are liberators. something that really annoys my is ,if someone tray's to belief that we have everything to thank to the yanks!

But for sure I am a bit of a Anglophile, that's my problem.

Guy

Hello,

Nice lorry. Just out of interest, is the disc on the passenger side of the cab the remains of a reflector, or is it a WD tax disc holder?

 

If it is a tax disc holder it will have WD cast into the rim, and once removed from the cab, the back unscrews to put the tax disc in.

 

This OX has one on, if you zoom in you can see it looks the same. I'm looking for one for my mw that why i noticed it.

 

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Rippo

Hello, fore sure it is a tax disc holder but need to look if it is a wd type, for the moment it is still on cabin and will have a look!

Guy

Hello, with this thread I send some information about the restoration of my bedford QL.

This truck was original a QLR, yes with a radio box on the chassis but lost his rear section after its military service.

The plan is to put a general service (QLD) rear section on the chassis but this will be for the future, first start with the cabin and engine as this last one is solid blockt.

Hi Ian,

I though my Ql floor was in a bad state butt to see on your pictures we are in the same league.

Butt al the floor panels are fairly easy to repair and easy to shape in the right form . The part under the driver seat must be the problem area on thees trucks and surely this is in relation with the battery's been kept under the driver seat .

Keep up the good work.....

Guy

Some extra pictures with the trusty triumph. wd bikes in Normandy for the 65/65 run.

Yesterday a new toy arrived, well more correctly a bunch of spares.

Its a Chevrolet C60 M-GS (with winch) with a danish fire truck body, it was build for the danish version of AFS, 36 where build around 1952.

We have two of them now and are going to restore one from the two, some of there other spares from it will be used for restoring this C15TA.

I had to make my bedford ql rearbody fly to make room for it.

Hi Niels, if you let your bedford ql fly then you may always direct it my direction, I still looking for one!

Guy

Hello,

My Ql engine is still in the original colour and what i see under a enormous layer of filth is black.

A will have a lock what colour I will find on the gearbox .

Guy

really nice looking job on the bike ,welcome in,I presume the picture is taken ar the radar museum at Douvres,I am looking forward to getting my bike back to Normandy asap.

Hello, I will tray to get the bedford ready for 2014 and then i can take my triumph on the back to Normandy.

Indeed it is the radar station of Douvres, as my triumph has the number 93 of the 41 royal marines commando.iIt was the right spot to make some pictures as the commando's had some fighting to do on this location.

Normally there will be something to do for British wd bikes in Normandy in 2014 as in 2009 (just have a lock to the bsa m20 forum)

Guy

Hi Niels, after I had a good lock at you pictures and some other Danish bedford QL's I noted the two easy to spot modifications that the Danish army did on these trucks after the British sold of there overstock.

In the cabin the speedo meter has been changed to a km/h type and has a white dial plate and on the engine there is a outer type of oil filter.

Certainly there are more modifications (lighting, weapons carriers on the side of the cabin...) but the speedo and the oil filter really caught my eye.

Guy

Hello Simon, you can find some pictures on the British vehicle page under bedford QL.

Guy

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Date 4 September 1944, he wend top pay his parents a visit with the QL.

bedford QLT from the Belgium brigade Piron, picture is just from after the liberation of Brussels.

The start of my bedford QL project!

By this I want to introduce me on hmvf.

Owner of several classic bikes and with the restoration of my triumph 3hw bike the start was made for one other military vehicle, and now i want to start with the rebuild of a bedford QL.

Some pictures of my 3hw.

Hi Niels

Nice job buddy, will she be finished for W&P 2012 ?

I have just got back from Scotland (850mile round trip) with a trailer load of QL parts for myself & Danny152.

I will be starting my restoration this weekend & hope to post a restoration thread aswell.

Great to see another QL has been saved just down the road from you Niels.

Ian

<Hello Ian it is not op the road from Niels butt it is very nice to see that outer people are in to bedford QL restoration.

I am from Belgium and it is still some way from Denmark!

Guy

If she was a QLR there should also be a PTO for the generator carried above the rear axle.

Yes the pto pick up is on the transfer box and also the regulator control box inside the cabin is still in place.

The chassis middle cross section was cut for the crane on the chassis and there will normally be the extra generator be mounted.

Guy

Hello Niels,

Shortly I will start with the restoration of my bedford QL. I have to start with the truck and a bare chassis.It started life as a QLR radio box and lost the box after it was sold by the army and was equipped with a crane for the lumbering trade (as so many 4x4 trucks after active service)[ATTACH=CONFIG]0[/ATTACH].

As you can see on the pictures I will need a rear body and think to make a QLD body for it because tracing a original cargo body will be very difficult.

But no panics I know somebody locally with a QLD that i can use as a sample to copy the rear section.