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Made the little box to fit the driver's handbook in to, made the copy from a friend his C4 that still had the original fitted in the cabin. Started also to strip the radio box on this wireless, this will need a lot of work and will duplicate in the meantime for my wireless where the radio box was lost.

Will send a PM for the springs ! Guy M

Did use single flare ends on the tubes , did the same on my Bedford QL and never had any problems with this set up .. If you want to modify to double flares you need to replace some tricky connectors on the brake system. Guy

Thanks for the information , but the 4 brake houses came with the Morris , the French and previous owner orderer some parts for the brake system. Strange that there came 4 houses my way with the Morris as there are only 3 required .

Made the tubes that connect the front and rear. on these two tubes will the cupola been fitted that is in construction for the moment. The replacement engine for the second Morris W/T some reassemble work , needed to check this one completely over ass the engine was stored for more than 30 years.

Hi Andy. First took a piece of 3 mm thick plate and rolled around two tubes of 3/4 " and welded this together. Ones ready I welded the ring round the tube and after well heating I bend these to a more open shape with a long 3/4" solid bar . Had to make a few test to have enough space to slide the top tube aside the vertical tube. The use of this bracket is that you can store the two tubes if you want to drive without the canvas cover over the cabin. Hope this will help you a bit further !! Guy.

Great pictures Alex. Now I need to look for some large speakers to put on the Morris, are will maybe better of with a lot of passengers as on the second picture . Guy:nut:

Thanks Richard , the piston rings are on there way . Thanks for the tip. Guy.

Hello , looking for a piston ring set Std size for a 4 cylinder Morris commercial C4 are C8 engine. Engine is on 100 mm bore so this is Std size if I have it right . Thanks.

Hello Rob , I am still after a pair of these springs with hook but they are for the outside of the bonnet of a Morris Commercial C4. The difference is the smaller diameter from the spring on a Morris , Bedford has a fraction bigger spring, can you post some pictures of the springs? Regards. Guy.

The newly made hoops bend and also made copies of the fittings on these . And test fitted on the vehicle .

Like to follow this thread on here , not to match bla bla bla but match action and interesting pictures. Looking forward to the next steps in the restoration . Guy;)

Yesterday I collected some battery boxes for the Morris radio set up, looking forward to start on the rear body.

The rear toolbox is ready and the brackets on the side drilled and test fitted. Had a tray with the hoops I have from the other C4 with the bad engine and everything fits fine. Made also the small wooden pieces that go in to the brackets. On the vertical hoop there is profile welded on with a selection of holes in to it , I do recognise this fitting as the same style is used on the Bedford QL where there comes a spring to tighten the copula cover. Think these late type morris was equipped with a look out trap in the canvas. Can anyone correct my on this subject !! And this is the set up on the Bedford , resembles very match what i have on the Morris. Next step will be the reproducing of the hoops , lucky that I have a good sample !

Yes Pete , these little jigs can come handy if you have to make several of the same bits . Guy

Hello, yes I know Jacob. but if I am right this Morris C4 project is not yet finished. Jacob collected some bits in Norway for my project . It's a small world !!

Some more fabrication work done in the workshop . The rear wheel boxes are ready and just need to finish the lid on the RH side box . Made also new hoop support brackets as these where missing on the C4 . Made a simple jig to bend these brackets Now only have to drill some holes and make the wooden bits that go in the bracket.

Looking great ! I am working on my similar box for the Morris C4. It's just a bit simpler as it is not fitted on to the rear cross member. Guy

You are right that the triangle lion head was used on bigger vehicles (that's from where are sample came). Moist of the mechanical work was done by me and the owner Marnic did the paintwork and the signs on the bike . If you pm my I can bring you in contact with Marnic as he has a bit more information about the Belgian Brigade. Here are some extra pictures of are bikes , all two are Triumph 3HW models.

Hello Stef , we did one a few years back as brigade Piron. It's a Triumph 3HW and these were in use with the Belgian brigade.

The only rear radio box bits that came with the Morris from France where the rear wheel boxes, not really in super shape as these metal bits had been exposed to the elements when the C4 was a breakdown lorry. picture from the previous owner before stripping of the remains from the back of the Morris and the remains of the wheel arches that came sandblasted and primed to my place! And now I started to make some new wheel arches . And now I am in to all this construction work made also the tube from the bottom of the radiator to the water pump and also the missing shovel support .

Did a Morris C4 from 1944 had this rubber cowl extrusion fitted , on my C4 there are little holes just the size of a rivet to fit this rubber. But maybe materials came scares at the end of the war and this rubber may gave been deleted on later models ? what do you think . Guy

Hello. Do you have a PTO on the gearbox are is there a compressor fitted on the side of the gearbox. So a MW gearbox from a friend his project and it had a PTO to drive a pump I presume. his MW was a C (water type ). Guy

Hello. Don't know if you are missing the two doors on your water tank but I will have 4 old water tanks in . Guy

Hi Ian. I have the same light charging set and had to experiment a bit to have it well running. Don't open the fuel tap completely, just halve way and your set will keep on running. The situation improves a lot when you connect the set to a battery and the charging set need to work. That's my experience , had the set running for a hour without problem and a charged battery as result. Now my 80 Watt set is running well I can concentrate on my chore horse charging set that need to go in the back of my Morris wireless lorry. Guy.