Nick Johns

A pic of my current Jeep collection, bought my first one over 40 years ago, still a bit of an obsession ..from the front... 1945 Ford GPW.....complete rebuild 3 yrs ago 1944 Ford GPW....older restoration 1943 Ford GPW....unrestored very sound original Ford body 1942 Ford GPW....unrestored sound original Ford body 1960 Hotchkiss M201 ex French fire service and they all run! plus not in pic 1945 Willys MB restoration nearing completion, most are imports and fairly rust free...few years work ahead but the Hotchkiss and '45 Ford will be for sale soon....can't run them all, be nice to find a 1941 example that would make the complete set !

Jeep J8

Very similar to Landrover WIMIC http://www.armyrecognition.com/jeep_j8_variants_light_tactical_military_vehicle/jeep_j8_chrysler_jgms_lpv_military_army_light_patrol_tactical_vehicle_us_army_united_states_pictures.html

And I used to drive that same Bedford many years ago when it was a breakdown truck for a Woking garage

http://www.surreystreetrodders.co.uk/

Post war Dodge M37

Ricardo of Shoreham are still aparently converting new Defenders into military spec Wolf/wimics

What like this!

Found this original pic of an International, not sure if its getting a tow or its attempting to tow the tank!

Still not as many as your fleet!

and it proved very uncomfortable trying to sleep with all that cash stuffed in it, so I've invested it in a few Jeeps

Planning to get them all together for some pics very soon.....here's a tidy recent import 1944 gpw I recently aquired, will have to repaint those yellow stars!!

Not quite, will be on the road soon, got side tracked with a few other Jeeps...going to collect a '42 gpw at the week end to add to the collection

British Army features?? ...I think not, this Jeep has been halfway around the world but only arrived in UK in 2006. Tony Sudds declared it as one of the most original unrestored Jeeps he had seen in many years

K6 Coles crane on Milweb http://www.milweb.net/classifieds/large_image.php?ad=46895&cat=4

Some good Welbike pics

Vince we' ll be along too in Jeep/Dodge, Annual historic drive it day.. http://www.fbhvc.co.uk/events/drive-it-day-09.htm

Sales video of the military Ural http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN5PAwc1ns8

These films were copied from the original film made by the Army Kinematograph Service, the original copies are held in the archive of the Imperial War Museum

I've transfered my Scammell recovery VHS copy to DVD and will be showing it again in the Mobile Cinema at W&P in July

This colour footage plus lots lots more will be showing in the Mobile Cinema at W & P show in July and the same type of Bell & Howell cameras used on display

The two yokes on any propshaft should be in alignment to run in balance ie. the yoke on the fixed part should align with the yoke on the slip joint

Start with the obvious, you are running in 2wd rear drive on the road, 4wd lever in forward position, my Dodge made similar racket when I broke a rear prop yoke?? and had to drive home on the front axle, the transfer box made a hell of a racket. A common cause of juddering on the transmission at low speed is oil on the hanbrake band, causing it to grab on, have you checked that? Are all the prop shafts in good order, drive flanges tight, uj's and slipjoints ok, are the uj's aligned on the short shaft between g.box and transfer, have you tried running with front prop removed? to see if has any effect

Found FJ very helpfull, started a new policy end of last year got three Jeeps, two are unregistered, and Dodge on one policy, they wouldnt insure the trailer though, they also asked about insuring my pick up truck and offered to quote when its due for renewal

This full track Jeep and many other prototypes performing off road I have on film, just one of the many that will be showing in the Cinema unit at War&Peace show this July