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  1. Nick Johns
    It certainly wasn't 1943 it was missing its chassis tag but the body number, late drum handbrake & deep mud exhaust all pointed to it being late 1945 It also had a CJ air filter
  2. Nick Johns
    Here is a pic of my late Uncles Morris LRC taken in early 50's, it ended up in a dismantled state in an Oxford scrapyard and was rescued and sold by Bernard Venners and then restored years ago and last heard of in the Essex area
  3. Nick Johns
    "The military Jeep" by Lawrence Nabholtz lists your Jeep as manufactured in May 1943 production for this month started with ser no. 238....., its hood or bonnet no. for this month started 20328356
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    another pic
  5. Nick Johns
    Yet more Jeeps...plus few Dodges and others
  6. Nick Johns
    With WLF jib?
  7. Nick Johns
    New MUTT's built from NOS parts http://www.milweb.net/webverts/45389/
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    Book

    Nick Johns replied to cripp's topic in Other Chatter

    The book looks really good, think I could do a few editions of my rebuilds....as soon as the '45 MB is done got yet another project...a very sound '43 GPW
  9. Nick Johns
    Gee sarge I'm sure it was this one I left my Zippo in !
  10. Nick Johns
    December 1944 Ardennes
  11. Nick Johns
    Makes your heart sink, Korea 1960
  12. Nick Johns
    So now we know...last time I saw wheels like that they were on the remains of an airdrop Landrover which the parachute had failed !
  13. Nick Johns
    An answer to those hard to find tyres...make wooden ones !
  14. Nick Johns
    Ideas what this was for, ..eliptical rear wheels??
  15. Nick Johns
    Hundreds of original Jeep pics + a few Dodges,from Life magazine now on Google image http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=jeep+source%3Alife King George V1 and the Queen Elizabeth in Jeeps
  16. Nick Johns
    Pic was taken in Italy 1946 Jeeps were destined for Italian army
  17. Nick Johns
    and some more...
  18. Nick Johns
    Is this why so many Jeeps left in Europe after the war are missing combat rims?
  19. Nick Johns
    The rare C8/P A/T for sale on Ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1943-Morris-Commercial-C8-P-A-T-17pdr-tractor_W0QQitemZ130272404796QQihZ003QQcategoryZ122307QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
  20. Nick Johns
    It has to be the number one The Imperial War Museum in Lambeth, S. London, the magnificent building, exhibits and the huge archive.... and its free !!
  21. Nick Johns
    In between the snow and rain today was out in the Jeep manouvering a 1929 Tilling Stevens bus into a south London garden for a friend, after unloading it Jeep coped perfectly pushing the bus on solid bar into its tempory resting place, following some restoration work to make it more weather tight it will eventually be moved to Amberley chalk pits museum where hopefully one day it will be fully restored
  22. Nick Johns
    Willys Overland wasted no time gearing up for civilian Jeep production as soon as production of the military MB ended at the end of august 1945, as announced in this September 1945 edition of Yank magazine Apparently Willys bought back new surplus Jeep engines from the military, renumbered them and fitted them to the first civvy models
  23. Nick Johns
    Lots of civilian cars like the Austin were used by the military. The horn button and traficator switch are on the end of a long tube which runs through the steering column and box and held in place by a clamp on the end of the steering box where the wiring also comes out, undo the clamp, disconnect the wiring and pull the the whole thing up out of the steering column
  24. Nick Johns
    The rad grille looks more like a Chev, the same car is in the previous pic of the garage with train in background
  25. Nick Johns
    Winch from a firing range that pulled moving targets
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