Nick Johns

Oh dear... :roll:

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Its basically the same spec as a WC 52 weapons carrier..

L 175" with winch

w 79"

h 82"

6cyl 230cu in 92 bhp

4 spd x1

wt 5675 lbs US = 2.8tons

No doubt Mike Stallwood of RR's bid the council for it as its on his patch :-D

Got to ask Nick - how come you have one of those :schocked: :whistle:

 

It seemed a bargain at the time....err...put a silly bid on it and no one else bid... blame Ebay :oops: It took 3 to lift it into the back of my open Dodge WC, then I drove back through the centre of London getting lots of silly comments, told 'em I was a military mobile dentist :-D had to dismantle it to get it out,.... its now cluttering up the garage :roll:

And the good old favourite that there was always someone who knew someone who had bought a new Jeep still in its crate after the war for £10.....yeah right :roll:

I've just found these pics I took over 35 years ago of how the Jagd Panzer was before being recovered in the 90's by Bob Fleming from the Pirbright firing range, and recently restored, you can see the state it was in with one side completly blown away, no tracks, we used to play on it as kids along with the remains of Shermans, Crusaders Churchills Valentines, even a Panzer1! all destroyed as targets

I have an American dentist chair, made in New York in 50's? really heavy, black stove enamel and chrome......if anyones interested ;-)

Here's another Dodge pic, .. interesting gun mount

A bit extreme dismantling your dodge when you want to park it! :-D

 

Was just doing the timing cover oil seal, the Dodge is so easy to work on, just a few bolts to take the wings and radiator off :-D

TB

 

i wouls love a Dodge, my very favourite MV of them all. But my planning is all based on a fairly standard garage becoming available....

 

I keep my Dodge in a standard Marley garage with up'n over door, have to take canopy and hoops off, bit of a chor. then fold screen, it just fits with a couple of inches to spare each side, it normally drives in forwards then I climb out over the back.

Another hmvf member keeps his Ferret in the next garage

All the all the mechanicals and bodywork are normal civilian Austin 8, apart from the vented side panels, also same bits as the utilitys, "tillys" and I thinks similar bits as the 10hp car too

Cor,..........what happened to it ??

The Morris ended up many years ago partly dismantled in an Oxfordshire scrapyard, was rescued and restored, last heard of in the Norfolk/Suffolk area

It appears to be a Kfz15 Horch 830 similar to the Kfz12 Wanderer

This was my Uncles Morris that he ran as a car in the 50's/60's

Some of the original batch of 50 BRC 40 Bantams, forerunner to the MB/GPW supplied in 1941 to the British Army were used in the western desert.

The Bantam recently for sale on milweb was claimed to be the oldest combat Jeep in the world having been a survivor of those used

Beltring ?

DOH.......!!! :oops:

Another WLF ? in action

"I said it aint a good idea to get a minicab up to the front line":-D

Yes it was at Beckton, doing yet another starter drive change on one the "Walker Bulldog" tanks, engine and g/box out, we got it down to less than 2 hours, they were very prone to breaking the drive on start up from cold if the engine kicked back

Brings back memories...same scenario with a WLF just moved forward 40 odd years (1985)

Its an ex military test vehicle, note the "SP" special purpose, reg no. apparently built to test hydraulic active suspension systems. Can't think what you could do with it, bit useless especially as its being sold less engine

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ex-MOD-1970s-Military-4x4-Concept-Vehicle-Unique_W0QQitemZ120193906579QQihZ002QQcategoryZ122307QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Ex Belgium Army CVR T on ebay with knocking engine

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Alvis-Spartan-CVR-T-APC_W0QQitemZ270194477091QQihZ017QQcategoryZ122307QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Many years ago an AWDC member aquired a Triumph Pony gearbox, which is basically a modified Triumph 1300 fwd car box and installed it into a car making it 4wd, made a strange sight seeing a Triumph Dolomite driving around trials sites

Yours for £295!!! They really are having a laugh.....perhaps its a misprint ..£2.95?

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