Lee perry

Any ideas what it might be from??

I bought this thinking its the front wheel from a welbike but im unsure. Can anyone tell me what its from. It has a dunlop tyre and inner tube. The inner tube is a red orange colour and there are 16 spokes on the wheel. if anyone has any idea what its from Id like to know

It's looking good Lee, will you be bringing it to Lacock? I saw you & you dad at Trowbridge last weekend, but was too busy to come over and talk to you. Don't mention the mole!

Id like to bring it to Lacock but I doubt it would be finished as there is still a lot to do

the front wheel and the back centre thing (I don't know what to call it)

For anyone whos interested heres an update on my kettenkrad. Ive covered the front wheel so its now solid but there are still some details to put on it. Ive started the back thingy and attached all the seats.Me and dad are currently thinking about how to do the tracks.I might start putting the engine in this weekend if i have time, its a 12.5hp engine with a forward reverse thing on it so when you push the lever forward it goes forward when you pull it back it goes back. The engine was fast when it was in the lawn mower so the kettenkrad should get some speed.Oh and the holes with are going around the top of the side pannels are going to be covered up I will try to get some pictures up at some point

Whats the name of the desert colour used to paint German vehicles? I need to find out what colours in need to paint my kettenkrad replica when the time comes to painting it

Hello again, I havent done an update on this project for a long time beacus ei ahvent had the time or the motavation to get on with it. But I have done some more work mostly to the front im still trying to sort out how its going to be powered but I think the best solution is going to be a garden tractor engine,gear box and axel beacuse they have a reavers gear and should have engough power to move it along. The next problem is going to be finding the garden tractor to rob the parts from

On a similar subject I was told once by a Sd Kfz 2 Kettenkrad owner that there were people making parts for these vehicles and it was now possible to make a complete one without it containing very much or even anything of an original WW2 vehicle, as the engine was built postwar. Some I'm told were made postwar for forrestry use.

 

When you can buy a complete replica Kubelwagens at W&P that have not been built off an everyday VW Beetle, I'm surprised no one has thought to start a small run of these Kettenkrads. After all you wouldn't be driving them on the road so they could just be for fun / re-enacting.

 

Keep up the good work

There is one person in england who made a exact replica of a kettenkrad from wood and you really couldent tell the difference unless you look really closely. there is a company in america called Tankco who have started makeing near replicas of kettenkrads and there pritty good

Nice project, looking forward to progress reports.

Did you reverse the real kettenkrad photo by any chance?

yes :cheesy: the picture was taken from the same angle as i took mine so it looked good

ive driven down the road like it is and it turns fine but it dosent have the biggest turning cricle though:-)

Heres my replica next or a real kettenkrad that was being restored. There are obvious difrences but iam makeing mine to be a near replica not a exact copy

thanks will keep it updated

did alot more work to the body this weekend still more to do to the back but most of the front is done it just needs cleaning up :-)

:thumbsup: Well Lee, you've made a good start there, will be interested in your tracks when you get round to them, I spent ages trying to design some cheap workable tracks for Rugged Robin, gave up took the easy option and bought some, but I suspect that is not an option for you.

 

Are those your track links in the background? If so I'm afraid you may have to re-think your power pack and gearing, tracks like that need a lot of power just to keep rolling, even a massive 30+ HP :shocked: was not enough for me until I radically lowered the gearing.

 

Best thing about projects like yours is that the grin :-D:-D:-D per £ ratio is so much higher than messing about restoring tanks and such, good luck with it and keep us posted..

yes those are my tracks iam going to be using i will take some pictures of them there made of cast iron and iam going to put 2 together to make them bigger

i made a little diagram of how my tracks will be set out

i hope it works if not i will have to try something els it will give the impression that the kettenkrad is running on the tracks but will really be only running on the frot and back 2 wheels

hello this is my first post on the forum (i think) even though i have been on here for months this is my kettenkrad replica i have been working on over the past couple of months. The picture is a old one i have done a few other things to it since this but i havent had much time to do work on it because of school but this is what i have done so far.its going to runoff a electric wheel chair motor on 24 volts and run on metal tracks i found at the scrap yard of some old farm conveyor belt.

from Lee

I suspect that your father will be getting a lot of help with any future restoration projects, I am very impressed, well done and welcome to the forum............. I have got a Harley......... yours looks very much easier to handle than mine.

http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?17701-Tutorial-Uploading-Photos-amp-other-Attachments

video of my creations

hi evryone i never have any luck uploading pictures to forums but ive done a youtube video that i will link :laugh:

hi my name is Lee

My dad owns a 1944 willys jeep but i have made a couple replica ww2 bikes. I have made a replica welbike witch runs on a wheel chair motor and a replica wla harley davidson that is a push bike and am currentley building a kettenkrad replica

hi i generaly collect www2 things that i find intresting like radios guns knifes or any thing that is different or unusual:) iwill post a link to our youtube channle most videos are my brother though but it is still my stuff as well.we mostly collect 101st stuff because they were near were we live during the war

http://www.youtube.com/user/ziggybome?feature=mhee

hi i would just like to introduce my self my name is lee and iam 13.

me,my dad and my brother collect ww2 memrobilia

we have a 1944 willys jeep and i have made a replica welbike and am starting a replica ww2 harly davidson :cheesy:

(sorry if i ever spell stuff wrong iam not good at writing iam better at building things)

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