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New timber bearers fitted and a splash of red oxide.

Boll##ks 🤬 Just looked at other wot6 trafficators and the bracket is in a different place!! Everyday is a learning curve…. Never assume the previous owner has fitted things back in the right place 🤨

Hi Guy That would make complete sense, the trafficator and retaining bracket have been fitted in the same place they were removed from but that doesn’t mean they were correct to start with, which is not exactly unusual for this truck!! Seamus

Sometimes it’s the small things in life that give you pleasure…. I’ve been wondering for a while what part was missing to hold the trafficator in place 🤔 Then just last week I had a chat with very nice chap who has owned a Bedford QL for 30+ years , his QL is fitted with an identical trafficator and some very nice sprung clips. A quick search on eBay and these arrived in the post today. Just fitted and really pleased….sad I know….but I was just pleased I didn’t have to make anything 🍻🍻

Cracking work as usual Jon 👍👍

Another job completed, new chassis bearers cut and shaped.

Normally I am a purist but….the engine is not original for the truck and it would cost thousands to convert it back so I’ve decided to take a more modern route with the electrics hence fitting an alternator, it will be negative earth, discreet power points for flashing amber lights, mod cons like indicators and even a discreet USB port in the cab, I might as well make the electrics more reliable and safer for road use with updated lighting as well.

That’s not a bad price but as you said, the noise, mess etc…

If I had acres of space that would be ideal but parked down the side of my house unfortunately isn’t.

It probably is but I already make enough noise, the downside of working from home

I did buy a small blasting kettle a few years ago but unfortunately my compressor just isn’t man enough to use for more than about 10 seconds 😂

Stills plodding along with the WOT6 rear body, now that the rotten timber has been removed it was time to start welding again. The repairs were all fairly straight forward mainly replacing sections of angle iron, 5 sections in total now replaced should last another 70+ years. In an ideal world where money wasn’t an object I would have had the chassis sand blasted but working from home on a budget requires a bit more elbow grease ie.. wire brush, hammer and scraper, the chassis is generally in good condition with only one small welding repair that I done earlier, the rest is flaking paint and surface rust, with the worst removed it was pressure washed ready for a coat of red oxide. Some of the original angle iron is quite pitted but still solid. Other jobs completed were 2 steps forward 1 step back, I decided to relocate the fuel filter as it was to close to the engine cover and it had always bothered me in case it vibrated, this must have been a previous problem as there’s a wear mark on the top edge of the housing, now sit neatly out of the way with new fuel pipes fitted. The original location is bolted to the block. Now fitted to the chassis. Plenty of clearance now. Next up was the alternator conversion, a fairly straight forward swap and fits nicely. Lastly I fitted the battery in its permanent place, with a kill switch discretely located, once the passenger seat is refitted it won’t be noticeable.

I’ve looked on eBay and FB market place but I need a lot of timber!! and as you said finding the length is a problem, the WOT6 bed is 4.5m and the drop sides are 2.3m, I may end up going for a treated and painted softwood.

Great bit of craftsmanship looks impressive 👍👍 I am still looking at timber options for the WOT6, I’ve worked out it’s about £1000 worth of timber so far 😩

Opinions and suggestions please!!! The rear body of my wot6 was originally classed as house type body when it entered service, this was changed to machine body with drop down sides, at some point in the past a previous owner has carried out numerous repairs to the rear body which included doing away with the drop downsides but leaving it looking similar to the original set up but not very safe or secure, now my question is…. Do I reproduce the same look, bearing in mind I have no intention of making the sides drop down as all of the iron work is missing….. or change it to a cargo style body with a cross brace to match the front and rear of the body?? This is a drop down section but none of the original fittings are left or do I weld in a section of angle iron and a couple of cross braces to match the front and rear sections…..

Thank you for the suggestion, it’s certainly worth looking into.

Timber is expensive, I am a builder by trade and my quotes are now only valid for 30 days due to ever increasing prices.

Thank you, that’s certainly worth looking into. 👍

Yesterday I decided it was time to start looking at the rear body, the repairs are fairly straight forward but it’s a big job and when I say big job I mean it’s going to cost me a few quid at the current price of timber 🤨 The side of the rear body are 20mm tongue and groove, as far as I can tell none of it is original and it’s all rotten, there was no floor in the rear when I got the truck so I don’t know what it should look it or how it was fitted, if anyone has any pictures that would be appreciated. Removing the timber was easy enough as most was rotten but the 300+ coach bolts took a bit longer. All stripped and de-bolted 😁 The main frame work is not to bad, some of the cross bearers are very pitted and getting a bit thin but still usable, there are a couple of sections of angle iron that will need replacing and a few joints welded back together but it’s mainly timber work. One of the first jobs will be replacing the chassis timbers, 2 out of the 4 are rotted but probably best to replace all 4. Any advice on timber replacement would be welcome, I assume the chassis timber would need to be a hardwood but possibly a well treated softwood for the tongue and groove side sections??

Today was a good day !! I have now set a deadline 🤨 “ October “ we have a local MVT weekend camping and road run. More jobs ticked off the list. Broken spring clamp New clamp fabricated ✅ There was only one area that needed serious attention on the chassis, one of the centre crossmembers had rotted on the edge of the chassis rail, possibly parked on a slight angle for many years and had water trapped. The chassis steel is just over 5mm thick so a quick root around in the spares dept found some suitable off cuts . Quick clean up and cut the worst bits out, although there is pitting on the remaining chassis rail it is still quite thick in the affected areas. First repair section set. Not a bad bit of welding, heavy gauge is so much nicer to weld 😬 Etched primer ready for paint ✅

Another couple of jobs ticked off the list 🎉🍻 RCH canvas have once again done a great job making gators for the gear lever, transfer lever and handbrake, all made from scratch as no patterns were available. Took a little bit of fettling to get them fitted but they look good. Wing mirrors also now complete, I’ve used repo Willys Jeep mirrors to keep a period look, another tick off the list 😁 Wing mirror arms now finished and more small parts painted.

I wrote the money off last year, I now just keep clicking resend on my emails just to annoy them 😂

I’ve stated that I am unable to attend the new dates and I that was unable to attend the previous dates which under consumer rights I should be entitled to a refund BUT!! W&P are making the rules up as they go, I’ve requested a copy of their 2020 terms and conditions but they are unresponsive to this request 🤨 £200 on tickets lost !!

OMG!!!!! W&P have responded to an email!!! As I have said numerous times ,with regards to your deferred ticket, thiswill be honoured at the next War & Peace Show, details of which are on thewebsite.Kind RegardsJane MorganAccounts Department

As W&P have stopped responding to any of my emails ( no surprise there ) I have now had to resort to contacting one of the new company directors Mrs Ann Bertrand via FB, Mrs Ann Bertrand responded within 10 minutes of me messaging her confirming that she had just spoken to the office ( at 21:30 this evening 🤔 ) and that apparently all of my questions via email had been answered and I still wasn’t getting a refund 😂