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Hi Just like to know https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_trainee_driver_from_the_Auxiliary_Territorial_Service_%28ATS%29_receives_instructions_at_ATS_motor_transport_training_centre_at_Camberley_in_1941._D5720.jpg

Movie https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/F01888/

This one is partly in colour I see a Morris 6X4 and Marmon Herringtons . https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/F00448/

The Aust. War memorial hosts these wartime training movies on line . This one features MW Bedfords and a nice Morris Commercial ... the accents make me laugh , the officer in charge sounds rather posh https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/F05224/ Looks like a splash of gas detector paint on the MW bonnet

Rick, that Humber has almost gone to god There are a few HU models in New Zealand , imported post war by the NZ govt. for use by the survey/mapping dept. At least one kiwi example has been restored . Mike

But we don't know if the original felt seal is actually sealing . Has it lasted 80 years of life and done it's job effectively for all of that time , I doubt it .

I agree . A modern seal will be 100% more effective than the felt would ever be . Felt is a natural substance made from rabbit fur . 80 years ago felt was widely used but these days less so . Mike

Get hold of some measuring tools , a dial caliper or vernier caliper will do the job. Measure the diameter of the pulley shaft and the outside diameter of the felt housing . Your local bearing supplier may have a modern neoprene seal that will fit . I have about six CS8 and PU engines and vehicles here but I am yet to do anything with them ! I must be lazy or getting old . My Morris Commercials will have a uncertain future here as nobody is interested in them . Most of the MV collectors over here don't even know that Morris Commercial made military vehicles ! One MV owner asked me " Why do you like that stuff " Cheers Mike

Hi Mike That particular information was found by Gina, he has a thread going on the MLU forum http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/showthread.php?t=19995 We believe there is a Dark Tarmac #4 sample as mentioned in a Melbourne archive . Gina has put a lot of effort into this research . I myself believe it is a very dark green , almost a black colour . There are traces of a very dark blackish green as disruptive camo on my 1941 Morris Commercial PU vehicle, the vehicle does have sections of faded WW2 camo visible . The vehicle also has a light stone remnants painted over the original 2 green camo scheme . I will take some pics . The bits of grey on the top RH are the remains of the grey paint applied by Lanes Motors in Melbourne 1945 , the dealers . Mike in Australia

Bridgeports are nice milling machines . Wish I had one . Thats a neat milling job , well done BTW I just gave away a 100kva generator powered by a cummins 6BT . The unit was given to me years ago but it just took up space . My neighbour owns it now . Mike PS what is that adapter made from , what steel ?

This is for the anoraks out there into camoflage http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/NAAMedia/ShowImage.asp?B=3367578&T=PDF

I hope that your king pins are in reasonable shape because new king pins are impossible to find . You are doing more than I have ever done with my PU's . Good Luck Mike

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Some history . At about the time the war ended the Standard company here in Melbourne ( not owned by the UK company but assembled its products ) imported a batch of the tillies and these were sold through their dealerships to civilians . As far as we know, the military here never used the UV tillies . We think it was 80 to around 100 but not sure of the actual number . To get back on their feet, Standards also assembled war surplus Dodge trucks T110L models and sold them . I do have a magazine article written by the Australian Standard historian Brian Rawson . From memory they began in the 1920's, assembling Talbot cars . A VMVC club member here , restored his dads UV tilly back in the late 1970's. His dad had purchased it just after the war .It appeared at rallies often, but I haven't seen it for many years . Another club member had two of them but these have also disappeared. A guy in Sydney had one too . Mike

Brakes..or lack of can be a concern with these cars . Cable operated brakes are a bit of a worry Mike

Hi Ryan I just sent you a PM. There are a few restored Standard tillies in Australia . You should be able to arrange a visit with a owner and take measurements for your body rebuild . The Australian Standard register website did have details of the tillies surviving here , but I think the site is no longer around Mike

Many years ago a friend recovered the remains of a demag 1 ton half track from NE victoria . We found a few 9mm rounds in the hull .The vehicle had been disabled by a mine blast , the shrapnel holes evident on the front section. It had been shipped out here for evaluation during the war, captured in Nth Africa

I have been gathering info on the PU 8 cwt since 1998 . A few of these vehicles have turned up out here and the evidence suggests they arrived via the Middle East . I know of another PU Morris owner here in Victoria , his example is a earlier than my two , having the hub caps on the wheels . The recent Aussie winner of the Vanderveen award told me of his experience learning to drive in a Morris PU just after the war . His father had purchased the PU and he , a young teenager ,took it for drives unlicensed . I do have more info on the wireless installation , the Blandford archives revealed a nice manual with pics

I dont know why I bother posting on this forum as I usually have nil response to my posts . Anyway here goes Pages from the No. 11 set manual UK

Hi This may be of interest https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/F03642/ Parkes is in NSW Australia . I believe the aircraft are Wackett trainers . The line up of vehicles includes Ford vans and Bedford trucks Mike

there is a WS38 mk2 on ebay australia right now ........... http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Vintage-Portable-Wireless-Set-WS38-WS-38-Mark-III-Army-Radio-/111520350491?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item19f721811b

Under the steering column clamp on a 1939 production CS8, I found the original colour .. I have Mike Starmers books and the colour I found on this particular CS8 is a definate Light bronze green from the pre war BCS chart As far as early production vehicles go , paint would have been in short supply and the factories would have used anything that was available and fell within the BSC chart . I have a factory pic of a early MW somewhere. The shade is a very light colour , not dark at all

Check for chassis cracks just behind the rear engine mounts. The chassis is a very light construction and Ive seen a chassis fracture .

This may be of interest The contract card includes the first Morris PU I found here back in 1998 . The vehicle had been got at by a farmer, he fitted a super phosphate spreader and drove around his paddocks with it ! The bonnet revealed a very unusual number - research by me and AWM photographs has uncovered vehicles of this type with similar numbers, in Palestine circa 1940-41 , with the AIF . The number has a O prefix . The pic of Aussies in Palestine , has a Morris in the background ( a CS8 ) , the O number is visible . I have asked many people about these O prefix numbers but so far nobody knows anything Mike

What a neat project that is . The wings look to be in good shape . Have you a copy of the PU body plans ? I did draw up the body on My PU here some years ago . I can send you a copy if you need the drawings . I must make a start on my Pu Morris . I did buy another PU Morris , located up in NSW . Basically a cab and chassis , good for spares. Sadly , I was slow to pick up the vehicle and the seller ended up re-advertising it and only god knows what happened to it . I paid for it too . Mike