Louis

Hi John,

What are the sizes for the shovel holder and the axe holder you have on your MW..??

Cheers,

Louis

Hello louis,

 

Here's some pictures showing the early shovel holder.

 

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This is my bedford, i have remade the shovel holder base, but the clip for the shaft is in the original holes. On the cabbed mw the shovel moved a few inches inside the cab to allow for the door, and the shovel holder base became smaller (the one i had on ebay.

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A picture of maurices MW, showing the shovel right where the door is on a later mw.

 

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And a factory pictureyou can see the shovel holder.

 

 

John

Hi John,

Thank you for this info its verry helpful...

Cheers,

Louis

Hi Jules,

What a lovely car to have...

You do a great job on your resto..

I was wondering what kind of makers are your headlamps and wich size..??

Keep up the good work.

Cheers,

Louis

Thank you Maurice this is good information...

Cheers,

Louis

Hello all,

Can some one tell me where this braked is for..?

Its mounted on the drivers side next to the dash in an aeroscreen.

Cheers,

Louis

Do we now need to keep our kids and girls indoors Hans..??..:nut:

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this is probably where John means the horn should be, great job on the engine by the way

Hi,

It seems to be that we have found another differeance between '39 en '40 model MW's.

My horn is the same way mounted as John's.

And i do spot differend shock absorbers to on the front axle......:nut:

Cheers,

Louis

Hi Hans,

And he even have compleat rebuild oneces.

But he would love that you send your old one to him for excheance projects.

Cheers,

Louis

Hi Jeremy,

PM is been send to you this morning.

Cheers,

Louis

Hi Jeremy,

The headlamp looks like Civi to me and the mounting should be on the bottom and you should have flat glass in it if i am correct...It also looks like an 6 inch version am i correct on that..??

Cheers,

Louis

Sorry guys,

I hadn't noticed the pics were in Ian's post.

I fitted a repaired wheel to my QL last year and put the old one aside for repair when I got round to it, I'll see what it's like.

And no Ian, that steering wheel nut never did turn up!

Cheers

John

Hi John,

Do you still like the repaired steering wheels....??

Good quallety isnt it....

Cheers,

Louis

Dont worry about the shock absorbers...mine arent dated too...:nut:

Cheers,

Louis

Hi Louis

Will take lots more pics on tues for you, yes I am looking for the tool box send me a PM please, I have not found a contract number yet but will have a good look again I will also look carefully on the bonnet and wings for any ID.

 

RR.

Hi Jeremy,

I will dig it out in a few days and make some photoos for you and send them by pm to you..

Cheers,

Louis

Hi Hans,

Looking nice and she might be out soon for a test run i supose..

Cheers,

Louis

Hi Jeremy,

Nice to see more details of your new MW..

Did you find a contract number on her..(on the back body or in the cab)??

Is it possible to show us some pictures of the towing hook..???

If you are looking for a rear toolbox for the right hand side i might have one for you..

Cheers,

Louis

Hi Jeremy,

What a nice find and welcome to the MW's aeroscreen club...

Hope to see lots of pictures of her in the future...

Keep up the good work.

Cheers,

Louis

It seems to be that Vauxhall did make some modifications in the begining too.

Hope they both find a good home, maybe at one day there wil be more aeroscreens on the road then Jeeps..:cool2:

Hi,

You never know where these vehicles have been in the war...

Might have seen seferal times the REME workshop.

They did use what was for hand...

Also seen Bedfords with early and later specs on the same car.

It was important to let them work, they didnt look at how it should have been

when it came out of the Vauxhall factory..

Cheers,

Louis

Hi Danny,

Its good to see that you are putting so much effort in this lovely wee truck....

My Bedford heart is bounching faster now...

Its so much fun to drive these wee Bedfords.

Keep up the good work and post more photo's when ever you can.

Cheers,

Louis

p.s. what is your engine number..??

That makes it August/September 1939...

There is enough left for the next owner to restore it as an MWG again.

Hi Paul,

Its nice to see her growing while you get on with her...one day she is a pretty girl again...:red:...

Would be nice to gather around with al the aeroscreens who are alive these days..:cool2:

That would be an impressive moment i think...

Cheers,

Louis

Looks verry nice....its good to see another good looking Brittish Vehicle on the road soon again...:cool2:

Hi All,

I did restore the steering wheel of my Bedford aeroscreen in the past and the old owner was amazed how good looking it was again, so he did gave me 2 others for reparing.

After that Roof over Britain came with 2 badly broken steering wheels and i did that job too....

I did have used some filling material we do use at my work for connecting sockets to steel wire and after grinding sprayd them in black.

Cheers,

Louis

That is a good loking new useable piece for any Bedford Truck...shall try to get one too..:cool2:

Were original MW Steering wheels Black, Green or both?

 

Mine looks very original and is Green. I have seen others this colour also on restoration threads. Most seem to be black, the same used on other Bedfords.

 

As mine is very tatty i plan to get it restored, so could do with some clarity as to what colour it should be before i do.

 

Maybe its an early/late thing?

 

Anyone have any ideas on this?

 

Thanks

 

Richard

Hi All,

Maybe a late responce.

But the steering wheel of my earoscreen Bedford is originally black.

I had to restore it becouse of the cracks in it did also repaire 3 others for other MV friends of me.

Did use a filling that we use at my work for socketing steal wire onto sockets.

Its good stuf the only negative thing is that it is very hard so tools wil wear of fast but after grinding and painting

it looks amazingly new.

Cheers,

Louis