Niels v

Hi here are two danish ones where the F # still are visibel

There was a opel p4 that was armoured with boiler plates by a guy how used it to escape from east germany, it is in a museum near Check point charlie in Berlin.

Is the Saure engine mounted in an angel? It looks like one half of the block is pointed directly up and the other pointed out to the side.

Does the owner have the plates that have been cut out? I guess that the holes ease access while restoring it.

Is it a frame with front axel to move it around with underneathe it?

It seams that when it was rebuild by the army, it was striped of all paint, but I found a small patch in side the frame of what looks like sand color on top of red primer. would it have been painted sand form the factory or where they painted when they arrived in north africa and italy?

And keeping it danish gives me the opportunity to fit it out like this.

as used by the light anti air defence.

Yes I also think that it is a Bedford body, I have never found out why they changed them. I know that Richard Farrants Ql is a ex danish with Fordson body.

I am going to kept it danish, with the notex indicators and rifle mounts on the side of cab.

I have only been able to find 4 Qls Left in Denmark, so I think it will be the most fun to have one in danish specs.

I am painting it Ral 6014 (german nato green), which is fairly close to the color it had in the fifties

The guy I bought it from had some mechanical spares, other small things I have found on ebay and have bought some parts form a Forum member.

I got the new seals for the wheel and master cylinders form www.pastparts.co.uk

I have taken the cab and rear body of. The rust on the cab where to complicate for my welding skills so that has been sent off to one with a bit more sheet metal experience.

I have had new side panels made for the rear body. The rest of the restoration is mostly going to be taking things apart, stripping paint, removing surface rust and replacing fuel and brake lines and renewing the wiring.

The engine had a stuck water pump, valve and a bent push rod, at the clutch plate is stuck to the flywheel, and the top of the engine top was filled with muck, but the chassis and remaining mechanical parts are in good condition.

The rear body had been filled with scrap, when it was in the yard, this had resulted in a sheared bolt and the rear body twisting. The Danish climate is not car friendly which has resulted in the wood in the rear body being rotten and a lot of rust in the cab and the sides of rear body.

Well here is a bit about my Bedford QLC, I bought it 3 years ago from a friend who had rescued it from a scrap yard.

The Danish army bought a batch of vehicles from the British in 45 from the huge surplus yards in Germany. As most of the vehicles where well used, they were sent to an airfield in Jutland were they rebuild. The Ql stayed in service until they were replaced by Bedford RL´s and put in storage. They were all rebuild in the sixties and kept in storage until 87 were they auction of.

My one was bought by a scrap dealer and driven to his yard where it was left for around 10 years. It took my friend a couple of years of negations to get it of the scrap dealer. My friend kept it in his barn but did not have the time to restore it, as he has a large collection of Bedfords and east block armour.

He lived fairly close by so got it towed home, after a Saure DM2.

You right it properly be best if you could find a rotten QL.

There is some pictures of QL in the Scrap yard thread you might have some luck there.

One of my friends has a crane looking a bit like the on this QLB, it is danish made and fitted to Bedford RL that is forsale at the moment. you can see it here http://www.veteranposten.dk/visAnn.asp?Id=57127

Cheers

Here are some, and I got some more of when I to my apart.

There is a radiator filler neck on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Bedford-QL-radiator-filler-pipe-rubber-and-housing-/260748293214?pt=UK_Cars_Parts_Vehicles_Other_Vehicle_Parts_Accessories_ET&hash=item3cb5cf345e

the standart QLC rear body would properly not be hard to replicate. It is just angel iron.

Hi

I got these two pictures that might help you with the window frame

Congratulations with the bedford ql ...

the serial number is on the left side of the frame, next to the airfilter for the compressor.

There have been some spare on ebay and milweb with in the last year.

Cheers

Is this a fordson WOT 6 or it seams a bit short or is just me.

I really like the Chevrolet C60 and Bedford QL portees, as any of those survived

What type is this one ? Morris?

Yes they where rush to the Danish brigade in Northern Germany, after they where bought form the british 1945.

here are some other vehicles where both danish and british markings are visible

Here are some danish loyd carriers

Hi

and welcome....

Scammell owners do not get stuck :-D

Cheers

is the The thrust bearing the same as clutch release bearing? if so where did you get a new one? as I am also after one for my QL

well when it simple there is not much that can go wrong.

What sort of speed are you expecting it being able to do?

Just a quick question, where there a dash with instruments in the dennis?