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Hi Nigel ,

to fit another type of engine to the genuine gearbox , you'll need to install an "adapter" plate between replacement engine and gearbox,

standard "plates" used to be common stuff at the 1970's , as people used to change petrol engines to diesel powered jeeps and trucks ,

Good luck with your project , I'm restoring my 2nd Jimmy now:-)

Do not forget to visit the airborne museum at Oosterbeek , near Arnhem , historic place , former british airborne command post at "Hotel Hartenstein", at the center of the former "perimeter"

absolutely fantastic job !! People'll be amazed when you'll tell them it's a replica , :shocked::shocked::shocked:

nice tool the forklift , I lifted the cargo (tool box) with four jacks and oil drums , not the easiest way to do , I admit ! Absolutely necessary to remove the cargo bed to deliver good work on the truck's frame

same story over here , prices keep going up , not only for the customer .....

we run a small petrol station , family bussiness , for almost 30 years now , when we look back in time , it's been a fight to survive ; big petrol companies - authorities(laws)- fraude

The amount of money to invest , the profit to gain , the risk , after all it just isn't worth it:-(

evening all,

i had a email from my sister in the phillippines, is there a willys M35 jeep ? is that the military CJ3 ? also is there any other serial number stamped anywhere on a WW2 jeep if the data plate on the dash is missing to verify the year of manufacture ?

 

thanks in advance :-D

 

regards

WW 2 JEEP's have a serial number , stamped near to the front shock absorber mount ( frame) left side, and every tub has a serial number as well , stamped on the front reinforcement triangle (left one)

On this side of the pond (Belgium-Northern-France) , tunnels and dug-outs where discovered , mostly accidentally , by local farmers , using bigger and heavier equipment and tractors the last decades ,

The wooden structures got rotten , and the earth above collapsed

not seldom , nice artefacts where found in the mud , such as peaked helmets , bayonets and lots of personal belongings , all of them WW 1 remainings

Hi Bart ,

Welcome from another "Belgian" , restoring-collecting US stuff as well (some British too !!):-D

very interesting thread , I've always been interested in the battle of El Alamein , and the equipment used by both sides , Axis and Allied ,

more pictures to show ?:cool2:

While working on my WILLYS , found a cartridge , under the fuel tank, very corroded so not sure what it was, but it must have been a very long term hidden under that tank.

Worth checking if it is still there - I expect there are many who would like to have one of these trailers.

 

I see you already own one of these:

http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?7831

http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?7793

 

 

Do you know which variant this was? M7 generator trailer? Some pics of the searchlight variant here:

http://www.life.com/image/50457087

http://www.life.com/image/50457076

http://www.life.com/image/50457102

Farmer sold it to a local scrap handler, and yes , it was the search light carrier!! Shame I couldn't rescue it !!:cry::cry::cry:

thanks adrian

it's strange but you never see any pics of british armour in russian hands except for the valentines, anyone got any of the said pics to post.

 

cheers eddy

Russian comanders surely wern't proud they had to rely on the "Kapitalyst" nations AND their equipment !!:mad:

Welcome from the Belgian section ,

I'm restoring a WC 63 as well !:cheesy:

very nice site , love those ww 2 trucks:cool2:

My grandfathers story ,

Serving the Belgian Army , a story of continiously retreat , from near the German border in the early days of May 1940 , attacked by Stuka divebombers , seeking for shelter in their trenches , were their first mate got killed by friendly fire from the guard at the other end of the trench.

They retreated , day by day , looking for protection behind every river , blowing up the bridges they'd crossed, all in vain , because the German invader was almost on their heel;

finally they made it all the way to Menin , where they had to fight , man to man , orders were given to hold their positions against any cost , later they found out it was to cover the retreat of the British Expeditionary Force, to De Panne and Dunkirk.

My grandfather survived , noticed it was a lost case , many of his comrades were taken prisonner , he put down his military uniform , asked for civilian clothes at locals , he even got a bike and made it back to his hometown about 100 KM inland

On his way home , he drove by lots of Belgian soldiers , prisoners on the way to Holland or Germany .

He arrived safe and sound home on May 30

Was very solid when I'd seen it , few bumps here and there , was used as cattle transporter by the farmer

This trailer , found on a farmers yard ,

I think it'll be scrapped now !!

My insurance is due in April. Who are you insured with?

These are the prices for all members of BMVT , the vehicle owners club led by Andre Witmeur (Belgian section), I'll show you how the system works ; 75 € for the first GMC , 75 € for the first Dodge , etc . If you have several vehicles of the same make , such as 3 Dodges eg, then you'll pay 75 € , and 15 € more for the second Dodge , 15 € for the third Dodge , and on....

I agree , the inside is even more interesting than the -well known- outside

Hello Robert ,

welcome on the forum , don't worry about your English,

I think my Polish is even worse !!:nut::nut::nut:

Thanks Gordon , I figured out it was a Studebaker , but had no idea why it served on an airfield in Britain during WW 2. I assumed Studebaker trucks generally went to the Pacific battlegrounds

I recieved my new insurances , for 2 historic vehicles , Willys Jeep and GMC CCKW 353 , 75 € each , what do you think about these prices ?

sorry guys , got messed up with my message , consider this as non existent:red:

Hi Paul,

 

Well if an F-1 tanker turns up I have all the manuals for one :-D. I don't know of a single surviving Federal tractor unit in the UK or Europe,either restored or not,but I'd be happy to hear otherwise.

 

In the first pic you posted there is a glimpse on the left of another truck used by the USAAF in England,anyone care to make a guess at what it is?!

 

Matt.

I think that might be the famous Studebaker , tractor or 6x6 , not possible to tel on the picture!