25 pounder

Engine appears to be a HERCULES ZXB 4 cyl engine, unfortunately seized by being unused for about 25 years:embarrassed:

A friend of mine is selling a generator , former U S Army , as he claims it ;

I went to have a look , engine and generator are separated from eachother ,

very small petrol engine ( could be Ford , but not sure of that) and generator is made by O Keefe & Merrit,

Sorry no pictures available for the moment ,

Did the US forces ever used any of that equipment in WW 2 ?

Happy new year to everyone , lots of fun with all your military stuff!

May 2014 be the year all your dreams become truth !

Absolument fantastique , quel boulot !!:cool2:

Merry Christmas to all forum members

How about this one I've seen for the first time today. Looks like a CCKW 352 with a reinforced cargo bed ?

 

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Kind regards to all

 

Vulture

looks like an International to me :-)

nice find anyway;)

stunning project !

Good luck !!

To you :kiss:

About CCKW engines, I'd like to put a question: there was GMC vehicles equipped with Bofors 40mm equipped with CCKW engines 5-cylinder ? Which year and which country use that ?

Never knew GMC ever made 5 cyl engines during the war:shocked:

Nice to see this masterpiece of German technology on the roads and fields !

Back in 1944 , towards the end -we were liberated in september '44- of the war , the German Wehrmacht moved a "small caliber" railway gun into our small town . It had a 17 cm barrel , and fired its projectiles about 30 km , towards the city of Ghent and its neighborhood . Same tubes were used on German battleships.

The railway track goes trough the town center , so it's obvious that a lot of damage occured at each blast . Now , 70 years after the conflict , many people living along the railway have 17 cm shells at home , even unfired specimen. Couple of yezrs ago I was given a wooden transport case for 2 17 cm shells , with inscription on the cover , (E) , what stands for EISENBAHN . I hope to recover the 2 shells that belongs in it in the near future

All respect , but the bike doesn't look like the pre 1914 model, :-\

"THANK YOU" ...will contact Banister's. I found their web site but they do not show any listings of parts so I will send an email requesting various items needed. Finally have 01CC99 getting ready to be shipped from Southampton to Orlando and just found out we had to have the Launcher's de-milled by drilling holes the same diameter as the round barrel made through each one ...now they really look awful but the A.T.F. says this has to happen to get it into the country or I loose the entire Ferret at the dock. Time to stock up on parts I know I'm going to need especially for servicing and oil changes etc... even though it is a newer restoration and all mechanics gone through, you cannot be too careful.

Silly laws , in the near future we'll probably have to pierce the tyres , to prevent driving them -only use permitted as a static display! How much worse can it get !!!!:nut::nut::nut::nut:

Nice photo of a Sovjet "Landship Project " , experimental , but have they ever been constructed , as a prototype. It's well known , as the war progressed , tanks and ammo increased in size and caliber , e.g. Tiger I , Königstiger , Mauss ,....

"Page not found" Do you have another link?

You'll only have acces if you request to join the "Morris Commercial Support Group" on facebook , become a member and follow the restoration proces;)

I recieved the wheels today ,; one is mint rubber , marked Firestone -made in Canada -43 , cast 43 in the rim F M O C (Ford Motor Of Canada ????)

the 2nd has 1942 cast in a spoke on the wheel , smaller tyre without any markings ,

will post picture tomorrow;)

Last week I bought 2 carrier wheels , fair condition , but one rubber tyre is much larger than the other .

Have they been manufactured with different tyres ( size ) ?

The owner - Peter- started a support group on fb;

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1717894438351504/

One of our team members from 1st Belgian Field Battery is restoring a Morris Quad too , he has almost the complete body , only missing the inner lockers compartments. It sure looks very nice.:-)

Very nice , I supose you wanna get rid of it ? :-))

I had a similar case , altough not with an old military vehicle but a 13 year old Ford Transit.

The van had been out in the open, for several days in havy rain . This one had a circular air filter on top of the engine , with on big screw to keep the cover on the filter;

When we tried to start the engine , it felt as it was blocked , not doing anything but "clack"

Knowing that nothing happened , no one had touched the car since , and it wouldn't start.

what had happened , the fibre washer under the cover screw had totally worn out and let all the water drip in the engine , sump and even on the pistons, I guess about 10 liters of water came out of it

A "must see" , while you're in the coastal area is the best preserved -and restored- part of the Atlantikwall , at Raversijde , near Oostende (Ostend) airport , an experience not to be missed !!!!!

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

is the shovel the same model as used on the gun shield of the 25 pounder ?

thanks !

:cheesy: