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MatchFuzee

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  1. Have you contacted the Fire Service Preservation Group? https://www.fireservicepreservationgroup.org/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/534511639928632/
  2. Can't help on tyres that don't cost the world but don't be tempted to use agricultural tyres even if they are the cheapest option. What is the rim width? Table from:- https://www.tyres-pneus-online.co.uk/tyre-equivalence-advice.html Rim width Minimum tyre width Ideal tyre width Maximum tyre width 5,0 Inches 155 mm 165 or 175 mm 185 mm 5,5 Inches 165 mm 175 or 185 mm 195 mm 6,0 Inches 175 mm 185 or 195 mm 205 mm 6,5 Inches 185 mm 195 or 205 mm 215 mm
  3. You could try these. With the first link, also scroll down from READ ONLINE. http://www.theyoungmakerslab.com/repair-manuals-for-dodge-wc-38.pdf https://pilarr.com/download.php?q=repair-manuals-for-dodge-wc-38
  4. I've just searched "Repair manuals for dodge wc 38 in pdf form" and a few sites come up but as you have to register before downloading I didn't proceed so I don't know the pdf is actually available.
  5. From the Austin Seven Friends Forum :- An interesting book for anyone starting from scratch or even having a new workshop/garage:- https://www.veloce.co.uk/shop/products/productDetail.php?prod_id=V5208&prod_group=Repair & Restoration&PHPSESSID=ot2bkdk5l81mdsp5el7sg79rs5
  6. Keep checking Milweb. 1943 WC52 (in the Netherlands) added 5th December:- http://www.milweb.co.uk/webvert/a3569/95033 1944 WC54 Ambulance (in UK) added 1st December:- http://www.milweb.co.uk/webvert/a3555/94997
  7. Quantity: 4 available - £800 has caused confusion, if you read the description a much better price. The two new ones are £280 a piece for, the other two are £220 a piece, you can buy all, or just one or two it's your choice,to buy all four I want £800 which is a bargain. Not my tyres and I don't know the seller.
  8. Have you seen these? https://tanks-alot.co.uk/military-vehicles-for-sale/ http://www.milweb.net/classifieds.php?type=1 https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/list/5/ferret/
  9. Posts 6 & 23 (same person) recommend annealing the aluminium but letting it cool before bending:- https://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/general/can-i-heat-straighten-cast-aluminum-195814/
  10. If, you can't find metal and don't want fibreglass fenders, you could look at hand crafted car body panel makers but probably they would be very expensive. These videos make the job look easy:-
  11. You could ask an auctioneer. Cheffins do valuations and they have offices in Cambridge, Newmarket, Saffron Walden, Ely, Haverhill and Sutton:- http://www.cheffins.co.uk/request-valuation
  12. The broad arrow is also know as a crows foot or admiralty arrow.
  13. Not personally used but Speedograph-Richfield make cables for vehicles from 1949. http://www.speedograph-richfield.com/html/commercial_cables.html Do you know why the cable snapped e.g. seized head?
  14. For an idea of the shape of broad arrow that you are looking for, how close are any of the arrows in these links? https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-war-department-broad-arrow-144635314.html?pv=1&stamp=2&imageid=C9161BDA-0210-452C-B3A8-B6FBADF2BD96&p=85247&n=0&orientation=0&pn=1&searchtype=0&IsFromSearch=1&srch=foo%3dbar%26st%3d0%26pn%3d1%26ps%3d100%26sortby%3d2%26resultview%3dsortbyPopular%26npgs%3d0%26qt%3dwar%20department%20arrow%26qt_raw%3dwar%20department%20arrow%26lic%3d3%26mr%3d0%26pr%3d0%26ot%3d0%26creative%3d%26ag%3d0%26hc%3d0%26pc%3d%26blackwhite%3d%26cutout%3d%26tbar%3d1%26et%3d0x000000000000000000000%26vp%3d0%26loc%3d0%26imgt%3d0%26dtfr%3d%26dtto%3d%26size%3d0xFF%26archive%3d1%26groupid%3d%26pseudoid%3d%26a%3d%26cdid%3d%26cdsrt%3d%26name%3d%26qn%3d%26apalib%3d%26apalic%3d%26lightbox%3d%26gname%3d%26gtype%3d%26xstx%3d0%26simid%3d%26saveQry%3d%26editorial%3d1%26nu%3d%26t%3d%26edoptin%3d%26customgeoip%3d%26cap%3d1%26cbstore%3d1%26vd%3d0%26lb%3d%26fi%3d2%26edrf%3d%26ispremium%3d1%26flip%3d0%26pl%3d https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/wwii-1943-british-broad-arrow-rubber-406143321 https://lightwater.wordpress.com/2016/04/06/the-broad-arrow-or-pheon-used-by-british-military/#jp-carousel-29631 http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/equipment-field-gear/web-eqm-markings-british-empire-484979/
  15. Sold - £8,960 (incl. commission and VAT)
  16. I had to search RFSV and it is Regional Force Surveillance Vehicle. Specification and photos:- http://www.remlr.com/perentie-RFSV.html
  17. The remains of a Spitfire shot down while on a mission to photograph the WW2 German battleship Tirpitz have been recovered from a Norwegian peat bog:- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-46316377
  18. This article confirms that there is a buried submarine there but it could be British or German:- http://www.dartmouth-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=116&headline=German sub legend true, says museum&searchyear=2012
  19. History of Coventry Climax:- https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Coventry_Climax Locations of archives:- http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r/1?_q=coventry climax
  20. The really sad thing is the number of people it affects. Dan Snow's programme on shell shock should also be watched. World War One's Secret Shame: Shell Shock:- https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0brzl3w/wwis-secret-shame-shell-shock
  21. Have a look at this thread:- http://hmvf.co.uk/topic/36503-new-yard-find/
  22. A Foden silencer:- https://www.thexmod.com/item_detail.asp?id=13847 You could try a motor factors.
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