AmmoMan

Bringing this topic back 9 years later, you guys using Ethomix have you had any issues since then or has everything run OK ?

I know you will have read this but posting it just in case, have you tried to re polarise/magnetize the dynamo ? https://www.m201.com/dynamo/dynamo.htm

Does it continue to run when you turn off the battery isolator switch ?

Cherished insurance, give them a try.

Yes the GPW serial number looks correct but I mean the stamping, format, raised edges etc, compare with this one which looks like all the other genuine rail stamps.

Just spotted YXS885 that's for sale on eBay, it's a 3yr old restoration but I have not seen a GPW frame stamp like that, would I be right in thinking it's a totally new chassis and re-stamped to match the log book ? Triggers broom scenario 😁

Just had a recent quote for a B60 kit... Assuming you are in the UK, the price is £309.96 plus 20% vat. Carriage is £8.50 plus 20% vat. Total is £382.15.

Today involved changing my ferret oil, only had 12 & 14mm hex bits so just introduced the 14mm to the bench grinder and now it's a snug fit in the sump and the outer wheel stations. Used a drill pump to empty the majority of the sump via hosepipe and a shopping crate was easily enough under the rear and none went in my hair Mick !

If you look on Milweb there are about 8 wartime jeeps for sale, prices are: £30K / £28K / £30K / £33K / £30K / £25K / £35K / £38K which averages out at £31K - just bonkers ! It's totally nuts but I do think you are right that people just follow suit and put them up for a high price as they have seen someone elses at that price. The Covid effect has inflated prices all over the classic market as everyone is spending their holiday money at home. No idea what price they are actually selling for but it's surely going up....

Yes to reading manuals, been working my way through all the fluid checks etc. Might go electronic ign but will have a crack at keeping it original & well maintained first. I think the one I looked at and started this thread rotted for another year then I believe Nick Mead took it.

Firstly thanks for all the advice back in 2018. I kept looking and it may have taken a few years but it was worth the wait. just picked this up, pretty much the same price as the Mk2/3 that I looked at back then but the condition of this is in a different league. Photo documented rebuild 7 years ago at John Dews however by now a few things need fixing as it's miss firing and not charging but all dooable, carb's already out for a clean 😀

It's in the states for sale now, still full of bling 🤣 https://www.orlandoautomuseum.com/vehicles/3990/1964-daimler-ferret-mk-1-2

Just putting the feelers out if anyone has an empty beavertail etc coming that way in the next few weeks ?

One on ebay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/M38-1-Willie-Jeep/274727122166

Just stick them up for sale and put a foot note that they will need to be re-deactivated unless they are destined to leave the EU.

Last year I was buying some parts from a mate and he showed me his storage, on his own he's managed to fill a huge barn with vehicles bought from European auctions many decades ago. All he wants is to finish one half track. Don't ask me for location details as I won't divulge. Needless to say I felt like Indiana Jones rummaging around through inches of dust. Just amazing, photo shows half of what's in there....and only a few miles outside London

I have been firing up my 30 cal belting machine, have loads of belts in tins if you need more ?

Max length on 30-06 is 3.34" so yours were a touch too long

A nice pic of a dual Bren mount

Done my bit, fingers crossed for you

Looks more like a 24v Hotchkiss, and £14,450 with fees so about right....

A jeep also got a soaking behind the mulberry on Gold

It's in your pic, last stripe on the fuselage, ZA947, one of the BBMF Daks

We were over there for the last five days, just the two of us but was not too pricy, we only booked a few weeks ago, first time over in the jeep so no idea what to expect. £138 return ferry (Jeep + 2 passengers, Portsmouth - Caen) £110 camping (5 days @ Chateau near Bayeux) No need to be in an organised group, we met tons of vehicle owners on our campsite and were in several convoys out and about and visited about 15 museums & beaches. Used about 30 gallons of fuel, covered 400 miles, met lots of great people, the atmosphere is amazing. One highlight was taking a USAF Brigadier General for a ride down the Coleville draw to Omaha and him insisting we drank Calvados on the beach with him. Worst experience, Ohama cafe charging 5.5 EUR for a can of coke, decided we were not that thirsty.

It's already written into UK law that we can sell old spec deacts outside the EU, that's why all the big dealers are still listing old spec (you can also hire and lease them into your collection). Once we leave the EU it's a green light again UNLESS they re-write that part of the policing and crime act. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2017/3/section/128/enacted .