Nick Johns Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Took my '42 Willys to Beltring for the experts at the Desert raiders assoc. to take a look at the numerous welded up holes in the scuttle where obvious gun and armour mounts were, also reinforcing plate under bonnet for spare wheel mount They confirmed its undoubtably been a Normandy/Europe SAS one....rare !! Pics posted below Next edition of CMV mag features an article about SAS/Airbourne Jeeps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 :-) Nice One,...............did you have your suspisions, on this ?? and are you going to replicate that look.............(will certainly get the jeep 'rivit counters', mumbling into their cocco,............ :evil:) Any PIC'S................. :-) :-) All the best, Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Johns Posted July 26, 2007 Author Share Posted July 26, 2007 Pics of the gun and armour mounts......err one pic has appeared twice?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ives Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 glad they managed to comfirm it for you when i spoke to you there you were waiting to confirm it i was the one on sat with the hmvf fleece with my daughter with me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Johns Posted July 26, 2007 Author Share Posted July 26, 2007 Thanks David, yes its good news, took over it to the French camp, who have an LRDG one that was dug out of the sahara,.. you should have seen their reaction :schocked: when they realised what it was !! :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Thats fantastic. Ibet you were jumping up and down with joy! Start a reso blog if you decide to put it back to original! :-o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Johns Posted September 1, 2007 Author Share Posted September 1, 2007 After much deliberating whether to put the '42 Willys back into its SAS trim I've now sold it on :-( to the owner of the SAS/LRDG collection as featured in latest CMV mag, its gone to a good home to join the most amazing collection of SAS/LRDG vehicles anywhere,.... ....And already replaced it with an equally rare green machine. :-D... a 1960 M422a1 Mighty Mite...no not the thing you find in yer carpets..an ex USMC lightweight alluminium 4X4, only 3500 ever made, apparently only 3? in UK more details and pics soon, start looking for Vietnam gear now.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreadavide Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 Well done! Before becoming a restoration fanatic I found a DKW 175 motorbike that I wanted to use as an everyday runner. Of course this would have meant some serious modification because most of the spares were too expensive. A collector told me that it was, indeed, a rare version so in the end I gave it to him for an amount double that my purchase price ( twice nil is still nil). Now that motorbike is shiny like the day it rolled out the factory.... Andrea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodge Deep Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 Of course what you should have done was turn it into an M201...in the interests of balance... to counter all the traffic in the other direction :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Johns Posted September 7, 2007 Author Share Posted September 7, 2007 :-D will collectors in years to come be scouring the planet for all the M201 parts that have been taken off and scrapped to make them into fake ww2 ones ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 What sort of percentage increase did that put on the vehicle Nick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Johns Posted September 10, 2007 Author Share Posted September 10, 2007 I could have advertised it on Milweb for some ludicrous price and seen it go out of the country but the new owner was very pleased to aquire it and I'm very happy it's gone to the right person who will restore it properly for us all to see in the future.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 I could have advertised it on Milweb for some ludicrous price and seen it go out of the country but the new owner was very pleased to aquire it and I'm very happy it's gone to the right person who will restore it properly for us all to see in the future.. thats good to hear,..................seems like a lot of kit gets snapped up by, those who are in a position to simply 'write a cheque',.........((lucky barstewards. :whistle:) Good luck with your new project. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeep Apprentice Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Hello guys, when Nick mentioned the reaction of the french guys at Beltring he wasn't understating !! It was me in broken school French who introduced us and invited them to have a look . You've never seen so many excited guys drop their wine glasses so quick, and start taking piccys, the air was alive avec ooo la la's and sacre bleus :-o Rik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Hi Rik I see it's your first post and thanks for that, could you introduce yourself for us in the Introductions thread. (Like t know who we are talking to) :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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