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Military Vehicle Restoration
Don't spose anyone else is into this ? http://i946.photobucket.com/albums/a...b/IMAG0127.jpg
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Not personally, but we get a good show of many different types at our local Steam Fair. Very interesting and I admire the owners for all the hard work they put into it.
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Not myself, but the guy who runs my local tyre and exhaust place (a real garage, not a mickey mouse franchise) is a recognised authority on the running and restoration of Austin Champs :cool:
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Champs have a Rolls Royce engine nice bits of kit, they usually have about 30 of them they call champ camp at our local show at Kemble.
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You must have a lot of time on your hands to tackle something like that:eek:
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There's a guy down the road with a mint one of those (I think!)
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I bought a pair of them a while back they are WW2 Ford Canada built bofors gun tractors with Ford V8 flathead engines. And yes there is a lot of work to be done http://i946.photobucket.com/albums/a...b/DSC00032.jpg
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They should look like this one !http://i946.photobucket.com/albums/a...tor-juo-53.jpg
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Very nice :D
Can you still get that olive drab paint or do you go for the newer IR reflective green paint the military use now? Would also look at some pics of these vehicles for the stencilling, red on petrol tank caps etc :) Tony:D |
There seems to be plenty of paint suppliers about who can supply the original colour paint so its down to personal choice and cost really. This chassis is ready for a top coat after shotblasting and priming.http://i946.photobucket.com/albums/a...Picture022.jpg
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Don't care what it is. Anything with wheels restored or not is interesting.... unless is it a VXR (snigger)
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I restored and converted a Landrover 109 V8 FFR in New Zealand in 1995. It was buggered, totally, engine and transmission was ok, but body wise it was shot. Restored it with the help of a wrecker, all the parts, and "converted" it to a "truck cab", a SWB Landrover roof on a LWB Landrover. Looked awesome when it was done.
Now, this was a 24V FFR (Fitted For Radio) Landrover, with and all the shiedling in the ignition space, when complete, two 400amp/h batteries connected. I shorted these out with funny results, ie, the wiring was burning like fuse wire. Anyway, all srtipped out and sorted, got it going. Apart from the physical build, I could not obtain the usual information about the vehicle, like wiring. I was stuck. So I called the local army base, Upper Hutt, Wellington, and they sent me an official, military, wiring diagram!!! Bonza!!!! PS. Of course my favourite WW2 vehicle is the FAMO 18T tractor. I want one of these to ram trucks off the road. |
I had this landy for 10 years great bits of kit !http://i946.photobucket.com/albums/a...rofmub/081.jpg
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When I was a nipper in Leicestershire in the late '70s/early '80s, our local Yamaha motorbike shop owner used to have one of these 6 wheel Saracens, l(ike the ones you regularly saw on Nationwide being torched in Northern Ireland during riots back then).
I would occasionally see it driving through town on his way to work. I guess at 70 pence per gallon, the MPG was not such an issue back then! http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w...dn/Saracen.jpg I saw a Mighty Antar truck at our local steam fair the other day. Very impressive monster. Regarding Austin Champs I always liked them until I later discovered that Detective Bergerac's bit of stuff used to drive a brightly coloured one on the TV show. I bet no-one else remembers that! |
Originally Posted by Klaatu
(Post 9403183)
I restored and converted a Landrover 109 V8 FFR in New Zealand in 1995. It was buggered, totally, engine and transmission was ok, but body wise it was shot. Restored it with the help of a wrecker, all the parts, and "converted" it to a "truck cab", a SWB Landrover roof on a LWB Landrover. Looked awesome when it was done.
Now, this was a 24V FFR (Fitted For Radio) Landrover, with and all the shiedling in the ignition space, when complete, two 400amp/h batteries connected. I shorted these out with funny results, ie, the wiring was burning like fuse wire. Anyway, all srtipped out and sorted, got it going. Apart from the physical build, I could not obtain the usual information about the vehicle, like wiring. I was stuck. So I called the local army base, Upper Hutt, Wellington, and they sent me an official, military, wiring diagram!!! Bonza!!!! PS. Of course my favourite WW2 vehicle is the FAMO 18T tractor. I want one of these to ram trucks off the road. Les ;) |
Originally Posted by Leslie
(Post 9404573)
Looks like I was right then, you do eat wineglasses for breakfast!
Les ;) |
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