"Do it yourself" a WWII British Airborne Jeep...

1941 - 1945, MB, GPW modifications, sugestions, and ideas, official MWO's and unofficial WWII field mods NO EBAY or COMMERCIAL SALES.
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Re: "Do it yourself" a WWII British Airborne Jeep...

Post by seacon » Sat Dec 25, 2021 4:39 pm

Back at the shop they had proper lifting equipment... Let's find out how many paratroopers I will need to lift it and move it into position...
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Anyway, it was delivered by a forwarding company in good order.
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Post by seacon » Sat Dec 25, 2021 4:40 pm

The leaking radiator...
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Post by seacon » Sat Dec 25, 2021 4:44 pm

A quick check under the head...
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Post by seacon » Sat Dec 25, 2021 4:53 pm

Final fitting and paint.
I am not going to assemble more ancillaries/accessories for now.
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The engine is already heavy as it is and, as I mentioned earlier, I can only rely on manpower (that would be a few of my troopers) to install it in the frame. More of it later!

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Re: "Do it yourself" a WWII British Airborne Jeep...

Post by 70th Division » Sun Dec 26, 2021 6:33 am

Hello Seacon,

The engine looks great !!
It is good that you are able to work on it again, it is going to be a great addition to the restored Jeep world !!

Merry Christmas !!
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Re: "Do it yourself" a WWII British Airborne Jeep...

Post by seacon » Fri Dec 31, 2021 7:12 am

Oh, well...!
I think this is a fitting tribute: 3 modern day Italian Army, Airborne Brigade NCOs were enough to lift and place the GPW engine in one single move!
Thanks to Alex, Fabio and Giorgio, my little garage has regained some much needed floor space... You gotta love this guys! There is much talking about the jeep in the office. They see odd spares and packages coming in from all over the World and they know my vision... It comes natural to them to offer to come to help, to be apart of it, in this case providing the lifting power I am lacking! After we were done, for the sole purpose to reintegrate the energy spent, I took them to a local trattoria to split 1kg of spaghetti alla carbonara... that makes a ration 2,5x the normal amount of pasta contained in a large spaghetti bowl with eggs, bacon, pecorino cheese and lot of black pepper (and an adeguate amount of some fine rosso toscano wine)!!! Now is time to fit the engine out and then... install the body tub...
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Post by seacon » Fri Dec 31, 2021 7:31 am

Much better, uh?
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Post by seacon » Fri Dec 31, 2021 7:40 am

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Post by seacon » Sat Jan 01, 2022 2:25 am

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Wow! ... a rolling chassis with engine installed! What a feat!

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Re: "Do it yourself" a WWII British Airborne Jeep...

Post by hell-fire » Sat Feb 12, 2022 1:00 pm

Looking really good, I have been following this for ages and I look forward to seeing more.
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Re: "Do it yourself" a WWII British Airborne Jeep...

Post by seacon » Sat Feb 19, 2022 11:02 pm

hell-fire wrote:
Sat Feb 12, 2022 1:00 pm
Looking really good, I have been following this for ages and I look forward to seeing more.
That's exactly my limit! This restoration is taking forever! As I mentioned earlier, I am an active duty Army Officer and I am fixing this jeep in the (little) spare time I have when I am not commuting back home. I can clock about 3 hours of work on the ABN Jeep a week when I am not deployed abroad or spend time in the boonies...
This has been a good distraction and, best of all, does not steal time from my family when I get home.
Thanks for following the thread. By the number of visits and comments I can tell it is interesting enough to keep it updated as often as I can.

Have a nice day

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Re: "Do it yourself" a WWII British Airborne Jeep...

Post by seacon » Sat Feb 19, 2022 11:05 pm

A few of the ABN Jeep mods, as described in the NA files.
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Post by seacon » Sat Feb 19, 2022 11:17 pm

I brushed some Light Bronze Green to touch up the original OD on the added parts. By reading the Ministry instructions, I figured that US vehicles painted OD where to be kept with the original finish until the next general repaint. So, as it is evident in period photos, there was much touch up going on. Sometimes the original US registration markings were still visible and British census numbers were just applied without defacing/obliterating them. this is very common on second hand jeeps supplied straight from existing stocks.

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Post by seacon » Sat Feb 19, 2022 11:24 pm

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Re: "Do it yourself" a WWII British Airborne Jeep...

Post by seacon » Wed Sep 20, 2023 8:11 am

I am back!
In the next days I will resume the restoration of my Airborne jeep!
Be prepared to see more as I try to complete it by Xmas!!!
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