MB212720 W-20306183

If you have an unrestored WWII jeep, we would like to see pictures, and hear your comments. NO EBAY or COMMERCIAL SALES.
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Re: MB212720 W-20306183

Post by horrocks » Wed Apr 24, 2019 4:53 am

Excellent. You've done an amazing job, especially considering you had never welded before. Just about to do the same myself.
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Post by YLG80 » Wed Apr 24, 2019 5:03 am

What a magnificent jeep ! Thanks for sharing these nice photo's.
Is that expensive to make a single or two magnetic markings like yours?
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Post by OzH » Wed Apr 24, 2019 6:05 am

Hi Yves

They were around £55 including shipping from Tony at Axholme

https://www.axholmesigns.co.uk/

All my stencils came from Tony who was very helpful when I miss ordered or trashed them by accident!

I plan to get another set as my brother in law is in the Royal Engineers, so I'll have set for when he visits!!

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Post by Ralph » Wed Apr 24, 2019 6:17 am

OzH
A fine jeep & just right pictures.Your thread offers one more walk through the garage for those of us who are done with our projects.A pleasure to read and to look at while completely appreciating your efforts.
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Post by YLG80 » Thu Apr 25, 2019 12:40 pm

@OzH
Thanks for the interesting link!
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Post by OzH » Tue May 14, 2019 1:22 am

Some of you may have noticed that I was missing the tow hook. As I don't yet have trailer wasn't an issue but I noticed a "Nato" tow hook on ebay that looked suspiciously like a Jeep pintle so took a chance and won for a fraction of what I could have paid.. little victories..!

It was coated in layers of paint and dirt as well as being completely seized up

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I did notice a little mark under all that crud..

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It does have the safety pin hole drilled. I could have welded it up but left it as I may use it!
I managed to get it apart and give it the wire brush treatment

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Nice "little" F mark

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Now installed..

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I'd rather have an MB pintle but I know these things were interchanged in the field..

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Post by conrod6 » Tue May 14, 2019 9:02 am

I have an MB one if you want to swap !

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Post by OzH » Thu Jun 06, 2019 2:01 am

I've not posted anything for a while and thought this may be of interest

I couldn't make it to Normandy as I wasn't sure I would have completed my rebuild by now so last night, 5th June, after work I took a trip up to Tarrant Rushton airfield that is about 10 minute drive from me.

This is where the aircraft and gliders took off from that landed at Pegasus bridge

Its a nice little spot with quite a moving memorial:

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Post by Mark Jesic » Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:45 am

A very fitting tribute, thanks for posting.

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Post by nick peters » Wed Jun 12, 2019 12:25 am

Hey Oz
Just read your posts over brekky :) enjoyed it mate .You've done a fantastic job with your jeep. Have some great times with it ,as I'm sure you will.

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Re: MB212720 W-20306183

Post by OzH » Thu Oct 29, 2020 9:23 am

Thought I'd check in after what seems like an age!

Been busy, staying in Mrs OzH's good books by buying an old VW camper and restoring that for us both, really great fun..!

Also working on a trailer at the moment, British 10cwt Mortar Ammunition trailer, more on that on later....

Still loving the Jeep, had a few adventures including blowing the head gasket last summer and being returned home on the back of a breakdown truck

I'm always on the lookout for small improvements I can make. I've just purchased new front springs but not fitted them yet, I'll post some pictures of progress of that as I go

Recently found a reasonably priced Filterette for under the dash. I have had a Filterette under there but it was missing the cover..

Brand new in box, opened the box and removed the lid

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How cool is this? whoever packed it put in the corner of the days newspaper!! 4th May 1952!

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Well I thought that was very cool!

Any how, after all that excitement, the lid got installed.. happy days..

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Re: MB212720 W-20306183

Post by steviem » Thu Nov 12, 2020 2:31 am

Fantastic work and inspiring too, had you done anything like this before.

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Re: MB212720 W-20306183

Post by Beers » Thu Nov 12, 2020 7:29 pm

Looks very sharp OzH.
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Re: MB212720 W-20306183

Post by jkillelea » Fri Nov 13, 2020 3:14 am

I think it's mounted upside down

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Re: MB212720 W-20306183

Post by OzH » Mon Nov 16, 2020 6:45 am

jkillelea wrote:
Fri Nov 13, 2020 3:14 am
I think it's mounted upside down
I'm happy to be corrected, but all the text is the right way up as well as the cable lengths meeting the in and out sides of the Filterette unit


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