Iltis in Barrhaven (Ottawa)

[Ed Storey]

I was at the movie in Barrhaven with my daughter the other night and greeting us in the parking lot was this Iltis.

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[Ed Storey]

I am only mechanically competent to handle the maintenance on my BSA Folding Bike which is roadworthy thanks to all the work done by Gord Pringle. As for driving it in public, well that is another story.

[Ed Storey]

Stuart;

For sure the quality of Gord's work speaks for itself and if he had not pressed me to do something with the bike an have it restored, it would still be a jumble of parts in the basement. Local public displays are not my thing, I am by nature a perfectionist and feel that bolt heads, paint colour and the correct stickers do matter - although I do make an exception and display a few things from my collection annually at the Army Run.

When not travelling in Europe

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I am researching and writing

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and I spend my volunteer time as the content editor for the Friends of the Canadian War Museum's quarterly newsletter The Torch.

https://www.friends-amis.org/index.php/en/

ED

[maple_leaf_eh]

Stuart, how can a unibody Iltis have a frame-off restoration?

Good to see two people I know having a civil argument on the Forum. And I would concur that Ed is a more reliable researcher than most of us. He also gets published, which is a damn sight better than the 45 Likes I got on my last pithy FB posting.

[rob love]

I did a body replacement on an Iltis back when I was in the military. I think it took 32 hours, but the manual actually allowed 90 hours if I recall correctly.

I also recall that there was a bulletin to ensure the body mounts were properly torqued. As the Iltis broke in, the body mounts wore/loosened, and the frame would then be able to flex. This resulted in wrinkles forming on the body just forward of the front doors.

Re Ed's bike: Shame you don't put on a set of BD, strap on a sten or a deac no4 rifle and webbing, and do some parades Ed. I used to bring an old army bicycle out to various parades, and the veterans said that the bicycles were what they remembered traveling on.

[James P]

Stuart, those are amazing pics. If anyone knows a Iltis inside and out, top to bottom, front to back, it is you. You should put a little display together for Volksfest in Aug.

[maple_leaf_eh]

Originally Posted by Stuart Fedak

Terry, How would you describe the restoration process of a Canadian Bomabardier Iltis? From my perspective, it has a Frame and a body tub. The body tub come off of the frame.

It is not a unibody design. ...

Stuart

I was wrong. For some reason, I always thought the Iltis was unibody.

[markcos]

Perfection on a MV is dumb .
It’s not how they looked in service
And unrealistic to keep in that state for ever.
Cleaned up and respectable is the most any MV
Would ask for


Stu
ur Iltis looks realy good and tight
But the best part is u use it