ex-Victory Museum Morris-Commercial PU8/4

[Hanno Spoelstra]

See http://www.flickr.com/photos/tlucal/...206028/?page=6 for a comprehensive set of photos of the vehicles at the Auburn museum.

H.

[Mike K]

A MCC PU 4X4 was advertised in W&T some years ago..it was apparently a wreck that was just a chassis and mechanicals .. it was in the UK somewhere and only good for spares.

Mike

BTW the only WW2 era MCC 4X4's we have here are the batch of C8 2 pndr portees , about 6-10 of them have been located .

[Ron Pier]

Hi Mike

Yes I bought it. Hence my spare axles etc. It was found by a bloke in Surrey, with a tree growing through it. It was just a chassis with running gear and no body or cab. He recovered it with the intension of restoring it. He came and took 100 pictures of mine. He eventually lost interest and sold it to another bloke in Kent, who also intended to restore it. He left it in his Fathers woods for another ten years, from whence I recovered it. By now the chassis was so week it fell apart as we winched it onto a trailer. It was virtually scrap. I cut up the chassis and saved as much as possible. The Gearbox and axles still had oil and still turn. The engine is siezed solid. It only cost me £200 and I manged to restore the starting handle bracket that was missing from mine.

Ron

[Ron Pier]

Hi Hanno. Regarding the links that you posted for the PU8/4 images in the Victory Museum. The photo's on the Panzer site seem to have vanished. Any ideas? You are far more the computer man than me! Ron

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Ron Pier

Hi Hanno. Regarding the links that you posted for the PU8/4 images in the Victory Museum. The photo's on the Panzer site seem to have vanished. Any ideas? You are far more the computer man than me!

Hi Ron,

Just had a look myself. Yes, the pictures are gone. But if you click on "Museum Photo Gallery" you will see the explanation:

The walk arounds section is currently undergoing revision/addition. Thank you for your patience while this update takes place.

HTH,
Hanno

[Les Freathy]

Ron
Ihave had this first photo for years and think its a preserved morris not yours is it and a wartime photo for you
cheers
Les

[Ron Pier]

Hi Les.
I'm sure your first image is in fact the one in the Victory Museum in Indiana. It has the 900x16 tyres fitted as has mine.
The original tyres are slightly smaller with a finer tread pattern as in your second image. And strangely they are 925x16.

Ron