Ford Blitz Restoration/Rebuild

[Private_collector]

Jacques,

I used that same technique to remove bearing cups on my rear axle some time ago. Very satisfactory little wrinkle!
Sure is a very dramatic and straightforward way to get em out. Due to the limited space to swing an arc rod inside the steering box case, and my slight but constant tremor, getting the cup out in that way would be........er........problematic. It's not requiring replacement though, and can stay put.

Usually it's the other way around. The most difficult parts are commonly the ones that have to come out/off.

[Private_collector]

This'll break your heart. Hundreds and hundreds of pieces of equipment dumped on Okinawa at the end of WWII

http://www.vintagemilitarytrucks.com...rd_Okinawa.htm

How about this tantalising discovery some years ago.

http://www.ozatwar.com/bunkers/dandenongstunnels.htm

My father spoke about vehicles, weapons and equipment that he helped load into tunnels (or caves, I forget which) cut into a hill in New Guinea. I should have written down the directions, or more correctly, location from some reference points, but didn't have the same interest I do now. A moot point anyway, as it turns out. A volcanic eruption in the 1990s changed the entire landscape, burying everything around under feet of ash & rock.

Still, lots of other finds still exist and are easily accessed.
http://www.pacificghosts.com/news/tunnels/index.html

http://servicesrecommended.com/index...abaul-PNG.html

How's this for a job!
http://www.nzdf.mil.nz/news/media-re...dowrowipng.htm

See this video of a tunnel examination.
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=ovsmB...%3DovsmB-Sz9C4

[Private_collector]

Here are a large number of REALLY interesting photos, showing a massive military vehicle gathering in the areas of D Day landings, in 2009.

http://picasaweb.google.com/kmbizal/Normandy2009#

My Wife and I travelled through this part of France in 1990, while on a tour. At that time, you could still see pillboxes all around, and the occasional tank shell, rusting in fields or placed as monuments.

Imagine being a part of this scene
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[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Private_collector

Imagine being a part of this scene
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Hi Tony,
I was part of that scene, well just out of shot to the right! Some of your countrymen there as well, the Anzac convoy who had driven up from Istanbul were also on the beach with their vehicles. Several Blitzs amongst them.

regards, Richard

[lynx42]

This one Richard? That's our motor home behind a QL at Etreham. One of the many photos in that series by kmbizal>Normandy 2009. Brings back many happy memories.
Regards Rick

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by lynx42

This one Richard, That's our motor home behind you at Eterham. One of the many photos in that series by kmbizal>Normandy 2009. Brings back many happy memories.
Regards Rick

Hi Rick,
That is not my QL, but it does appear in the background of this photo from the same series. That is Rippo's MW in the foreground. This was at the MVT camp at Etreham.

regards Richard

[Private_collector]

Wow! That must have been an amazing gathering. I envy you both.

Such an unbelievable tribute to the D Day participants!

I would like to do this journey one day. I imagine there would be a permanent lump in my throat for the duration.

My family & I will be present at Pearl Harbour this year on the aniversary of the Japanese attack, Dec 7th, 1941. That should be quite a moving gathering as well. They recently disbanded the Pearl Harbour Survivors Association, due to lack of surviving members. I have a photo of a floral wreath placed on the Arizona memorial from that association in 2010. I wont see another one this year.
Floral Wreathes - Arizona Memorial 2010.jpg


While I think of it. where the hell did the LC come from, that was in one of the Normandy photos in my earlier post?
I have a photo of my Fathers comrades coming off something I think is very similar if not identical, but in the pacific theatre.

to you both!

[Marc van Aalderen]

Originally Posted by Private_collector

Here are a large number of REALLY interesting photos, showing a massive military vehicle gathering in the areas of D Day landings, in 2009.

http://picasaweb.google.com/kmbizal/Normandy2009#

My Wife and I travelled through this part of France in 1990, while on a tour. At that time, you could still see pillboxes all around, and the occasional tank shell, rusting in fields or placed as monuments.

Imagine being a part of this scene
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Hi Tony,

A bit late but I just noticed myself driving by with the Dingo in picture 202! Together with my eldest daughter Pauline. We recognize a lot of the scenes and were in the same places at almost the same time. What a coincedence!

I enjoy your thread and the magnificent job you are doing.

Cheers,

[Private_collector]

Hello Marc,

It's never too late to come join in!

We're hoping to get back that way again some time. Will certainly take more notice (and photos) next time.

Thank you for the kind comments,