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Old 30-11-23, 11:17
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We painted Milly up just like early well known late war photo of a Morris Tilly in a RASC unit in 79th armoured Division.
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Old 30-11-23, 11:21
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We trailered it the first time, and Greg had a grand time tootling around northern Vic, My wife and i joined them and we took Scrappy out to Olive Hills estate Rutherglen, and took some great photos outside the homestead.

we even took out Peoples Choice, amongst a sea of Jeeps!
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Old 30-11-23, 11:39
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The second outing to corowa Greg and I Drove Scrappy up from her current Home at Bacchus Marsh, to Corowa, the back way via Gisborne and heathcote staying overnight at a pretty sketchy caravan park outside of shepparton sleeping in swags, We stopped at the Cemetary where 250 Kriegsmarine POWs are buried, and viewed what can be made out of the POW camps near Tatura.

It was a great week!

Greggy has even been brave enough driving scrappy to his hometown of somerville, though the sprawling metropolis of Melbourne and back again a few times to attend his local ANZAC day services.
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Old 30-11-23, 13:51
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Hello Jack and Chris,

So if the tilly has been on the road for two years it could mean that you have had that long to work on other projects. If so, could you please detail them?

Does anyone know what happened to Colin and his thorough work on the Vickers tanks? It has been far too long on those posts too!

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Old 03-12-23, 13:23
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Haven’t been idle Lionel. Been working on a few No.27 limbers and trying to get a hot rod for a mate out of the way plus a few other distractions.
Keen to get Tilly 2 started as a lot of parts were done during the first resto so once the chassis is sorted there is plenty to bolt straight on.
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Old 01-08-24, 12:31
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So having finally sorted computer problems out I can continue updates on Tilly Two known as Milly. Chassis was mostly stripped awhile ago and it sat on stands outside my shed although undercover. The last bits were removed by Chris, these being dash wiring and firewall fittings which had been left to copy so everything on Scrappy was refitted as it should. Getting Milly into the shed for examination revealed her to be far worse than we had ever noticed. Rust in the floor and sills is extensive. Half the battery shelf has disappeared and had a large patch over it. This was removed and an interesting item discovered
(more about that later),
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1941 Fordson WOT 2H
1941 Fordson WOT 2H (Unrestored)
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1939 Ford 1 ton utility (Undergoing restoration)
1940 Ford 1 ton utility (Unrestored)
1941 Ford 1 ton utility (Unrestored)
BSA folding bicycle
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1941 Ford/Marmon Herrington 3A gun tractor
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Old 01-08-24, 12:45
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The biggest problem was the vehicle had been in a collision taking a hit on the left side just behind the B pillar. The left chassis rail was pushed in and the rear floor buckled. This had never been straightened but cosmetic repairs had been carried out and the full extent of the damage disguised. This vehicle was actually a runner when we first purchased it so the realignment of the rear axle cant have been too bad but it was obvious.
Problem was the fragile condition of the vehicle meant trying to push out the chassis damage with a Porta Power meant there was nothing strong enough on the right side to push off.
The rear cross member was also rusted out and needed replacing but fortunately the rear floor chassis section was still good so I decided the drill the spot welds and remove the floor panel so it could be straightened individually.
I could the fabricate a new cross member and with these parts removed it meant the rear chassis rails could be more flexible.
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Willys Trailer
1941 Fordson WOT 2H
1941 Fordson WOT 2H (Unrestored)
194? Fordson WOT 2D (Unrestored)
1939 Ford 1 ton utility (Undergoing restoration)
1940 Ford 1 ton utility (Unrestored)
1941 Ford 1 ton utility (Unrestored)
BSA folding bicycle
BSA folding bicycle
1941 Ford/Marmon Herrington 3A gun tractor
1941 Ford/Marmon Herrington 3 gun tractor (Unrestored)
1941 Diamond T 969 (Unrestored)
Wiles Junior Cooker x 2
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