British Empire Staff Cars

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by svdwal

A Morris 8 e series that definitly has seen better days.
Picture taken at Dunkirk 1940.




I am restoring a 1939 Morris 8 e series at the moment that possibly had a army past in Ireland.

Hi Sjoerd,

I cannot see your picture:
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[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by svdwal

I am restoring a 1939 Morris 8 e series at the moment that possibly had a army past in Ireland.

Hi Sjoerd,
I remember the Morris 8 Series E well as it was the second car that my father had, a 1948 model, prior to that we had a 1938 Austin 7 ! (this was in the early 1950's).

[Ilian Filipov]

According to the Americans the British Army was poor:


https://i.postimg.cc/Y9zr2DsZ/tm1.jpg


https://i.postimg.cc/Wz9sgFj7/tm2.jpg

That's all.
Seen here:


https://i.postimg.cc/L54HJBdX/tm3.jpg

[Phil Waterman]

Originally Posted by Ilian Filipov

According to the Americans the British Army was poor:
That's all. Seen here:

The Handbook is a very interesting read it sheds a lot of insight as to how the US Military perceived their UK brethren. I have a copy and if you ever stumble on a copy at reasonable cost grab it.

Cheers Phil

[Mike Kelly]

https://archive.org/details/TM30-410...ritishArmy1942

https://archive.org/details/wwIIarch...t=-week&page=2

Free version

[svdwal]

Thank you Mike,

[Hanno Spoelstra]

"The Station Commander leaving for his office after breakfasting in the mess. He is driven by a W.A.A.F. MT driver."

1939 Ford Fordor? (as Ian suggested)?



Source: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/i...ject/205446957