Mike;
You are correct in your assumption.
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John G
M1A1 Ward LaFrance Restoration Guide/ process?
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sorry guys for using this old post... but my guess is that the majority of the people that could be involved was reading it.
please, have a look here:
https://g503.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=290765
thank you so much for your help!
maurizio
please, have a look here:
https://g503.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=290765
thank you so much for your help!
maurizio
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any suggestion/picture then?
tks
maurizio
tks
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1938 Ford Eifel
1941 Dodge WC21
1941 Ford GP
1942 Ford GTB, matching #'s
1943 Huffman model 81
1943 R.I.A. Hand Cart M3A4
1943 Willys MB
1943 Highway Trailer K-38
1944 Ford GPW, matching #'s
1944 Cushman 39G
1944 Harley WLA
1944 Converto Dump 1/2 Ton
1944 VW TYP166 Schwimmwagen
1944 Chevrolet G-7163 K-44
1960 Willys MB-T
1943 Stinson L-5 SOLD w/sadness
1941 Dodge WC21
1941 Ford GP
1942 Ford GTB, matching #'s
1943 Huffman model 81
1943 R.I.A. Hand Cart M3A4
1943 Willys MB
1943 Highway Trailer K-38
1944 Ford GPW, matching #'s
1944 Cushman 39G
1944 Harley WLA
1944 Converto Dump 1/2 Ton
1944 VW TYP166 Schwimmwagen
1944 Chevrolet G-7163 K-44
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Re: M1A1 Ward LaFrance Restoration Guide/ process?
Maurizio,
Do you want to co-operate with a detailed restauration for our book? So to see you have quite a lot of vehicles.
Read our request here:
We are Narwal Publishers. See www.frituurzorro.nl ,our series about re-use of WW2 softskin vehicles. Next title will be about restaurations. What we would like is to show photos and text of detailed steps of a restauration (not too technical). The vehicle before and after restoration. Case histories and text can come in a later stage.
Do you want to co-operate with a detailed restauration for our book? So to see you have quite a lot of vehicles.
Read our request here:
We are Narwal Publishers. See www.frituurzorro.nl ,our series about re-use of WW2 softskin vehicles. Next title will be about restaurations. What we would like is to show photos and text of detailed steps of a restauration (not too technical). The vehicle before and after restoration. Case histories and text can come in a later stage.
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Hi,
The link up-thread a couple of posts is dead.
I thought about your original question, is there a guide?
I am on the down-hill run of a 969 rebuild and am planning a M1A1 rebuild next, albeit a few years away.
This has caused a bit of thought about how to go about it with the experience I now have. I have realized that the 'how' of a restoration has as much to do with your personality type and available money(=space/equipment/outsourcing) as anything. All the rest is more-or-less standard procedure.
The 969 was: cabin > chassis > axles > drive drain > rear bed > front sheet metal > all the little stuff > cranes.
The M1A1 is looking more like: front chassis > drive train > cabin/sheet metal >all the small stuff (= driveable) > rear chassis > cranes > rear bed. And as I have more money now, there will probably be more sandblasting rather than the very time consuming hand cleaning.
Dunno, still thinking.
My 2c.
Sam.
The link up-thread a couple of posts is dead.
I thought about your original question, is there a guide?
I am on the down-hill run of a 969 rebuild and am planning a M1A1 rebuild next, albeit a few years away.
This has caused a bit of thought about how to go about it with the experience I now have. I have realized that the 'how' of a restoration has as much to do with your personality type and available money(=space/equipment/outsourcing) as anything. All the rest is more-or-less standard procedure.
The 969 was: cabin > chassis > axles > drive drain > rear bed > front sheet metal > all the little stuff > cranes.
The M1A1 is looking more like: front chassis > drive train > cabin/sheet metal >all the small stuff (= driveable) > rear chassis > cranes > rear bed. And as I have more money now, there will probably be more sandblasting rather than the very time consuming hand cleaning.
Dunno, still thinking.
My 2c.
Sam.
1942 Script GPW (Daily driver).
MB-T trailer.
Diamond T 969. ('The Glorifier')
Diamond T 969, rusty, complete, for sale.
Kenworth M1A1 Heavy Wrecker x 2.
M2A1 white HT. ('Clarrie')
Light Recovery Trailer (Ford?).
3ton GS (Blitz) Trailer.
150gal water tanker trailer.
Air compressor trailer, 100c.f.m.
MB-T trailer.
Diamond T 969. ('The Glorifier')
Diamond T 969, rusty, complete, for sale.
Kenworth M1A1 Heavy Wrecker x 2.
M2A1 white HT. ('Clarrie')
Light Recovery Trailer (Ford?).
3ton GS (Blitz) Trailer.
150gal water tanker trailer.
Air compressor trailer, 100c.f.m.
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