An ordinary GPW, one of a pair I bought in Scotland in 1998. It has a '44 MB body and engine, but the chassis and running gear are from the last major wartime Ford Jeep contract. Rebuilt by Metamet in London, most of the work I did was repairing their 'restoration' of it. Pulled the body, blasted, primed, and fitted some new sheet metal, then fitted a new wiring harness, lights, instruments, data plates, etc, etc. Needed very little mechanical work apart from new shaft seals and a complete rebuild of all the springs and shocks, which seem to have had a particularly hard life even for jeep units. The British Army had obligingly reconditioned the engine and sleeved the bores back to nominal, but the head had to come off to clean it and remove a broken temperature guage sender.

 

Bought the correct 1/2 ton trailer to go with it. One of these days I'll get round to fitting the correct lights and trailer serial number.

 

September 2000 update.

 

Fitted all the bits I bought at Beltring.

New tyres (since photo) on four original one-piece rims (that are technically wrong for any GPW, never mind a 1945 example) all seat covers, canvas top, etc, etc. Fitted the last couple of missing bits like the correct battery with holddown tray, bolts, etc, and replaced a fuel and oil hose that decided to go west after a mere 55 years of use.

 

Now starts on the button and runs, needs a major external refinish and detailling.

 

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