Told to get out of the house
- VicA
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Re: Told to get out of the house
As long as you did not drive them off the sealed surface......
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They had the "flexitor suspension" ( worked in rubber blocks) and the 4WD only worked in low range. Without any sort of diff-lock they would get stuck by spinning diagonal wheels.
- Greynomad
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Re: Told to get out of the house
Makes Jim the Junior Jeep sound positively simple… and powerful!
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- Keith Morris
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"tanks" here ---Vic,
I agree. we used to tow the 17 pounder anti-tank guns with Jeeps, and then the Army in its wisdom changed to the Austin Champ.
The Champ had a snorkel along the side of the bonnet and when extended the vehicle could ford through 6 ft of water, but would bog in 2 inches of sand or mud.
We used the Austin Champ to muzzle tow the 120mm BAT guns. (B.A.T. = Battalion Anti Tank), that was around the 1960's.
Keith
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- VicA
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Yep that's them Keith.......there are some nicely restored Champs around....some usually at the yearly military vehicle gathering at Corowa NSW...
Cheers Vic
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- Keith Morris
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Another point Vic--
It took workshops up to 8 hours to change the spark plugs because they were all sealed to make them waterproof.
Beautiful Rolls Royce engines.
Keith.
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Ahhhh..... that's right, it was an Austin Champ not a Gypsy .... sorry about that
T1 Terry
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Hi. It is finally on the road for Xmas.
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Neat.
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Did we see you and the finished product on the road heading to Adelaide today? It looks very good a job well done.
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