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As long as you did not drive them off the sealed surface......

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.

Makes Jim the Junior Jeep sound positively simple… and powerful!

VicA wrote: ↑Fri Aug 12, 2022 6:00 pm As long as you did not drive them off the sealed surface......

"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

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

VicA wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 9:28 am 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

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.

VicA wrote: ↑Fri Aug 12, 2022 5:59 pm You are thinking Austin Champ Terry ...
Cheers

Ahhhh..... that's right, it was an Austin Champ not a Gypsy .... sorry about that

T1 Terry

Hi. It is finally on the road for Xmas. Cheers John

Neat.
Bernie.

Did we see you and the finished product on the road heading to Adelaide today? It looks very good a job well done.