Told to get out of the house
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VicA
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Riverlander
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Re: Told to get out of the house
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.
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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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Re: Told to get out of the house
"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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Re: Told to get out of the house
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
Cheers Vic
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Re: Told to get out of the house
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.
I'm now 87 years old, having experienced another birthday, and I'm still living in WA, single (gave up looking), white hair, no teeth, no money, no worries.
I plan to have another birthday next year.
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Re: Told to get out of the house
Ahhhh..... that's right, it was an Austin Champ not a Gypsy .... sorry about that
T1 Terry
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Re: Told to get out of the house
Hi. It is finally on the road for Xmas.
Cheers John
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Re: Told to get out of the house
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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