Got My Lightweight!! Stay Tuned for Project Updates and Plenty of Questions!

[jac04]

^^ The caps on my original tanks were red. These came with black caps, so I just left them in place when I painted the tanks. I will probably end up painting them red.

[mrdoiron]

still blown away by this truck - great work JAC04!

No ****... this one set the bar pretty high. Love it...

[Les Parker]

As a point of note, during their military career all items to be checked on a daily basis, as part of the Daily Works Parade were painted red.
These included the fuel, oil level, wheel nuts, brake and clutch fluid levels, tow jaws etc.


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[greenmeanie]

These included the wheel nuts etc.


2p

I think we've been over this before Les.
The fuel caps were painted red to signify petrol, yellow for diesel. Wheel nuts would definitely not be red although possibly white. Drive flange nuts and split rim nuts could be red to indicate that they should NOT be touched. Front line units were not in the slightest bit interested in increasing their visibility by painting their vehicles up like christmas trees while it saw more favour in second line units, particularly MPs and artillery units on ceremonial duties.

It was, of course, highly unit dependent and one of the ongoing terminal arguements of the British military vehicle preservation horde. I've still to see a picture of an in service vehicle with red wheel nuts.

[SafeAirOne]

...items to be checked on a daily basis, as part of the Daily Works Parade were painted red.

My ENTIRE 109 should be painted red inside and out!

[yorker]

I thought red was for mechanics duty and white was drivers... In other words if it was painted red don't screw with it in the field dummy! Leave it to the REME mechanics.

[kels]

What sort of dummies are driving cars in the northern hemisphere Armies - was Dad's Army a documentary? Surely they dont have to turn their vehicles into a Fisher-Price version of a car just to know to check the oil and water each morning?

And I've never seen a driver check his wheelnuts as part of a first/last parade service either!

Seriously though - what a fantastic job! Best... resto... pics... ever....

Cheers,

Adam

[SafeAirOne]

Jac--What transfer case cover do you have installed under there? I was just looking at Jim's Seriestrek page and don't see any to replace my leaking OEM cover.

[jac04]

What transfer case cover do you have installed under there?

That's a Roverdrive cover. I got it direct from Roverdrive - very nice people to deal with.

[jac04]

... and a big "Thanks" to everyone on this Forum for your kind words on the restoration.

Your encouragement throughout the entire rebuild has been greatly appreciated!

[yorker]

What sort of dummies are driving cars in the northern hemisphere Armies - was Dad's Army a documentary?

[kels]

Your point is well made sir!

[jac04]

Well, I'm official now. Insured through Hagerty, although they have a stipulation that the vehicle can't be used for off-roading or Military re-inactments. Went to the DMV yesterday and got it registered.

The longer story about registration:
After waiting in line for 1.5 hours, I almost hit a snag when the DMV wouldn't accept the official State of CT DMV VIN Verification Inspection Form that I gave them. I had one of our resident State Troopers stop by the house and perform the VIN Verification. According the the State of CT, a State Trooper can perform this verification. The State Trooper said 'no problem at all, have the DMV call me directly if they have any problems'. However, the very pleasant lady at the DMV acted like I had lobsters coming out of my ears when I gave her the form. She stated that the VIN Verification needed to be performed at the DMV. I politely asked her to contact the Trooper. She disappeared for several minutes, came back and said 'I guess we can accept it'. Translation: I was right, she was wrong. Then she gave me a hard time because the back of the title was signed over to me using "Jeff" instead of "Jeffrey". Apparently, in CT that is grounds to deny your registration request. I said "let me see that", and filled in the "rey" with her watching and handed it back. Turns out, they didn't even need the Title because of the age of the vehicle.
So, after waiting 1.5 hours to see this lady, all she gave me was a number ticket to wait in line for the actual registry people. Luckily, that only took another 30 minutes. The very nice lady (not kidding this time) at the registration desk then told me she couldn't accept the VIN Verification form. Arrrgh! I told her that the other lady said it was OK. Luckily, that's all it took and I walked out with my plates 15 minutes later

[Les Parker]

Congrats. on getting the vehicle ready for the road.
It will be good to see some pix of pictoral CT with the 1/2 ton in the foreground.

[SafeAirOne]

Congrats--Have you driven it around yet?

Kind of disappointed that it's relegated to a life of pavement-only use...