Re: [MV] GPW ?

From: Colin Stevens (colin@pacdat.net)
Date: Sun Jun 03 2001 - 23:23:34 PDT


I believe I have one in my storage (out of reach at the moment) off my
ex-Norwegian 1944 MB (but which has 42-45 parts, MB & GPW). I plan to
reinstall it someday.

Colin Macgregor Stevens

NOTE: I lost about 100 messages in early April, 11 or more messages on 2001
APR 30/May 1 and about 10 more on May 16 due to a server problem. If you
sent me a message during that time that was not answered, please resend it.
Thanks.

MVPA Member 954 (since 1977)
Editor: "Maple Leaf Up!" newsletter & Webmaster
of Western Command Military Vehicle Historical Society
(Established 1977)
Pitt Meadows (East of Vancouver but not beyond Hope)
British Columbia, CANADA
Owner of:
1944 Willys MB jeep (ex-Norway)
1942 BSA airborne bicycles (2)
Personal web site: http://bcoy1cpb.pacdat.net
E-mail: colin@pacdat.net
Club web site: http://www.westerncommand.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Pantano" <truks@cs.quik.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 5:41 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] GPW ?

> Today I removed a master brake cylinder shield from my '42 GPW. The last
> few I removed from old derilicks were all metal.. This one has a metal
> bottom that wraps around what I think is a sheet of asbestos..and is
riveted
> to the two attaching brackets through the asbestos..so the asbestos could
> not ahve been added later. It was made this way....both brackets are
marked
> GPW and "F". Anyone seen one of these asbestos shields before..?? Gene
>
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