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- 15 jun 2017 20:20
- Forum: De Landmacht
- Onderwerp: A new UK member
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Re: A new UK member
Work is still on going with the construction of one of the two tip-up seats that the VUT's gun crew sit on. Made from old commode frames the tubing has saved a considerable amount of time. So keep an eye open for discarded chairs and steel frames. Er wordt nog steeds aan het werk gewerkt met de cons...
- 03 jun 2017 00:09
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- Onderwerp: A new UK member
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Re: A new UK member
It certainly looks a lot better as a Belgian vehicle than the 'British one. Have you seen the links near the bottom of the page to the magazine article about the original restoration? At one time I had two Canadian Windsor carriers, they both steer and drive like an oil tanker! ---------------------...
- 02 jun 2017 19:41
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Below are some links of the previous restoration of the VUT Which Jean Lummerzheim has kindly posted for me. Beware; As we say in the UK, take with a pinch of salt. http://www.abbl1940.be/FORUMFOTOS/DSCF2313_A.JPG http://www.abbl1940.be/FORUMFOTOS/DSCF2314_A.JPG http://www.abbl1940.be/FORUMFOTOS/DSC...
- 02 jun 2017 11:48
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Here are some pictures of the VUT in the Brussels Museum and this is what mine will look like once finished. At the moment I'm making the rear tip up seats for the two man gun crew. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
- 02 jun 2017 11:37
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NO! I'm going one better than that. Instead all the bodywork in the pictures has been cut off including the mudguards and replaced with steel plate so it looks like it was when it was built for the Belgian Army. The majority of the bodywork has been completed it is only the engine that needs to be l...
- 01 jun 2017 20:02
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A few pictures of the VUT pretending to be part of the British Expeditionary Force. I do have hundreds of pictures of the restoration by the size of them are unfortunately to big for the site :cry: Enkele foto's van de MAAT alsof ze deel uitmaken van de Britse Expeditie Force. Ik heb honderden foto'...
- 01 jun 2017 17:11
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Re: A new UK member
I do have a magazine article about the earlier restoration from the Belgian VUT/French tractor into the British BEF VUT, of note is the mounting of the Bren gun....
- 31 mei 2017 23:41
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A new UK member
Greetings! Some of you may be surprised to learn that a former Belgian VUT is being restored in the UK, Vickers number 1392 built in April 1936. The vehicle has since the war lead a hard life in France as a small agricultural tractor. Since coming to the UK the previous British owner decided it was ...