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Just wondering... What are the brackets at the level of the window bases and at the top of the van body used for? (I know...need pics!) They're shaped like a "V" with the open end faced up to slide something into from the top.
I suspect they're either for some sort of awning bows or for...
Simon,
Here's another site you probably have seen: http://www.sbmcc.co.uk/ The Self-Build Motor Caravanners Club.
Hope your project goes well!
Opie
(My brother-in-law's with the RAF outside of Lincoln)
Steel Soldiers,
Come on, come on, however you are! If you have to be the Virginia Column's "advance vehicle" in a civilian POV, that's hunky-dory by me.
Simon,
First, welcome!
Second, look here: http://www.xor.org.uk/unimog/mymog.htm . This fellow is on your side of the Pond and can probably help you with the MOT and all sorts of other things that are unfamiliar to us Yanks. He's REALLY given his Unimog a workout by driving it to Tibet and...
Mark, here's a link to a manual that covers the 1964-1976 period for Army vehicles:
http://www.armyradio.com/arsc/customer/pages.php?pageurl=/publish/Technical_Bulletin_746-93-1/Technical_Bulletin.htm
The title is: TECHNICAL BULLETIN *TB 746-93-1
26 October 1964
Color and Marking of Military...
I couldn't find a close match at my Napa store, so the counterman suggested I use an ink stamp to coat the face of the housing in ink (or paint, or whatever) and stamp it on thin cardboard (like for cereal boxes) and trim the non-inked areas. Saturn also has the real ones for $1.50.