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At the moment it is in bits, awaiting a new floor being welded in. Keeping the original floor pan was no longer viable as it was getting to be patches on patches.

But some exciting news. An...

Hi Steve, if your Jeep was:

1) Ex US Army surplus/French surplus/Greek surplus etc
2) Ex British Army surplus BUT sold off proir to 1949

then the massive odds are no info will be found. The...

Hi Colin, it was fitted to the inner wing.

Cheers, Ade,

Thought I would post a little update.

I have spent the last two days working on my Jeep. As well as the mechanical work I wanted to undertake, it was time for a respray. Having looked at the front...

Hi Simon, welcome to the forum!

Please do a thread about your Champ. I would like to see it and I am sure others would too.

Cheers, Ade.

I have certainly done some miles in the Jeep: our annual trip to Arnhem used to put 190 miles on the clock simply to get to the port at Harwich. Then a good couple of hours drive to get to Arnhem. By...

Hi Tim, thanks for the great info. I will call a mate of mine tonight to pass this along, as his Jeep was also overhauled at Henly's. His Jeep, although not Airborne modified was close to mine in the...

Hi Guys, thanks for the comments. I will keep you updated.

Hi Glenn, I did the same too!

Cheers, Ade.

I am really pleased to say I have just discovered the location of this Army Auxiliary Workshop: B269 was "Henlys" of Weston Super Mare in Somerset.:D Henlys were a large car dealership who sold Jag's...

With mine? I honestly bought it by almost accident. I knew nothing about Jeeps at the time: just the right place at the right time, calling in on a now sadly late friend Phill.

I do have a photo...

Hi Emil, I don't recognise those markings on the dashboard, sorry.

Cheers, Ade.

Steel tube type.

Hi Emil, sounds like you have a wonderfull collection. I like Ford GP's in particular.

Cheers, Ade.

That is very nice to see. Thanks.

I had expected to hear that the Jeep was found in England recently so that was a surprise!

Cheers, Ade.

Hi Mo, thanks. I have sat many a time on Arnhem Bridge in the Jeep.

Hi Emil, the Jeep certainly had the footsteps cut off and later replaced. Mine was the same.

Cheers, Ade.

Hi Emil, great pic. I like the suppliers plate, lovely!

The Jerrican can holder is the conventional US pattern removed from the rear panel. It sits between the front seats, half on the rear floor,...

Hi Emil, thanks for the pics and welcome to the forum!

Original airborne Jeeps are fairly rare to find.

Please post details of any data plates.

The Airborne mods I can see so far:

Quick...

Pretty good. I have not seen it myself yet. He bought it in England. Of course his band are called T34

Cheers, Ade.

Thanks again for the kind comments:

Hi Mike, please show off your Lightweight, I know I have seen it, but others will find it of interest I am sure.

Hi Nick, Al is a genuinely nice guy. It was...

Here is the sales catalog from when the Jeep was sold off by the Army.

This is another tale of being in the right place at the right time. Whenever I used to show the Jeep at Steam & Vintage...

Hi Jay, thanks! The Bridge Too Far quote was very apt!

I thought it might be worth showing some more of the documentation I have which I mentioned in the text of my original post.

Here is the...

Hi James, back in the early 1990's I used the Jeep as an everyday vehicle and never used a car. But as fuel costs rose, and security became an issue, I stopped using it like that.

Cheers, Ade.

Here are the original documents from when the Jeep was first registered for the road in 1959.

The tax disc is a story in itself. It was found in a box of vehicle parts bought by a friend in...

Hi Ingrid, I have looked at buying a wartime Soviet GAZ67b. Two comrades from our group (2nd Guards) own them and they are a lot of fun, but the price of them has gone up a lot (like all WW2 vehicles...

I really need to get my act together and sort the brakes. I want to get back on the road next year.

For me, the history of the vehicle makes it special. I even have the original log book from...