1940s bantam jeep trailer!

[Petescj]

Did I miss the awesome thread you obviously made chronicling this ?

I'm now an expert, after spending all winter researching this while resoring my M100 trailer, yes it has no tailgate.

 

[Sasquach]

Did I miss the awesome thread you obviously made chronicling this ?

To follow my 3b build that has made some progress worth noting.
here's a taster, would'nt want to highjack.

 

[Workingdog]

the tailgate is completely original, just the hinges got butchered up... its a shame because they were probably frozen anyway...

Thanks for that.
Here in Australia we are not aware of the civilian version of the Bantam trailer. Indeed, you don't see many WW11 Bantam trailers attached to our restored MB's or GPW's.
It is not commonly known, but the Bantam trailer was not that successful in the Pacific conflict due mainly to the lack of clearance between the wheels and the fender (mudguards).
As a consequence, Australia manufactured a version of the Bantam with much higher fenders, different, springs and slightly heavier body. They were manufactured mainly in Woodville, South Australia (little known fact) and to this day the same design is still being used by the armed forces.

 

[coldair]

This is pretty cool to hear of other people restoring these. My dad has 4 of them

 

[GoldenEagle36]

welp i started soda blasting today, i got the exterior done.