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Willys Data Plate
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The completely restored "Florida Belle". The bumper numbers of the 508th Parachute Infantry is one of my old Airborne units that I served with in Italy (95-98).
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Engine compartment as it looked before restoration. She was neglected over the years by keeping her outdoors but she ran beautifully. The Engine is a Ford therefore painted grey. She also came with an original Spartan horn which is worth a mint to collectors.
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The fuel strainer and air filter elements before restoration. Notice the wiring was house hold cabling which was completely removed and replaced with a magnificently reproduced wiring set from MV Spares.
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The spark plug cables and coil were from a modern English MB and replaced with correct Jeep cables with rain shields. BACK TO TOP
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Completely restoring the break system. Indecently, the muffler was being held in place with a beer can that was completely replaced with a new reproduction exhaust and muffler unit. BACK TO TOP
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The Jeep was in an odd light green, shiny paint scheme and was completely repainted with the correct OD matt 2 paint. BACK TO TOP
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The black out drive break lights were modified as turn signals. BACK TO TOP
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Restored engine compartment. recently I have replaced the Solex carburetor with a completely rebuilt original Carter carburetor.
Also added to the Jeep are all of the correct bonding straps since the "Florida Belle" is a radio Jeep and marked as such with
an "S" for "radio suppressed" in the registration number. BACK TO TOP
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