From the Archive – Renault FT Floorplate Hand Machined
Pattern reveals machinists technique An article from our archive at the start of our Renault FT project. We’ve included a recent picture of the floorplates…
May 16, 2019
Pattern reveals machinists technique An article from our archive at the start of our Renault FT project. We’ve included a recent picture of the floorplates…
Photo focus on the Foundation’s Mittlere Schützenpanzerwagen – Sd.Kfz.251 Ausf.D A 360 degree view of our Mittlere Schützenpanzerwagen – Sd.Kfz.251 Ausf.D. This was originally in…
We used the opportunity recently to take a number of images of the interior of the Renault FT when the weather was favourable. Please note…
Technical Provenance – Part 1 When our Horch Kabriolett was examined prior to the restoration phase it was recorded that an Opel engine had been…
Our research into the SARC MK III Marmon-Herrington continues apace. The Foundation needs to identify all the outstanding challenges well in advance of the commencement…
Establishing the Provenance of the Sidecar Boat Much work has gone into the conservation of our sidecar boat. This is now fitted to the Foundation…
Mitrailleuse et son masque The image of our completed Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun now includes the authentic ammunition pod fitted beneath the breech. Apologies for…
Rahmenverstärkung – the reality Our last piece on the strengthening required for the Typ v chassis was well received. But many questions were received as…
Where archive meets archaeology! The chemical rust stripping of the Typ v Fahrgestell for the Foundation’s Sd.Kfz.261 Ausf.B to allow the major surgery required to…
Is everything what it seems? Part of the mission of the Weald Foundation is to add to the knowledge base about the development history of…
Name Please? The same controversy, as with the naming of the Renault FT, exists with the series of Marmon-Herrington armoured cars developed, built and supplied…
Maintenance and repair challenges of 70-year-old heavy armoured vehicles. Previously in Inside Track we covered the resolution of the steering problems cause by incorrect set-up…
It’s all in the name Over the many years since we started our 100-year-old Renault FT project at the Weald Foundation, we have been astounded…
Pannier Detail The original pannier we have located for our Zündapp KS750 motorcycle was originally black painted and then overpainted with Dunkelgelb . This pannier…
Blacked Bolts Continued… Our objective of restoring each exhibit in the Foundations collection to the highest standard, with the maximum % of original parts, leads…
Our recent problem with the radiator of our Horch Kfz.21 led to some interesting results. The research in determining what core our Horch Kfz.21 should…
Sidecar Provenance – First Take The sidecar boat we have for the Zundapp KS750 is the most original and impressive example we have come across…
Repent at Leisure Tankfest 2017 was not our finest moment. A condenser failed in one of the Jagdpanther’s magnetos which proved impossible to replace on…
New Information Our recent trip to Germany yielded an unexpected dividend for our Sd.Kfz 222 restoration project. Just when we thought we had established the…
Establishing the Provenance – Part 2 We now know our Zündapp was most likely to have been assembled in April 1944. The next step was…
The T.Z.F 3a One of the first items we searched for in our 222 restoration, other than the Fahrgestell chassis and Aufbau ( body), was…