Horch 3.5 litre V8 maiden run, fitted to chassis
The Horch 3.5 litre V8 was set up this week and finally started. After a number of small adjustments to the fuel pump and the…
May 31, 2024
The Horch 3.5 litre V8 was set up this week and finally started. After a number of small adjustments to the fuel pump and the…
The detailed fitting of the interior has commenced in earnest. The parts long ago prepared for this point are now being fitted to the crew…
The Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie is pressing on. The engine is set to run next week, small tasks such as fitting the range of small taps into…
The machining for the Querlenker wishbones of the Sd.Kfz.261 5.Serie are progressing well. The 2 new examples made to original specification based on the 2…
The wiring from the loom into the fuse boxes fitted to the steering column is done. The wiring from the fuse boxes is done and…
The exciting Horch 3.5 litre V8 engine project for our Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie is proceeding very well. The time scale to completion is not very long…
The Horch 3.5 litre V8 engine is progressing. All of the valves, valve guides and springs are fitted. The new replacement baffle plates have been…
Really exciting few days here as the exterior of the Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie was painted in Dunkelgrau. This is the front armoured section of the armoured…
The long awaited engine rebuild of the Horch 3.5 litre V8 for the Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie is now underway. The white metalling and boring/honing of the…
Our 3.5 Horch V8 litre block has been white metalled as required. The block bores have been honed and is in the final stages of…
The Sd.Kfz.223 remains the team’s main focus, but this week we had to wait for some jobs to be completed before we could continue with…
It has been a very busy week in the Workshop with the Sd.Kfz.223 restoration, from painting to wiring and part fabricating. The wiring of the…
The team’s focus this week has been mainly on the TWC Sd.Kfz.223, with the front fenders finished and primed. All armoured visors have been completed…
The restoration of our Sd.Kfz.223 Ausf.A 3.Series continued this week, with additional work also carried out on the TWC Sd.Kfz.223. Following last week’s preparations, several…
Our Sd.Kfz.223 Ausf.A 3.Series looks rather ‘bare’ this week, with the chassis standing without the armoured body on, but this is nothing to worry about…
We come to the end of a quite exciting week here at the workshop. This week, we saw a lot of smaller tasks completed, with…
The Sd.Kfz.223 project is taking shape day by day, and while last week we were preparing for sandblasting and priming, this week we have moved…
For those who might not have been paying close attention, our Sd.Kfz.223 (Ausf.A) 3rd Series project may seem like it has taken several steps backwards,…
This week in the workshop, we’ve reached several significant milestones in our Sd.Kfz.223 restoration project. A notable achievement was the fabrication and test fitting of…
This week saw the remarkable rescue of the Riemann headlamp bodies. Both were in bad condition but one of them was truly horrendous. Both have…
The very important fitting of the interior frame antenna hoist mechanism and shaft was realised. We were extremely fortunate that the device fitted well after…