ford gpa g504

Hello Jerome Yes it is an extra electric bilge pump. You know our toys are very expensive so I don't want to take any risk. If your engine fails when you're on the water and you have a leak you're deep in trouble!! :shock: So I installed an extra pump with clamps on the chassis(no drilling). And in ...

Hello to you all! I'm happy that there is some movement again in the restauration of GPA 4928. On a very cold sunday morning I made myself a promise that I would install the transmission and transfer-case. I lifted the heavy iron piece and hurt my back so seriously that I wasn't able to do anything ...

Leo

You make me curious!!
Were are those brackets from? , I don't recognize them.

Bob :?:

Hello Mithril
I allways want to learn!!, what is the difference between an early
and a late GPA windscreen?

Bob

Hello Carl Yes they are radio brackets. Allso a modification on the later vehicles like the hook on the dash. Early GPA's didn't have those brackets and microphone-hook on the dash. Jan Roelse here in Holland driving & sailing gpa for more than 30 years, (Now very busy working on his new shed) has a...

Hello to you all A GPA is a wonderfull vehicle to drive & sail in but what a hell to work on!! You need four hands and arms of two meters. Only today I jumped at least 150 times in and out the hull. Rudder and propeller shaft , brake system, rear axle propeller shaft, both axles & wheels and...

Hello Carl Keep sending pictures and information abouth those Russian GPA's! Here are 2 pictures from mine GPA with the mountings of horn ( the smal one with 2 holes) and the air cleaner brackets (2 long vertical studs with both 2 holes) The air cleaner is not fastened with the wingnuts like the nor...

Yes Mithril that's the plate I'm talking about. Robert is working to make a perfect copy of this one. I now have a flat foto copy of this plate and I'm waiting to get the right model of it. I'm just curious about the date and chassis nbr when Ford changed this plate. I know that all GPA's that staye...

Hello Mithril & Dominique I'm pretty sure that the Ford GPA used the same instruments as the Ford GPW and made changes at the same date as the normal jeeps. You can read in the book of Lawrence Nabholtz (a very good book by the way!). On the contract Ford-F-4 may '43 you still can see the speedo...

Hello
Today I 'm working to get the gpa on it's wheels again
and I've got the inspection team paying a visit!
Leo Verhagen and Mr. G 504 himself both "owners". :roll:
Nice to have you on the floor.
Bob

Today I received the seccond part of the sandblasted parts. The sandblasting company used the same "epoxi primer" only now a pink collour! I used a pair of extra hands of a friend of mine to secure the chassis in the hull. This is not a pleasant job to do with all the rubbers seals between...

Tony(you are just ahead of me)
You're right!! off cource ,I was thinking about this problem tonight
and than suddenly realised that the front support couldn't be removed! :oops:
So you have to try with other V- belts

Bob

Tony
A friend of mine has a good idea!!
Pharhaps you can bring some spacers between the generator bracket with the two bolts and the engine block.
Then you have more room for ajustment.

Greetings Bob

Hello Tony I don't see things wrong on your engine or mountings. On my engine I used the original fan belt ;gpa 45,46 in. and not a gpw type 44,1/8 in. I have a clearance from +/- 1 cm from the oil dipstick and 1 cm from the engine mounting.(Indeed not much clearance pharhaps you have used the copy ...

Here on the last day of 2005 "THE WEDDING"!
Starting on oktober the first 2005 with the restauration
now on December 31 the chassis drops like 63 years ago
back in the hull!
:lol:
Everybody the best wishes for 2006!

Bob