complete Bofors Gun Engine

[malcolm erik bogaert]

spoke to a retired farmer yesterday at the Glendale Show( not OZ but UK) he has a complete Bofors Gun Engine if anybodys requires same..best regards malcolm

[Ivor Ramsden]

Do you mean a self-propelled Bofors gun engine, a Morris 4-cylinder one?

[malcolm erik bogaert]

Ivor I have no idea...he said no generator but complerte engine for Bofors Gun...but I can always ask! cheers malcolm

[Ivor Ramsden]

Please ask! I'm puzzled as to what it is. Normal Bofors guns weren't powered but there was the Morris C9/B which was basically a Bofors gun stuck on top of a Morris Quad chassis. If it's the engine from one of these I would be interested. If it's from one of these, could you ask if he's got any other bits?

This is our museum's C9/B

[Neil Ashley]

He will be talking about the generator used for Bofors with power mounts.

I have the Douglas version but they were also made by Coventry Climax amongst others.

They produce a strange three phase voltage of no use for any thing else. Most of the UK survivors seem to have been rebuilt post-war to 240 voltage.

If it is one of these I may be interested.

I thought the Morris SP version used a pto driven generator.

[malcolm erik bogaert]

I rather think its probably the latter..as he did say generator wasnt there...however I will call into the local garage and get his telephone number...wil also try and get a picture or two...best regards malcolm

[Ivor Ramsden]

Originally Posted by Neil Ashley

I thought the Morris SP version used a pto driven generator.

Yes, it did. Our truck still has the PTO and holes for various fixings & cables. Our Gunners tell me that they preferred manual operation to Predictor operation. This seems to have generally been the case with the SP Bofors - I haven't come across any records of them being used in action with the Predictor gear and all the photos that I've seen show manually operated weapons.