Staghound Restoration

[marco]

For this, you need records mentioning these numbers.
I am not aware of the existance of such records.
There are (regimental) records mentioning the British war department census number allocated to vehicles.
For Staghounds these are F215xxx, F225xxx, F235xxx, F116xxx and F117xxx.

Is there a chance that the F number still is hidden underneath the paint?

Marco

[Tim Bell]

If you're lucky and find an original number, then you may also find a record card with one of the Armoured Delivery regiments showing transfer to/from a unit...

Canadian archives here..

http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oo...50/311?r=0&s=1

Extract...

25CADR-T12750-P311-VC-Deliveries-12JUN44-Sernos-b.jpg

There are loads of other Staghounds listed in the Canadian Archives.


Tim

[Dirk Thielens]

Until now we haven't been able to find the F-numbers underneath the existing paint. We believe that between it's military use and the use by the Belgian Gendarmerie the vehicle has been scrubbed in order to paint it in the typical dark blue Gendarmerie paint. In that process the British or Canadian markings were probably removed. The USA Reg.nr. was not removed because that was on an earlier layer of paint. We are very carefull in the restoration process not to remove any markings that could determine the vehicles history. That's why we didn't sandblast the hull but we used a nail gun on air pressure and sand paper to remove the paint and the rust. The floor will probably be the only thing we will sandblast because there is so much rust on it that it would take us ages to remove it with the nail gun. Maybe we are lucky and we can find some markings on the turret.

[marco]

Dirk,

Did you also check the tyre chain box on the rear of the car?

Marco

[Dirk Thielens]

Yes, there were no traces of painted lettering but I found the number C116286 stamped in it.

[Dirk Thielens]

Hello fellow enthousiasts,
Here is an update in the restoration project.
Three weeks ago we were able to complete a first testrun of the left engine of our Staghound.
The engine itself is completely overhauled.
We made a short movie of this "historic" event.
You can watch it through this link on our website:

http://www.taskforceliberty.be/staghound-motor-test/

The website itself is in Dutch but by clicking on the red underlined words "deze link" in the last lines of the text you can see the movie.

Cheers,
Dirk

[Dirk Thielens]

The seats (driver, .30 gunner and loader) in our Staghound are completely gone. Only the front part of the seat in the turret is sort of still there. Does anyone have some tips and tricks on how to remanufacture the seats or are there seats used in other vehicles that can be converted in to Staghound seats?
Cheers,

Dirk