Canadian M151A2 Restoration

[Scott Bentley]

Hey Fellas,

Taking Clives hint, i'm going to start a new thread dealing with the restoration of my Canadian M151A2. I started this project by purchasing 2 x M151A2 donors.

One came from Mike McKinley which originated with 422 Tactical Helicopter Squadron and retired with 403 Helo Operational Training Squadron in CFB Gagetown.


The other came from a farmer in Red Deer Alberta which spent its career with 1 Service Battalion as C/S 9A.


I ended up using a bit of both in order to build a good runner with restoration potential. The 1 Svc Bn Jeep had a very decent (but sadly demilled) body, but the powerpack and most everything else mechanical had been butchered. Mikes 422 THS Jeep was a tad on the rusty side, but had proven provenance, an excellent original unmolested low mileage powerpack (26k miles), and lots of usable mechanicals. So I went ahead and "temporarily" put it together in order to get the ownership sorted out and some Licence Plates. I enjoyed driving it for a summer racking up nearly 800 miles of local driving to learn the quirks and assess the condition of the components.


Scott Bentley