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Old 15-03-18, 17:27
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Default Standard Beaverette Pre Restoration information gathering

Hi I have had a great interest in these vehicle for many years and had done quite a bit of research already, I had considered building a replica of a Beaverette but other projects got in the way.

I was then fortunate enough to come across one available for the 1st time in 20+ years so snapped it up.
So as the dream is now a reality I now need to crack on, hence my post on here.

Does anyone have any photo's, information, manuals, parts suppliers, links to suppliers/sources of information etc, or parts relevant to Beaverette's as I now have one which I am in the process of restoring.

Also manuals, parts supplies, or parts relevant to standard 12/14 and that were used on Beaverette's.

From my research this is a previously unknown example, there are 10 survivors that I am aware of at present, including my example.

My one has been in use since the end of the war, including having been road registered since at least 1963. unfortunately no military history but the paperwork history that it came with stretches 40 years and is very detailed indeed, so it has plenty of provenance.

There is plenty of work to be done as it was use on a private estate for the estate owners own quadbike come run around as such, this can be seen in the ebay listing and pics, but its all part of the fun.

The only remains of the armored body is the front glacis plate, 18" / foot wells of the bulkhead and the lower sills, the rest is Kaput.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1943-STAN...p2047675.l2557
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Old 15-03-18, 21:29
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Hi, congratulation to acquiring this project. I have always dreamt of building the Standard Beaverette MKI or II replica as these were used by the Czechoslovak forces in Great Britain at the begining. But havent found any blueprints and as no examle exists, I do not want to make illusions. I have a parts list for MKI / II model, but actually cannot help much with the MK III you have. Contact the guys at Standard Motor Club, if you join the club you can get access to spares which the club gathers for its members.
I guess you know about the MK III example in Duxford. I took few photos there.
Good luck!
I own a Standard Flying 12 Staffcar.
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Old 15-03-18, 21:32
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Old 15-03-18, 21:43
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Fleet page... item 9:

9 Standard Beaverette Mk3 1941
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Old 16-03-18, 18:58
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I have fixed the link to an image showing a Beaverette in the background on an ealier thread. It was this one - Not a lot of detail, I'm afraid :-
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Old 16-03-18, 19:00
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Another early image showing what appears to be the Recce Regt of 2nd Infantry Division in the UK prior to their departure for the Far East.
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Old 17-03-18, 00:49
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Nice find. Does the history of the vehicle you have indicate who did the major rework of the body? Maybe original bits might still be laying about.

One other thought was if any of the current body looked like original plate having been cut up and reapplied in non original locations for different purposes? Might be more there than meets the eye, above the lower hull line.

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Old 08-04-18, 11:27
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I hope these help, sadly I was not able to find the internal photos.
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