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I saved this WW2 Navy MK3 bomb and torpedo trailer from the scrap man back in January. Here are the before and after pictures. I didn't really want it, but just couldn't let it get scrapped. I have a copy of the original manual that shows a wooden platform just as I recreated. I got lucky and found the correct pintle hook at another scrap yard.

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Robin,

Nice work! I'm curious about the pintle hook. Is it similar or the same as used on WWII jeeps? I need to find one for my 1949 K-1 trailer when I get around to restoring it.

 

Regards,

Jim

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Great job of reconstruction!! :twothumbup:

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The pintle hook is nothing like a Jeep type. It mounts with 6 bolts instead of four. It's also spring loaded and pivots like a larger truck style.

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I also had to make the tool box, since it was missing.

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And a picture of the data plate. I painted it OD instead of Navy gray because the only paint I found on it was OD.

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Here's the only picture that I had of the wooden platform. Taken from the 1943 dated manual.

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Here are several in use in the Pacific.

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I see now what the hitch looks like. It appears to be a Wallace Forge type. I have a similar one for my AC tractor. The pintle hitch for my K-1 is only a four bolt mount type with out the hole for the spring and swivel. I haven't found any photos of it but I assume by the hole mounting pattern it is of the jeep type. Thanks for posting the add'l images.

Jim

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Nice job, Robin. It's interesting that in the period photo the trailers have more of a "Asphalt" style tire. Which, when one thinks about it, they were probably primarily designed for use on paved or Marsden matted runways. The smoother the ride the better I would suspect. :pinch:

 

Does the trailer have a brake to keep it steady while the bombs were loaded? I like the view of the trailer under the plane loading the bombs from the '43 TM.

 

Again, great work and nice save! :thumbsup:

 

Zeph

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The trailer has a parking brake, and electric brakes. It came with one original MILITARY marked 6:00 x 16 street tread tire. The only tires that I had on hand were the NDT tires that I used. Not exactly right for it, but I didn't want to put out any more money that I had to for this project.

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The trailer has a parking brake, and electric brakes. It came with one original MILITARY marked 6:00 x 16 street tread tire. The only tires that I had on hand were the NDT tires that I used. Not exactly right for it, but I didn't want to put out any more money that I had to for this project.

I figured it would have brakes of some sort, since I noticed the trailer plug and the absense of lights. I actually like the NDT look vs. the asphalt tire look. Again, nice job and very cool!

 

Zeph

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I have one of these i thought was a old hay wagon on our farm. April 2024 I was cleaning things up. The old wagon had a bunch of scrap metal on it and a rotted deck. I haul the scrap metal off and pulled the old wooden beams and deck off of it. Noticing the placard I investigated what it was I am interested in with it was going to make a dump trailer out of it. 

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