Car 5cwt 4x4 Wolseley Mudlark:

If you own a mudlark or know of one please contact this man

Owner: Ivor Hodge in Kent. Tel: 01634-409276

Wolseley "Mudlark" from Contract 6 Veh 2387 [27/8/48]
Chassis: P 24
Original WD Registration: M 6279624 [1948-50]
New WD Registration: 32 YF 76 [1950-55]
Engine Number: 532 [B 40 No 1 Mk 2A]
S/O: Ministry of Supply September 1955
Sold: Possible to Army Cadet Unit in London.
Cond: 2

Owner wants to contact other "Mudlark" owners. \Car 5cwt 4x4 Wolseley Mudlark:
Contract 6 Veh 2387 [1948]

Original Registration: M 6279629 [1948/49]
Reregistered in 1950 as: 32 YF 71
Chassis: P29
Struck Off/Sold Off by Ministry Of Supply/FVRDE: December 1954
Classed as a "Saloon" due to it's "Hard Top".
Location Today: unknown.

Car 5cwt 4x4 Wolseley Mudlark:
Contract 6 Veh 2387 [1948]

Original Registration: M 6279631
Reregistered in 1950 as 32 YF 77
Chassis: P31
S/O by MOS/FVRDE: August 1955.
Location Today: Unknown but it said to be in preservation. One "Mudlark" is
known to be in Kent, another in Lancashire.

Original Registration: M 6279625.
Reregistered in 1950 as 32 YF 80.
Chassis P 25.
S/O by MOS/FVRDE: September 1955.

This "Mudlark" is the one loaned to the US Government in 1951 for testing and
comparison to the MB & M38 Jeeps used by US Armed Forces at this time.

According to the Report written in 1951/52 by the US Government and the Ford
Motor Company, the vehicle suffered from transmission problems and also
required a more efficient cooling system. It was considered to be well built
but needed modifications to make it strong enough for military use. The axles
suffered from oil starvation in the dif due to the design of the half-shafts
allowing oil to trickle down from dif to outer tracta joints and hubs. Many of
the faults were rectified on the pre-production Champs in 1951 [see Chassis SP
201] and the production models from 1952. Some of the faults were still "in
production" in 1953/54 and required modification instructions to be issued to
Army Workshops!

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