12th May 2010, 12:49
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| Hello Nishanth, I have followed you thread every day. I have to say this is one of the very neat restorations I have seem while retaining originality of the beast  . Where did the restoration done ?QQ: Was your Jeep parked near/infront of the SBI ATM/Shukra TVS on the Kanakpura road before restoration on a few occasions. |
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14th May 2010, 15:01
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The restoration was done at SLV motors in banashankari 2nd stage , bangalore. Yes you might have seen the jeep there in kanakapura road. the jeep at present is with my cousin and he lives nearby. Cheers Nishanth | |
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15th May 2010, 01:09
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18th May 2010, 07:20
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Hi Nishant ,is the TCO still being calculated  give us the split up of painting and top seats tinkering ect | |
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19th May 2010, 12:56
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At that time, I was thinking of contacting the owner and enquiring about the vehicle and also if he plans to sell it  .. I would love to checkout the Jeep in flesh at your convenience. | |
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8th September 2010, 18:09
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| Hi hgnishanth, Congratulations, your Jeep has come out very well. More then anything, it has helped me solving one of my puzzle. I have got myself a Jeery can of 20 ltrs from Mayapuri but was not able to figure out the right place to Install it. Now looking at your picture, I know where i shall install mine. Sorry I shall copy your way. One Question: Is the door able to handle the weight of Filled Jerry Can.  |
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8th September 2010, 19:31
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| Re: It's a 'Jeep' Thing!" - Army Spec MM550 - Restoration in Bangalore - PHASE 1 COMP Quote:
 No two ways about it!Please let me know whether there are any more Army disposal MM-550s available with the guy from whom you bought. PS: I now know a place to restore a Jeep to its glory, in Bangalore! | |
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2nd January 2018, 11:52
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23rd November 2018, 07:47
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| This road trip was done in July 2010 while I was working with HDFC Bank at Cherthala -my hometown. I took two days leave and boarded a KSRTC bus to Coimbatore from Cochin.  On my way to Coimbatore to attend Romit's wedding reception, I saw this Mahindra 4WD 550. Then I saw Rexy standing next to 550, a friend from college days who used to participate in bike races in and around Kerala with this Suzuki Shogun and Yamaha RX135. I couldn't help jumping off from the KSRTC bus at the next speed breaker and join Rexy to Chennai. He was on his to Chennai to bring another custom built 550 for Indian Army which was auctioned later to scrap dealers at Chennai.  My plan was to get down at Coimbatore but I fell in love with this 4WD and continued to Chennai. On the way to Coimbatore we had to stop at a workshop to change the canvas inside the wheel cup since the front wheels were wobbling too much. Well prepared for this, Rexy had all the tools and spares for any kind of breakdown, including two spare wheels, foot pump, two hydraulic jacks, bearings, belts etc...a mini workshop and spare parts shop for a jeep.  I reached Coimbatore at 10pm to attend my friend's wedding, pretty late even for the last round of dinner. After a while we continued our journey to Chennai. After another 100km, both Rexy and Nasar were tired and they slept for a while parking on the roadside near a toll plaza. I took shelter under a truck while there was a light shower. We reached Chennai next day morning 10am and went straight to the scrap dealer's yard.  Numerous vehicles from Army at this yard amused me. Shaktiman trucks, Suzuki Gypsy, Mahindra Jeep, Armada - you name any off road vehicle, you will find at least one here. These vechicles come with 98B XXX registration numbers for army. 10 years or later these vechicles will be auctioned as scrap. The dealer will get them to his yard and get an RC book in his name, pay road tax, get insurance etc.  Rexy and similar automobile crazy guys will come to this yard and pick one or two vehicles at a price. Later this Jeep or Gypsy will be repaired and repainted with a new life and roll the wheels on road or an estate where 4WD is essential. We started fixing the four wheels so that we can tow the jeep back to Cochin, 700 km. We changed the bearings, lubricated the rolling parts and ensured there is enough air in the tires. Everything seemed fine and relaxing, by evening we retired from the yard unwinding after a night out on NationalHighway. Get charged and start our journey at 8am on sunday. That is what we planned for next day.  Sunday morning- after a high calorie berakfast, we were all set to start our 700km towing trip. Both were wedlocked using an A-shaped connecting rod and bolted using U-shaped clamps. The jeep behind our jeep will turn and break as we steer and stop the one in front. Driving is not as easy as driving a single jeep since there will be force to either sides or forward when I take a turn or apply brakes.  When we are about to reach Krishnagiri, we found that left front tire is wearing out than normal and the tire surface was abnormally hot. The root cause was not identified so we tried a different configuration for the tires keeping another tire at the left front. We tried inter-changing tires from one side to another. We continued with the new configuration towards Salem. It was found that the new tire is completely worn out in less than 20km! It was clear the tire will not last our next 500+ km. We tried a brand new tire which is expected to run 20000km and tried our luck. It was 10pm and travelled another 150km and reached Bhavani, half asleep.  The tire was 80% worn out and it would not last another 400km to Cochin from Bhavani. After parking the jeep on the roadside, searching for another tire did not go bad. Tata 207 tire which should be lasting at least 500km was found at Erode. 30hours are over since we started from Chennai and still more than half the distance to go. I got my mobile battery charged from a nearby shop and kept updating Facebook about my trip with pictures.  Fiinally after various diagnosis and trial and error methods, Rexy found that the driving shafts were jammed at the left front side which was a hindrance for the tire to freely rotate at the turns. It was fixed in 5 minutes with a hammer! We lost 24hours and two tires already!! Anyhow, enjoying the slight drizzle and the cool weather, we drove on NH47 towards Coimbatore. By 2am we reached Chalakudy and Angamaly where the workshop was just 10km away. I parted my way with the army jeep and took a KSRTC bus to Cherthala and reached home at 4am. No air conditioner but that was the coolest trip I ever did on road. No mobile car charger - but we were fully charged throughout.  Perseverance is the key in this mission-completed in 4 days and costing a few tires!! |
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