Hotchkiss M201 Front And Rear Axle

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Hotchkiss M201 Front And Rear Axle

Post by TimothyT » Thu Aug 01, 2013 11:17 pm

Hey All,

I'm a new member of this forum and I'm doing a full restoration of a 1962 Hotchkiss M201 of the french army. This week I started on the front and rear axle and the first thing I saw was that my rear axle is from a Willys MB (M) and my front axle is from a Ford GPW (GP). I'm looking for someone to trade these two axles for two Hotchkiss axles (WOF). If this turns out to be a tough find then I'd like to find someone to trade the front axle for a Willys MB (M). I'm trying to get the m201 as factory correct as I can.

Some extra info: I live in Belgium.

Thanks,
Timothy


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Re: Hotchkiss M201 Front And Rear Axle

Post by cj3bj4 » Fri Aug 02, 2013 1:03 am

Hi Timothy,

I am the owner of a 1962 M201 as well. How did you find that your axels were from the WWII jeeps??? How can I find if my ones are also form WWII jeeps?

Regarding your request, I would recomend you to try to find hotchkiss axels in france: AVEM 86 Leforum or Leboncoin.fr

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Re: Hotchkiss M201 Front And Rear Axle

Post by Joe Gopan » Fri Aug 02, 2013 3:40 am

W.O.F. also stocked the WWII style Rzeppa Axles for installation in the M-201.
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Re: Hotchkiss M201 Front And Rear Axle

Post by TimothyT » Fri Aug 02, 2013 11:08 am

Hey cj3bj4,

Here are some pics to help you out.
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Post by cj3bj4 » Sun Aug 11, 2013 10:15 pm

Timothy,

how does it reads in a Hotchkiss axle? US patent or something like that???

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Re: Hotchkiss M201 Front And Rear Axle

Post by amphicar » Fri Sep 27, 2013 10:08 pm

Timothy

I think I have some rebuild and new axles from WOF in my stock , I live in the Netherlands Bergen op Zoom 20 km from Antwerp .
A friend of mine also has a stock with axles and there are some WOF in it.

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Re: Hotchkiss M201 Front And Rear Axle

Post by TimothyT » Mon Sep 30, 2013 4:01 am

Hey cj3bj4,

It reads WOF I think.

Timothy


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