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That is astonishing absolutely astonishing - well done

Looks fabulous! As I was looking at the blade I recalled a story a friend told me years ago about his father. His father was working on the construction of the Alaska Highway when they cracked a dozer blade. The father said he could repair it before a new one arrived - the foreman took the bet. He did get it repaired over an entire weekend - but what he really wanted (and got) was a weekend's worth of overtime pay. The goal was never the blade. 😆

If the paint is wet you better let it seal If the paint is dry you can do what you feel 🤣

Oops for a minute there I thought we were still talking about accents in French. 😂 And yes I have had two beers. 😂

Love this Adrian. Merci Beaucoup! RE: Presque vu, my son assures me that powerful epiphanies insights and revelations come at precisely one and one half beers. Stop then and you are golden. Finish that second beer and it's too late. 😂

Looks like a speedometer cable end could work.

adding to the excited words above I would completely remiss if I didn't add that it is absolutely bonkers in the best possible way. Watching with interest!

Showed up on barnfinds - newer and for Chinese tanks but still https://barnfinds.com/what-to-do-nos-v-12-diesel-tank-engines/

wow! quite a job, thanks for sharing and well spotted, that strikes me as the sort of issue that can vex you until you sort out what it actually is. please keep us included!

Don't forget that type was set by hand with letters reversed to make the press work correctly - and speed was a virtue so, likely many more typos than we would ever be comfortable with in the age of spell check.

Interesting find! Is there a college or training school nearby - helicopter/ recovery/ military who might want a training exercise? Even a group of motivated scouts?

that's amazing! and immense

fascinating - traction engines are a whole world for me - loving this!

No idea if these are rare or unusual and no info in the ad, but... https://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars/sudbury/hercules-zxb-engine-from-wwii-generator/1516046347

I imagine people here might be interested NFI https://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars/renfrew/antique-model-a-ford-snowmobile-driveline-conversion/1512280420

Love the ad - and even more so the copy. One of my Vaxuhall Manuals (only from the late 60's) says words to the effect of "the average person should be able to remove the engine in about 2 hours." Not sure where that 'average person' is these days. 😅

Not entirely sure how important complete accuracy is but, a couple of summers ago I was restoring a '60's vintage wood/canvas canoe and used this to fill the canvas. It wasn't difficult (rub in with another piece of canvas) and made a very nice and aterproof finish.

Interestingly I just went to the opposite end of the spectrum - my Austin 7 forum and there is a thread about restarting cars after a wait. - he identified plugs. This is what it said: "I have experienced no problem with six month old petrol, but I did have a problem with a car that had been inactive for eighteen months. It would start up easily enough, and idle smoothly, but at anything more than a light throttle under load it would misfire and die. I initially thought it was dirt in the system, and thoroughly cleaned everywhere without any improvement. I then turned my attention to the electrics, and suspected the condenser; since it is a rare car in the UK I consulted the Green Spark Plug Company for advice and Tim Green immediately diagnosed stale fuel, and suggested a cure was a new set of spark plugs. I doubted the diagnosis, but tried the solution anyway, and with fresh petrol and the new plugs have experienced no further problems. Tim said that the rich mixture of stale fuel on start-up coats the plugs with a varnish which does not respond to any normal means of removal (although he did say that someone had suggested domestic oven cleaner - neither he nor I have tried it so cannot comment further on that idea)."

I can't help with what it is but it probably isn't the timing. If it was running 7 years ago and if no one has touched it since, it seems more likely fuel system or electrical. Timing doesn't just change nor carb settings. Can you run it off a can of gas with a hose? then you have cut out the fuel system all together

wow! where are you finding the NOS stuff? Looks a great project

NFI but this showed up in my inbox this morning from Hemmings https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/nash/quad/2389932.html?refer=saturday&utm_source=saturday&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2020-03-21

looks like quite a project!

Maybe people know about this - was catching up on some emails and just read it. Some great pics! https://www.hemmings.com/blog/article/the-origins-of-four-wheel-drive/?refer=news&utm_source=edaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2019-12-19

good news indeed!