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    Does anyone out there know of a source for fuel pipe fittings for the fuel pump off of a CHEVROLET GMC TRUCK with 6.2L 6.5L or 7.5L engine? Got a few pumps coming in from the U S of A and they don't have stock of the fittings. The size is listed as: the size is m16x1.5 h6 thread Ta very much matt
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    no, forget all that kit, you don't need one of these! Or don't we all? if we all didn't band together and pool resources? Could be the next military vehicle showground?
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    anyone come accross this yet? Need to sort some trade insurance for a few mv's inc. a russian tank. Havet found an insurance company that will insure me to earn from some of the mv;'s when public are involved and its using roads. Someone suggested trade ex but i don't think they're that cheap. Who is the chap with the repro tiger that digs in behind the arena bank at Beltring? I'm sure he must haved sorted out something similar as he's used it for films and bits and bobs? Ta Matt Sussex
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    G'day. Have a convo with some americans on aother forum about the possibility of using an engine and transmission from a car in a boat. My questions was... Is it possible to have a smooth enough gearchange and utilise lower revs in the engine to cruise? Some responses came back, pointing out that the reason boat engines run/rev quite high is that they are generally in '1st gear' all the time due to the enormous friction and pressure of the water against the hull. Some suggested trying it. This got me thinking... What does the DUKW and the stolly do to transmit power to the props or jets when in the water? they are both manual or does the stolly have an auto? Do they just stay in one gear when self propelling in water then? What is the ride like? Any ideas? ta matt
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    Ah yes. here's the picture. Suspension research vehicle 1. Looks like it should have bigger tires but there is a bump stop about an inc and a half above the rear tires. Looks a tad like the aircraft tugs. Perhaps that is why it was reasonably low and could raise up high? The suspension arms are under the canvas cover.
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    Interesting. Didn't know it came up a few times... Perhaps it wasn't what they expected. Not the same without the rolls royce engine anyway! I know what i would have done with it... Pop a chunky lump back in... paint it up NATO green, put some brakes on it, probably from a lorry and get it all functioning again. Would definitely turn some heads at the shows.
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    I know the guy that does the rollers and it did sell... can't remember where it went though. Went for about £650 if i remember rightly. Sodding weird item. Not the kind of vehicle i would feel very comfortable in whilst doing a fair clip with that roller lump. Never worked our what it was designed for. It had automatic fire extinguishing systems on it and inside. Tires were road and wheels were large. As to why it had to raise up and lower again ..... The kind of vehicle Noddy would invent! Have a picture somewhere. Cheers
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    Some time ago, last year, about spring? a strange vehicle appeared at a nearby workshop to have its Rolls Royce engine removed by a Roller mechanic / restorer. The vehicle then became surplus to his requirements and was sold. I almost bought it. It came from an MV collectors yard in Wiltshire and was a suspension research vehicle and had hydraulic suspension arms that ran from the centre of the vehicle, fore and aft and lifted the vehicle up when so desired. It looked rather 'Alvis' and had a fair few land rover parts on it. The engine was rear mounted and its gearbox assembly was somewhat haphazard. Wondering where it is now and whether the new owner replaced the engine or got the brakes working! (it ran but had no brakes on its massive aluminium wheels!)
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    by the way... do you think t was your steyr that i saw in tesco express battle then parked at the pub opposite, last year? gloriously taking up the whole forecourt!

    A long item indeed.

    May have been someone else's.

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    saw some pretty heavy duty dustnadoes tearing accross the field next to the show ground. It was like a scene from some exercise in the middle east. This will surely make all the sand coloured vehicles look very authentic... and get in everyone's tea cups. and eyes (mine) and sleeping bags.. ARGH!
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    thats exactly what i am looking at!

    Did you see the dust nadoes today jules? i went over to the showground and it was like operation desert storm! lets hope the wind doesn't change direction hey?

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    jules. have a look at this recovery pic from last years w&p... i think.

    Is there some sort of solid bar... perhaps like the one on top of the scammel, which stops the recoverd vehicle from crashing into the scammel whilst on the hook?

    http://www.hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/album.php?albumid=44&pictureid=464

    ;)

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    yep. did it atually. in a differrent place on this forum than the others although the layout is very similar. Well the scammel is turning blue. Grey... . It more grey actually. going to take around 3 sessions of the vehicle to get coverage of all angles. actually looks quite odd. going to take some getting used to i think.

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    Thats a very nice truck indeed. when i saw your thread for Berliet i immediately assumed it was one similar to the ones at RR Services at the mo. Not come accross them before but i do like! you said your crane slews. we're talking left and right here i imagine... how does it do this? spin around that central pivot point? 7 odd litre too. thats tidy. not toooo big (like the eagle diesel 12 L) and not too small. Where are you on the south coast then? we're in Brede, East Sussex cheers
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    hey ted. do you have any idea which forum had the pic of 07AH49 in aircraft service at Chiveron?

    ta

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    any idea how to add a profile picture?

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    yep. pretty bad. can't get my phone to connect so i can upload a few painty type pictures. have resorted to listening to music on youtube whilst wandering lost on various forums... hoping to stumble across something interesting!

    Got keen before i left and cleaned out my sankey with a view to it taking the tractor. going to be a tight fit. wont do any more until we get the tractor going i think!

    see in the morn. ;)

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    Awight Guvnor!

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    that's funny... so have I! could it be the same one?
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    Thanks for this Ted. I will have a look tomorrow for the AH number. Great to know what its original RAF number was and that it was, indeed all yellow (i am living and breathing these layers of paint as i sand hrough them! ahhh, you gotta love history!) Keen to see a photo of it back then. So now i have its RAF number i may have some luck find even arlier information and photos than 1969 ? thanks Matt Carey
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    Very good! thanks indeed. i was too busy cleaning and sanding the scammel to check the forum for replies. Thats great, so it was actually 07AH49 and was at Chivenor... and there is a pic online! top stuff. it's going to be Raf blu/ grey in a few days though...! We will then decide whether it gets a white top or yellow upper surfaces. Certainly it has yellow in many many places, including the axles. cheers Matt Carey
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    Ta for that. very comprehensive!
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    yes it has the braked trailer tank. this unit is completely original. toady i ran the pto winch to lower the spare tire on the back. a very satisfying experience!
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    will do thanks. hadn't realised i had gotten so many responses. thanks all.
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    hi all. got a scammel explorer with the meadows petrol engine here... ex RAF. currently prepping it for a repaint. Anyone know the exact paint scheme? as far as i can tell its raf blue all over, light green in the cab. red for petrol cap and valves. Year 1955. Cheers
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