sas pinkie

It would be good to see ya again mike!! What are the accommadation arrangements, should I chuck a 9 x 9 on board?

I am planning on turning up fri evening.... anyone else?

Hi Artists...... Cheers for all your help. I am bringing it to the fire power thing next Sat would would be chuffed to bits if you (or any one else) would have a look for me.

Hi and welcome, Dont listen to them, I am 27 and my room is STILL a bomb site.. :schocked: Enjoy!

Hi Artists..., as far as balancing goes, cheers for the advice, but I also need to get the mixture right, as it is a bit rich (I found a friendly, sympathetic MOT tester), but I do not want to lean it off myself as I do not really know how to tell if I have gone too far, until it pinks and burns a hole in a piston :-o. Choke cable and route are not the problem, as once I have got the mechanism to move over the initial "fulcrum" it operates freely. Its just the first quater or so of the movement that is a problem, I have managed to pull the end off of two cables so far and at £12 - £15 a go I do not want to break any more, hence I am after someone with greater knowledge than I to point me in the right direction.

I am in East Grinstead, 15 mins from Jct 6 M25, 20 mins from Gatwick airport. I will come to you if you are close and it is easier!!!! This thing is starting to get irritating, I can see why people upgrade to EFI!! :-o

The Pinkie is called "little Mule", I got the name from Romancing the Stone (Pinkie is in 1st Gulf war guisze and I wanted a period name from a period film).....but it has come to stick as the thing is quite often as stubborn as one, poxy thing, and was also the SAS's pack horse in the gulf!!

Well here is the problem, I know nothing about this old technology stuff and my Pinkie had to be bodged through the MOT as it was running as rich as. Everytime I attach a choke cable I end up pulling the end off as it seems to be stuck, though I can operate the choke mechanism by hand easy enough. So what I need is some one with the knowledge and tools to balance and set up my twin SU carbs, and help sort my choke cable, as I am finding this all a bit frustrating. What can I offer in return......... a bacon butty and as much tea as you can swallow, plus at least 5 mins of gratitued!!! Bargain surley :-D So pretty please...... :angel: :whistle:

I had a hell of a job trying to get the wheels of the pinkie balanced. They wouldn't fit in the balancing machine of most places. I eventually went to a place that does lorries, and knows what they are doing. Look in the yellow pages and choose some one from the commercial tyres section.!

Hey ho... i have just sent you an email as I am not at work, so I can come to your Bash :-D

LIST OF NAMES AS AT 31 Jan 2007 Jack (Dorset) } Hardyferret (Dorset) }= 3 Mrs Hardyferret (Dorset) } richardrosser (Kent) ......... Mark (Kent) . Mark's mate (Kent) . Neil (Essex) > =9 John (Essex) . Lee (Essex) . Ian (Essex ........ Rob (nearly essex) Paul Connor (east sussex) You forgot me!!! :-( Karl (kent or Sussex or Dorset!!!)

Sounds like a plan to me! :-D

I am up for this...... again new forest / salisbury / dorset is all good as I shall just crash at my bro's, or camp :-D

Just what I was thinking........

Wow...... So this is what is like to loved and wanted.......... I feel all warm inside!! :-D

And if Nick gets that Chieftan and you need extra man power for work...... Give me a shout, I know nothing about armour but am technically able and willing to learn!! ( I hope I dont live to regret that comment!)

I hope you sort it with that box, as it is alot of work to find it was indeed somthing else. Good luck..... O, and I cant see nick in any of those pics... :whistle:

I am also up for this........ I live in West Sussex........ BUT My bro lives in Dorset....... wait for it cause it gets better............ He is a Challenger 2 driver at Bovi (he has an H license already)!!! I might be able to bolster you boys in Dorset AND bring him along to offer advice. It all depends on when.... I work shift work and he tends to be a busy boy!

I hope to be there, will have to check the rota.......

Building and getting the Pinkie on the road (although the building has also been some of the lowest points of my year as well.........) :-D I just hope to finish the last few jobs and enjoy her next year!

There ARE only three of these left in existance, the guy who owns the one you pictured (with the guy driving it ) is owned by a very good freind of mine. He also knows of the where abouts of the other two. if you are talking about the one I think you are, it was not built like that by land rover, but is a very good replica. I can pass your details on to my mate and he can tell you all about it as he knows a hell of a lot about these. He has a map in his workshop showing the where abouts of all the scrapped series 11a pinkies in the world and has a whole host of rare pics, including a pinkie painted white as a marker for the end of a make shift runway in oman...

Yep, we get in for free (member of Gulf war society) but this year there is to be a clamp down on what is regarded as living history due to some people reying this trick to get in for free.

You wouldnt have snapped this at Beltring, it aint benn there.......... yet. I got it last year (they were all broken up in June 05) and it has only been on the road sine late Oct 06. So I am really looking forward to next years show season....

Cheers...... wasn't an easy job to get the thing back in one piece. here are a couple of pics that will show what state it was in when I got it! http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c9/SAS1dinkie/DSCF0084.jpg[/img] http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c9/SAS1dinkie/DSCF0086.jpg[/img] http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c9/SAS1dinkie/DSCF0087.jpg[/img] http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c9/SAS1dinkie/DSCF0077.jpg[/img] http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c9/SAS1dinkie/axle.jpg[/img] http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c9/SAS1dinkie/springs.jpg[/img] Been just under a year of spending EVERY spare moment and EVERY spare penny to get it to this stage... http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c9/SAS1dinkie/DSCF0339.jpg[/img]

Yeah, was thinking about that.... will have to see if I am working or not (shift work). I quite fancy it tho so should be there with a bit of luck (wonder what they are gonna make of the pinkie at the Dartford tunnel booths.....what is that gonna cost me???).