Russ1988

Got a couple of hours today to play about with the truck. Filled with water and sorted a couple of leaks, still got one to sort out at the water pump, which I believe looking in the manual is like a seal under a screw cap which you can tighten to just get rid of the drips. Still running from a funnel full of petrol, but had it running a lot better and used the hand throttle to keep it even. Need to tackle the Choke cable and I think un-cease the choke mechanism on the carb so it is easier to start. Attached is a link to a youtube video which I uploaded of the truck running!

Thats where my dad and uncle bought them from. The building, as you can see, was falling down around them.

Ahhh, I must have given him them when he came and picked his truck up! Any news on the other FWD in St Truiden?

I took them pictures! Thats when we had to move them a couple of miles down the road from one yard to another. Where did you manage to find them?

Thanks

Interesting....any way you can find out if it is still about? Hoping to get the time to spend a few more hours before Christmas on this truck, and hopefully get a better fuel supply fitted temporarily and be able to drive it around the field

Had time a couple weeks ago to spend a couple hours tinkering on this truck, and managed with a funnel straight into to the pipe to the carb, to get it running. Obviously with no water it was only able to run for a few seconds - have now got all new pipes to put on the water system, so I can then fill the radiator up and have it running properly and then finally drive one of these for the first time!

Nice truck. Do you know any of the history of it? Apart from it being a fairground truck - who was it? What year is it etc? Nice to see another in the background too!

Can you not post a couple of pictures now so we can see the truck as it is??

Thankyou!! I hope it hasn't been scrapped!! Would love to come and have a look at it at some pointi f possible. Cheers

Awesome pictures! Finally found a couple of hours to spend on the new addition to my collection - the red one with no rear body. Had it running on a funnel full of petrol at a time, but at the moment some of the rad hoses are useless so i need to replace them, fill with water so i can run it and keep it running for more than 30 seconds at a time! First time i've heard one of these trucks run.....and wow! Can't wipe the smile off of my face!

Very interesting......though I assume it would cost a fair bit to get it shipped......Was there any other pictures? Is it a GS model or Artillery?

Fair enough! Has it been discovered and put up for sale? Or someone just spreading some pictures of there trucks?

Looks in pretty good nic! Where has this been discovered?

Yeah, also a lot of the bits that have fell off have been chucked in the back of it, for example the roof is in there, the front mudguards, about 6 doors at last count.....so should be some good patterns there

Now had the chance with the flatbed to move the Preslands & Sons FWD to a new home where hopefully one day in the not tooooooooo distant future something might happen to it. Here are a couple of pics from moving it today

Thanks, first thing on the to do list is get it running under its own steam. You can still smell the original smell in the cab!! This hopefully will work hand in hand with my other FWD whenever the time to restore it comes as I have all the patters I need on either truck

New Investment! Have now completed the purchase of this truck and got it home and safely in a dry workshop in the corner! Thanks to Mike Gillman for giving me the oppurtunity

New Investment! Have now completed the purchase of this truck and got it home and safely in a dry workshop in the corner! Thanks to Mike Gillman for giving me the oppurtunity

I hope this restoration is still happening! If not, I hope it has not been scrapped!

Hmmm i'm not sure. What machines though. I need a ride in one!

The truck I was looking at was definitely an Explorer! Outside in the muddy bit

Daisy or 'Rust Bucket' wasn't by any chance at Duxford IWM this weekend was it? Swear I saw an explorer with Daisy written on it!

Is anyone there?! Still very interested in this restoration, would love to come and check out how its going.

Please reply Tim

Cheers Russ

Good to meet you too.

 

I hadn't realised that repair panel was wood!

 

It's actually not as bad as you'd led me to believe but you've still got quite a project there. I'll look forward to watching progress.

 

- MG

Yeah the panel at the bottom of the screens is wood which is now pretty much rotten too, you'd have thought they would have covered it with a piece of steel too!