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1 hour ago, Doc said:
Hi. Not posted anything for a while as I've been back in the big city, far away from the Karrier.
Sat at my kitchen table, working from home, mask free, there was a knock at the door. Royal Mail delivering this shiny piece of loveliness (courtesy of our favourite online auction site): ...................
Need a replacement bulb of course but I pursed my lips and gave it a blow; a pleasingly resonant tone was produced.
Doc.
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That is astonishing absolutely astonishing - well done
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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. 😆
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2 hours ago, Doc said:
Glad you liked them. The Karrier was still languishing in the raspberry patch when Mungo Jerry were enjoying their chart success.
Tis true, some of the lyrics don't stand up to the scrutiny of this modern age... But I hung the mudguard brackets outside in the sunshine to harden off between coats and the tune popped into my head.
If the paint is wet you better let it seal
If the paint is dry you can do what you feel 🤣
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14 minutes ago, Motleyholt said:
Found some of the little blighters on the bay and purchased a couple
Oops for a minute there I thought we were still talking about accents in French. 😂 And yes I have had two beers. 😂
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2 hours ago, Le Prof said:
Hi, All,
having a French keyboard (one of the things I had to get used to when I came, and now have problems with QWERTY boards instead), déjà vu n'est pas un problème. (-:
With special characters in other languages, I just type into Google the version without accents, etc. and you will usually find a version with all the wibbly bits which you can copy and paste into the document.
I never realised déjà vu is only one of a list of related terms:
Presque vu (from French, meaning "almost seen") is the intense feeling of being on the very brink of a powerful epiphany, insight, or revelation, without actually achieving the revelation.
Being a scientist, this last is horrifyingly familiar.... (-:
Best Regards,
Adrian
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. 😂
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Looks like a speedometer cable end could work.
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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!
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Showed up on barnfinds - newer and for Chinese tanks but still
https://barnfinds.com/what-to-do-nos-v-12-diesel-tank-engines/
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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!
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On 12/24/2020 at 9:44 AM, Ex-boy said:
An absolute fact that can’t be disputed is that fourth is misspelled. I would have thought that such a high quality product would deserve a high quality advertisement.
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.
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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?
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that's amazing! and immense
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fascinating - traction engines are a whole world for me - loving this!
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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
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I imagine people here might be interested NFI
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20 hours ago, Citroman said:
Ran into this 1919 ad.
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. 😅
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On 5/17/2020 at 3:21 PM, nz2 said:
What was the procedure with applying paint to the canvas. Is the yellow paint a sealer only ?
I recall making canvas covered canoes all those years ago and sealing the canvas with linseed oil before applying the various paint layers. The weight of the canoe increased greatly due to the addition of the paint.
I was expecting that I would follow a similar line to that used years ago, come the day when a roof is ready here. One day...
Doug
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.
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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)."
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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
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wow! where are you finding the NOS stuff? Looks a great project
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NFI but this showed up in my inbox this morning from Hemmings
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looks like quite a project!
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Maybe people know about this - was catching up on some emails and just read it. Some great pics!
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Foden FH70 refurb restoration
in Blogs of MV restorations
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Been watching this with great interest. Don't understand even half of it - but love it none the less. Especially with the muppet gif - I saw this on another forum.