Willyslancs

:wow:..........(1932 M. Strapp, homemade car : Daytona Beach, FL)

"what do you mean the carbs flooded?"...............

what about this one ?.................

Hi guys , not much been done in the garage at the mo , due to sis been in hospital .Been round to see her tonight and had this list thrust in my hand off my dad.( i have written it here just how he has written it , if you can workout what somethings are that he has written brill!!.He is in hospital next week so no rush really . Wants List . Dashboard data plates, Dashboard panel, Windscreen motor rubbers, Filter cup(plastic), Oil cap-Dip stick, Top hose tap & thermostat fittings, Ignition switch, Push switch, Indicator switch, Flywheel (the item with the teeth on), 2 wheel hubs, Spare wheel disc -3 handles, Windscreen air vent and arm, Windscreen fixing bolts(wing -nut type), Inner grill, Steel strap for gerry can, Gear knob, Petrol stop tap, Petrol pump, Speedo cable, Clutch cable Hope this makes sense guys (dont forget not mechanics here ) if anyone has anything and its not a silly price please let me know . thanks guys in advance :thanx:

looks good mate

no idea , i thought £500 quid was too much for mine 26 years ago:nut:

what kind of money is he talking for it ?

Ex Catterick 61-63 , used by my dad in the boot of his morris oxford to keep the car on the road in the snow, when going on leave and driving over the moors........

Welcome mate , (my dad was 4/7th too)................

he stayed mainly at catterick , he was a typewriter mechanic so was mainly in the offices . His mob were the ones that flattened most of the old camp with the tanks i believe .......

good film, (dad was in the 4/7th 61-63).......

just checked that forum out , also good for munga s , cheers mate:tup::

19-5-09 when this was posted mate wasnt it ?. 18th and 19th June THIS YEAR ........

welcome mate........................

cheers mate .............:tup::

i think it was light blue in colour mate ..............

Any members new or old got one??...............

Probably will mate, we are staying near Trebullett................

I asked a Veteran G I who was stationed here during ww2 ,once about the rumour of vehicles pushed into the end of warton runway, he confirmed it!(in great detail too) also that when he asked about a plane so he and his brother could do crop spraying after the war, they ripped them apart so they could not be used . One jeep was pushed thru the hedge as they left , have seen that one .. :-(

(Sunday Express Page 42 today) FILM makers in Australia are hunting for a wartime Spitfire believed to be buried near a disused airfield. The aircraft, still in the crate it was delivered in, was hidden to prevent it being melted down for scrap in 1946. James Carter, who is making a TV documentary about the plane, said: “Finding a Spitfire, especially one in its greased wrapping unassembled inside a crate, would be a huge coup. “It could be worth as much as £6million. We plan to donate any aircraft we find to a museum, however.” The search is centred on Oakey airfield in Queensland, 100 miles from Brisbane. In February 1946 more than 550 planes from all over the world were stored at Oakey waiting to be scrapped, including 50 Mustangs, 240 Kittyhawks and 225 Spitfires. They were eventually bought by a Sydney scrap dealer who built a smelter on the site. Five local men watched in horror as the aircraft slowly disappeared and decided to keep one for posterity. The crate was buried under cover of darkness close to the airfield. One of the men, Nev Marshall, returned to the site 12 years ago, shortly before he died but was unable to locate the spot because most of the old landmarks, including several water towers, had been removed. Nev’s son John, a pharmacist in Brisbane, says his father spoke about the buried Spitfire all the time. “I don’t doubt the story or his credibility.” Local residents Lester Resinger and Bill Martin have rebuilt a Spitfire using parts found around the airfield. The finished aircraft is displayed in the Oakey Aviation Museum. They too are believed to be searching for the buried crate, along with a third team, a mystery British group. Advertising copywriter Carter and cinematographer Karl von Moller have been working on their documentary for 11 years. Speaking at a preview in Sydney, Carter said: “Of course we haven’t got an ‘end’ to our story yet but TV executives here are very keen on our project, including those from the BBC. “It’s like the ultimate boyhood adventure...the wading through thousands of wartime documents and photos, the searching and of course the dig. We know there are a great many old coalmines under the town. A lot of stuff was dumped down there and the entrances blocked up.” His research has shown discrepancies between the number of planes disposed of and those that were on the base at the end of the war. “We’re certain it is there in the ground. It’s now up to us to prove it.”

had a walk on the beach and a coffee today if anyone interested ...........(found some dragons teeth and the old mine still buried there )

One on e bay now under classic cars,

like the lada niva s with tracks:nut:

Anything happening guys? there last week in may now................................

"20 quid the lot! i need to buy wood stain for the fence"...........