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Not any more: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/witham_mod_disposals

I imagine the VIP toilet pitch was rented out on the same basis that any other trader would be there. The trader carries the risk, if they didn't make a profit they won't go next year.

It was ok for me & look forward to going again. This didn't effect me where I was camped, but when visiting people there was the age old problem of kiddies riding all manner of mechanical transport up & down, round & round. Dangerous for them & for pedestrians. This also stirred up the dust together with the majority of drivers going around for a jaunt who drive, although only a modest speed, far too fast for the dusty conditions showing no consideration for the people walking or camped that they shower in dust.

Enjoying the show, no problems encountered other than the heat & hay fever but I can't blame anyone for that. Some interesting documents unearthed DCIs, EMERs etc Only picture I've got is this one that I have just taken of our radio group. Masts supporting aerials for various HF bands, the exception is my 3 element working quite well on 4 metres (70 MHz)

Looks like it is for sale: http://www.milweb.net/webvert/a3253/93963

Commer 1 Ton FV1601 ?

A drive back from the pub

Yes something like that.

I sold quite a lot before I moved but this is the final residue! I think the spares included with the vehicle itself are quite generous & the additional spares with many rare bits are worth more than I am asking. I know what happens, so often the buyer will haggle furiously to have all spares included, then the spares get sold off. This is short sighted if you intend to keep the vehicle long term, but often the vehicle is sold on without any spares for the same price or more than was originally paid. I will bide my time there is no great hurry it is not costing anything sat where it is undercover & in the dry.

I have had a couple of offers that I have declined. I'm going to see if I can upload the list of additional spares for separate purchase as these are worth much more than the advertised price. Pig Parts For Sale.pdf

Not really Bernard, I had a weekend of that in the Shorland, with "its not real", "its homemade" & "does it float?" Didn't get too much of that with the Pig, although many thought it was a converted Land Rover.

True of any relationship Paul! Yes I remember talking you out of buying it, but at least you were up front enough to tell me what you intended. Before I bought my other Pig from Bovington, I was going to buy the Pig you bought. But I told the seller that I (stupidly) intended to remove the NI bits & put it as a normal MK1. Quite rightly he refused to sell it to me & mercifully it survives today with its NI embellishments.

Thank you Richard. It was a hard decision to make acknowledging that the march of time makes one progressively less agile. I hope it goes to someone who realises its history & I believe uniqueness. Next year will be the anniversary of the Battle of the Bogside & it would a good back drop to a living history display. I think it may well be the oldest Pig, I know of two ex-RUC Pigs that are later serial numbers. Although they have been stripped of their excess armour strangely they have been restored to try to look like an Army Mk1, which they never were.

A sad day to have to do this: http://www.milweb.net/webvert/a3203/93724

Usually a handful of vehicles, but this year we are not wanted as apparently there is no room.

The Mayflower winch required a different bumper. The original bumper together with the bumperettes were removed & returned to stores. The replacement was Bar, bumper, heavy duty Part No. 390-A1, which was contained in the modification kit Winch assembly 4000lb LV7/RU 2590-99-820-2894.

Winches were fitted to Rovers EMER WHEELED VEHICLES Q 029 Truck, ¼ & ¾ Ton, 4x4, Rover.Misc, Instr, No.18 Mounting winch. July 1963 Q 027 Truck, ¼ & ¾ Ton, 4x4, Rover. Mod, Instr, No.54 Mayflower winch. Sept. 1973 Q 027 Truck, ¼ & ¾ Ton, 4x4, Rover. Mod, Instr, No.55 Wombat winch. Aug. 1973

Well my RDF on 70.000 Mc/s was about right at 347.9 degrees. The main revelation was that the IoW wasn't where I thought it should be, must have slipped anchor & drifted in the night. Incidentally in the Sunday afternoon contest I'm standing at 25th of 35 entries so far submitted.

Well just got back today after a very hot & enjoyable weekend. Thank you to all who organised the show & are still clearing up. The planings on the upper roadway were a great improvement in keeping the dust down & would have avoided a mudway had we got the rain that was predicted. The water stand pipes were much more sturdy & reliable, I gather that the whole water supply network was relaid earlier on in the year. One of the many tasks that go on unnoticed in preparation for the event. As always at this show, the toilets were kept impeccably clean & serviced, the showers worked well. Thanks to all for the preparation & delivery of another successful show. It was worth the 500 mile round trip.

That particular information was included in EMER ENGINEERING AND MISCELLANEOUS D 307 Mod Instr No.1, Issue 2, June 1977 It covers No.2 Mk 2 & No.3 Mk 3

I don't know if the part numbers of the spanners are quoted in your manual but the EMER describes J2/5120-99-125-1778 to disconnect the burner from the feed tube & J2/5120-99-125-1777 to remove the controls from the feed tube.

Jeremy looks pretty good in the pictures, but it was delight to experience the real thing at Caldicot & savour the detail & also meet Mrs Rivet. Well done.

Interestingly the instruction to fit them was issued in Oct. 1968 pre-dating Op Banner by some 9 months. Perhaps someone was actually thinking ahead? The subject has come up before with an interesting range of comments.

John I don't know what the current demand of a 12v Jaguar starter would be, other than it would be in the order of twice the current demanded by the equivalent 24v starter. For example a 24v Starter No.3 draws in the order of 100-120A. But bear in mind before the heavy current is drawn you have to apply the appropriate voltage to the starter to operate the solenoid that then initiates the starter to draw its heavy current. The solenoid may not take kindly to what may be nearly double its operating voltage at the start of the process given that any dropper resistor to satisfy the starter would be fractions of an ohm.

There is some coverage on screened sparking plugs from page 43 onwards http://hmvf.co.uk/topic/34113-bright-sparks-latest-update/