tyler

Thanks for that Degsy I'll be looking into them then.

Thanks.

Tyler.

Very nice too, they don't look too bad from the pics.

Oh my Gawd!! :-o :-o :-o :-o

You can say that again, I suppose its not as bad as the ones that get stripped down and used for Mudplugging, but still, and to use your description as well and they'll probably make a loss not including the paint work :?

I wonder what he told his insurance company :-D

There a nice set of pics, looks like it was a good show.

Hi, can anyone tell me if any of the rear Diffs from other Austin lorry's will fit on my K4? E.G. K2/3/6/9 ETC. The reason being the K4 is for sale but in the last week the Diff has started to make a nasty noise when going forward but not in reverse, which leads me to think its either the Crown wheel/Ring Gear etc, which I would guess will be expensive to have a new item made up.

Also can anyone recommend anywhere to find a Diff or a new parts made? Also roughly how much it would cost?

Thanks.

Tyler.

Very nice too, you must be really chuffed with the outcome.

Tyler.

Nice video, looks like lots of fun was had.

Tyler

Nice pics, especially like those crosshair pics.

Tyler.

:-o Hats off to whoever did that, certanily alot of work went into that display.

Tyler.

Hi, I hear John Morter is good, no website but he advertises in the back of the military and classic commercial mags, his phone/fax is 01953 602581. Then there is Milweb.net, and the dealers that advertise in the back of the mags.

Hope this helps.

Tyler.

Has anyone used these at all and what did you think of them, I know classic car owners are starting to upgrade to them and I was thinking of doing the same, here's a site with some pics: http://WWW.LED-LIGHTBULBS.CO.UK.

Tyler.

Here are a few pics, camera decided to die so there not that good:

Hi Steve, I took some which I'll post today, Mick left at 4:30 and you must of just missed us we left just before 5 :roll:, as you say convoy was good at the end, and the show was too.

Tyler.

Hi Richard, at least there's allways next year.

Tyler.

Dito

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GMS have Ferret CES covers for sale by the way.

Richard as long as you have a pass for the Mil then you can just say it went US so you bought the Zil instead and they'll be fine thats if they ask of coarse, and the Landy should be fine as it got a pass already and its not exactly a bright red Escort .

Shopnut from what Ive been told + experienced the reason you have to book in is so you get listed in the program, get a plack and to let them know roughly how manys coming, so if your not bothered about the prog then you should be fine.

Sounds like its going to be a good show.

Here's the timetable:

9:00 gates open

10-12:00 judging takes place

12:00 signing in post closes

14-15:00 cavelcade round the airfeild ( 70mph runway and 25mph peri track)

15-15:30 flying display

15:30 start of arena display

17:30 show closes

18:00museum closes

CONTACT NUMBER FOR SHOW ORGANISER BRIAN HARRIS 01525 751654

Tyler.

Hi Steve, yes at the petrol station at 8:30 would be fine, Mick are you still wanting to meet a Gransden airfeild? Good to hear your still coming Richard, If we cant all get together for a convoy to the show then we could always do one from the show.

Tyler

Hi, Mick I will pretend I didn't read that :lol: . The black camo markings have started to be applied, wheel nuts painted and a small load on the back. We went to a small 1940's show on Mollsworth US airbase at the weekend very sureal thats what I thought, the base commander almost arrested someone for wearing shorts :roll:, also the Austin fire tender was told to STOP by an armed carpark attendant only to be asked 5mins later why he had stopped :?: .

Heres some pics of the show:

And here is a in service pic of a K4 (the only one Ive ever seen), thanks goes to 79x100 (Rich) for finding this pic.

It looks like a civi version as the lights are bigger.

Thanks.

Hi Steve, never made it due to the K4 going US, but a friend took his Jeep and said that there were 6 Jeeps and a Bedford MW also only 4 stalls, I think the poor show was due to it being the first time the show being run and that the only form of advertisement was to send entry forms the previous Dux military show attendies.

Tyler.

Friday 02/06: right so the first coat of green is on looking more than respectable to go to a show, so we thought we'd take it for its first run since owning it before its first show last weekend, so we swing onto the road and start chugging and crunching along as we get used to the Crash box :oops: , not knowing what to expect as neither I or Paul have driven a vehicle bigger than a transit, so speed, noise, handling, brakes etc all we dont know what they should perform like.

Speedo, fuel guage dont seem to respond :? we'll keep going as it a quite road etc, then we come a fairly steep hill (for a WW2 lorry) gets halfway a feels like its going to cut out but keeps going :oops: , so we feel pretty chuffed that we’ve covered a massive 3 miles so we pull up to check it all over looks to discover that the passengers front and drivers rear brake drums are rather hot. So we try to do a proper brake test only to discover because we stopped the brakes have locked on, time to call for backup and 15 mins later we have 2 jerry cans of water, by this time its 9:15pm and the light is fading, brakes surficantly warm we start to head for home, as we get within 100yards of the drive it starts running on 4 cylinders and hesitating but we make it. By 11:30pm the offending brakes are being inspected discovered we’d touched 40Mph, and we call it a day.

Saturday: It’s a 5:30am start, by 8:30 the brake cylinders are working and the system has been beld and the engines back to running 6 cylinders, time for another run this time we take it further to ensure all if any faults show up, and they do at the petrol station the tyres should be 85 (rear) and 70 (front) they were between 5 and 30, this being a well known petrol supplier they cant afford to let people have air without benifitting and not only that it took 20 min to inflate 2 tyres for the cost of a fish and chips :evil: , so we call it off as we have a que of lorrys and cars behind us. So off we chug only to find that in 2 Mls since the station the brakes don’t exist much, so we gingerly head for home and make it (again). All wheels and drums off and a full overhaul and a day later its ready again.

Tuesday 06/06: 3rd time lucky, we took the same route as the 2nd run and this time we had a chase car to carry extra tools and find out how accurate the now working speedo was, and it worked every thing worked, I was following in the chase car and we touched 55 on the straights easily with travel still on the gas pedal. We stopped to check the brakes and they worked well and were’nt even lukewarm, we carried on until we got to a WW2 RAF base 2Mls from home to have a final check, take some pics and have a look at the memorial, then had the K4 drive past just to see if their was any excessive noise from the drivetrain etc and I was supprise just how quite it was.

There's still a 2nd coat of green, micky mouse camo pattern and the markings to be applied but they should be done by Duxford

Cost £20

Lasted 20 mins :lol:

Alright for some :roll:

Slacking again :wink:

Found 74 holes in the fuel tank :shock:

Paul pretending to work again!

Another lot to follow with just as many drama's.

Hi All, were are giong x2 and also a Jeep, were giong via the A1198 joining at Longstowe, Arrington or Croydon then via A505, the gates open at 9 so we usually aim to get there for 9 to allow for delays on the way etc.

Tyler.