robin craig

Where did the pair of Scammells come from?

Nice looking machine Tony, Hope all goes well selling it, shame I just don't have the spare cash for it

Both you and the forum win, glad to be of help from so far away. Someone here taught me the trick yonks ago

I think you need to close things up and remove the linkage on the left side of the gearbox which connects to the GCP (gear change pedal) and get on to it with a length of pipe and careful not to have your face in front of it and pop the arm up or down, it will go quite easily and then connect every thing back up. Done it a few times on Ferrets now, FYI get a set of manuals so you don't do things like opening things with big springs behind them!

I am fairly sure that despite the anonymous forum name that it is Andrew Baker's Challenger. Robin

The other detail is the reinforcing plate over the end two holes. If you look in this thread at post number 1 you can see a side by side comparison. http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?45320-Wanted-Ferret-windscreen-sand-channels-and-load-carry-basket There is a noticeable difference.

I tend to agree with Terry and take the same view that without the pressings they are just not quite right. The pressings were there one every genuine one I have seen. Interesting that some nations did not use them at all, there has yet to surface a single photo of the Canadian ferrets ever having them. Robin

I second Terry's comment. electronic ignition is a leap forward

Looks like GAZ towing something wide track clone like. Frankly Bob, Mr Lie Detector's comment is rude in the part about museums but we all in this hobby no matter which side of the pond or above or below the Equator need to be smart about what we do, travelling in very slow vehicles that do not make the same speed as the rest of traffic is dangerous and quite foolhardy, regardless of how legal it may be. We seem to see this every year and the same comments go around each time. No point me saying much more on that. As I do not know one thing about this incident it is not fair for me to say anything about how it ended up on it's side and I know nothing about the speeds. Hope everyone made it out OK and the insurance covers it.

Well, I know you were all biting your nails waiting for an update on this one. Last night we had time, as we are getting back to a more normal schedule, there have been holidays and crops and kids events. While I slaved dead vehicles and shunted kit around Gerry (means "patient one" in the local Gananoque language) carefully went end to end and finally, as predicted found it was something simple. The hand throttle on the left of the driver had wound it's way in a small way and then the wing nut had wound down and jammed. Simple fix to a simple problem. Unit was sent by low loader to our other site and put away. Great result

I am looking for a picture of CVD Ashchurch, it is to accompany a project. The ideal picture would have a ton of vehicles in it and just look very busy in general. If it had more than one type of vehicle or be an aerial shot I would consider that. I'm not quite sure what I want but I will know it when I see it, if that makes sense. Links or the actual pictures are good, it will be enlarged professionally What have you?

welcome along, there are some grand folks on here who know lots about them.

"You are not obliged to say anything unless you wish to do so, but anything you do say may be taken down in writing and used in evidence against you, your nicked my son"

Dear Lynx22B, You have several different methods of tracing the year of manufacture. The one that is the most solid in my view is to pay for the certificate issued by the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust which holds the records for all manufacturers from a certain period forward. They were being sourced through Gaydon which is the home of the museum, you can likely do a good Google search, it does cost but it gave me a very nice printed certificate with axle and engine and chassis and VIN detals and colours and customer etc and day and year and month off the line. There is a Freedom of Information request system by email free of charge through the UK Ministry Of Defence that will show contract details and DIS ie Date into service. You might also request a copy of the old MOD Form 654 for the vehicles using the Army Registration Number such a your quoted 60 KJ 15. Those numbers will be on a data plate screwed usual to the seat base. In Ontario the Ministry of Transportation have accepted the UK MOD 654 DIS as being close enough and have accepted that on a routine basis with supporting letters as required. As you say the vehicles were sold ex BATUS if you were the original purchaser those numbers will be on the paperwork somewhere from the Canadian Federal Crown that are part of your transaction although not usually immediately recognisable. If you bought them secondhand from someone else then they are likely gone. Can you scan and email what you have? I would be wary of posting here as clone registrations have been known to happen based on web posts. The Crown Assets website is searchable for past vehicles sold for a certain amount of time. Were you the original purchaser? There is also quite a good VIN decoder on the OVLR website and is again found by a Google search. I am more than happy to help you if I can, does this help you?

Dear Nick, I think you have to have to decide what you want the vehicle to look like based on your research, however, and it is a big one, in all my years of making scale models and working and playing with the life sized vehicles there is always a picture somewhere that will either contradict or prove what you want to do, likely it will only come to light after you finish. While there are many rules and regulations and customary habits and practices, somewhere, sometime, someone will have deviated and someone will have snapped a picture. That all being said and known, it really ruins all that work when a vehicle is displayed (take note) with everything correct to the umpteenth degree and then the owner leaves the civvy plates on! It is your wagon and it is yours to enjoy, do your best and regardless someone will pick holes in it but don't worry just enjoy your wagon. Worst case, you can paint it over again in 3 years!

I think the white or painted question is down to the level of laziness by the painter who had two options, remove them or mask the reflector and get on with it. Darn easy to mask them and save the hassle of removing seized machine screws etc. That is my humble (am I being pedantic on this?) summation. I still say the Militant recovery (was wrecker but edited by author afterwards) with those tyres has a presence that just says business in a manner few others can equal. Wonderful thread

Dear Stephen, if i came across "a bit harsh" then it was all in the interpretation not in the intent. Yes N.O.S. I can be pedantic at times, thanks for pointing that out, it is my opinion, our freedom to be so is what our vets fought for.

I just re read the whole thread again. In post #33 there is what appears to be an electrical cable with a four pin connector, is that for a boiling vessel? Looks similar to one in my opinion, was it a standard fit or do you think that was a crew improvised scammed luxury piece of Gucci kit? I a sure your budget is stretched all the time, but is a set of repro military plates on the list somewhere? I well understand the civvy registration issues and concerns, just seems to be a final display item that will really set the vehicle off nicely. I have been accused of being pedantic elsewhere by others, its just me. Keep up the good work, you are a very lucky man owning it, wonderful project.

Maybe start with a better thread title would be a help as many will skim past the thread. maybe something like "MV wanted for paid event Gillingham Kent in October (insert date)" and FYI "knot" is the correct spelling, you confused me and likely will do others as well.

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I was lucky enough to be invite to assist the Cold War Collection and their 3 vehicles that were being used as part of the attractions on the ground. The collection has 15 vehicle currently and I was involved with brokering the V100 deal recently. The CVR(T) Scorpion is ex Belgian and the Pinzgauer ex Austrian. The 1969 Cadillac Gage V100 Commando is powered by a petrol V8 engine at the rear and originally fitted with chevron pattern tires that propelled it in water when swimming. The vehicle came to Canada a while ago and was restored by someone along the way. The aircraft shown are different in that they are all privately owned.

Dear Stephen is that South Eastern England or Australia or the US of A? Many of us started in the smaller scale and finally made it to 1:1 scale. Armour is always good.

Howdy and welcome along, I am sure you have lots to share, its always nice to have a name to attach to the forum name, where do you live? Can you start a thread on the Land Rover please, some pictures always help and are enjoyed by many

Malcolm, I feel you pain when you stated "we should have pulled the oil tank as well". So many times I have been the junior member of a team and the proper ways have been ignored and shortcuts taken and then hours of forcing and pushing and prying have followed and the odd broken item made of unobtainium has resulted all for a perceived shortcut which wasn't in the end. I well understand in your circumstance things are different as the procedures etc are not well known, so no one should think I am being critical of you in any way, you are very talented and I am in awe of what you do.

I feel that this thread has great merit and it is something I have long tried to recall myself but somehow I have little memory of the paperwork these days. We should archive as much as we have individually and post them up here for all to see and be able to download and reprint for ourselves. I have some papers here and will attempt to scan them and upload them. If anyone has knowledge then please show and explain how they were filled in and used, my memory is non existent nowadays on the subject. This thread should be wary of updates in the forms through the years and the wise ones should point this out for us all. Of to look for my papers