robin craig

Malcolm, brilliant, clear, precise and very very useful. That is going on the wall in my shop. Thank you. Robin

Welcome Bill, Nice to see someone else from Canada here. Nice Iltis trailer, and tidy looking Jeep. Where in this wonderful country are you located? Robin

Welcome along Alan, Can I suggest that you update your profile to show which country and rough area you live in, it will help you. Regards Robin

Malcolm, Thank you for posting that, there will be many who will benefit but few who will offer thanks Regards Robin

Malcolm, when you say "kick back" you are talking about the Gear Change Pedal coming back up much further than normal on a gear change, when it just about puts your knee in your mouth? Is that it? Robin

Pile is the French word for battery R

Have you thought to unscrew it and look at the other end to see if that is something more normal? That might be a devilish way to creep up on the problem and win! R

Welcome to the forum. Hope someone can help you with the cab. Fine vehicle you have there Robin

Your profile doesn't say where you live so here goes. I have made a number of A frames with lunettes (the round ring portion) that mate to the NATO pintle. Over here in Canada we can buy them as a bought in part and weld them into the item as I did in this one. Good luck with your project. Robin

here is a still from the video footage Al Duffy photo credit

The CVR(T)s did not let the side down at all. Equipped this year with an oxy propane system both of them can fire on six second intervals and make a very sharp concussive crack compared to the all black powder whooshy thud that the 25 pounder makes. A daytime and a night time firing was done with some very impressed on lookers. It was a delight to help Al with his vehicles and show them off. Robin

We had added 40 litres of fresh fuel before we set out and had gone up and down some steep hills. It was also a hot day with high humidity. So we set off returning and made it about 750 metres when the vehicle coughed and backfired a bunch of times and ground to a halt. We were solo and without tools, always a good start. We tried to restart it and even gained some help from some colourful locals but in the end I hitch a ride and set off back to camp. I enlisted the help of a friend Phil who is a mechanic and some tools and he set about a diagnosis while Al entertained the locals. Despite best attempts and a replacement coil we could not get it going. Finally the recovery cavalry in the form of an American 5 ton tractor unit and the guys in the CUCV contact truck and a blazer as a chase vehicle arrived. Some effort was needed to couple the undersized A frame but we had a plan and competent people so we made a go of it. I had offered to steer and brake the M8 as I have soe experience of A frame towing and straight bars. The ride was slow but had no drama and we were all back safe and sound. The next day the M8 was still not fixed when I left the event. All is well that ends well R

So, the show has a build up day on the Saturday and some folks go for what we term a "trail ride" which is more like green lane riding, country back roads that are gravel not tarmac. We usually have a bunch of small vehicles like jeeps and then a few heavier vehicles follow behind. The decision had been made to take the M8 Greyhound as it is road legal. Sadly we found we could not keep up with the speed demon leading and after 7 kilometres decided to turn around and return to the main event site. This is when our troubles began. R

A wonderful event held in a well out of the way part of the province we live in. Was glad to assist Al Duffy with his CVR(T)s and his M8 Greyhound. Will post some of the later. Here is a local news report of the event. A grand time for us all who went, always worth the effort. Robin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVzHrujELW4

Now you have gone and done it! You are bitten, the bug wont go away easily or quickly. Welcome to Ferret ownership Robin

I also agree, FV432 series. R

A friend who lived in the country had a Series 1 Land Rover that he kept parked in the open end bay of a barn. The Land Rover's position faced his long driveway. There was a rash of unwanted visitors in the area, just general nosey people and some undesirables. He was in my opinion related to the late Mr Heath Robinson and quite a hoarder and inventor and collector of junk. In an attempt to deter people by scaring them he decided that the Series 1 would be his secret weapon. He needed light, sound and movement to ensure the effect. The Land Rover (like many of the marque) did not run. He laid some scrap steel channel on the barn floor on a slope with a set of buffers (stops for those in the colonies) at the end. He built a small frame under the Land Rover that had castor wheels that ran in the channel. He wired the headlights with some mains voltage lamps. He had some kind of release mechanism for the frame and a tape recording of a Land Rover starting up. The key component was a motion detector from an old yard light. Some how the whole thing was set up so you had to be quite close before the headlights on the Land Rover came on as the recording started playing and then the Land Rover moved about 5 feet out at you as you drove up. It had the desired effect and the locals soon stopped trying to sell him Girl Guide cookies and double glazing and the like. I for one got taken by it one night trying to do a good deed and return something early. Scared the bejesus out of me but did get me laughing later. I moved on and have lost touch with him now, classic gag that I have often wanted to recreate myself. How exactly it worked I don't know, I know if I had asked it would have taken at least a day for him explain it all, I never had the time. R

Same here R

A friend on another forum, (I know, I stray sometimes) has suggested using an ultraviolet light to find markings hidden in paint layers below what is visible. I know for one I will be using this method on my Ferret as it's identity is a mystery thus far. Has anyone else heard of this and what success did you get? Robin

Classy public way of explaining the situation openly in the public domain, no one could quibble any lack of clarity there. Have no idea of the event or organisations involved but done tastefully. Well done Robin

Seeing as how you are going to need lots of help, you may want to think abut laying items out and numbering them and taking a photo and loading them here. There is lots of help that folks can give you with a good picture as the starting point. Robin

Welcome along, what is your name and where are you located? We know you must be a good person as you are playing with a Ferret. Robin

People seem to forget that when they turn on the telly what they are watching is entertainment and as such is scripted and the truth is skewed or twisted at best. It has brought our hobby into the public domain more and has given us some larger than life characters to laugh at. Take it for what it is. Robin

I have pulled the pin and rolled the metaphorical hand grenade on this subject elsewhere, it is amusing to see reactions. So I was idle the other day and wondered what the strangest item is that anyone could collect in the form of a vehicle or equipment or whatever that is not camouflaged and run of the mill military pattern kit? My first attempt at a suggestion in this category is this speed trailer (as I call it) that the Military Police use to show the speed of vehicles on Camp / base over here to get drivers to slow down through education, it is usually after a road layout change or a speed reduction change. Over to you folks for your nominations, let us try to get a picture in here as well so the rest of us know what you are on about.

I would never say never but it does seem to have been a somewhat British thing it seems. Welcome to the world of Ferret ownership, and a Canadian one makes it one of 124. Have you got a copy of Colin's book? What is the CFR of yours? Do you have the hull number handy? What shape are the side hatches? Any pictures? Regards Robin