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13 hours ago, WARWAG said:
I about spit all my coffee out when I saw this monstrosity! Not sure how much they were or are asking for it but if its at a good price I would buy her and fix everything that is wrong with it! So disgusting!
"call for price"
still very visible on their sales inventory some 3 years later, so sadly (thankfully?) no one has yet put it out of its misery
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Hi Phil
how big is your membership? The 101 club used a print company with a minimum print run of 500 copies. With membership well below that level by the time we pulled the plug, they were putting >100 copies in the bin as we had no storage for such paper "waste"
You sound very lucky that you have sufficient content to produce a mag on a regular basis. That is normally the main hurdle in production.
As for "can't use the web" that comes down to do you have more members like that willing to pay a premium membership cost, compared to those who can use the web but are on tighter budgets. What is the age profile or your membership? Younger members may "expect" web version (and/or be less financially able to pay a premium for paper). If your membership is old and not attracting new young entrants, then your situation will resolve itself, you won't have any members left to worry about paper v web.
Not an MV club, but the Morris Commercial Cars owner's club used to piggyback one of the free (ie advert funded) web message boards, but its online engagement was severely limited and mostly comprised: join us and we'll print an answer to your question in the next edition.
When such online boards ceased business, the anti-web cadre "won" and they now have a website steering you towards paper only engagement with the club. It is noticeable that military MCC owners are now very much more visible on MV related websites and have abandoned the MCC club as far as I can see. That said, that particular club makes no bones over the fact its core membership is MCC ex-employees who by definition are "rather" aging, so the future of that club is doubtful with its current mindset.
I agree there is a huge value in sending paper to members, as that is undoubtedly a demonstrable benefit of membership. We certainly lost members by stopping the paper mag, but it was > £35 per member per year to produce just 4 editions, so in our case economics overrode sentimental attachment to paper, otherwise the club would have closed to avoid bankruptcy.
BTW I know of a Landrover guy in the States who puts out monthly online mags for 5 different USA clubs and can only sustain that level of activity because he is doing it all online. Horses for courses, what else does one get for their membership fee: mag + x, or just mag? If the latter, then stick with paper because people don't understand subs need to pay for web hosting, not just paper.
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4 hours ago, slick50 said:
Just seeing what's around really....cheers.
good luck then, because why would anyone sell you a "cheap" deac when plenty of places show what others are asking for them?
Unless of course they (and you) are looking to evade the law? -
just any deac or do you have something specific in mind?
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as no one appears to have replied yet... as you doubtless well know, both MVT and IMPS still produce and post out paper magazines. The on-going high quality of both publications needs no further comment.
Don't know about other dedicated MV clubs.
As you rightly surmise, the advent of the internet has reduced the relevance of club membership if primarily only looking for info/support. So, clubs that don't have strong social elements are much reduced in size when the answer is but a keyboard away.
With fewer members, the cost of paper mags becomes prohibitive, and Clubs switch to "e" versions instead, hence we in the 101 FCC&R now do Six Stud by e mail only. Add in that 20% of our members are overseas, that meant magazine postage was getting to be > total annual subs, hence the plug was pulled on paper copies. -
On 8/20/2022 at 9:39 AM, Mike Hanlon said:
Do you need to send a photo every time you renew your licence after the age of sixty five.
Regards
Mike
The age limit is 70 , not 65.
Photos are valid for 10 years. The renewal date for the photo is shown (in very small print) on the photo itself on your licence
so upon reaching age 70, you may need to update your photo if by that age it is 10 years since your last one.upon renewing the licence every 3 years from 70 onwards you won't need a photo until the current photo is itself expiring. DVLA should include a reminder to do so when applying for the renewal as it will x ref to the passport photo it holds (if you had one when last renewing) or its own records if you didn't have a passport last time you renewed.
for example, I will need to renew my photo at age 67, thereafter it won't need updating until age 77 (by which time it will likely be my funeral picture) -
On 7/21/2022 at 11:19 AM, SimonBrown said:
Indeed it is! Thank you - much appreciated.
? It appears to be nothing more than an advert for their business
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just fit a "trailer" board and have done with it.
No drama when driving and easily removed for shows.Common sense to have the best visibility "you" can on today's roads, forget authenticity when mixing historic vehicles with modern road speed traffic.
learn the lesson from the WW2 vehicle on the M20 "wiped out" by an artic.-
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you have answered your own question
- it is not an import from an EC country
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- they are either a private individual or a business that is not Vat registered
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sorry, yes meant fuel system "rubber bits", specifically e10 proof 40 NNIP carb diaphragms and (mechanical) David fuel pump diaphragms (pulsometer + 3 mains)
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chance of hoses for E10 petrol ?
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as above, unit markings / insignia would not (officially) be in use in the late 1990's which does unfortunately make preserved vehicles of that era rather "bland"
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not interested... my thought: The problem I have with magazines is their coverage is eclectic.
So most of the time I am paying for content I have no direct interest in. When an article covers a vehicle in which I do have interest, the limitations of the amount of space available in a mag can result in the article being superficial and therefore not worthwhile - better to buy a book dedicated to that vehicle if you want "research" depth material.
So you are left with what magazines do best:, report on current happenings, such as pictures from shows or notifications of the latest defence procurement etc.if you want to sell them then put them on ebay and let the open market find their "value"
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odd question. The 101 has 4 forward and 1 reverse gears. Forward is the classic H shape so by a process of elimination if you move the gearstick to a position that is not in one of the arms of an H then that is reverse.
Alternatively you could just read the book (far right and back)
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12 hours ago, raeross said:
From what I had read, I thought the step of splitting the rims was the biggest issue, not removing the RF insert from the tire.
splitting the rims is nonetheless the dangerous part of the job if you "cheat" by not fully deflating the tyre (valve out to be certain). The only safe way to remove from rims is to do it with brute force and that is a pig of a job
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On 5/9/2022 at 5:54 PM, robin craig said:
Oh Chris (Sirhc) bless you my child for alleviating my concerns. You fill me with confidence to get this done, really you do, never had a bad bit of advice from you ever. Thank you chum
as Chris says getting the RF inserts out is not a problem. The difficult bits are;
a) getting the beads off the rims in the first place; and/or
b) getting the RF insert back into the tyre whilst fiddling with the inner tube valve stem is a swear word job especially without "the tool"
You may find this useful, after all our forefathers did all this in the war (extract from Morris Commercial fitted with Dunlop RF 9.00 x 16 , ie the same tyres that then went on to be used on Ferret)
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see next post
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On 5/1/2022 at 11:00 PM, MatchFuzee said:
good find
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yes thanks, saw that on FB just after I created the above query!
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as per title, any one know if Jolley Engineering is still in business?
he used to be the website classicheads.com which was what opened using his listing on Milweb, but that link returns nothing now. Does he have a phone number?any alternative suppliers of B series engine distributor (electronic) conversion kits?
Failing that anyone know of a detailed, step by step guide to DIY (along with component references & sources)?
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you need to edit your link because when I click it I get this
However, when I remove the word parts I can get to your website. Shame you have opted for mystery pricing (ie price on application) on some items, yet have visible fixed prices on others.
(BTW reproduce / reproduction is one word, there is no hyphen in it)
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On 1/4/2022 at 11:28 AM, PKS NED said:
AFW stands for Army Field Workshops (list supplied to me by the MOD) Jan 2022
but not in the context of this thread which is very obviously a WW2 medical classification of "fitness".
I have an inter war period RAMC manual somewhere and (if I find it!) it may shed some light
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I have bought a roll of 21oz from these guys in the past, although the colour is probably not acceptable to the purist. It is however only 6 foot wide so to make a tilt you need access to an "industrial" quality sewing machine (or be willing to ruin your domestic one) and become rather good at making sealed seams
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basically you have to butcher a (ring) spanner so you can get in and under there