interesting, I would if their "use" whilst on the public highway would be legal?

in one sense obviously a shame to see it broken, but without gearbox I have no idea why anyone would want the hull alone, unless they have a spare one of course (or are willing to "deal" with Helston). 

that said, the fact Bovvy let it go in the first place suggests they do not regard it as of "significant" national heritage, so if it will keep others running via parts breaking, so be it.

thanks radiomike, now i understand what the thread is about, and lol we are going in circles as the earlier discussion has now been added to by this current thread's author...

https://hmvf.co.uk/topic/10825-anyone-happen-to-own-srv-1-the-cricket/?tab=comments#comment-435041

great shame that "Minkey" apparently never did post up the info he said it would take a few days for him to collate. Seems like tracking down Graham "Minkey" would be worthwhile before the info vanishes.

? what is "this"?

On 8/25/2021 at 3:19 PM, 01CA81 said:

I was told this is a late night vision driver’s hatch. The big question is what system/periscope would have been fitted to this? 

It also has the driver’s leg armor in place. All the pictures I’ve seen have this removed. Would be quite a job as the top part is welded to the hull. Makes access to the brakes and such a bit tricky. 

for ordinary use (daytime etc) the standard No17 periscope would be used as the night sight is only supposed to be used in daylight in an "emergency" 

the actual nightsight is: Periscope AVII  L7A1

for training purposes only during daylight a special filter (the thing painted yellow) is fitted to the objective lens

the drivers "leg armour" indicates your Ferret has received the mines counter measures upgrade. If your intention is to revert to Aden spec it should really be removed... along with the other work associated with that M suffix on your vehicle mark. (extra fire extinguishers for example).

Kevin Brown is the expert on Aden ferrets and would be best place for advice if you want to be historically accurate.

An expensive proposition as the most visible features would be:

a) fit a complete Larkspur radio and intercom system as you have the fittings for Clansman - external visuals therefore would include replacing the antenna bases and reverting the B set antenna bracket to being the old, unarmoured, version.

b) as you already hint at, that would also include reverting the drivers hatch to the original, non night sight version as of course that came much later.

It would be a bit more than a paint job and a few decals !

@gordonb thanks. never seen the squibs pictured before and fairly certain not in Ferret books as your picture shows them, so very useful as a frequent question at shows.  

appreciate this is an old thread, but hey ho.

never call it a sand blaster then, as mentioned above, you won't make the mistake of using sand as the blast media as that is illegal, even in non commercial / hobby / personal use. (Short cut to silicosis and a slow death)

Always call it grit blasting, then you will think to buy the right stuff: grit, not sand!

attachments to a water pressure washer are, in my experience, rubbish. Too prone to clogging for obvious reasons. 

2 hours ago, Richard Farrant said:

Hi,

I have not found the book with details of modified carb yet, but will have another search for my book. If it was a modified carb there will be a long number stamped on the flange of the throttle body ( it meets the manifold), on the long side of the flange. The number started with the letter M.  I somehow doubt that many Fox vehicles were fitted with them as the carb became available very close to them going out of service, and would only have been fitted if a replacement was needed. I have fitted these carbs to several Fox and CVR(T) vehicles and modified one carb with a kit supplied by the company Marcus Engineering who took over manufacturing of these carbs from Solex, The difference in driving was a really noticeable improvement.

regards, Richard

 

Hi richard

As I have a 1979 production Fox, and as implied by responses on FB, could one "simply rely" on the fact I have a carb manufactured with the Marcus name on it, thereby implying it may be one of your "late" ones?

Regards John

13 minutes ago, Down Under Armour said:

Hi Barry, I’m intrigued that the fox you are involved with has a ferret box. Obviously the overall configuration between the ferret and fox gearbox/transfer box combination is different with shared fluid, a cooler etc, the transfer appear different, but on the gearbox side of things, in your observations, are there major differences? Ie, are the gearbox running gears themselves different? Online for sale it is not uncommon to see items such as brake bands and running gears advertised as Fox/ferret comparable. The reason I ask is that I have a the original fox box, but the gearbox end is rather poor due to being abused, taken apart and left open. I have a ferret and am fortunate to have a spare gearbox. I was considering using it to try to get the original fox gearbox / transfer box up and running. FYI, I don’t have my fox spare parts book yet so can’t put it side by side with the ferret book! Many thanks, Tom

the internals of the gearbox (Bands etc) are directly interchangeable Ferret/Fox

The major difference with Fox is the physical size of the box's casing - it is larger and therefore mounting a Ferret one in Fox requires "adjustments"

52 minutes ago, Marmite!! said:

John, do you want me to merge your old account with this one?

yes please, but only please do so if the merged account is associated with the email address registered for the "John Fox" account (I think part of the problem with the old account is it went to an email I may no longer have access to so we struggled to reset it)

7 minutes ago, Marmite!! said:

John, I’ve sorted his account and he now has access to the forum 

LOL, I guess you are reading Fox FB group as we type so you'll see I have relayed that message to him

shame "we" couldn't get my old 00EC25 account to work again 😃 but no worries. I have obviously now recalled the password for this new account so am "back"

On 10/8/2009 at 10:09 PM, Richard Farrant said:

..then after many years and at a point when the Fox was near the end of service, the problem was solved. It was caused by too much fuel on accelaration giving "bore wash". A new and modified throttle body was available, with new linkage for the acc. pumps, once set up to instructions, it reduced the max volume of fuel on accelaration by 30%. One heck of a difference in performance.

 

digging up an old post as a Fox owner in Australia (who sadly is unable to open an HMVF account) has asked is there is a visual indication of whether such modifications have been done? Is there any other way to tell?

On 8/19/2020 at 1:44 PM, utt61 said:

Looking at the photo again and being mindful of this suggestion, I am inclined to think that the link has been fitted the wrong way round anyway. The shape as fitted makes no sense, if flipped as per Mr Herbert's suggestion it would, I suspect, fit perfectly. 

I'm inclined to think you need to study the arc through which the door moves before making further "suggestions" as then it will make sense as to why all these door's mechanisms are made the same way. If the bend is not where it is as shown, the mechanism simply will not operate.

1 hour ago, Sean N said:

John, I'm sorry, I can't find that Tapley, it's obivously vuried somewhere.

Clive's figures suggest my memory may be faulty and it could be 30 mph, not 20 mph, which now I think about it sounds right.

OK, the dial on the meter itself says from 20mph level road so I'll keep an open mind for now 

OK, so I have purchased a Tapley (BM) meter. It is functional but is without instructions.

Google finds threads from others saying its hard to find the instructions on how to set it up/ use it..

Can anyone help please?

it is the "older model", ie version with two scales for stopping distance and % efficiency scales 

Also, and this really is a stupid question, what should the stopping distances of Ferret (Mks 1, 1/2, and 2) and CVRW Fox be? 

On 8/10/2020 at 11:10 PM, David Herbert said:

Try removing the bar and replace it reversed end to end. I suspect that it will not bind up and it will give you more clearance.

David

the bar is fitted the way it is because that is the only way it will work. Reversing it will cause a jam and possibly damage to what appears to be a garage that is being rented rather than being his own to destroy. When it opens, the door obviously moves through an arc, not a straight line, hence the bend to allow clearance for the arc

the solution is to do what I did. Remove the bar and open and close the door manually.

There is no alternative with an up and over door and that sort of electric opening mechanism. Hence I fitted a roller door on my other garage.   

advice please...

long time ago I bought one of the first Jolley kits for a Ferret. Sadly he was still learning himself at that time and did not supply an "electronic" coil as he said the original one was OK.

I am aware that now he says you must replace the coil.

My question is: what coil should I use with the Jolley electronic system?

I am loathe to ask him as I feel he short changed me on the original deal, so don't wish to make him richer for having misled me and now needing to correct it at my additional cost. 

7 hours ago, teletech said:

As a citizen of the USA, I humbly apologize for that complete lack of taste (and tact) exhibited by my countrymen.

As a feeble defense, I will offer that since our government won't see fit to allow it's citizens to buy it's surplus armor, we who enjoy such things have become a bit of a desperate bunch. 

the "modifications" (sadly) originate in the UK, where this "thing" has been knocking around on the selling circuit for at least a decade. It allegedly has some street cred in terms of bling use by a boxer for personal promo, so to that extent there is an argument that it should be kept in bling as something "different" (and in recognition of its civvi history?)   

actually the fact it is now in the Good ole USA is a great result as you guys are so desperate for armour, and have so much money to throw away, there is a reasonable chance someone will buy and de-bling it back to "original"

Here's hoping

3 hours ago, SirLanceUK said:

I dont know when you registered yours but on DVLA advice in 2018 I registered my spartan as a Crawler, I also advise another person in June last year and they had there 2 CVRT's registered as Crawlers to. I would say if in doubt call DVLA but not sure how many staff are actually manning the phones.

And of Course things change all the time with DVLA requirements so I may be talking out of my hat

Lance

as Chris mentions, it is best to use valid descriptions in case you ever end up in court (road traffic accident) and some wise barrister (or a sensible man in the street) goes through your situation with a fine tooth comb and looks up definitions ...

wheeled vehicle is not a crawler

tracked vehicle is a crawler 

noun

things are different to when I last registered a vehicle, but aside from the still valid issues flagged by Chris above, if you are presented with the option as to how to describe the vehicle, refer to it as a "motor tractor", as that (and only that) is the vehicle classification category which the DVSA can "cope" with when it comes to armoured (ex) MV and therefore what category of MOT it falls into.

Yes I know we now have historic class for MOT exemption, but there is nothing lost by also ensuring it is "categorised" into something that a DVSA civil servant can understand.

On 2/2/2015 at 6:01 AM, fesm_ndt said:

OZITIM was your ferret used in the Malayan campaign as only seen that extra armour bit added on over here so they could see over the scrub?

I think you have your Ferret identifications mixed up, the photo in his post shows a bog standard Mk 1/2.

It is does not show a "malaya" Mk2 with the extra armour between hull and turret - for that take a look at this and see the difference:

22 hours ago, sirhc said:

It’s still alive, so there’s still hope it might get saved.

I suppose a bling auto car sales room (is it really a museum if the "exhibits" are for sale?) in the USA is a logical place for its latest reappearance. Always for sale, but never openly owned, appears to be its perpetual destiny.

On 7/11/2020 at 9:58 AM, Robert Edwards said:

hi there I've just brought a 101 and it's registered as 1981 on the document. I was wondering how do I get the actual build date and change it on the registration document to the correct year and then make it a historic vehicle. 

List here the vehicle serial number and I'll look it up on the 101 Club records.

To re-register as age related you will need a letter from Gaydon confirming the build date as DVLA can be rather hit or miss with accepting "certified" letters from the 101 Club, so best go straight to Gaydon anyway.

John (101 Club Treasurer)

Hi all

Finally admitted defeat on remembering my old credentials so I'm repackaged as this one instead.

Used to be 00ec25, and still am in a sense 😀

Real life has intervened for last decade or so, and it may take me a while to rediscover my mojo on here, but the love of vehicles has never gone away  

Regards

John

6 minutes ago, Richard Farrant said:

The Profile on Ferret and Fox is good, but a bit more insight in George Forty's book.

LOL, that's my Xmas present sorted then

EDIT - I've already got that book but had forgotten it covers Fox as well - it sits in my Scorpion "library"