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If you want to use the headsets and throat mikes you posted in the first photo then these boxes are the easiest and cheapest way to do it. If you can find the cables you can make up the intercom kit yourself quite cheaply. There will be other civilian options but you would end up with modern headsets.

You can make a basic intercom using Clansman crew boxes. Look on eBay there are sellers who sell kits, but you only really need an IB3 and a couple of ( CB2s (Crew box 2 set) and 12 way cables etc. You could then use those headsets.

I never once mentioned hull number in any of my dealings registering those vehicles. The last one was my Scimitar in 2015. Send me a private message if you need help filling in a V55. I don’t know where you are in the country or who you’re dealing with at the MVT, but you should make it clear to them that the only identification number available is the military number, it ties up with the data plate and the vehicle history. If I were you I’d get a fresh form and start the DVLA process again with a letter from the MVT stating that the vehicle is xxFFxx as per the data plate and was built in 1980 as per the history card.

The hull number is largely irrelevant as it is not recorded anywhere other than on the vehicle. Use the MoD registration number as the VIN, this is on the data plate. I’ve done 4 CVRTs, a Ferret, Fox and a FV432 using the mod number as the VIN. Chris

Got a similar plate on the engine in my 110.

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I think you’ll really struggle to obtain any cables you need based on part numbers. You can’t really just type the numbers in a website and order them. You will have to look for cables based on the connectors you need at either end or based on a description of what they are connecting together.

Thanks Pete, I’ll go with that and get some stencils on order. Chris

Do we have any knowledgable people who can help me with bumper numbers for my Jeep? I have read the book ‘Clear the way!’ about the 146th Engineer Combat Battalion from Normandy to Berlin. I would like to mark my Jeep up to represent this unit when I take it over to Normandy in June. The only photo I can find of a vehicle in use by this unit has the bumper partially obscured. I am thinking it would be something like: V 146E * HQ-4 based on this: http://www.americandday.org/D-Day/V_Corps-Order_of_battle.html Can anyone help? Thanks, Chris

Sounds like ours, from 1989 onwards it was in storage, base overhauled, back in storage, sent to Alvis, back into storage and then sold off with 310 miles on it. Before that it had been all over the place.

You can make a cable with the NATO plug one end and the 7 pin socket the other end and plug in when required.

Possibly a couple, only one side. I’d need to have a look and see what’s left on the shelf.

This has most of the mod instructions in it. https://www.greenmachinesurplus.com/cvrtcvrwj60-petrol-engine-emers-211-p.asp

https://www.thexmod.com/item_detail.asp?id=11021&t=Liner_Clutch_CVRT_Diesel_TN15D_04120VT They are not cheap!

https://www.armyrecognition.com/united_kingdom_british_army_heavy_armoured_tank_uk/challenger_2_main_battle_tank_technical_data_sheet_description_information_specifications_uk.html

Easiest option is put it on a trailer or a beaver tail truck.

Hi Matthew, What in your eyes constitutes a project and how much are you looking to spend? Anything with a turret is going to be expensive. Marcus Glenn has some Scorpions in stock. I know of a Samson that may be for sale, all there but needs putting together. Chris

I think you will end up doing less miles than you think you will. Although driving a CVRT on the roads can be enjoyable, when you have got to get home, it's November, raining, dark and you still have 30 miles to go it can be hard work. You won't be using it to go and pick up some milk from the shop, or doing a trip to the beach for fish and chips like you might a classic car. If you are going to visit Andrew at the Alvis Fighting Vehicle Society you will be visiting one of the largest stocks of spares. How do you define sensible cost? Track cost the MoD something like £18,000 a set, prices on the civilian market can vary from a few hundred £ for some take off track to thousands for new. You can't buy track at ATS, when you need it you have to buy what is available. If you don't need it, and it becomes available you need to have the money and space to store it. This applies to most parts for these vehicles. You also have to remember they are still in service with several armed forces around the world so any new spares which become available tend to get hoovered up by dealers and exported. How soon are you looking to buy? It would be worth visiting some of the larger shows such as War & Peace as you'll be able to see a good selection of vehicles in the same place and talk to the owners. Chris

CVRT has separate main and steering brakes, you have tillers for steering and a pedal for stopping. FV430 Mk1 or 2 just has 2 tillers, to stop you have to pull them both back evenly. CVRT does not have replaceable pads. When they are worn you change the track. FV430 does have replaceable pads.

FV432 does not have a separate braking system and they are wide. I prefer to drive CVRT on the roads, others may have a different opinion. The tracks are fitted with rubber pads, the pads wear out faster on roads than on mud or grass, but that’s what they are designed to do. Chris

How would anyone ever know what vehicle you passed your test in?

Google Challenger 2 photos..

Good to hear you’ve found one. CVRTPRO is Andrew Baker. Easier to phone him and turn up with cash.

https://cvrtpro.com/

Have you tried the big shed near Rugby?