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Chris, thanks as always for the inspiring photos.
I'm curious, what is the box mounted at the top of your hull, rear-left corner, replacing the vision-block?
thanks,
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External connection box for the Bowman radios.
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It has often surprised me how little the guys who served on the vehicles actually know. I had a massive argument with one over a YouTube video of my sabre. I had just got it running and was driving without suspension dampers, so it was bouncing all over the place. He told me I was a stupid civvy and didn't know how to drive. I pointed out the description which said it had no dampers, and he replied they never had dampers and I was making it up. I have no idea why bolting the imaginary dampers on suddenly made me stupid civvy driving better, but it did....
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Back off to the Rock tomorrow for the 70th Anniversay celebrations next Saturday May 9th.
Might give everyone else a chance to get back on topic then.
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Acording to the RTR (Royal Tank Tegiment) a Tank is a vehicle designed for combat against other AFV's . A CVR(T) or CVR(W) is a reconnasince vehicle, you look you see you *** Off!
So Tony a CVRT Striker has an anti tank guided missile system designed to destroy AFVs, is this a tank?
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You can call it what you like, but I would say the turret defines it. I have seen a couple of Scorpion hulls which were converted to Sabres (Fox turret) and then later rebuilt as Scimitars with diesel conversion etc.
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The turret is Belgian.
That's a Belgian fire extinguisher mounted on the front left side. It's also not had the British modification to fit the stowage bins to the sides. Have a look at my Scimitar thread:
http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?37527-CVR(T)-Scimitar-07-FD-04
I've been turning my Belgian turret into a British one and you can see it started out similar to yours with bins/brackets in the same places.
Chris
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Post some photos, maybe we can help you.
Chris
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You are correct and I've heard of people doing this. You don't need to replace the calipers but can rebuild them with standard seals. I once bought a pair of cvrt steering calipers off a bloke who bought loads of them, put standard seals in and sold them to jaguar owners. I ended up with a bag of the seals he had taken out!
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I clicked on the T shirt ad and found that they were priced in U.S. dollars, I dread to think what the postage would be!
Probably less than you think.
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Chris,
great progess, I assume you will put that through the downsizer and pack it in your luggage in May?
When you say drill and tap, are you using stainless inserts in the ally?
Robin
Robin,
The downsizer isn't working so I'll have to leave it at home!
No inserts, I just drilled holes in the aluminium then a ran a tap down them. All the holes in the turret are like this.
Chris
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I haven't really spent much time on this project over the winter, but now the better weather is here I've had a chance to spend a few days on the Scimitar.
A few weeks ago I took the turret off, did some adjusting of the turret ring and put it back on again. It now turns but it is stiff. It should be ok with the traverse gearbox but if anyone knows of any turret rings for sale (not in 100s of pieces) I would be interested.
With the turret on I could take it back to the house so we can get on with the rest of the jobs. On Tuesday morning it arrived home. The first job was to start turning the Belgian turret into a British one.
Over the winter I have been drawing 3D models of lots of missing bits and getting them made. I have found a good laser cutting company who can work from my SolidWorks models, so I can email them a file and they post me back the bits. Here are the turret side bin brackets. I measured one on a vehicle, drew it up and had them laser cut and folded.
I was lucky enough to have the modification instruction to fit the side stowage bins. I had to cut off some of the footman loops which were welded on, then drill and tap quite a lot of holes. You can see the lower brackets in this photo, again laser cut and folded. I managed to find the clips in bags with 9CVT part numbers.
The brackets fitted and the NOS bins I have fitted perfectly.
I had a modification kit to fit the rear OTIS bin, which made that job easier, but the top retaining pins were again made in the same way as before. I also had part of the Bowman installation kit, so holes were drilled and tapped for those too.
The next job was to sort out the air cleaner. This was an EM vehicle, it had the Environmental Mitigation pack installed so a different air filter was fitted. This involved cutting out a large portion of the side plate. I had to draw up and laser cut a new plate as I had the original diesel air filter to go back in.
The photos below show the differences between the Scimitar air filter and one for the other variants. I knew the outlet was different, but it wasn't until I came to fit it I noticed the difference between the inlet end. I had the inlet end of the Spartan one fitted to the body of the Scimitar one and I just couldn't get it to fit! Eventually I worked it out and it is now fitted, with a new element.
Scimitar air filter at the bottom of the photo:
Scimitar air filter at the top of the photo:
By the end of the week I'd managed to tick off quite a few little jobs, and some big ones. We put the mantlet in the turret to have a look at the trunions. I have one side but need to work out what to do about the other.
It is now looking a whole lot more Scimitar like. I need to do some work to the hatches, fit some new pins, bushes and dampers, then I'll get some paint on the outside and start working on the padding for the inside.
Chris
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I will look in my modification instructions index next time I get a chance, this (and the other mods) will probably be in there.
Chris
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Is it not a Saracen windscreen?
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There was a post earlier about a Fox photo gallery, I can't find it anywhere now so maybe we should start a new one.
Here's a start:
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I have done many miles in CVRTs on the roads on my own.
It does depend on which vehicle you're driving as to what visibility you have, but I think if you have to rely on a commander then perhaps you shouldn't be on the public roads with it?
Good mirrors are a must. As is a backup plan for when it breaks down, because at some point it will.
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I would run the convoy to the Tank Museum on the Saturday (the public would be there) so you guys can look around the birth place of the tank. Have a look at Tiger 131.
I think you'll find Lincoln is the birthplace of the Tank:
http://www.visitlincoln.com/about-lincoln/history-heritage/birthplace-of-the-tank
As I now live in Lincoln I suggest moving the event up here!
Chris
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This is the most common jack handle style , standard on Lightweight
Is that not where the starting handle goes? Handle through the hole?
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Ferretfixer ! Hope I am one of the Lucky One's!
Bit late, it was given away in December.
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There is a nice one in the yard at Withams, worth a call?
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Robin,
The slave socket shown is standard fitment on Wolf.
Chris
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It's the DMC, domestic management code, for TUM(HS) and TUL(HS) vehicles. Like 9CVT for CVR(T) parts etc
CVR(T) 65247 invades the USA
in Blogs of MV restorations
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Remove the one on the stuck side. You won't be able to slide the gearbox left or right due to how it locates on the hull.