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For someone living so far away from the UK you need to be buying the best vehicle you can, then shipping it over with spare engines, gearbox, wheels, track, etc etc. It can be hard to find these bits when we need them, much harder for you when you need them!

Hi & welcome. Plenty of Land Rovers coming through the disposal system at the moment, do you remember the registration numbers of any you served with? Chris

The CVRTs in the tender sale are petrol variants that have been stood outside for 10 years. Chris

Belgian vehicles all had the earlier (under the front lip) headlamps. They were there because of wading screens. When the wading requirement was no longer needed in the early 90s the British removed the old lights and fitted standard headlamps, same as ferret etc. The protective covers came in when the Sabre conversion was carried out in 1994/5. Wading screen brackets were cut off when vehicles were base overhauled after then. The exception is RAF vehicles which never had the wading screens.

I think the Repaircraft conversion would cost more than the base vehicle, it is aimed at military end users and not the likes of us! There aren't exactly dozens of Spartans for sale, I think you'd need to see what comes up on Milweb or who responds to a wanted advert. Jacksons will be selling Belgian vehicles which are probably very tidy. If someone was to sell one privately I'd expect it to make about £15k if it was a nice one. Regarding the width of the drivers compartment, I think you'd have a hard job making any more space in there.. the bulkhead is right up against the engine, and the engine isn't that big!

There's also several Saracens at the paintball place in Ollerton.

There is one diesel Spartan and one diesel Sultan in private hands. The MoD only bought so many diesel kits, vehicles which weren't converted were cast in 2004 and the majority ended up being cut up. A fair number of these had messiers fitted when in service, but they were removed along with other bits in short supply before being sold off. This means most Spartans that were restored were fitted with Armstrongs as they were easier to find. Chris

We have an operational Fox, there are around 50 or so left and most are runners. Chris

I was 18 when I got mine, had it 12 years in April!

Tim, Minimum pressure required to pass a test was 130psi. The engine that went with the Sabre project I sold had 160/170psi on all cylinders. Sounds like yours is a bit sick. Chris eng 1.pdf

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No, the variants without turrets used metal tanks. Size and shape depends on variant and what space was free, usually they are on the floor along one side of the hull. Photo shows our Spartan, the fuel tank is under the seats in the middle of the hull, and down the left hand side. Chris

That would be Allsops when they were building the A46 dual carriageway. They will be long gone now.

That engine would look nice in my Wolf! Looks very straight, where did it come from?

I hope there might actually be some vehicle parts to buy this year, I've been finding less to buy each year for a while now.

Remember the wheels need to be covered for it to be road legal, and you'd need the lights etc too. Anyone wanting to do this could have the lights fitted with quick release plugs, and you can get thumb nuts which release after half a turn which could be used to quickly fit and remove the wings at a show etc.

Black for me too.

They have lots of uses, the ones I had were in the CES for my comms trailer.

Kev, It's a rubber bag tank located at the rear of the hull between the idler wheels. The filler is usually hidden by the rear turret bin. Chris

We still have the MW and it will be in Normandy in 2014, a bit more finished than it was last time. I just bought myself a present, a fairly clean Land Rover 110 Have a good Christmas everyone! Chris

I used red oxide on the wood for our MW with no problems. We sealed all the knots with knot sealant first. Chris

Bob, Not too far, how urgent do you need the dimensions? We could arrange for you to come up and measure at some point if it helps. Chris

Bob, Where are you? There's a deactivated one in our Fox. Chris

Interesting to see the Withams sticker and lot number on the front.

It would be worth sending an email, he was helpful when I talked to him.