sirhc

CVR(T) Brakes are much better than you might think. I can't see many 7.5 tonne trucks or HGVs stopping like this...

Incidently it's also possible to drive around in one all day, through traffic lights, roundabouts etc etc and not need to use the brakes. The tracks, engine and gearbox are very effective at slowing it down when needed.

Chris

Might be sand and a VERY weathered green.. :D

No, it's just very VERY faded IRR green and black.

Year is 1996.

There is very little on a Stormer which is common to a standard CVR(T). The wheels are the same, as are the axle arms and dampers, but pretty much everything else is different... engine, gearbox, final drives, sprockets, brake discs and calipers, electrical system, etc etc etc.

safariswing's link to the 'Hughes Guides' starts off:-

 

"Brakes

Braking systems of certain vehicles FIRST USED ON OR AFTER 1st April 1983. . "

 

Surely all 430 series vehicles were first used before that.

When were the first CVR(T)s around? 197?

 

Just thought I'd point that out.

 

Chas.

British CVRTs were built between 1972 and 1982.

So when did the requirement for a secondary braking system get introducted to the C&U regulations, and what type of vehicles does it apply to? Obviously a split system as quoted by Mike is not possible on a tracked vehicle, so how do the other tracked vehicles (such as mini diggers etc) which are road legal get past this?

Is it not cheaper to low loader it than to pay the fuel? If you do decide to drive it, make sure you have a backup plan and some way of recovering it quickly if it breaks down. The Police will want it moving straight away if it dies on the motorway, and the bill won't be cheap.

Bought this in the last Withams tender, any ideas what vehicle it is off, Ithought might be CVRT Samson ?

John,

The Samson CES list shows the following:

7WG/3940-99-838-6284. Block tackle two pulleys on common spindle 14 tonne working load.

There's a typo somewhere!

Chris

Hello mate

 

You got any plans to do any CVRT's then ? I know AFV Club do the 1/35 Scimitar and Scorp, as well as AA doing the variants in 1/35 and the Scimitar in 1/16, but would be good to have some larger scale variants, esp with the later style headlights (the AA ones all come with the sealed unti jobbies)...

 

Happy to help with reference pics if it gets mea discount..!

 

Cheers

Tim,

There are conversion kits around to turn a Scorp into a Sabre, and also to turn early vehicles into later ones.

Chris

you are correct about the cvrt tracks, the rubber blocks are moulded in and if they are indeed worn right down, the entire track will need replacing for road use. Note the pads have a tapered profile to them, thats to say the leading edge is flatter than the trailing edge. If you can find replacement track, expect to pay £1500 to £4000 depending on how worn

regards mick

£4000!!!!!!! If anyone needs good take off track, send me a PM and I'll pass on some details. It wont be anywhere near this expensive.

So just another money maker for the boy racer market then? Wonder how long before all the tyre places offer it?

Yes, but I heard they work well with a broquet! :-D

This is amazing news for all UK Ferret owners!!

 

If these tyres really are suitable, then they're the answer to all of our prayers. There has been much debate on this forum and elsewhere about finding suitable tyres for our Ferrets. These tyres look to be the first with the same (or very similar) tread pattern to the original fit Dunlops.

 

Fingers crossed!!

Peter,

This is not amazing news...! These are 900x16, but they are the same pattern as fitted to Dodges, 101 etc and so not too hard to find. They are just Bar Grips, not Trakgrips which everyone wants.

Chris

Tony,

The composition of air is as follows:

Nitrogen N2 78.084%

Oxygen O2 20.947%

Argon Ar 0.934%

Carbon Dioxide CO2 0.033%

Neon Ne 18.2 parts per million

Helium He 5.2 parts per million

Krypton Kr 1.1 parts per million

Sulfur dioxide SO2 1.0 parts per million

Methane CH4 2.0 parts per million

Hydrogen H2 0.5 parts per million

Nitrous Oxide N2O 0.5 parts per million

Xenon Xe 0.09 parts per million

Ozone O3 0.07 parts per million

Nitrogen dioxide NO2 0.02 parts per million

Iodine I2 0.01 parts per million

Carbon monoxide CO trace

Ammonia NH3 trace

Therefore when you inflate a tyre with air, you are inflating it with 78% Nitrogen. Why would there be a problem with mixing Nitrogen and compressed air?! :nut:

Chris

:cool2: The tool you need is this one!

Chris

I've had my tyres on and off loads of times. You can do the job yourself, but you will need some long bars. You can re-use the insert, and there is a nack to getting it back in. Buy new inner tubes as the old ones may be 30+ years old!

Chris

Dan,

You asked about scopes, not sights! :-)

Chris

Rick,

Does it run and drive? There is no need to transport it if it's roadworthy!

Chris

No 43s for the gunner and No 48s for the commander.

Most things turn up eventually... but the prices have gone up considerably in the last 10 years. Clansman gear is cheap and easy to find, but there are some bits and pieces which have become rare.

Chris

I do wish people would read the date and time of the original posting before joining in with the welcome messages. The forum member you've just welcomed in has been on here for over a year!

Will look great with a lick of paint Iain ! :nut:

He has just painted it...

Iain,

There was a story behind the missing dash, but it's fair to say you shouldn't bid on things in a tender sale based on the website photo alone! I got that info for him as I was interested to find out the history of it... Merlin report was done on the reg no. on the data plate.

Chris

CRVT hull detail showing damage near final drive mounting.

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It's common practice for the front towing eyes to be removed from scrap hulls, they go back into stores as spares as far as I know. This looks like someone tried to remove them using a plasma cutter. All the ones I've seen have been cut off using a grinder.

Chris

I wasn't making it up, here's the Merlin Report.

I remember that one... I looked at it at Withams, I was talking to the guy who bought it at the time, when he was trying to get it running. If I remember correctly it had been at Porton Down.

Chris

As always, great pictures and text Chris, useful things those A bars for CVR(T)s arent they?

 

R

Robin,

Yes they are, people are always asking me if I want to sell it, the answer is always no!

Chris