paulob1

I was sent an email today by one of my 'contacts' and they are selling, admittedly by auction, rather a lot of Saxon based spares.....including New/ remanufactured Bedford 6 cylinder 8.2 ltr Normally Aspirated Diesel Engines... I have numerous pictures of them, you can have one for starting price £1000, or lots of 2, or 5, priced accordingly.

Looking at the photos, they seem to be very similar in physical size to the B80/81, exhaust is on the left side, so that suits Saracens/Saladins, also the crankshaft appears to be nice and low down, with the flywheel very close to the base of the shallow sump (dry-sump?) ...check out the picture...... they also have matching new fully auto boxes, relatively reasonably priced, although not sure whether they'd be easy to match up to the transfer box on Saracen/Saladins... might be ok in a Stolly though.... think of the extra oomph 8.2 ltrs will provide!:laugh:

ooh that is interesting, I have just bought a company that specialised in engine replacements, on a small scale but they are going to be fitting engines, diesel in my zils, and ural, and then I am going to buy two diesel converted stollies as mules and then offer conversions for other owners..this engine looks good. What is its power output, too much power would be bad news for a stolly...just googled the specs..its only 164 bhp bet the torque will be good though, and with turbo power would be up to 200 bhp..enough I think...

amazing attention to detail....

scary....if he had just made the ramp less severe...

Hey paul,

They are a nice piece of kit, and very impressive when firing. My friend has one, live firing, but obviously he does'nt fire live rounds! Just big bangs.

I have a picture kicking about somewhere of a stolly towing a big gun, and if memory serves me correct, its a fh70. I will try to hunt it out.

 

Cheers

Shaun

where does he get the big bang gear...

thanks James...

towing it behind the stolly would be good, will give that a go when the are both back here...

Blimey Paul. I wish I had your Job/Money/Time/Understanding missus (delete as appropriate)

job hmm, not easy my jobs, money, I dont have any, I spend it all on toys and things, time, I am just a do-aholic, missus, well after 2 divorces I think you know where I am coming from..current girlie only sees me because we teach together...

will be good to hear her fire up properly...what a rush that will be..when do I get my invite to see the old girl

ooh will find him and ask...re boom boom...

thanks for info...

Cool, does the engine run?

 

I was suprised when they decided to get rid of these, they should have been deployed to Afghanistan, imagine the impact they would have had.

 

Oh well the Armies loss is your gain

Ta

Jon

yep all complete and running, or soon will be...want to see if I can get any big bang pyrotechnics for it next...anyone know if they are available and from where...

couldn't resist buying this...not the actual one that arrives this week,

will post pictures then...

just need the towing truck now...

this thread is funny...

no I think your approach is wrong....if you came and told me like that that my stalwart was a 623 and not a 624 I would have put the phone down,(it is a 623 )

Thats the larger TBU Berliet

yep...

ok this is god news,will have to take the controls off another machine but should not be too much trouble,its only 4 vavles...

thanks for that, bet its the one I bought, luckily I have a spare and plenty of hoses...lets hope most other things are okay.. shouldn't buy like this really but cant resist...

not even been to see her yet...will let you know if I have been stupid..

FV434, pictures soon.

might have a step will look...

no thats my experience so far,no one is at all into helping find the parts...nice truck that,I want the later model with the square 4 seater or more cab....and the bigger engine...

There you go, more of a reason for a French vehicle section, must be other stuff out there like armoured stuff thats a bit of a bugger to get bits for........

Yes and if all goes well may well have two more before long....am after a wrecker version and a cargo truck, latter in hand, former still awaiting detection...

may also buy another KBT but depends on many issues..want pre 60 ones not later...

I have a berliet but french dealers are not very plentiful

Jules still better to go look..says he who has bid on a 434 without going to see it....

looks like its sorted now....I wont be able to drive until at least end of next week, maybe longer, but Mark has been ill, is now better and off to collect stolly, stolly 2 will be ready in a couple of weeks and I should be fit to go then. also got to collect a 434 next week or likely the second week of feb...if I cant drive by then I will be buggered...

I have bought myself a Foden 8x4. the old 70's style I think s 83 metal type cab, can anyone tell me the production history of them. or know where I can find this out...