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About paul connor

  • Birthday 10/20/1978

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    Music Production, Archaeology, Military Vehicles
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  1. My grandfather was in the 82/88 AA/AT regiment Royal Artillery in India and Burma. I have a few documents showing troop allocation to vehicles and what each vehicle contains which has his name as a driver/operator.
  2. I thought maybe we can get some more interaction and posts on the forum, so what better way than we all post an image of what Military Vehicle we are currently running or working on. Might encourage some new members to get involved and show off their pride and joy or financial ruin! I'll go first, here one of my projects: 1997 Land Rover Wolf 90 HS FFR (Remus upgrade). Having served most of it's life in Bosnia and Germany it was shipped back to the UK and sold and then shipped back again to Germany where it now is retired.
  3. That's the exact same fitment that mine had, I never thought to question it although I did think it was a weird placement for fuel or water. Clive, If you ever took photos of my old S3 FFR at WP show when it was next to my Pig you may be able to even see it fitted.
  4. I agree it is quieter than usual, maybe this is due to the decline of larger shows and rising costs of purchasing vehicles? Facebook I have deactivated as I found it becoming a vast waste of my time and also pretty negative as an experience with the content. I only now use Instagram but that is for my music alias as you have to self promote in the current era which I dislike, but needs must. I found Facebook to be very inaccurate in regards to advice and expertise, whereas here you generally get more experience and factual replies; which for me is more important. I would imagine the gender imbalance is likely down to what the hobby is, most shows are male dominated but I guess that is the nature of military vehicles. I do wonder if the newer generations in the hobby are less represented in vehicle ownership and there will be a decline in the hobby for a while as younger people struggle to afford ownership and insurance?
  5. Just to add a little - my series 3 FFR also had the can mount between the seats but in line with bulkhead, not like Clive's anti-passenger version, which I quite like!
  6. Hi Donal, When I had it there was no handle/key. If you look at one of the in service images I sent you there appears to be a handle hanging on a string tied to the roof hatch area. It's white string and can be seen on the left of the image. That's at least all I could interpret that as. Paul
  7. Hello HMVF I am after some antenna whip aerials for my Wolf. In good condition to fit the front wing Bowman base and the side Bowman base on the raised candlestick mount. Anyone got a pair they would part with? Thanks Paul
  8. Packard17 - this issue of Military Machines International might help with photos of the HVVPK both in/out. I do have this somewhere but cannot find it; if I do I shall scan the images. If I remember correctly (I could be wrong) 17HG99 features in this magazine feature. I bought her from a chap called Neil in Plumpton, East Sussex. I cannot remember his screen-name but he was a member on HMVF at one stage. It was then sold by me to a man from Scotland who worked on oil rigs, that is the last I saw of it. He drove from Lewes, East Sussex all the way back to Scotland - must have taken a very long time! but, it made it without fault. The only issue I had was once breaking down in Brighton blocking the whole Lewes road as a turned into a street. I had caught the fuel tank switch as I got into the vehicle and it started drawing fuel from the 2nd tank which was full of debris. I was rather young and had no idea with mechanicals and just went into panic mode. First the AA came to assist and refused to actually help due to the weight of the vehicle as they could not recover it; he just didn't want to even look at the car. Thankfully I also had RAC membership and they sent a mechanic who was ex RE LAD mechanic and cleared the fault in minutes. It had no faults on the 2x MOTs I had in ownership and really was nice to drive. I had always wanted a Humber Pig but this came along first and I fell in love with it. I also bought a Humber Pig and realised I was placing too much of a financial strain on myself with two military vehicles and a car - so the Piglet had to go. A regret - much like selling my Pig! Paul
  9. Good show! Remember, if you ever go to sell this vehicle, please give me first refusal! It does seem coincidental someone had the exact missing parts. Could well be original from the vehicle as not many seem to have lasted in civilian hands. Which is a shame. The Piglet was a lot of fun and my first military vehicle.
  10. I thought I would add to this thread again as I have noticed some strange things in Germany that seem to contradict the regulations for armour and tracked vehicles. Armour must be de-militarised: The Snatch Land Rover I restored and owned for a number of years now resides in Germany. This has not been subjected to cutting of armour and is still in standard form which I cannot understand as it is resistant to small arms fire. Prohibited use of track vehicles on public roads: I have now seen for sale an M3 Halftrack which is road registered. Now this may be a grey area as it has road wheels, but then I saw a Haggland BV206 recently which was also road registered. So now I am confused if tracked vehicles are indeed forbidden for public use after all. If you could register a BV206 or M3 why not a FV432? It is a shame, as I would buy an FV432 today if I knew I could use it on the road. I do not mind the cutting of armour as long as it can retain the optic of the original, but to use only in a field is pointless for me and removes the majority of the enjoyment. I am now trying, with my terrible grasp of German, to investigate further at the state department.
  11. Thanks for some informative replies and ideas. Thanks also Rob for the offer, but alas I am in Germany. I am thinking now along the lines of this (attached image) 7 pin to 7pin 24v-12v reducer. My idea, currently, is to mount this on a bracket in the rear of the Wolf by the radio power supply. I have a spare NATO to 7 pin lead from a wide track trailer which I have used to tow civilian trailers with my other 110 (12v), I can use this to connect to the WOLF plug on the cross member through the radio porthole on the Wolf rear roof section into the reducer. From the reducer then back out of the porthole to the trailer with a standard 7 pin coiled cable. This should hopefully work and I have all the parts other than the reducer. This would then just be plugging in two leads which already have the holes in the rear of the Wolf for radio cables. I will let you all know how successful this is when I get it installed. Thanks again, Paul
  12. Hey all, I have a Wolf HS 90 which is 24v and no issues with my wide track trailer which is also 24v (bulbs). I have an issue I have been trying to work the easiest solution for, but cannot seem to get there. I would also like to use my civilian trailers which are 12v, without having to change bulbs or use a trailer board. Is there any NATO to 12v convertors available, or any way I could switch the voltage down to 12v when needed? I have a NATO to civi lead I made, so that is no issue but the reduction in voltage is. Any ideas?
  13. Hello, I am sure someone will know the answer - I have a Wide-track trailer which has the original wheels but needs a new set of tyres. I do however have two Land Rover Wolf wheels with G90s on that are nearly new. Do we know if there are offset issues fitting the more modern Wolf wheels on a 1981 trailer, as this has older steel wheels which appear to be only fitted to the 3/4t trailers. I thought I would as here, as I am sure this is not a very unusual modification as I shave seen alloys on these trailers before. Thanks Paul
  14. I have used Metcalf through GPSV, they were quite reasonable to Germany. Or Matt Austin at RV Shipping Ltd, who also used Metcalf as part of the journey and Discordia the rest. T: +44 (0) 1978 660681 E: maustin@rvshipping.co.uk W: www.rvshipping.co.uk You will need to declare to customs and have paperwork sorted prior to import. I used a customs agent to sort the paperwork, it was worth it. Although some logistics will do it for you. You will need to pay VAT as well as 10% import depending (sometimes older vehicles are subject to less). Logistics will need from memory a completed T1 form and CMR form for customs declaration and the HGV has to report to customs at the end destination. The paperwork needs to confirm the vehicle is sealed and will not be opened until at destination country - which means you do not need to stop at French customs to pay, but at UK customs. Where you, or the agent will pay the tax owed before it continues to you. Hope that helps! Once clear you will have all the paperwork to register an import - which is much easier in the UK then Germany, that is for sure! Here you need a TUV datasheet for the vehicle which has weights, vehicle emissions, noise ratings, and more. Which is fine, unless you are the first to import that kind of vehicle as you have to pay for extra testing! I was lucky, as they did want £1200 for emissions test and £1000 for noise regs test! Thank you for who ever paid for this data first!
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