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    Flippin heck, Roadsure recovery!

    in MV Chatter

    Posted

    ok guys, who broke down, and used roadsure.

    have just phoned them for breakdown recovery insurance.

    and the price has gone from £54 to £125. thats for 2 vehicles any weight.

    they said the people they sent out to pick somebody up, told them, they

    would'nt do it again for that price, and thats why its gone up.

    keith

     

    £125 to repair/recover a Stalwart - I AM covered after all and so is Richards Militant!! (not to mention Stuarts Saracen...)

    I can live with that cost for the peace of mind it gives :D:D:D

    RAC cover for the car this year was touching the £140 mark so £125 for any weight is not too bad

     

    Bet it goes up again, though, the first time one of the Alvis 6x6 family conks out somewhere!!!!

    Jeep Disaster...

    in MV Chatter

    Posted

    Sorry to hear the bad news :(

    Really sucks when you buy something in good faith and then find you've effectively been had!! (now keeping my fingers crossed given I've just gone and bought..)

     

    Console yourself with the thought of all the fun you WILL have once she's up and running though...

    saving

    in British Vehicles

    Posted

    £10k for a nice Saladin would be a bit of a bargain!

     

    "Nice" in this context I hasten to add is not nice as applied to the other 2 member of the family - rather they were complete but in need of much work. There was another one that was advertised as a full resto - but the seller wanted all sorts of info before he'd reveal the price - draw your own conclusions from that one!! :shock: :shock:

    saving

    in British Vehicles

    Posted

    True alas :cry: :cry:

    I've been scanning MV prices for over a year now and I think I'v onlyever seen two Saladins come up for sale and comapred to the prices of equivalent Saracens or Stalwarts they were priced at what I'd term "Silly Money" - IRO £10K

    WW2 harley in Dagenham

    in Motorcycles

    Posted

    On the way home from hell - I mean work - tonight I saw a WW2 harley, complete with the weapon boot and panniers parked outside a cafe in Whalebone Lane South opposite the Texaco garage. Looked quite nice and I wondered if any one on here was the owner????

    Shopping trip results...

    in British Vehicles

    Posted

    I do, I do - believe me I do - but if I park her on the drive at home then:

     

    1) the level of the drive will drop below water level

     

    2) the local brats will wreck her :cry:

     

    So although we'll be going down to pay the money and get the manuals/paperwork etc Sunday afternoon after the Bunker she's going to have to stay in East Sussex until a home can be found!!!!!!

    Shopping trip results...

    in British Vehicles

    Posted

    Things progress - money cleared into our account today!!! :D:D

    In theory we could get it out , pay the man on Sat morning and drive back for the bunker bash. But with nowhere currently to put her I don't think thats a wise idea just yet :(:D

    I Need HELP!!!

    in MV Chatter

    Posted

    Yep - thats the stuff to use. Had recourse to it some years ago when the deadlining of a Vanden Plas 4 Litre R decided to part company with the rest of the car. Worked a treat!!! :D

    Overlord / Hordean?

    in Future events and meetings

    Posted

    Alas we're in France that weekend - well more specifically returning from a weeks stress-relieving break in the Loire Valley :D Hopefully will have had plenty of vino but not too much collapso....

     

    Hoping to make it next year though - with vehicle if things pan out OK.

    tiger tank

    in Tracked vehicles

    Posted

    And what state are the ones in the Russian collection in these days???

    I thought they had the only full collection going with:

    * Tiger 1

    * Tiger 2 (King Tiger)

    * Jagd Tiger

    * Sturm Tiger

    * Tiger (P) Elefant

    in the collection

    saving

    in British Vehicles

    Posted

    Sensible words!!! I'd say stick with the pig and invest in it's future rather than dilute funds with a second vehicle.

     

    If you must persist then each of the 4 listed have their own adherents on the forum and can advise of the unique aspect of the vehicle. My favourite is the Stalwart - and for that most consider me totally insane!! Bear these points in mid though before parting with the hard-earned readies:

     

    * All of them are VERY labour intensive - and cows to work on if something goes wrong. As it will sooner or later.

    * All will require investment in MUCH heavier tools and lifting gear than you likely currently have.

    * All will have much more limited useable ranges - usually about 50 miles or so - before the need for a transporter comes into the equation thus adding extra operating costs.

    * All will have a fetish for fuel stations that would make old 2 Shags affair with his secretary seem like a playground romance!! The Stalwart has an Army nominated range of 4 MPG - on the owners forum they state it's nearer 2.5 MPG... OK - a Mk 2 432 with a multi-fuel engine will be able to use the mixed stuff service stations get rid off but you can't gurantee a constant supply of this.

    * All will require access to a bigger storage area, none really lend themselves to home storage, thus adding yet more cost.

    * The 432 will require an additional group added to your driving license (H) - the Stalwart is a grey area right now so we won't go there but suffice it to say in theory you should have a class2 HGV as its post 1960.

    * Maintenance bills on the Stalwart for sure will make your pigs look like loose change. Theres's over 180 litres of oil of varying type plus something called "Oildag" for the bevel oxes required when a full service is done (and the Oildag is described as "Gobsmackingly expensive"!!) whilst the fuel tank hold 454 litres (100 galls to the old school). Virtually every job is a 2-man one and the majority will involve hanging upside down inside the punt or hull. I would imagine the other FV6xx series vehicles would be similar

     

    Having read this - are you still convinced you need a second vehicle???

     

    :D:D

    Shopping trip results...

    in British Vehicles

    Posted

    Another letter from Northern Rock today advising they had received the forms, loan had been finalized and the date payments would commence.

    Just need to wait for the money to be transferred via the banking system. :D:D

     

    Would have loved for her to have been here for the Bunker weekend but I doubt the cash will have cleared by then - realistically I think we're looking at the second W/E in June as being the earliest I can get her :cry:

    as we're off to France for a weeks caravan rally the W/E after the bunker event. Need now to talk to RoadSure to arrange insurance and see if they have an upper class (over 7.5t) on their recovery service - if they do then driving her home is on. If not then transport might have to be considered!! I've also asked the seller if he minds it staying where it is until a home can be found for her.

     

    We're getting there folks -slowly but surely we are getting there :D:D:D

    MV Show Essex at the Secret Nuclear Bunker

    in Bunker Bash

    Posted

    Why ever not???

    (don't tell me you've got the Saracen jammed in the Fort gates??? :D:D:D:D )

    trust the missus to book our holiday on these days :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

     

    Ah - I see!!! Well - look on the bright side - at least yours didn't arrange for the family to be in France the weekend you were supposed to be collecting your beloved Stalwart!!!

     

    Serious note - whats the story with camping over night at the show???

    Fees, things like that.......

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