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sort of, we have 3 original turrets and rings, 2 of which were on the vehicles when we bought them from withams but there are fitted with the normal commanders capola instead of the flat type. the turret data plates do say fv432/30.

we havent killed a 432 buy towing it yet backwards or forwards to be honest i cant see the need to tow one very far backwards ? any doubt disconect prop shaft then no worries . on a slight tangent tow starting is interesting its a bit like back to the future and hitting that critical speed but in the case of the 432 its 15mph instead of 80 something for the delorian and much to my disapointment i wasn't transported back in time to 1957 only thing that happens is the engine fires up oh well i'll keep experimenting . perhaps my ideas on time travel may work with a saracen an some lengths of box section oh yes also a flux capasitor but i have already said to much ssshhhhh :wow:

i'll be there thursday day/ night friday day so hopefully catch up with someone for a chat i'm easily recognized by my russian bonny hat and tattoos

Robin, always topped ours up to the lip no issues after six yrs hope this helps iain

four ton lift on the jcb so we were close.

due to popular demand :laugh: here we go . After a lot of oxy/acet and even more bashed knuckles 2 of the suspension units have been removed ready to check and refurb suspension unit stripped discovered 1 broken spring and knackered wheel bearing seals. Next we removed the transmission unit even more gas and even more skin loss the eagle eyed will noticed the tyres on the jcb think we may need to drain the oil and remove sprockets to shed a little weight it definately made the machine grunt. any questions as ever comments or questions welcome Iain

We have made quite a bit of progress this week i'll post some pics if people want to see them ?

well said my thoughts trhu out the whole thread

welcome, you are from my neck of the woods, if your passing call in for brew . Iain

apparently it was about warren beaty but that rumour has never been confirmed .:cool2:

some more progress today . as the picture above show we have been stripping the interior, so after much climbing up and down it is nearly done . so today we decided it was time to remove the tracks so we could remove transmission to complete interior strip so heres some pics Captain chaos applies some gentle heat to retaining wedges with tracks split we towed her forward tracks removed and Captain chaos misses he cue to pose rolled the tracks up for a later date left hand track is ok,but the right one has some dead links but in the words of baldrick "we have a cunning plan" ,more of which at a later date . cheers for looking Iain

apart from our ownership of gas guzzling over complicated machinery and the lack of fuel to run or use our joint knowledge . now me personally any sign of revelution i would be watching re runs of ray mears and fill in that application for my firearms that i been meaning to do for ages . Iain

cheers guys i was talking about the museum with my brother the other day thats what prompted this thread . where abouts is that dodge now looks an interesting place . Has any one else got any photos of grange cavern as it was ,the only ones i can find now are on the urban exploration sites showing it empty an rather sad looking cheers Iain

I'll start this one and hopefully new member Nitro will takeover or fill in the blanks seeing as he has done the lionshare of the work on this vehicle. It came from a scrap yard and was badly mauled . had also been stretched to take a steyr diesal engine . this last pic shows the extention on back end cheers for looking Iain

that black stuff is evil look at the state of my arms but at least is covers my bodgy tattoos:D

years ago as a kid i visited the grange cavern museum at holywell and i was just wondering what happened to the collection after the museum closed there is very little imformation online. Iain

heh up me duck you took your time joining i'll see you at work wednesday :cheesy:

no worries rick i like the idea of the sledge hopefully you'll supply pictures of you riding it down the road in a santa hat ideal for the hmvf christmas card

Robin A jcb 540 /70 great bit of kit it lifted the turret plus gun but the tyres went a bit flat and the engine grunted so we thought it best to remove gun its a good bit of kit lift about 4 ton

cheers rick from you that is a compliment i been keeping an eye on your churchill and cromwell thread so i know you aint afraid to get your hands dirty .that black stuff is bloody horrible sticks like s**t to a blanket my mrs sharky is not impressed by the colour of the bath erm the towels erm the kitchen .. well lets put it this way black aint really her colour especiallly on our 2 yr old daughters clothes oh well :angel: iain

more pics. new piece fabricated and finally some pics of the inside being stripped me hard at it. little joe fuel tank ,oil coolers and ammo storage you'll have turn turn your head for this pic sorry thanks for looking Iain

evening all heres some more progress . i am posting as many pics as possible because my writing and descriptive skills are not brilliant so it is easier for me this way. feel free to ask for any further descriptions and i'll see what i can do . right first of some more gun pics breach moves lovely. turret basket needs soma attention

We decided it was time to get the sherman in the workshop today, sounds easy! the work shop is half a mile away from where it has been stored and the route consists of 4 narrow gate ways 3 dog leg turns and a main road to cross then to top it all a workshop entrance at 90 degrees to the yard and it only has 5 inches of clearence either side of tank but we got it in easier than we thought . heres some pics

couple more pictures most of the work has been done by captain chaos so credit to him iain

cheers andy hows the Abott coming on ? has any one got any pictures of the sherman 105mm in service i was watching ww2 in colour this eve and saw a sherman 105 on there so was pleased as punch