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I like the bit where the ejection seat hit his face and ignited the oxygen. His gloves caught fire trying to put his face out and is kinda depicted in the film the right stuff as he asked the hot rod kid for a knife to cut his gloves off. He sliced the end of one of his fingers off. I wanted a photo of him and Glamorous Glennis so I contacted the US embassy and they replied with his name address, social secrity number, military record etc etc..... yes strange Anyway I mailed him in '91 and he posted me that photo, so legend and a nice bloke

followed by my favourite plane, the Vultee Vengence The story I was told, designed by the American's,built by the British and given to the Australian's which ended up a dive bomber that could not recover from a dive Whilst searching for parts for these I found a Spitfire, but well thats another story :cool2:

collected aircraft snaps for years...... then moved on to warships :banghead: this is my fav aircraft piccy

In Kazaksthan they use a lot of military stuff. I saw BMP's safety vehicle but not a tank. Also this Lada :shocked:

still a few bits to do, before I do some serious driving... reference rebuild flowchart, (actually superseded by revision 5 but well thats got too many uncoloured boxes :nono:)

Well went to the yard today determined to solve this jaming up of the system as the Pinz felt like the brakes were jammed on, so: - checked all the pneumatic difflocks - checked the all wheel drive control - checked the handbrake Result nothing wrong :argh: so mystified, depressed etc so started reattaching the centre engine covers and 'noticed' that the brake pedal was slow in returning up. So after all this 'dicking' around was because the brake pedal isn't returning quickly. So when I get out of the car and jack the rims everything is ok, I get back in, touch the brake and it would stick down etc etc.. Same old story, look at all the dificult stuff then turns out to be something relatively easy. So went for a spin :yay: . Everyone looking at me, must have been the dirty clothes. Also post the photos of my first trip to the petrol station: - Bangladesh petrol station worker who kept asking me if I was in the Army; and - 1.70 RM/litre for diesel (0.30 GBP/litre)

Yeah I noticed that when rebuilding my Lightweight, outside in the UK last year i.e. the raining starts Friday lunchtime and ends Sunday night. Muggy here, can get quite unpleasent but I have had monkeys on my paint and a cobra under the toolbox, so where ever a rebuild is there are pro's and con's. and yes I screamed like a girl when I noticed the cobra :sweat: and no I didn't take a photo as I was running the other direction worst part is we never found the bugger, so real careful when getting stuff out of the sea containers

Well could not get the parts and bits I wanted, so after sulking saturday I went up to my favourite Junkyard today and bought 2 trailers to keep me amused. The Army trailers here are not quite Sankeys, but should brush up ok.

Swine Flu Decontamination Unit!

Well another weekend starts... with tomorrow some tinkering.... Had planned some major stuff but parts havent arrived :cry: This is one of the 6 in UK, can you spot the major difference? ans: mine has palm trees in the background and in the UK has mist and fog

It depends which 200tdi. A disco one fits the original mounts but the turbo hits the chassis. A defender one the turbo is higher but you have to slice off the RH engine mount at the chassis as the injection pump is lower so the engine bracket is longer. Easiest way after cutting the RH mount off is to take the RH engine bracket off the 2.25, invert it and weld it to the chassis.

some more piccies

i know some of the ill fated mods were rectified but i dont know if all, was always curious about that. I have a great article on it but operatin off my phone tonight as the laptop is having a fit. the article make the comment that after this they decided to buy of the shelf and never in house mod again.

The Dutch tampered with the engines and a lot of other things on the Lightweights. The tampering caused a lot of grief and premature failures. So there is some differences between the mod diesel and the Dutch diesel.

I think the seatings ok and I am a FB... definately better than a Landrover Lightweight. I haven't had mine out on the hwy but 716 are supposed to hit 100kmh and 718 80kmh, I think (just about to doze off here). Another MOD problem is the 16 x 9 tyres, great for offroad but does mess with the gears. I have been told its better to fit 32" diameter tyre. Maybe going slow also as UK MOD, politically correct etc :-D

Landrover spec items: - airvent for driver (incredibly useless) - fold down tailgate - the really daft fuel filler. Landrover argued that you could replace the filler by the cap. Pinz were modified with this dumb filler extension with allen bolts holding it on. So in effect you have a locking fuel cap that can be removed with 3 allen key bolts. those spring to mind. They made a few short ones to but apparently they liked to fall over

G'Day

Austrian........ last of. None of that hodge podge from UK (sorry regurgitating several Pinz owners rants. Actually interesting as several of the annoying bits on Pinz were because the MOD insisted based off Landrover specifications) The Malaysian Army add some quirks, some a bit odd but thats always the case

yep I sent 6 to UK a few months back. This latest batch are extremely bad and the owner of this particuliar yard (in the last post) is extremely eccentric (that polite for what I am really thinking). Actually everything I posted in here is for sale. The main reason I joined this group, just in case someone wants something different. I keep pushing the Roman Brasov DACS as good prices, the diesel stonefields but Landrovers tend to be well overpriced which is a pity as there is a yard full of LR fire trucks

the speakers in the roof are a nice touch

Well the other Pinz owner went to another scrapyard today and found more bits and pieces

Not suitable for people under 15. MA15+ content may only be viewed between 9:00 pm and 5:00 am on any day. Consumer advice is mandatory. Do not view on an empty stomache. Do not view whilst drinking hot beverages. http://www.tankedup.com.au/wedding-hire-school-formal-vehicle-hire.html It gets worse http://www.tankedup.com.au/photo-gallery.html

yep I missed it :idea: yes would make a nice expedition vehicle I know of a white one here sitting in the junkyard, was kinda tempted but got 2 Pinz (much harder to fix when only one!) I like the new ones that MOD and everyone else is buying. Great for those shopping runs

A Hicom, Handalan truck but is Australian Army (I guess thats why it looks in good condition) And some tow motors also Australian

A rather nice looking trailer some more Land Rovers and a KM414 Jeep (gunbus)