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I called Corcoran Recovery Portlaoise ,Ireland re acmat cabs ,they scrapped 2 acmats well over a year ago a maintence body and recovery vehicle ,alas both have been completely disposed

It would have been nice to see the recovery vehicles. I wonder if they had the uprated turbo donk.

Looking nice and clean in there

If you look up lockwire pliers on ebay you normally get the pliers plus the wire

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Safety-Lock-Twist-Wire-Pliers-9-Inch-Complete-With-30m-Lock-Wire/251299078987?_trksid=p2047675.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D16728%26meid%3D512887384327233096%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D7906%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D310370089525%26

The pliers make life so much easier as they clamp and twist the wire but are extremely useful in their own right as the extra length makes them very useful for yanking split pins out etc. I been looking for another set as mine got borrowed. If you use pliers just don't over twist, from memory you use around 25 per inch.

Another useful tool is this gadget for drilling bolt heads, shanks or nuts

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290955930697?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:VRI&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2661

something I need for some nuts on my truck

One of my favourite Land Rovers......... congrats

I think I got some info books on them...... need to dig around my hdd as I was going to buy one but always none available when I got cash in my pocket, hence the Lightweight then the Acmat

Can you take a close up photo of the fracture face?

That's really interesting. Was the crack in the same location on each leaf?

Still haven't found the chassis number as yet

I could not get LH and RH Acmat seats with integrated seatbelts as only had RH ones. Typical costs are around 800 - 1000 Euro per piece with not much selection out there. I needed lap and sash seats for Aussie regulations but I found on a custom forum that BMW E46 convertible seats are often used in old restorations for that extra bit of safety.

The main thing to bear in mind with these type of seats is that all the force in the event of an accident goes through the seat base so you have to beef up the floor mounts

A lawn chair

very nice

G'day and Welcome

Think this tow truck driver needs a little bit more training or a rear view mirror

 

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=015_1374998063

he must of been having a really bad day :wow:

G'Day :-D

Brazil

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My Lightweight that I did a quickie rebuild to put on a boat to drive across Australia with a 200 quid engine

Been trying to repeat the feat in another MV the past 5 years......... soon

Looking good Ray..... very nice.. What next to get up and running?

This guy http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Land-Rover-Treasure-Shop/_i.html?rt=nc&_nkw=light%20weight&_sid=1105116006&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1513&_pgn=3he has a lot of gunship models plus a few armoured variants which I have never seen photograph in any details

PS his prices are typically skyrocket high but a tourist visit would be ok :-)

been a few threads on it this is one http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?16439-Cyprus-classics-need-to-be-saved/page2

Also on ebay if you look for lightweight he has a yard full of them including some armoured ones which would be nice to document

these any use? http://mechemcasspir.com/pdf/Casspir_MK_II_Brochure.pdf

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G'Day

congrats.... looks damn fine :bow:

nice

Another two nice ones. The motorcycles guys look a bit knackered

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Just had a message from a friend who is there and they've been evacuated. Apparently some piros went off in a tent. Fire and bomb squad on site.

I hope they are ok.

Are you allowed to have flashbangs in the UK?

Bit of bad news from the site. (From wwii forum)

 

We're very disappointed to report that due to the malicious behaviour and attitude of an individual or group of individuals, thousands of pounds worth of damage has been caused to the public camping toilets, leading to their temporary closure.

We don't know why they have targeted these toilets but they have been extensively vandalised and damaged. We are horrified by this behaviour, it is not what we are used to or expect from our visitors. Our contractor is working very hard trying to resolve this situation and while we appreciate it is difficult, please bear with us

the world is truly full of idiots........... sounds like a lot of damage

nice bike