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How is everyone going?  I heard a second wave might be going through the UK.

We have been quite lucky in the state i am in here in Australia as the government closed our borders and had strict controls but also helps that we dont live piled on top of each other.

Anyway I hope these make you smile, stay healthy

And finally i just bought this 9x6 shed, which has to be disassembled this weekend and moved to my place.  This will slow me down but have to get council approvals and pour a heap of concrete (so need more overtime).  Anyway stay safe

As the original 109 GS 2A had been butchered by different modifications.  i am opting to build an 88 GS 2A.  First picture is the current state of my project.... the second picture is what i want apart from i think i will go Glooss UK mod green

and more spare parts..😀

Some more spare parts

Well not much progress, just accumlating parts.  This one is 1 of 44 ever made, ex army fire tender.  Nearly anything steel has rusted away

yeah.... wow sorry never saw this post

sorry been travelling a lot for work

hows life treating you up there

Well finally got it in the shed....definately not a lightweight 

Dashes are odd.. hand throttle... twin fuel tanks.  Funny they didnt just fit standard UK army fittings.  Its got tool mounts on the wings with an additional axe mount.

i cannot see how a heater was fitted

Chasing a light weight body and other bits if anyones got a rotten chassis one?

Basically i miss my old Lightweight

Cheers

yep got a tirfor today to get it into the shed.  But freezing tonight with drizzle

Well not UK freezing but just miserable

another.. circa 1979

Dash is interesting, twin tanks, different tool mounts, reinforced diff

Saw a 2a the other day and it followed me home.... The ADF ones have a lot of different mods

yes i was thinking my initial post would be low level... but it has really been an interesting history lesson...

One of the things i have always liked about this forum is learning stuff as its often fascinating

So all in all, weird to be downunder as we went from Centurians, to Leopards to Abrahms 

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/503947347185069/

states "Rolls Royce 6 cyl 12 piston 2 crankshaft horizontally opposed multifuel. Ex Swiss army tank. 104 hours since brand new. Runs well. $10k very rare"

What would it have been fitted to?

I think it is a relevant topic as most the people in here are in the susceptible age range.  Also it is an unprecedented event.

interesting info yesterday on the news was that people with A blood types are 63% more prone to serious symptoms.

So be a safe as you can.... if you refuel your car wear gloves

you might have seen this already 

https://www.pickles.com.au/campaigns/Online-Centurion-Battle-Tank-ARV-Sale 

ps did you see they tank bits I posted in merredin.... not sure if any of that track or wheels were of any use as they were lojoking at selling also

5 hours ago, Le Prof said:

Nice pun (-:

totally unintentional....... but I did realise after I posted

most of my is riddled with hidden airstrip so most likely bits all over the place but really remote... ie 7 hours of desert road driving well a bit less as Mr has no speed limits so was sitting on 130...140kmh

when I went up that way when I was a kid the govt had banged oversized star pickets into all the runways as the drug runners were using them

9 hours ago, Adrian Barrell said:

As is Windsor Carrier track

maybe we can scale it off my boot.... I'll me asure it tomorrow... is it a big difference?

18 hours ago, eddy8men said:

thanks richard, i didn't know that

everything is bigger in Aus 😂

I might be going up that way in a few months

my guess is maybe peanuts as they don't know what it is..... I should of asked if any othere hunks of steel were laying around... from memory about 3 hours ne of Alice springs

Spotted this in the middle of nowhere at a place called Tilmouth Well

really off the beaten track...I would bet they don't know what their footpath is