Adrian Scott

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Well just walked in from the workshop 10-30pm , M10 fully serviced and now polished , Ward lafrance fully checked over and washed and ready to go mainly due to Too tall Mike , M4 HST well thats another bloody story , took some friends out in it for a ride down the lane and it over heated , brought 4 x new kenlow fans for it which draw 96 amps of current , the alternator is only a 55 amp one on the engine , decide to buy a high performance water pump as well to try and aid water circulation , decide to take M4 to my local vintage garage as owners son is into American muscle cars and is very good with big block V8s , turns out my engine is a 460 cubic inch and about 7.8 ltrs !!. So after fitting new high performance water pump , getting a new crank shaft pulley and water pump pully made and buying a new 165 amp alternator which needed all new mounting brackets made , every thing was fitted and test run for a hour , the following morning the inside of the hull was filled with water where the water pump glands were leaking !!!! , there was not another high performance water pump in the country , so we UPS one to the UK from the states which arrived last Friday !! along with a carb rebuild kit ,the carb was rebuilt yesterday morning and found to be dumping fuel into the engine on tick over , brought a new Holley carb yesterday afternoon which turned up this morning , duly fitted and tuned up this afternoon , collected and drove it home at 5 oclock tonight , doing 35 mph through the village going really well , half way home started running rough , when we got home it turns out its blown a exhaust gasket !!! so back to the garage at 8-30 tomorrow morning to be stripped and im probaly going to Middlesex tomorrow morning to get new exhaust gaskets !! Who would have vintage vehicles ??? Im still hoping to be at A&E Thur evening , see you all there . Adrian

We have just finished my Ward for A&E this week and thought you might like a sneak preview , Adrian

Hi Dave , Could you confirm please when the cook house will be up and running at A&E ?? We are planing to be on site Thur late afternoon / early evening , just asking so we can cater for ourselves until you are up and running !! Looking forward to seeing you all this week, Adrian.

Hi Richard , Ive just been out and measured the gun ring legs on my Ward lafrance and they measure 2 and a quarter inches , i then measured a spare set of legs in the workshop and they measured 60mm !!! my guess is 2 and a quarter inches but please wait and see what other people come back with , Cheers Adrian .

You just like blowing things up Lee !!!!

£10 wouldnt even open the electric gate !!!

Thanks guys so far for your thoughts ,any more feed back would be welcome , my first meeting with my planing guy is towards the end of may , will keep you updated on progress , Regards Adrian

Im going for change of use on one of my barns to convert it from agricultral to storage , it would be totally enclosed with a locked roller shutter door ,probaly for about 13 vehicles or so , with lights and a 13 amp socket within the shed , there is also a electric gate on the farm drive to aid security , would any forum members be intrested in storage if i get planning permission in the summer and what would people think a fair price to charge per week ?? i do have a figure in mind but just wondered what other people thought or were paying ?? (Located near East Grinstead ,West Sussex ) Thanks Adrian

Must just add that the views from the camp site are just awesome and if we have the same weather as 2 years ago then that would make it !!!

Have to agree , the sign was that big we drove right by it !!!

Weve had a oil leak on the high speed tractor transmission and this afternoon Mike (tootall) traced it to the top transmission cover gasket or lack of one, it had been put back together a long time ago with some sort of instant gasket which had done its time . The transmission looks as good as new inside and we are hoping to put it back together on Thursday

Morning Jack and fellow participants of A&E , Well time has been flying by and its 2 months to the day and we should be leaving camp i guess in the next half hour to trundle our merry convoy around the roads of Dorset !!! Ive some questions to ask as we are so close to kick off , How is funding shaping up as ive had my low loader firm on the phone wanting confirmation etc , I know some of the other Tankers with further to travel ( bigger low loader bills to pay ) would like some clarity to travel costs this close to the event ,my haulage firm are prepared to leave the lorry at the camp site for the weekend to save costs !!!, but this has been aranged now for over 9 months . Weymouth , When we get to Weymouth and join onto the precession along the sea front , at the end do we park up and participate in the event for the day or do we bug out and head straight back to camp ?? Would it be possible to put peoples names against the vehicles that are booked in on your list on the website ?? We are all going to meet up in the camp site any way and hopefully it will be very social this time with alot of meet and greet and getting to know other furum members. Thanks in advance Adrian

Its being held on my friends estate just south of East Grinstead .

There is a WW2 re-in actors weekend in sussex next weekend and I wondered if Any one from the forum was taking part ???

That does looks good Rosie , but where are the baked beans??

Hi Tony , My cab roof is just plain metal painted OD ,hope that helps Regards Adrian

Hi Richard , Whats your nick name" Hawk eye "!!! , yes you did spot a Diamond Tee 980 in a barn , its my friends , we picked it up about 2 weeks ago , its in very good condition ,the previous owner started the restoration but it just needs finishing , should be at W & P in 2013 .

Thats the last of the pics , It will be at A & E so can be inspected more closely !!! Regards Adrian

Forgot to say it has a LPG gas conversion fitted , but we dont have any gas filling stations near us , so will keep to using petrol !!

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I recently brought this M4 HST out of Holland and thought you might like a few pics of it . It was imported from America 3 or 4 years ago by a friend of mine and then sold to a collector in Holland who after owning and restoring it then put it up for sale the early part of this year, it was advertised on milweb .It hasnt got the original engine fitted , it has been retro fitted with a petrol Ford V8 with a 3 speed auto gear box driving through the original manual gear box of the tractor , it goes extremely well and is like a racing car compared to the M10

Well time flys by when you are having fun dosnt it ,and if im correct with my calendar its 4 MONTHS to the day and we will be leaving camp soon for the start of a awesome day in Dorset with our mighty Leader leading one of the biggest gatherings of WW2 Tanks (and the odd SP Gun ) blazing a path of glory around the lovely country side of Dorset !! Roll on A & E , Regards Adrian ( theres no pressure on you Jack )

Morning Jack , Would you mind adjusting my entry form please , could you delete my M5a1 Halftrack and add my new M4 High speed tractor , this ones fully restored and ready to go , Thanks Adrian

Hey Jack , you could allways add a M10 Achilles Tank destroyer to the British list !!!