eddy8men

no idea but it sound interesting

Can someone post a pic or two of the meadows fitted to the explorer. There might be parts I could use. Cheers

the neptunes were in a different breach in the same year, the army must have running out of buffalo's !

that's a great photo. i have a poor blurred image but i don't even think it's the same breach, i'll send you a pm. cheers 

yes and yes but i need to do a recce and then arrange for a survey 

excellent work. well done. 

could someone put up a pic of the neptune, preferably from the front. i want to compare it to a pic i have of the lvt's in the breach.

it seems the neptune is a very elusive beast

adrian if i dig one up do you want it 

are there any surviving neptunes in collections or museums or failing that any decent pics of one. info on the net seems very scarce

thanks fella's some very useful info there, especially the bit about the neptunes because as luck would have it i was looking into digging up one or two from the breach dave mentioned. might even be part of another tv show. i'll definitely get onto it now.

by the way while we're on the subject of flat 12's i would also like a churchill engine if anyone knows of any please let me know. cheers

jason

that would help a bit but are you sure they were'nt churchill engines. i seem to remember a load were found on a railway siding a few years back  

i've seen the work the weald foundation do and it's very impressive. unfortunately i am not in the same league as those guys. there's only so much you can do with a gas axe and 9" grinder

my churchill has been sold and is now in lithuania awaiting restoration. however i will get another one (or two)  

all i can do is hope the block isn't cracked or that the pistons have turned to mush. not a lot of the ancillaries survived but these can be overcome. the original distributor bases are still there so the quill shafts could be mated to any 12 cylinder dizzy. the carbs  can also be replaced without too much expense, as can the starter and generator. as long as i don't have to start making camshafts and grinding cranks i might be ok.

if it costs under £5k i'll be a happy man.

we will see 

on the plus side the underneath is great, just a bit of blast damage to the sump. (wish the top was like that) 

don't give up on it just yet. i'm going to put it in a tank of oil and light a fire under it now and again. i hope the heating and cooling will loosen it up, after that i've got an engine guy that will pull it apart and then we'll know how bad it is 

HAPPY NEW YEAR.

technically i'm not starting the restoration just yet. it's more of a tear down and assessment, although i do the odd bit  i have two carriers, a charioteer and a centurion to restore first.

i have managed to source pretty much all the parts i need to restore it to running condition with the exception of the engine. this is a big unknown and would be hard to replace with anything other than another flat 12 engine. i just hope we can find someone to work a miracle with it! 

i thought a diagram from the instruction book might help to explain a thing or two

here we can see the accelerator pedal in the centre. the top one of the two rods coming to the left side is connected to the hand throttle. the other rod is connected to the carbs through various linkages

this pic shows the brake pedal and master cylinder with the accelerator pedal in the bottom left. the box with the bent lid mounted on the bulkhead wall is the vehicle document box.

with the help of a couple of friends i've started a page on facebook but i'll keep the updates coming.

the drivers comparment, like the rest of the tank was in amazing condition. which is fortunate as it would be a long hard struggle trying to replicate the various controls due to the fact that unlike most tanks that use hydraulics the covenanter uses compressed air.

excellent pics please keep them coming

beautiful job well done

clive hughes is the man for humber spares

i did think about going in and doing a bit on he engine but maybe you're right