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Re my comment on intro post.... We have photo's

Nice trucks, Matadors are a particular favorite of mine.

I collect Matadors

....more than one then

We will be needing photo's! Welcome in!

Did you get a quick response and have you got your bits from them.

Yes, the response was almost instant (it was a week day) the parts arrived 2 or 3 days later.

You request the items, they respond with a total price and an attachment to explain how to pay, I used paypal, it all went smoothly.

I know it does not answer your question but these people:

http://www.villiersparts.co.uk/

are trading as I used them a month ago.

Not sure where they are though.

Very nice, keep us up to date with any work you do on her.

Pile is the French word for battery

...At least I was right in my identification

I did try to run the monocular from a megger meter when the pile failed, it didn't work.

This is reaching way back, I had a working one of these many years ago, it came with a "Zamboni pile". After a few years knocking around it no longer worked so I took the piles (3 of them in clear plastic tubes) out of the casing to have a look, turned out they are just multicell batteries with hundreds of cells a few thou thick. Thousands of volts at micro amps.

Some nice work going on, Interesting looking bike.

Keep on posting your progress.

I have one of these

When I purchased mine Warco were the cheapest. I have always assumed they all came out of the same Chinese factory but in different colours. Mine needed some fettling to get it to a good standard for use but a very good tool for the price.

Nice to see it all coming together, keep the reports coming

A bunch of Merlins heard as they went past, 1 spit seen doing a couple of circuits around RAF Headley court (I work overlooking said establishment)... A good day in the woods!

In the picture titled

Obsolete M3A1 Light tanks sit in a U.S. Army depot.

There seems to be a couple of removed parts in front of each vehicle, any ideas what the parts are?

What is the source and ref number of this image on page 7

Hi, I hope this helps

From this forum thread:

http://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/216963-aircraft-profile-gloster-gladiator-mk-ii/

Direct link to photo: http://warthunder.com/upload/image/!%202015%20NEWS/February/Gladiator/Gloster_Gladiator_ExCC.jpg

Not sure if this one has been on here before?

Is that the one that was used to rescue skip lorries from the Betchworth land fill site?

I saw it many years ago, land fill site is now one of our nature reserves.

What a fantastic series of photographs, thanks for posting the link

sounds nice when the engine barks into life

Isn't that just one of the best moments in a rebuild,lovely!

They have certainly done a great job with it so far.

I struck lucky many years ago when a company decided to dispose of its optical pyrometers and I "inherited" one:)

A very useful non contact method of taking the guesswork out of red heat temperature checking.

If you have never come across one it is basically a light bulb filament in a low power telescope and a variable resistor with a temperature scale around the knob.

Look down the tube and turn up the power to the filament until it disappears/is the same colour as the hot surface. You then just read off the temperature on the scale.

This is still one of my favorite threads, keep up the good work!

Thanks for the address, that is a about 15 minutes from me, I will try to get there and the air museum on the same day

I may be missing it on the website, where in Surrey is this please woa?

The wiring insulation can get a bit crispy as well, wires that cross from the chassis/body to the engine need to be inspected.

As tony said, the baulkhead, especially between the windscreen and the vents and the A pillars. The footwells are relatively easy to replace.

As I now live 5 miles, as the crow flies, from Capel I will have little excuse not to come along

I just wish I still had something green to bring along.

I am thinking Albion for the six wheelers, no idea of model/designation.

Ah ha! That was what I had to reverse out of the way of this morning in Pirbright, were you in the lead car by any chance Paul? (see spotted today)

Tank (Cent/Chali/chiefi or of that ilk) on a transporter trying to get round a parked dust cart in Pirbright, (Dust cart drove off as the transporter pulled out to pass) I didn't mind reversing to get out of the way though.

Mash said:

Wish your friend was my friend

What he said! wow, quite a collection, thanks for posting them :kiss:

Welcome!

*cough*

friend of mine has a small field full of bren carrier carcasses, deuce and a halfs, artillery tractor?, old Dodges etc. plus the toys he has running,

Any photo's....we love photo's