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ME ! see my Jeep at beltring .... a look achieved by ignorance and lack of ability on my part :laugh: if it had bullet holes then they would have been left in place as was the slightly wonky front fender.

M Rimmer - agree 100% about preserving vehicles as they are with warts and all , battle damage on something should never be repaired unless it actualy stops it from working - I wonder how many "restorations" actualy straighten out body work and damage that was caused by action and use in service , and yes some vehicles in a musem preserved in an as found or recoverd state tell far more of a story than if they were made good as new , the OP did state in his question that it was a fully restored vehicle that could run and drive - if thats the case then it should be used - to fully restore a vehicle to running condition and then never allow it to run just seems to be a waste of time and effort... I suppose you could regard it as preserving it for future generations to be able to run it and drive it but unless they are educated in how things work and run then in two or three generations they won't even know how or be able to start the thing - I know of seemingly identical GMC's that all require different ways of starting and woe betide you if you forget which one likes 3 pumps on the throttle and which one likes none :-D

My tuppence worth....... any mechanical object not running and being driven / flown or whatever is not realy a representation of that vehicle - a picture of a spitfire conveys much the same image as a static one - fire up the merlin and its a different ball game - you then have the sight , sound and smell of the aircraft - same for vehicles .. the smell of the hot engine and fuel , the heat experianced driving it and the sound it makes as well as the effort involved in simply steering it all adds much more to the vehicle than a static exhibit can ever give , not to mention an understanding of how the young drivers must have felt as they drove that vehicle for real into action with bullets coming at them and often being scared almost silly. Having been lucky enough to have driven many different tyres of vehicle I don't think one of them was actualy how I imagined it would be. A tank for example sounds very different inside than to those watching from the side of an arena.... Bovvys tiger if it was a non runner is little more than a collection of parts in the shape of a tiger.. only when running is it alive. I will never be lucky enough to own any rare or desireable vehicle but if i did it would certainly aways be run and driven as often as poss to keep it alive even if that means that eventualy it wears out... hopefully by then technology will allow new parts to be produced to repair and rebuild it .

Every ex Dutch M38 A1 that I have seen has layers of underseal sprayed on everything . I spray under my Jeep and also my Landcruiser with a mix of new engine oil and diesel at the start of every winter - on the Jeep you can see where it seeps right through all the spot welded seems that are such a rust and water trap.

I wonder what happend to "Lucky Legs 1 " (top pic ) Some nice pictures and to answer Jack - Yes lots of our planes had names - both fighters and bombers .

So thats where they are :-D , I knew they were around there somewhere. Did you find my spare keys because I've lost them too

What G506 said much better than I ever could :clap:

Agree with all the above posts - why should we not be allowed to fly the flag of St George :-( Trouble is our flag has been hijacked by elements of the UK most of us would not want to be ascociated with - perhaps thats the revolution we should start - Sieze the St Georges flag back for the masses . On a good note my local town was very much celabrateing St Georges day yesterday:D

We used to find so many of the 25 pounder shells when ploughing that the EOD guys taught us how to tell them apart to avoid call outs . On one farm there was and probably still is a stack of about 150 up against a workshop wall . Some I found were almost like new . I have also ploughed up live 25lb shells and the odd mine ! . If the area is around where we used to work then can confirm Adrians id of the crawler part as correct, as they used to run some Cats in the 60's - 70's. Have to ask - did you lug both parts back home ? on lots of the footpath gates you will find random lumps of metal slung on chains to assist with closing the gate - not all of these are Ag in origin . In the garden at the moment are sherman track , PSP , some Halifax parts , some other random centre-guide MV track , 25 ponder shells, 2inch mortars , and I dread to think what else mostly unearthed with a 250hp tractor or while walking nearby

not to mention no ammo :blush:

very good buy , my M38A1 is not a "propper" Jeep but is every bit as much fun with a 1/4 of the cost of a real one :cool2:

We used to do tarmac stage rallies over Imber - :-D , good times in the manta 400 and the rwd mk3 escort with a cossie engine, :-D:-D - never got to own a 6R4 , the sound of one of them at full chat in the dead of night over the plain was awsome :-D

Civillian CJ5 I think , no plates like that on my M38 A1 , as others have said G503 is a good sorce of info - is it 24 volt ? I think all M38A1's were 24 volt and in all likelyhood it will be a Nekaf M38A1 from the Cloggies if it is an M38A1 .

Looking good :-D

Bet the pikeys have nicked the tug and made off with Invincible , :laugh:

Very sad - anything else I would want to say will fall foul of the "P" word. Nimrod - gone Harrier - gone Tornado - going Chally 2 - going Britain's defence capability ........ ???? :mad:

If he can do his harvest on one tank of fuel then his harvest is very different from when I used to drive combines ..... used to put over 300 litres a day into the fuel tank ... on a long day it could be more . Bio is going to cause problems for sure but if it stays at around B10 then it should be manageable ... it is shocking to see how some people manage (or not ) their bulk fuel tanks , often they have no water/ sediment filter on the outlet , the tank slopes forwards , the tank is a rusty old metal one with no cap on the breather , the hose is stored with the nozzle pointing upwards so rain water fills the hose , and some I see still fill up using a watering can or bucket :nut: couple of years ago a customer through no fault of his own got water in the tank of his common rail engined tractor ... the repair bill was 10 K plus . The WIF sensor on most fuel systems is just not good enough to pick up water contamination in the fuel before damage is done , I also now see more mechanical FIP problems than ever , and they are in the main on new machines .

Some may call me a sceptic but if Denso and Bosch place such restrictions on bio and these are on many vehicles that were designed with running bio in mind then no way am I putting it in any vehicle that is much older than that. Most of the vehicles I deal with as a factory engineer are cleared to run on B100 but the "get out of jail" clauses in the warranty have to be seen to be believed and in anything less than a perfect world make using it not worth the trouble . At least a 10% drop in power and increased fuel consumption are some of the lesser published facts about bio. It seems to me bio fuels are like all "alternative" fuel source's - simply put in place to meet the green requirements coming from europe and govenment . How can a large diesel engine running on bio be better for anyone when as a result it uses more fuel to do the same job ... more importantly requires twice as many oil changes of non bio engine oil ( 20 liters + a time ) and the associated fuel and oil filters all made from non green products , produces 10% less power before you also loose more power through EGR that then requires more fuel to recover the lost power and torque ?

Viton is as stated the best material for fuel system seals when running bio, given the age of you engine its unlikely the fuel system has viton seals. The best way to manage the Foden would be to reduce the bio content to 0 well before you stop using the vehicle and run it for a good few miles on pure derv , drain and change the engine oil before laying it up for the winter and for good measure ensur the tank is brim full. Running any vehicle on bio requires a good deal more effort in managing the fuel , its storage and servicing of the oil and fuel system's. All the above is best practice - you could do as many do and ignore most of the above and not have any problems. For me personaly I would never run my Landcruiser on bio ... the potential cost of an FIP rebuild let alone an engine rebuild simply makes it not worth the risk ... not to mention an engine oil change and filter every 2500 miles .

Did my BSAC course there years ago , there was ice around the edge as it was december , we saw the helicopter , plane ( I sat in the cockpit ) , a landrover , pushbike , lots of fish and some divers who seem to only ever dive at Stoney Cove .

Depends what you mean by Bio Fuel ... depends on how much ... B10 =10% or if you are going to B100 = 100% (most pump derv now contains around 10% bio ) All diesels will run on bio fuel however the fuel its self can cause issues - All modern engines will run 100% bio with no problem - However oil change intervals are halved compared to running "normal" derv On old diesel engines many of the rubber seals used in the fuel system will be destroyed by the bio fuel - solution would be to replace them with modern seals that can cope - however its costly and requires stripping the entire fuel system. If you have a tank sealer inside your tank the bio will strip it and cause blockages in the fuel system - not to mention letting the tank leak Bio will clean any old deposits from inside your tank and lines- if you go to over 50% bio then expect to change your fuel filters several times before all the crud is flushed out Bio fuel is hydroscopic - it absorbes water from the enviroment - its storage life is much less than good old diesel , in a truck used occasionaly I think you would have problems with water in the fuel and bug growth if the tank was not treated and the vehicle laid up over winter. Bio fuel quality is very variable - buy only from a trusted and reputable supplier. However - Many many people are running diesels on a home made brew of oils and derv or 100% veg oil with only a little trouble and few mods - older inline injection pumps are supposed to be best , rotary pumps from the 90's can cope but the more modern electronic rotary pumps are not all that happy on bio , modern common rail systems are able in most cases to cope without problems with pump bio but don't cope with "chip oil" as well .

Bet that V8 diesel sounded good with the pipes being about 18 inches long ! not very tactical though you would hear it well before it was in range .

It may be worth me seeing if I can get a look .... its 10 mins up the road from me .

Sure its not recorded , and even less sure its still there but - At whats now the Cats Protection HQ at Chelwood Gate but was previously know as The Isle Of Thorns is a mural in the old gym painted by Canadian soldiers who were based there in the run up to D Day . If it is not being preserved for the future then it should be .

No - thats the aircon for the summer when and if it gets here:laugh: