mike65

They like to make things hard and complicated don't they. All seems a waste of time to me as most people these days seem to think tyre pressure is something you get when your foot is run over. Some people also believe the wear indicator is when the canvas shows. I supppose they will change the MOT to say you must have the same rating on all wheels (and the spare). They could do something far more useful for mee and many of us. A nice symbol to show you haow long it takes before your tyres fall apart from the elements, when you are not going to wear them out. Minimum tyre live on my car is 5 years, the Land Rover is bound to be much longer Mike

Always fimd Sally B an impressive plane to see in flight. Seems to me to be amore of a lumbering beast than the Lancaster. Just to make you lovers of photos happy here are a few from Sunday. Mike

Welcome. You definitely have the Land Rover bug. I am sticking to the single Series 3 109 FFR. Any chance of posting a few pictures? Mike PS: We will soon out number the jeeps!

Nice pictures. Looks like a good setting. Think the vehicles under the tree canopy look really good. Mike

NT have changed policy again, not that long ago now. I believe this was in response to people not going due to "No Photography" rules. Q. Where can I take photographs? A. Outdoors All visitors to National Trust properties are allowed to take photographs out of doors for their own private use. Any individuals wishing to sell or publish photographs should contact photo.library@nationaltrust.org.uk. Indoors Amateur photography (including filming) without flash is now permitted in historic interiors at the Property Manager’s discretion. As with outdoor photography, any photographs taken are strictly for private use, and enquiries about selling or publishing photographs should be directed to photo.library@nationaltrust.org.uk. However, visitors must be aware that at some places, there may be copyright issues, and further permissions may be required in respect of collections not owned by us. In these situations the Property Manager decision as to if photography is allowed is final. http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-global/w-contact_us/w-faqs/w-faqs-visitor.htm So it seems that it is down to whim and fancy of property manager. However even if you have a camera with "low light sneak photo settings" you proberbly need a tripod to get good quality images. Have tried with my SLR (not very good for sneaky photos, a bit obvious) using anti shake, high ISO, sniper technique of holding breath to steady aim and they still tend to be pretty bad. Tripods tend to be banned due to causing an obstruction. I also tend to think twice about visiting somewhere if photography is not allowed. After all it is one of my hobbies. In fact it forms part of all the others, so must be top of list. Try photographing the MI5 building or Houses of Parlimnt with an SLR without being approached by the Police using Anti Terror Laws. You may be on a terrorist surveilance mission. After all legitimate terrorists do not have access to Google Streetview. Mike

I am sure making one of these falls foul ou our gun control laws. Mike

A bit more done. Front wings have been stripped, holes filled, painted and TUAAM's fitted. I know its not quite correct but have given it a go with satin finish. Wanted to see what it looks like and how well it survives the elements. Once all body work complete it will get a complete repaint, although yet to decide what scheme to go for. Have removed aluminium durbar ferom side of rear tub. sourced and refitted yhe missing cover plates and tool box lids. The observent amongst you may have spotted the large burn mark on the right tool chest. This is where a PO partially drilled out the rivets holding the turn buckle on, then rather than drill abit more and pry off decided to burn the buckle off with a gas torch. Surprised something had not melted. Mike

It is also worth checking what other restrictions apply and not just weight. I remember reading of a length restriction in certain policies, but not width or height, although I rember my brother having a 6 hour wait for the AA to find a vehicle cable of fecovering his Chevy Blazer (ago was about 18 years ago). Width and height was the issue. Mike

That sounds like a good idea. How about drive to Weymouth and arrive in France as a proper invasion, landing craft and all. Now there is something a challenging. The hard bit of it - Finding MV owners willing to dunk their vehicle in salt water. Mike

Looked like a good one. Did you explain to the bloke that he had been conned when he bought his Land Rover and what he got is actually a Jeep. Hopefully he can still take it back. Mike

Nice a place with real scrap yards. I can see it now ,a new business venture. Montie's Scrappy Holidays. The wife keeps saying she wants to go to South Africa. Although that may not be her idea of a safari. Now how do I get that Scammel in my hand luggage? Mike

Don't forget that in this case you want modern replacements and not original equipment. Mike

Nice pictures. Looks like you all had great time. Mike

Had a soft pedal when I replaced shoes, a couple of wheel cylinders and master on my 109 earlier this year. Would go almost all the way to the floor on first press, when pumped again (quickly) the wheels locked solid. Did all the bleeding stuff several times to no real effect. Only seemed to get better when we had adjusted, tested, readjusted more times than I care to count. Drone my assistant (father) mad. Normally I get annoyed first. Have you tried adjusting the brakes fully on and checking to see if that gives you a firm pedal once pistons fully out? May not be conventional but if system is full of fluid and they cannot move out you should have a olid pedal. Had the seal between the dual circuits fail on a car once, foot goes to the floor and you neeed to pump really hard to get brakes. Woud not expect on a new master but I suspect it can happen. Mike

Would appear a "small" donation has been made to Bovington Tank Museum. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/10349095.stm Mike

Great work so far. Would be nice to see a bit more of how the build has gone and will go. Mike

Welcome. Nice collection. What we now need is pictures. Mike Making do with a lowly Land Rover S3 109

You could always take a lead from that "famous" pop star Prince. Just use that squiggly symbol on the keyboard followed by "The forum member formerly known as Antarmike" Mike

Hope all goes well, Siting here indoors 'wasting' time (oops spending worthwile time) on this forum and seeing yuor exploits makes me feel jealous. Only indoors because we have showers (well 20 mins so far). Hope it stays here and oes not visit you. Mike PS: Would like to see a photo of tank in petrol station filling up.

To save you a lot of hassle it may be best if you empty your bank account put the cash in a bag in the back of the vehicle and deliver it to me. I will promise to clean the vehicle and park in the road, to annoy neighbours and make them use their driveways. I will also invest any money wisely at the local pub. You will then have done what they intend to do with the added advantage that you will not need to change banks, move etc. Mike

I think some people were also put off by the weather forecast. It was supposed to be heavy rain. Mind you it did just after we left and were 10 minutes down the road. I kind of liked the way the vehicles were mixed up. Row upon row of Land Rovers and Jeeps in line can get a bit tedious. I did have one complaint about the day. We got there a public opening time and left about 5 and still did not have enough time to look around everything. Mike

Official meaning of the phrase "ONE OFF" in Civil Service terms is as follows. Has it happened to you before? No. In that case it is a "one off". Should you then ask Has it happened to anybody else? Yes but only to each person on a single occassion and as such that makes them "one offs" If it happens to you again you will phone and find out somebody else was dealing with it. To which tha answer will be I have not come across this before so it must be a "one off" But it has happened before! Not with me sir and I can catergorically state that it is a "one off" occurrance. Simple when you think about it. Having a wife who is a civil servant does come in handy at times. Mike

Depending on your personal preverences, rivet counter, collector. want something looks good etc etc.the options are unlimited. Assuming you are trying to get something that looks "period" your biggest problem will probably be when to stop adding stuff. The next think you know you need a trailer. Better be careful not to fall foul of the "originality". Nice thread on this subject. http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?13635-Originality&highlight=originality They seem to pick on Land Rovers. Mind you in some cases I agree. What ever you do don't go down the Jeep route. Rubber barbed wire is in no way authenric. It must have rust. Whatever you do research it, don't rush and make it look good. MIke

Probably totally wrong but I think this had something to do with EU legislation. I remember the good old scrap yard days when you went down there and said I want such and such for a so and so. The bloke said yup got one of those down the back somewhere. Of you wnet wading through the oily mud and tool of what you wanted. I think the EU legislation meant that they had o have drained oncrete yards. Something to do with pollution. Then I believe H&S decided it was dangerous to take bits of old cars, you might scrape a knuckle or something. So all parts had to be stripped by the yard. Then there was some other rule that any part for resale must be fully labelled and stored inside. Hey presto all the fun has gone. The breakers yards now strip parts and sell to trader resellers who have space to store stuff. The majority of people these days seem to have no interest in fixing their cars up properly. The extent of it seems to be fit a loud stereo, some oversized wheels and a dustbijn on the end of the exhaust. On top of which modern cars are all computerise and electronic which makes fixing them harder. If it goes wrong you plug a compute in. Half the time toy need to reset the computer if something goes wrong. The future is going to be boring, no more finding a 40-50 year old vehicle in a barn fiddling for half a day and getting it running. Try that on a modern car that has sat for 10 years. Mike

Got to see half the flypast as we were walking between Amersham to Chesham. Sadly no camera as 15-20 minutes later the Sentinel ans HS125 came back, assume heading to Northolt, still in formation and at what must have been minimum height. Nice sight. Mike