Adrian Barrell

Well said Lauren!

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Norman, no they don't share much of anything with Cent or anything else. They are a thing of beauty on the move though! You're absolutely right about the Jeeps though.:-D

I don't blame him. I was involved in moving the Conq from Pounds to the IOW on a home made trailer.... That was bad enough.... Actually the trailer is very well made and did the job perfectly but is is a big job.

Hardly applicable for Normandy! If you restore it yourself, it will obviously cost a lot less but don't understimate the amount of work required. The engine and transmission are peculiar to Conq and are not overly plentiful and though I don't know which particular tank you are referring to, they all need a lot of work before they will go again.

Most parts are available if you know who to ask! As to the cost of a full restoration, if you mean paying someone to do it you should budget around £150,000 to do it properly. There is a lot of stuff in a Conqueror. Good luck!

I wondered the same.

A Hurricane would cost about 25p a second in fuel to display but that is only the tip of the iceberg. We had Sally B display at Horham on May 17th for the 95th BG reunion and because it was for a veterans display, the normal fee of £5000 was reduced to £3500. Was it worth it? Every penny! The crew put on an excellent display and for the veterans to see and hear a Fort flying over their old base, well, as the saying goes, priceless! I wouldn't be too critical of 'H&S', it is the CAA who impose restrictions about crowd overflight and with good reason. Unfortunately, flying, though not inherently dangerous, is terribly unforgiving of mistakes and humans will inevitably make them. Since the rules were changed many years ago, not one member of an airshow crowd has been killed by an accident at a UK event. We are very lucky in this country that there are people willing to spend enormous amounts of time and money restoring and displaying their aircraft and while I am under no illusion that they are doing it for the greater good of mankind, I do appreciate being able to see and hear them.

That's clever! BTW, what are 'cartrides'?

It is very nice and a lot of work but.... the rear plate is wrong. It is only M4 that has the cutout in the lower edge, M4A2 should have a drop down edge.

Quite.

They are M39 armoured utility vehicles. M18 chassis but with an open top hull and used as apcs until the M75 made it into service.

All the exhibits at that museum are from the sea. It's well worth a look.

Could be! It's always best to look at as many examples as possible when trying to decide on production changes.

That's a mid production Sexton, the later vehicles had headlights mounted at the outer edges of the front plate near the sidelights. Some very late Sextons had the three piece nose fitted when built so all permutations are possible. I've also seen tyres with 'Sexton use only-not for use on gun tanks' embossed in the rubber.

The Jeep engined generators are the PE-95-G which is quite a bit different to yours Jim. Nice find!

This does bring up something that has occured to me in the past. I always assumed that if someone wanted a ride, they would ask. Most tank owners are quite happy to oblige so don't hold back if you want a ride. It's obviously not always possible due to safety grounds or display reasons, though sometimes that gets taken to extreme. I remember some years ago at Duxford with my M75 being told, quite rudely by one of the 'helpers' that if anyones head appeared from inside a hatch, presumably other than mine, I would be removed from the arena and not be allowed back out. I told him to stick it where the sun don't shine..... I cannot stand rules for the sake of rules being doled out by someone with an inflated idea of their own importance. Anyway, rant over, back on topic! If you don't ask, you don't get!

Is/was a standard US 1 ton trailer. Been converted to a tipper and had the hitch inverted. If I had to guess a manufacturer and model, I would say Checker Cab CC-5A.

You only have to ask!

You're missing the point. I stated the prices of two years ago to indicate how things can still be had quite cheaply and how surprised I was that these vehicles were not being snapped up as they were well known about.

:goodidea: Well I was going..... only kidding! I'll be there with the Sherman. Tell Bodge I'll wear a steel helmet this time.....:goodidea:

You don't need to remove the carbs, it's just an awkward job, as you'll soon find out!

The plug socket turns up occasionally but the lead spanner is harder to find. It took a few years to get mine but you never know! they are both about 18" long.

There are special spanners and sockets for that lovely job! A crows foot spanner with a uj in it for the connector and a socket with a uj for the plug. It is a pig of a job but all part of the fun......

Football....? :-D