Adrian Barrell

Looking at the people next to it, I don't think it's been lowered, just 'tested'.......

Rose tinted might help too.........

The Saumur stuff is :- M4 The M3 Lee is actually an M31 arv M4A2 M4A1(76)HVSS M4A1 (behind the M24) M4A2

The MG45CX box is a 12V regulator for Centaur, Cromwell or Comet.

Drive over to my house and copy the pages from the workshop manual!

I reckon someone has plugged a vacuum take off hole with a handy item! 14mm is close to 1/4 BSP. A pre heater could use a plug to ignite a spray but that is normally only on a diesel. You wouldn't want to ignite the mixture before it entered the cylinders......

I am in Suffolk, you're welcome to visit here. There is always lots of tank engineering going on!

Any mv restored to original spec is perfectly safe. The idea that you have to replace fuel lines and wiring with modern materials is rubbish. In some cases, modern is worse. A good example would be wiring in a tank engine bay. Modern pvc covered wire will not stand up to the heat very well and you'll end up with shorts. (in the wiring, not you!) It is much more important to do the job correctly with proper fittings and ensuring cables and pipes are properly supported and fixed, be they original style or modern. Certainly, original, i.e. 60 year old wiring can be a problem but age affects everything, isn't that right Degsy? Edit. Gordons post reminds me that very modern fuel, especially if it has ethanol, seems to eat most traditional materials including brass but that is a fault of the fuel, not the vehicle!

Jack, no need really. The US was fitting the 105 howitzer which was an equivalent and the 95mm was fitted into Churchill, Cromwell and Centaur. Generally, however, British armoured divisions equipped with Shermans did not have the 105mm early on so relied on the excellent HE performance of the 75mm. No doubt, somebody suggested fitting the 95 though!

I've got bags full of rocking horse poo, I'd swap the lot for a 95mm how........ All joking aside, when David had the Centaurs, we worked out most of the issues to build a 95mm. A 25 pr ring and block is easy to find and I even found some cut in half 3.7 barrels in NZ. The mantlet mods and cradle would be the bigger problems, not an issue for an infantry gun of course.

This worked with mine! Deflate the tire and remove the valve, remove the rim nuts, cut some short pieces of 50 x 50 angle and drive one leg of the angle between the rim and the tyre. Once started, you can work round and this breaks the bead. It's hard work but was surprisingly effective.

A Ford MB, that is rare! Well done though, nice find.

A twin connector for trailer lights?

There is no problem with getting the wheels re-rubbered, other than the cost! originally they were moulded directly to the wheel, there is no seperate tyre as in Sherman. This is still possible but needs a mould. The other method is to wrap the wheel with a rubber strip to build up the required thickness, this is then clamped and vulcanised and finally the new tyre is machined to the required profile. Either method is several hundred pounds each wheel, there are twenty on a typical cruiser tank......

The holes were for cooling but led to more failures in the tyre than overheating so they were deleted. They are round bottomed holes about an inch deep, not sure how you would put those in, freeze the tyre?

I wouldn't expect Kirkcudbright wheels to have a good rubber to steel bond anymore....... Not an issue for a static though.

Again, it does not offend me but I can see how it would offend others and indeed devalue the perception of the award. I would never where one, it is not something I would feel at all comfortable with.

My feelings on this subject are well known though usually misunderstood so running the risk of censure here goes.....! Personally, I don't find it disrespectful as such. It is not 'my' uniform so it does not offend me. I think he looks a prat but the freedom to do so was hard won by those who wore it for real. He was not alone at that or any other show, many of the reenactors are too old and too fat to look like anything other than a middle aged man dressing up. Again, the freedom to do so should be embraced! Let's just not pretend it's some noble undertaking, it is a hobby. Many, no doubt most go to great lengths to look right, the man in question fell a long way short......

Click on the link........ Technical Handbook for Centurion 1, 2 & 3. I've only ever seen two, mine and the ebay one but it may be fairly common. It is about 3" thick though!

There is no such thing as Cavalier track. All of the A24 and A27 series used the same track but there is an earlier style with more reliefs cast into the face of the spud. This style is more usually seen on Cavalier and Centaur simply because it is an earlier style. The tank in question is clearly a Centaur, the rear hull on Cavalier is totally different as it was based on Crusader. Regarding NOS wheels, I'm not sure if Hirsts still have any? They will be Chieftain rather than Cent those they are almost identical. It's a fair bit of work to convert them for Centaur. Making them fit is not too hard but they are quite a bit wider with a heavier flange.

I don't think those lights were able to be dipped. Did they not use a single filament bulb?

I think that's highly unlikely!

Wires crossed?

Quite! They obviously mistake me for somebody important. :-D Weather was just lucky though wind was straight across when I got home.....

These are the only two pics I took..... Mildenhall and Lakenheath on the way to Cosby on Sunday morning at 4500 ft. Soon after this, the controller asked me to turn right 20 degrees to let a KC135 through, who am I to argue! The American controllers are great, laidback though quick talking and they always call me sir!