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  1. Adrian Barrell
    Me either, though I think 'Nobbys' would be a better name.....
  2. Adrian Barrell
    Paul, 6 Brush, cleaning, tank 7 Brush, cleaning, 12" 8 Brush, cleaning, 11 1/2" 10 Brush, cleaning, 11" 11 Brush, flue, 3' 10" The latter was not bent at 90 degrees but has a semi flexible wire handle. I have no 8 and have a source for no 11 but not the others.
  3. Adrian Barrell
    Good point Robert, the Cromwell list calls for a water can too. They don't have the writing embossed on top but they do have the WD markings and a date.
  4. Adrian Barrell
    Alastair, here are some of the parts from your list. Compressor, junior no.2 is the grease gun. POW can is the standard WD 2 gallon can. Machete, also called matchett with its scabbard. These turn up with dates from the 1930s to the 1980s! Inspection lamp is the standard Lucas AFV lamp. Wire cutters. Easy to find though clean frogs are harder. The 'brass hand brush mk1' is most likely the 'Brush, hand, bass' as shown as no. 12 in the Cromwell tool picture.
  5. Adrian Barrell
    Invited? I thought you were buying the first round...... :-D
  6. Adrian Barrell
    Info on its way soon Martyn! Does anybody have one for sale? I need one for the Cromwell....:kiss:
  7. Adrian Barrell
    Wanna Bet? :cool2:
  8. Adrian Barrell
    You're right that driving technique makes a difference but I understand that at a Tanks in Town a few years ago, there were a couple of Weasels on the off road course, one with original tracks and one with the new replacements. The new tracks were forever coming off in terrain that the original ones had no trouble with. There are far too many variables to use this as anything other than an example of what can happen but when I read your report it made me wonder!
  9. Adrian Barrell
    Many of those items are standard and relatively easy to find. I'll dig out my ones and take some pics.
  10. Adrian Barrell
    I understand those replacement tracks have a habit of doing that.
  11. Adrian Barrell
    Alastair, you need to find the stowage sketches for the specific model you are doing, i.e TT or S&C. These will list all the stowage items and show their locations in the vehicle. They will not show you what they look like however.... The British operated tanks have vehicle pamphlets that do show all the items with drawings and often photographs of each part. Many of these are the same in lots of vehicles and probably in Loyd too so it should be possible to work it out from the stowage sketch. It is surprising how much of this stuff turns up at autojumbles and is usually very cheap.
  12. Adrian Barrell
    Well, five weeks old!
  13. Adrian Barrell
    All countries have plans in place to go to war with just about everybody, it saves time should the worst happen. This sort of programme likes to over dramatise things a little!
  14. Adrian Barrell
    It's quite a common solution, it used to be Sherman and Stuart tyres!
  15. Adrian Barrell
    Chieftain tyres on the wheels?
  16. Adrian Barrell
    For that to happen, the deacts would have to be considered firearms with all the attendent problems for legitimate owners. I say let them loose in the arena at Beltring for a bit of rough justice.....:whistle:
  17. Adrian Barrell
    Il Duce and the Emperor, surely?
  18. Adrian Barrell
    Richard is right, I have also seen something somewhere......
  19. Adrian Barrell
    Unrestored? More like over restored.......
  20. Adrian Barrell
    Paul, that image is from 'Recovery apparatus, general' dated 1946. I don't think the 652 was Churchill specific, more likely just the tank version, they just used a Churchill in the pic. Of course by 1946, Churchill ARV was the main ARV in service so you never know! If you get one or some made, I'd be interested. I wonder if they were green or brown?
  21. Adrian Barrell
    Paul, it is indeed a generic item, though judging by the numbers, there were different models to suit different vehicles. It still exists in concept and you can find them for sale to suit CVRT and others. The modern ones have zips and sewn in rubberised lower edge flaps. I have been looking for some time but have never seen an earlier style.
  22. Adrian Barrell
    She may be going direct from Jersey to Goodwood or she may go via Duxford!
  23. Adrian Barrell
    She's off to Jersey today.
  24. Adrian Barrell
    Too right! :trustme:
  25. Adrian Barrell
    Great! I'll start loading my paint shells.....
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