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  1. Adrian Barrell
    Only the original, early style. Later pins used round section circlips in grooves.
  2. Adrian Barrell
    It uses three mounting points, two at the front and one centre mount at the rear. Angle brackets bolt to the clutch housings (front) and crankcase (rear) and these sit on floor mounted pads with rubber insulators in between.
  3. Adrian Barrell
    Yes, it is quite wide isn't it.........:-)
  4. Adrian Barrell
    I'm here! Nothing much to say, the pictures speak volumes really. There are a few things worthy of comment. The pack weighs over two tons and is a tight fit so needs to be fitted at an angle and levelled as it goes. Not unusual for engines but its size makes it a little tricky! The generators were wisely removed to avoid damage. The other noticable thing is the fans. They are handed as they rotate in opposite directions. This has led to many people assuming the engines also rotate opposite to each other but that is not so. Now the plumbing and electrics can be fitted so a first run soon?
  5. Adrian Barrell
    A bit of welding and a lot of filler I should imagine! Lots of dozer fittings still in evidence on the hull......
  6. Adrian Barrell
    It was the turret off the other Cavalier that was used on the dozer hull for France
  7. Adrian Barrell
    This was a Crocodile from Pounds that ended up on the Plain as a hard target before being selected for recovery to go to the Victory Memorial Museum at Arlon in Belgium. It had been pulled to a road but one of the tracks had received a hit and it broke. A group of Friends were tasked to re-fit the track to enable further recovery. We did this by jacking up one side of the tank and pulling the repaired track underneath before rejoining it. It got to Belgium ok but upon the Museums closure, it returned to the UK and is now on display at RAF Honnington.
  8. Adrian Barrell
    I thought I would put a few more up from my files. A selection from Salisbury Plain.
  9. Adrian Barrell
    You are correct Steve! Here it is in 1993 when still used a a recovery aid and again upon recovery for the memorial. It was a shame really, it was automotively complete and a little unusual in that it was not a crocodile. It would have been a relatively easy restoration. My involvement was the manufacture of a dummy gun and air inlet boxes.
  10. Adrian Barrell
    It sounds like the wartime container for the 'box, first aid, small'. These were a standard fitment on British AFVs such as Cromwell and Dingo. Chris Wilkinson had several that were painted green over silver. It should however have a lid so a picture would be useful!
  11. Adrian Barrell
    I want to be Murdoch......:nut:
  12. Adrian Barrell
    Done and coming soon!
  13. Adrian Barrell
    Oh, I don't know......
  14. Adrian Barrell
    The engines are now ready to install, though air cleaners are still being sought.
  15. Adrian Barrell
    Other parts are also going in. The escape hatch and oil and fuel tanks have all been fitted. The oil tanks are actually in place of the lower fuel tanks. Their original positions were further forward up against the bulkhead but that makes access to the starter motors very difficult. As the horizontal tanks give more than enough fuel capacity, it was decided to make oil tanks to suit.
  16. Adrian Barrell
    The ammunition racks have all been fitted and test stowed. This inevitably results in a messing up of the paint but a clean down and repaint has it looking as good as new. Better in fact as it's unlikely they would have looked that good originally!
  17. Adrian Barrell
    More updates! The mantlet repairs are all finished. Peter made a new lifting eye and grafted it in and after blasting and painting, it looks as good as new.
  18. Adrian Barrell
    It all looks very similar to when I was last there in 1994. The Cent with the Ram turret has degraded a little, it was newly placed in about 1989, with its demounted turret. We tried to tow the turret cross country to refit it but it proved too difficult..... We cheated and sat the Ram turret on it instead! This is the Budge Trailblazer at work. We were there recovering the Jagdpanther at the time.
  19. Adrian Barrell
    You'll get very cold very quickly Paul, trust me!
  20. Adrian Barrell
    No but there is a similar plot line in Sahara, not the Bogart one but the one based on Clive Cusslers book. Dirk Pitt and Al Giordino build a land yacht from the remains of a crashed biplane!
  21. Adrian Barrell
    Oi! I'm not strange.... a little unusual perhaps..... and as for Bob.....:undecided: That was a while ago now! I still laugh when I think about the recovery of the lightweight landy on that job.
  22. Adrian Barrell
    There is no such thing as khaki drab! The British olive drab, SCC15 was adopted in early 1944. It was similar to US OD in that it was green but was not the same. Vehicles in whatever colour they were in were not to be repainted unless absolutely necessary.
  23. Adrian Barrell
    The change to the rear hull was part of the new hull design. The 76mm M4A1 was the first into production with the ultimate series hull.
  24. Adrian Barrell
    There was no paint called Khaki Drab. Early 1944 saw the introduction of Olive Drab SCC15. Prior to that the standard colour was Brown SCC2 and before that Khaki Green. Olive Drab still appears on BS381C as shade 289, I believe it is still the same as the wartime colour.
  25. Adrian Barrell
    Late Churchills also had them so I would guess late war originally.
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