Diana and Jackie

ASDA fuel, which is usually the cheapest is also the cr****iest and will not burn in a No2 stove. It also stinks to hell. Maybe for a few pence it is worthwhile avoiding it? Diana

The extinguishers would have been fitted to Post Office Telephone and Post Office vans..some of which were Morris 1000 and J2 as well as BMC and Carrier. Until the late 60's, early 70"s both organisations were one and the same and part of the govt/civil service. Then the two organisations split. British Telecom emerged later as BT whilst the Post Office remained as a mail carrier.

303 rifle Diana

The Belgian Tank museum do not appear to know you Max - which museum do you belong to? Diana

If you take a submarine out of water and fill it with water it then becomes a tank! Though of course if you took a tankette and filled that full of water would it be a fishpond? :laugh: Diana

The BBC calls it a tank. Airfix call it a tank and David Fletcher of the Tank Museum calls Little Willie or The Mk 1 tank a tank..It follows logically therefore that you and your bigwig mates are wrong. Sorry about that but cant be right with such evidence stacked against you. Diana

TUT TUT ..Such bad language and attitude. Doesn't the MK1 tank predate the RTR..or is that wrong too? Diana

If this is a tank, the original Mk1, then why isn't a Scorpion, Scimitar or Sabre a tank? albeit a light tank. Diana

I agree with Vince, much preferable to making a mess - and before you start have you tried to loosen the drain-refill plugs? as they can be a right pain in the backside, especially if fall down inside the gearbox/engine through not using the special tool. Diana

Rists = Lucas :-)

Some of the fittings are soldered, the latest appear to be crimped onto a pvc covered conduit, also the fittings were brass and are now plated steel (basically they rust). Not that steel should cause a soldering problem. The real problem is where to get the fittings - most likely Lucas - and I haven't followed through on that. Diana

I believe CVRT steering calipers (and pads) are in fact Jaguar E Type calipers and pads - apart from the seals (not the piston boots) which are different for mineral oil. It is possible therefore, if I am correct, to fit E Type calipers (on an exchange basis?) and Landrover steering master cylinders, and not use mineral fluid in the steering but DOT 5 (silicon). Diana

Brilliant on CVRT steering :-) Diana

If you've tried every means possible and still have spongy hydraulic brakes or a hydraulic clutch cylinder put the pedal under as much pressure as possible for 24 hours and you will probably find the sponginess has gone! Diana

Obviously a mistake was made, they sent Saxons instead of Springer ATV's :cool2: on the other hand they could have sent both of them as a quick way to get rid of rubbish!

IT WAS INSURED. Stop making things out to be what they arent !

http://www.autohome.co.uk/content/classic-commercial-vehicle-rescue-only-9350-year

http://www.bestvaluebreakdowncover.com/pay-as-you-go_breakdown_cover.html OR http://www.petrolprices.com/blog/fleet-breakdown-cover-2014.html

The mistake they admitted to was insuring it as a classic car - so if they (without you knowing) class a vehicle as a classic car and its not and you don't know what they have done then you may not get it automatically insured. despite a letter to the contrary. My vehicle - an Alvis Spartan CVR(T) would not have been automatically insured, though I thought it would. There is no guarantee cheap or expensive how good your insurance may be - its what it says on the tin that matters or the insurance certificate. Diana

They must have told you fibs! Cherished said I was better of with CN as CN were cheaper! though without heavy breakdown cover! So I will go with CN and I've registered with RTRUK for breakdown cover (Pay as you go with an initial £50 fee for the recovery if you need it plus £1.50 per mile after the first 10 miles) as CN wanted £99 for heavy breakdown cover! Diana

My Policy with Carole Nash is just up for renewal and I received a letter stating that it WOULD automatically be renewed. This is NOT the case as I have just discovered as told by them and the letter was a mistake. If you are sent a letter from Carole Nash stating your policy will be renewed automatically in relation to your Classic Vehicle and you assume it has been then you MAY not be driving around with no insurance, and are advised to ring them and check. Diana

Fitted a cartridge adaptor to mine so it uses modern screw on filters. A replacement filter is cheaper, easy to obtain less messy and more efficient in removing particles. No contest Diana

http://www.ferret-fv701.co.uk/useful_info.htm And this thread Diana

someone from the USA e-mailed me asking for the information - so here it is again Diana

Direct from an acquaintance who is involved. I think it is sad how people keep posting inaccurate information to intentionaly misslead other people. The base at bastogne is on the sale list of our defence department for some time now but that is ( i don't know if you are familiar with the bastogne base) the part with the white buildings. For the historic part that is a complete different case, everything from the historic vallue to the toerist attraction and the historic value to the american has to be concidered and all things put together it wouLd be a big mistake to sell that part and our defence department knows it. Diana And yes English isn't the first language of this person