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Now there is a name that brings back memories, Mr. Robotham was one of the customers of the company I worked for in the Sixties. He had a farm nearby and I recollect going out there, to attend to a combine with a broken crankshaft. In one of the sheds were a number of very large Rolls Royce engines, at that time, I did not know his background, but only wish I knew then. He was actually Chief Engineer at RR Derby before the war and was instrumental in adapting / converting the Merlin for tank use, as well as being involved in design work of the Cromwell.
And Ithink he was involved somewhere in the history of the RR "B" series engines.
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so it's official, some german range armour has survived. i wonder what else is waiting to be found in the woods, quite possibly wrecks that have had trees grown around them which prohibited there removal :cool2:
eddy
Have chainsaw.... will travel....
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I Do have a few corporates I eventually want to entertain . And would like to do some kind of small show once a year
Have took the hagglunds out on the road to fill it up . plus my daughters keep asking me to do there school prom for them this year .
Hmm..... a small show at your place, that will be interesting for the Manchester Airport Police....
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Picture was taken I think in May 1992. Tube is real, it was a 6 pdr I think Mk IV/V and was complete with breach ring and block but the rust was heavy and scaling due to being very close to the sea. It was on a bit of Kircudbright very close to the part that glows in the dark.............
We recovered the gun to Bovy but I have no idea which vehicle it ended up in.
On the way back, me and mate in his van were stopped for being overweight a couple of miles short of the Scottish border but the Police let us go because we were going into England. The copper said " will you look at that, your springs are bent over backwards!"
On the way down the motorway, we totted up the weight and could only account for about 28 to 30 cwt (that is hundredweight or about 1 1/2 tonne). "Shouldn't be a problem" says I "in this 35 cwt Ford Transit van". A few moments of silence then mate says " It is only an 18 cwt van!"
Ah the good old days!
On the same trip, we got a TA Foden EKA stuck up to its axles. Batteries were taken from the EKA and placed in a target Chieftain which started and was used to tow the EKA free.
The primary purpose of the trip was to collect tracks, sprockets, radiators, gearboxes etc from several Comets which were used to restore a Comet and a Charioteer for the Finns at Parola. In repayment, they gave Bovy the Stug III and the T26.
Also on Kircudbright, (to this day so far as I know), is a Tortoise and the brother of the Sherman 105mm HVSS that is at Bovy. Both have a quite good and a very bad side!
Perhaps Bob Grundy knows something about it, around this time he was doing some work with the MOD with towed targets, but was keeping it a bit cloak and dagger !
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Much mystified by this post, The temperature sender is on the engine, so what is the relevance of which dash it has?
What Engine do you have?
If we knew that we might be able to tell you where to find a sender!
I for one fully understood what Stuart was saying. The standardised military waterproof dashboard was fitted to some Explorer contracts as fitted to Champ, Humber 1 Ton, Martian ect. These had a matching sender bulb, which is what he is after.
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I wondered what all that yellow painted rust was spread along the A6 & A523 !
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With £9k to spend you can do far better than that, scrap is at around £225 a ton at the moment.
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i thought the sheffield churchill fell into a legal loophole as it was owned by a family business with links to the old churchill factory and placed on the plinth by them, the company was then dissolved and the churchill was not counted as an asset and so it had no legal owner but you'd probably have to be some kind of lawyer to figure all that out :cool2:
eddy
All the guys at TC Harrison JCB thought I had nicked it ! took some convincing them that I had not. They were most upset to arrive for work on Monday morning and find it gone. You must have been very close to it recently after talking to you last night ?
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on A1 going north, south of Witham's 432 and 434 on same low loader...
I think they were going to "extreme" who is a member of this forum, talking to him on the phone last night he said they were expected today.
Funny thing is Mike, I was traveling down the A1 Newark-Grantham yesterday and saw somthing similar, 2 x 432s on one low loader traveling north. I was perhaps thinking the same as you... 14 tonnes + 14 tonnes = 28 tonnes, within C & U that means you have 16 tonnes remaining for the tractor and trailer...It was a double drive high cab Scania pulling a nice sturdy looking 3 axle low loader, one 432 over the reardeck of the trailer and one in the well. Perhaps they were going for export...
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Steve yes you are correct I think its a auto box also.
Al
You are both correct, it was installed when it was restored for the museum by Bob Grundy.
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I've always thought it to be the cooling fan, it certainly makes them easy to hear long before you could see them coming!
The fact that they are 2 stroke also has some bearing on the noise, they sound like they are reving twice as fast as a normal 4 stroke diesel.
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Cheers richard for enlightning me on this matter.
Well chieftain has got my vote for sounding intimidating but i think that peace and quiet in east anglia will still prevail as there dont seem to be any chieftains up for sale these days,
One minute they are in lines at withams up for sale the next they re all gone ! For a 56 ton mbt they are damn well illusive and the one i did look at was an ex corporate vehicle and astronomical in asking price so do you know if we are headed for more sell offs of chieftians (via withams) mbts and arrvs or is that all we are going to see for the foreseeable future ?
regards
I think that is all you will see forever, the ones recently sold from Withams were the property of Withams not the MOD. Withams purchased them in the mid 90's and all 18 of them had stood int the bottom end of the big black shed since then. As regular visitors to Withams will be aware the big shed was refurbished this year and they were all moved outside. Since then they have been gradually selling them off.
All Chieftain variants have now been sold off most for scrap.
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the patch is on the floorpan on the drivers side so i doubt if anyone will notice and even if they do i'm sure i'll be able to live with it. i know there's a lot of purists out there but it aint going in a museum, i just want to get the old girl up and running and then fine tune things as they come up, i've got the v8 now and man it sounds sweet can't wait to get it in the carrier and take it for a spin
all the best
eddy
I think they mean the patch where the drivers vision slot should be ..... not the floor
John.
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Certainly on the list of places to visit, sooner than later, typical of the Swiss attitude, make a decision and stick to it. Can you imagine that happening over here, it would have lasted until the next government was ellected then some shiny suited burocrat would have decided to sell them off !
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Antarmikes old Antar used to be used to pull open the hangar doors at Cardington, I think it was because the motor / drive mechanism for the doors was broken. I think the doors weigh in excess of a 100 tonnes each.
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The vehicle stalled in the arena and didn't restart.
I towed it with a little help from the guys pushing, they hardly had to put in a effort.
It is a very light vehicle to tow anyway.
The kid stood on the side was clearly putting in no effort at all !!!
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You are all missing the point, Withams won't sell them to YOU at scrap money, if you go to buy one other than in the tender the minimum is £3500+ vat, with the mint fully ABRO refurbd ones at £7500+vat.
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hi bob
is there a show on at tatton park? might take the kids up if there is.
cheers
eddy
As Bob has not answered, there is one of the car shows at Tatton this weekend.
John.
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A combination of over supply and the story you cannot register them for road use any more is probably depressing the market.
A believe from another thread the latter of these is in correct but quite possibly only through the ignorance of the DVLA Office the owners vehicle was registered through. Another office may give a different option.
Withams are curing the over supply problem, they have scrapped the last 8 439 this week, and are sending plenty of 432s the same way.
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hi andy
how about a fold down bed on one side and the sink/cooker on the other, for the bed you need ,a set of hinges a sheet of ply with a mattress/foam and some chain or rope to suspend it from the canopy frame. for the other internal fittings try to find an old caravan to rip out what you need. you can get a sink with a cooker and grill all in one for boats and caravans ebay is your best bet, i had one for my boat and it worked a treat dimensions are 900x450. just remember that because you're pushed for space everything will have to be easily stowed or be dual purpose.
all the best
eddy
There is a caravan breakers somwhere in Oldham / Ashton area, they have all the bits you will need.
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Chris,
Were they from Brian Boys ?
John Riley
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Last picture of Antar 12DM60 was restored by me 1988-92 and sold to Mervyn Annets in 2004.
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Here's a Constructor-based tale with some pics to make you wince!
http://11independentfldsqnmalaya.blogspot.com/2009/10/op-crown-brian-platt-reme.html
Heaviest Queen Mary trailer I've ever seen ! Actually a 35T plant trailer.
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Have you checked all the drive belts are at the correct tension, I've just had this hassle with a vehicle. So easy to miss.
K60 pack has mechanically driven alternators (2)
Humber Pig Gear Positions
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Left and forward is reverse
Left and rearwards is 1st and this engages front axle automatically, once front axle engaged it must be disengaged manually by pulling back the other lever you mention.
Middle forwards is 2nd
middle and rearwards 3rd
Right and forwards 4th
Right and rearwards 5th
Front axle can be engaged in any gear manually by pushing the other lever forwards. Ther reason it automatically engages in 1st is because the torque through the rear axle on its own in first could damage the axle if driven agresively.
Do you need a knob, if so i,m holding a very good used one in my hand writing these instructions.