Vulture

Ahhhh yes, good spot. I'll adjust accordingly, and replace 167 with a different truck when I next come across one I don't have recorded. Cheers Vulture

Excellent looking job ! Well done to all involved ! :clap::thumbsup::bow::-) I had a slot set aside on my CCKW Photo Blog (No 71) for this vehicle Clive. Hope you don't mind, I've lifted a couple of photos off this thread and added them to it. :cool2: Vulture

Okay mines a SWB and you did ask about LWB, but I'm running 50 on the front, and 40 on the back.

The stuff I read on the net (at work) would indicate that she's off to be scrapped Nothing, absolutely nothing about this feels good :argh:

Excellent photo !!! Thanks for posting

Nice vid I found of the Victor doing a fast taxi run - [video=youtube_share;bRtM44IMqYI] -

A vid from the weekend. My chum Chris and his son Graham helping crew the gun. - [video=youtube_share;oUbrWnSfxgI] -

I know !! I wouldn't want to be going more than a crawl round most corners with the centre of gravity as high as it must be with that load !

:clap:Love it ! :nut: However, to be authentic you need to cut the fuel tank of course... :rofl:

Good riposte sir ! :box: LOL :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: Or...... is that that there is a Dodge on the back as well, but we just can't see it because it has been squash flat by the great weight of the loco ? :rolleyes: :dancinggirls:

Whilst your Dodges are okay, what you you want is a man's truck that can do this sort of thing :laugh: http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?38565-Not-Something-You-See-Every-Day&p=367959#post367959

Good spot, and a good question ! Where indeed ? :laugh:

Saw this and could not resist posting it :laugh:

As Rob says, it's a replica, quite a good looking one IMHO as well Nice guys crewing it as well

I understand it had a fuel problem that was resolved on the day

Here's a few pics of the event taken on the Sunday - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Matt Is the bhp per ton worse than the GMC then ? A GMC is approx 5 tons and the (net) bhp is 91.5 which gives I reckon about 18 bhp per ton. Slightest hill, I'm slowing downnnnnn Vulture

Deadline I'm with you. To get the full GMC experience a 6v painfully slow turn-over on start-up is a must have ! LOL I wouldn't change mine I have looked here in the UK, and thus far have been unable to find a commercially available 6v to 12v converter that I can buy off the shelf. Do you know of any in the US ? Kind regards Vulture

Hummmmm, searching around I have found a company called UK Tools who seem to do 8 point sockets. I'm going to buy a 7 piece set from them today I think. http://www.uktools.com/piece-3834drive-point-socket-set-p-10096.html

Desert Rat, I get between 8 - 10 mpg out of my 352 and find a comfortable cruising speed to be 35 – 37mph. If you go for a GMC would suggest the 353 Open cab version. I would then take the canvas back off the cab, and omit the front curtain off the cargo, and then either make a canvas screen up yourself, or ask Allied to make one that fastens to the from the back of the cab to the cargo canvas (there is a pic on my photo blog of someone who has done just that). That way you can have one or two people in the back lounging in comfortable chairs (if they have any sense) but able to see out the front and chat to the people in the front. That said, in my experience conversation in a GMC at 35mph+ tends to be more of a shout above all the noises the vehicle makes ! LOL

Desert Rat Sounds a brilliant idea ! No reason why a GMC shouldn't do the round trip okay. Buy one, give it a really really good service, change the water pump (unless its been in recent years), take some spare parts and a good box of tools with you, make sure you have recovery in place (just in case), and you should be fine Kind regards Vulture

Couldn't make it along today :-(, but will there first thing tomorrow :-D. Looking forward to it immensely.

Loco I'm not following your train of thought here (probably me just having a senior moment). Where should I be using the sealer ? To lubricate the rubber seal as I slide it into the canal ? Kind regards Vulture

Fingers crossed for the weather !

ZIL157 Rex Ward doesn't stock the seal, and I got the brush off from Jeep Parts. Rex suggested Seal+Direct like you. Looking at the page http://www.sealsdirect.co.uk/shopping.asp?intDepartmentId=68 any idea which one you ordered ? Kind regards Vulture