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    The following are worth a read if you get 5 mins as well! http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?18621-Top-Ten-Tracked-Armour-Safety-Tips http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?25555-Hand-signals-for-directing-armour-and-tracked-vehicles
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    Well done mate nice to see some fresh victims, sorry young blood, coming into the hobby! Looks in great nick you will have fun with that. Cheers Timbo
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    Personally I would leave it...once it's gone it's gone forever. But I agree you may make less money or find a sale more difficult that way!
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    Very interesting... Petrol prices going up, discussions on railway profits, and adverts for backache cures - what goes around comes around I guess..!! Cheers Timbo
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    You're just jealous coz we speak proper up 'ere in Gods Own County by 'eck..!
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    Actually being pedantic I think it is more properly described as an e clip!!!
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    Agree with you Andy looks like a circlip. Tim
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    Bran Dragovic ? Bumped into him at the Alvis show in August, with his Saladin, but I thought he told me he got the engine from a Saracen for it.. Nice chap, need to catch up with him at some point about his accumulator recharging apparatus which looked really quite clever..!
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    Hi Jim That reminds me - do you have any of the little round ball UJ's that go into the commanders traverse linkage? I need to refit mine but am missing one of them! Cheers Tim
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    Well the cricket definitely featured in Longest Day but that doesnt mean they didnt feature in our film too of course...!
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    Good story Robin - always nice to put a face to a name. Al is obviously making an impression over here. It seems everybody I speak to at the moment asks me 'oh, do you know Alan Duffy?'!!! Cheers Tim
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    Alvis did it! May 1965 according to the Bill Munro book was when it was proposed to the War Office but only 2 prototypes were built in June 1966. There were mods made to the gearbox and cooling to cope with the extra power apparently. One prototype was produced for the British Army, the other for the Americans. In the event neither were delivered. Tom Packham the Alvis test driver described the vehicle as being transformed by the extra power..... Has it ever been done on a privately owned one? Well I dont know but it sounds like the sort of thing Dave Perks might have done? I'm pretty sure he has mentioned in the past about dieselising one. PS I think the lack of power was always seen as a bit of an issue, but comparing it to a Fox is probably a bit unfair!!
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    I have used masonry sealant on my Lightweight tilt....still leaks mind you but it is very old....
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    A great shame but it did seem to be coming, what with quite a few vehicles coming up for sale over the last couple of years. At the end of the day you can't eat armour..! Personally I thought the tank overhaul programmes featuring Dave were the best of the lot....I still chuckle at his quote when everybody was cooing over Tiger 131 'we won the war y'know!!!'.. Good luck to them whatever they do next and lets hope not too much goes to the scrapman..
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    CVR(T) mPODt

    timbo replied to andym's topic in MV Chatter

    Well quite possibly nobody will want to buy it, and I notice from the blurb that the design team are looking for a manufacturing partner, so I get the impression this is still very much in the idea phase. I can well imagine for some countries this could be an ingenious and cost saving concept, common automotive platforms and so on. Given the number of years (decades) a CVRT replacement has been in the offing, I wouldn't write this idea off just yet, even if it does use old tech..! I think it could probably work quite well as a multi purpose load carrier, but i can see all kinds of problems with this as a fighting/ recce vehicle.. Cheers Timbo
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    Nice little feature Paul. Quite a testament to your filming skills...and great publicity for next years show.. Tim
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    Hi James Have often thought this and can see no reason why wouldnt work (with the bulbs changed of course!). At £3 a pop you could try it anyway - let us know how you get on...! Cheers Tim
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    Stunning work well done...
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    Hello Alan Vehicles look very smart indeed. As for driving dont forget there is a distinct step in the ratios when you get to 4th gear. This isnt such a problem going up the box, but if you come down too quickly you end up see sawing all over the place with the revs through the roof..! If you can keep the momentum up you will find everything a lot smoother if you can keep it in the top 3 gears. Driving on the road is of course a different matter altogether since you have to make sure you are in the right gear to get round whatever corner you are approaching....not so critical if you are hacking round fields.. Cheers Tim
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    Matt WE HAVE NO MORE ROOM in our shed..!! Tim
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    off to normandy

    timbo replied to paulob1's topic in MV Chatter

    The new Overlord museum at Coleville is very good, with a great collection of vehicles, but also check out some of the older, smaller museums which have some real treasures. The Longues battery is also worth a look, as are the cemeteries, British at Bayeux, and the American one of course, which has a new and very good visitor centre. Then there's Omaha and Pointe du Hoc so lots to keep you busy. I don't know quite what I expected from Omaha but it felt like a bit of an anti climax...good friterie though! Enjoy Tim
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    Cheers Chris Your track guards are peachy, a perfect copy - bolted straight on! I still bear the scars of fitting that engine last year - starting at 10am Sunday and finishing at 3am Monday, and then going to work! However it does seem to go well. Things were a bit more organised when I did the Sabre... Cheers Tim
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    Bannisters definitely. And he doesnt charge the silly prices some people seem to ask for them - £3 each last time I bought some...
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    Thanks for posting this PD much appreciated... Two things strike me about this clip. First I have been trying hard to improve my driving this year ie not revving the bejaysus off it and it certainly sounds better than my previous attempts, and second I really do have to get the missus to knit me a cushion - the seat was already on max height setting!!! Cheers Tim
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    Andy As you will find out they all sound like cr*p, it is just that that one sounds different! Tim
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