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  1. Nick Johns
    Looks like another bitsa, lot of Hotchkiss parts
  2. Nick Johns
    black oil is engine oil, it is the crankshaft rear seal leaking, a common problem, assume the oil level is correct and is not overfilled, put up with the leak if its not too bad as there is no quick fix, its take engine out and presuming its a ww2 engine remove the crankshaft, the later Hotchkiss/CJ engines have a conventional one piece seal, easier to change
  3. Nick Johns
    Common problem with any vehicle left unused, rubbish petrol today degrades after a while and leaves deposits in the carb, give the carb/jets etc a good clean out, did you drain all the old fuel out of the tank? also check any flexible fuel pipes, they can collapse internally, and of course check fuel filter
  4. Nick Johns
    As Ruxy says above, depends on type of distributor, it could be a distributor vent pipe?
  5. Nick Johns
    Btw, to view the Bonhams auction vehicles, which are outside the Goodwood site, you have to buy a catalogue for £30 which admits two people!
  6. Nick Johns
    Ex Marines, Instow, modified with Cummins diesel, no winch, modern dash, etc, think this DUKW and the ceremonial Landrover have been at Withams for a while?
  7. Nick Johns
    The Webber carb will be an aftermarket conversion replacing the original hideous Zenith
  8. Nick Johns
    Looks ok, but it appears to be another rebuilt bitsa with a ridiculous sale estimate, Ford scripted body on Willys chassis, wrong fuel tank etc ..tyres.. etc ...
  9. Nick Johns
    Yes correct, doh...typo error here it was Tyneham village not Kimmeridge, I was at both last week http://www.tynehamopc.org.uk/
  10. Nick Johns
    There were several areas of land including villages commandered during WW2 for training areas, Imber village on Salisbury Plain an Tyneham on the Dorset coast, the occupants were given short notice to vacate the villages and have never returned, the areas are still today operational Military training/firing ranges Imber village is opened occasionally to visitors, the Church being the only original intact building standing there, derilect Tyneham village is open regularly
  11. Nick Johns
    The Ex RAF Folkingham site is owned by http://www.nelsongreen.com/ A Previous report on the site from some 6 years ago, anything saveable has been sold years ago, all thats there now, nothing particularly rare, looks to be too far gone and been stripped of any good parts to be worth saving including the Antars http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?27773-Folkingham&p=289352#post289352
  12. Nick Johns
    It would never go that fast or sound like that with the RR engine, it has a Chevrolet LS V8
  13. Nick Johns
    Ah right, did look to see if it had already been posted, anyways for those that missed it before, take a look at a flying Ferret
  14. Nick Johns
    Dedicated Ferret owners of a nervous disposition best Not watch this, all others enjoy a Chevrolet LS V8 powered modified Ferret being put through its paces off road!!
  15. Nick Johns
    The top notch team solving another intricate problem
  16. Nick Johns
    Now on Milweb http://www.milweb.net/classifieds/view_large.php?ad=82256&cat=3
  17. Nick Johns
    Interesting to see an FWD used in the USA, must be quite rare. Take a look through the FWD gallery/thread, Trevor Pitman is the FWD man to contact for information http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?43520-FWD-gallery&p=403554#post403554
  18. Nick Johns
    It would seem there will be lots of people going to this show http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?53788-Military-World&p=468736#post468736 https://www.facebook.com/militaryworldshow/?fref=nf
  19. Nick Johns
    You will have plenty of space as none of the rest of the group will be there this year
  20. Nick Johns
    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ARMY-MILITARY-TANK-TRACKED-VEHICLE-COMBAT-SPOTLIGHT-used-/252451488391?hash=item3ac7480287:g:utoAAOSwXeJXfO3R
  21. Nick Johns
    A Replica Spitfire has been involved in a road crash when the trailer carrying it broke free and hit a tree on the A3 near Guildford, this is a static Replica plane built by Terry Barlow used a lot of original old parts and was heading to a show on the Isle of Wight. Most news channels are stating incorrectly its an original Spitfire http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/a3-spitfire-crash-live-updates-11552982
  22. Nick Johns
    Subject Previously discussed on here http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?53448-Importing-Vehicles-(Insurance)&highlight=insurance+abroad
  23. Nick Johns
    Is the Dodge already registered in Holland? if it has the Dutch equivilent of a V5 registration document stating year of manufacture it will make things easier to register it with DVLA, Previous post re importing http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?47191-Importing-Vehicle-from-EU&highlight=importing+vehicle+eu
  24. Nick Johns
    There has been a previous Post on here about the Bordon sales, someone had found some of the old auction catalogues, the only information stated on the catalogue was the military vehicle registration number, no info where any vehicles had come from http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?21754-Military-Vehicle-Sale-Catalogues&highlight=bordon+1946
  25. Nick Johns
    Contact the Hovercraft Museum, they may have the information that you are looking for http://www.hovercraft-museum.org/
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