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HMMMM......................... I don't believe that for one minute ........You laydees kid yourselves that 'we all know' when in fact Us blokes really are not that interested,as long there is enough cash for the real essentials in life ( beer, pies/pasties. crisps, beer,copious amounts of tea whilst spannering ........):-D

I'm liking that ! Very nice.:-D

You and me both ......:nut:

Pulling a carriage if the horse was missing .....? Military Ring A Roses ?? lol

Pall bearer type duties? Linking personnel together to pull summat ..... field guns etc ??

hmmmm 1883 is when civilian (female) nurses were allowed to minister to the injured servicemen in hospital, taking over some duties from naval medical personnel. Is it medical at all ?

Is the '129 yrs ago' significant ? By my (poor) maths that makes it 1883?

Think he means greeting?

To be honest, i'd be happy to have the time, money and facilities to own One vehicle.

I am not jealous. I am not jealous I am not jealous Repeat until convinced. Cracking job.

Only 10 ?? boo .... AEC Militant recovery (any mk) Bedford MK Churchill Tank Cheiftain ARVE Challenger tank transporter Foden 6x6 recovery Foden drops. Land Rover 101 Radio bodied LRDG Chevy truck. Vosper Motor Torpedo boat (well it is fantasy ....)

How long is the bowser able to stay (safely) at Manby if NWCB wants it ?

Well the Royal Marines are part of the Navy, so any Royal Marine machinery would technically be 'Navy' rather than 'Army'. As to the newspaper, no idea ,,,,,,,,,,

In the above tin plate toys was a large toy Routemaster bus. wheels and axles missing, bit dented and a small amount of patchy rust ....... It went on the bay of E for £82.00 ............ gobsmacked .......

Went to collect a skip this morning,house clearance type situation, noticed an oven on the top, alarm bells start ringing, as fridges are often found with them, and we do not take fridges or freezers. So had a quick looksee in the skip just in case, luckily none found. Pulled out an tin plate toy trailer, found some old board games. Made a note not to let the yard lads get in first. Back at yard we had a proper rummage, stacks of old tin plate style toys, loads and loads of old school Meccano. Me and other driver filled boot of his estate car with them. Now on Ebay ............ The only bad thing is of course that the owner has obviously passed away, and family has cleared the house and thrown the lot. Sometimes its hard seeing peoples possessions and memories getting shoved into the rubbish heap.

I got a mini motorbike out of a skip a couple of weeks ago, given to friends of ours 'spares or repair' for a crate of beer.

The only trailer winches i've come across are for pulling cables, either thru conduit or pulling them up over poles/pylons. Also used for raising/lowering floodlights, masts etc.

As long as you fit the right connectors, then it does make life easier. (by 'right' i mean if the loom has a 'male' fitting, you fit a 'female' to the wire, sounds obvious now, but its a pain when your upside down under a dash wondering why your connectors don't fit ....... (cough ..........not that i'd know about that ......... cough .......:blush:)

To add a few ideas intro the pot so to speak .... When spannering, i have a supply of clear food bags,the ones that have the white bit on them that you can write on, are the best. Put stuff in them and label them saves a lot of 'hassle ' later on ..... Take a biro, make sure it works. (see above) Take a cardboard box/crate, to put the above bags of bits in, believe me, it might seem daft, but nowt worse than having piles of 'stuff' in the way. As said before, Digi camera ,not just to put pics on here, useful for reference as to how things fit. Flask and some grub.

Joris I don't know you, but you have my condolences. Steve

My advice on your above list, replace all the uj's on the prop shafts, in my experience you do one end, then the other will give up a week later ........ (been there done that) Nothing ruins Landy oil seals better than having the vehicle sat for ages, so you'll probably be better off replacing most of them. And as to those philips floor screws .... i couldn't agree more ... horrid things .......

Well i was up on the Tromel machine on saturday. (thats the conveyor sorting sytstem for those who don't know) and i managed to stick my (gloved) hand thru a carrier bag full of excrement .........

More than welcome.

IIRC they were yellow painted to be seen by incoming aircraft. The engine designation on the N/A is 12J (in case you need to knowe to get parts for it,apologies if you knew that) The turbo diesel was 19J , But you really don't want one of them.:nut: (Not to be confused with Tdi)

Hang a camo net from the ceiling over the bed?