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  1. Tony B
    Dumping in the sea has been a regular military practice. The UK's place of favour was Herd's Deep off Alderney. There are many photographs of barges loaded with equipment ready to be dumped. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurd's_Deep Should be mentioned, also the resting palce of Tom Davis J class yacht Westwind.
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    Welcome Dereck. Intresting collection,
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    WC 54 found

    Tony B replied to 44 cargo's topic in MV Chatter

    To me there part of her history. She was rebuilt in 1952, and some of those repairs have been on longer than I've been alive. Yes, I could replace repair and refit, at great cost and time. Then all you'd have a clone. The repair pattern makes her unique! Ambulances to me are special. These were not Rich men's toys. They were built to keep men alive! They belong to those who served, those who they saved , and most importantly, those who did not.
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    Welcome in.
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    WC 54 found

    Tony B replied to 44 cargo's topic in MV Chatter

    Ouch! The moths have been busy. The beauty is, period repairs, and my poor old girl has more than one, were cut metal to fit over gap and drill with self tappers. I'll happily send you photos. The poor thing has worked for a living. What ius the chassis number? It will give you some idea of her age.
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    These are the basic types. Depends on where the holes are in the top of the windscreen. Do get the Top Hat to go on the arms, this allows modern arms and blades to fit. http://www.british-car-part-restoration.com/lucas_wiper_motors.html
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    Signed
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    Yeah, great when your standing still!
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    6 volt is the problem there. Also the ambulance has a single hole for fixing. The Land Rover type work perfectly well on the 12 volt weapons carrier.
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    Thanks John. I'd rather leave her as original as possible, but Saftey First!
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    And the good old Soyer! Intresting Blitz stove.
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    It was mentioned to me today that I could put a resovoir in Katy's vacum wiper system to even up the action. Has anyone done such a thing and how would you go about it?
  13. Tony B
    I'm suprised the horse is just standing there! Pigs and horses can be a very exciting mix! So can Horses and Fox CVR(W) but that another tale.
  14. Tony B
    That has to be posed! The risk of using one of them in a confined armoured space, :wow: Look at the fore end, see all the binding?
  15. Tony B
    If you are resident in this country, you need an export licence from the host country. That will cover you to bring the vehicle to your home. From then on you cannot use it till it is on English register.
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    :D When in doubt, Brew up!
  17. Tony B
    In Croydon, went there today to get some Wolosley spares. Useful place nice people. WWW.jbvintagespares.co.uk 07855408973 or e mail jenny@jbvintagespares.co.uk
  18. Tony B
    Have to say all my presents are bought and sent. Number One Son is getting a Chain Saw from friends and a cordless torque wrench from me, so should be a fun afternoon.
  19. Tony B
    The course is closed for racing, apparently they are trying for planning permission on it.
  20. Tony B
    I see that a kettle is as vital a part of your equipment as ours! Word of warning about poly bushes, they can be hard enough to wear the metal, can you get rubber ones?
  21. Tony B
    Hum!! I could think of few parties I'd enjoy taking it to. :cool2:
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    The one thing we always agree on. I want to hibernate from around 22 December till 26th. At least Boxing Day there is something to do. :mad: (Net exporter of Christmas presents)
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    Bind barrel, say prayers and do not make the mistake of putting rifle to shoulder! The Grenade launching cartridge was loaded with Ballisite. Trouble was Cordite,was the standard propelleant. Cordite is a toned down version of Ballisite. The result was the rifle barrel can split and the wood work is shaken to blazes. The common answer was to bind wire or even string around the barrel and wood work to reinforce it. The launch procedure was to ground the butt of the rifle max range was about 150 yards.
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    The heat of that must have been stupendous! Even with modern systems the best you could get was about one carachter a minute sent, basically enough to tell the sub to come up and call home!
  25. Tony B
    ELF!!! Extremeley Low Frequency!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremely_low_frequency
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