Tony B

If both sides are not to busy squabbaling over other things.

Heading Sou' east in the gale! :-D

its a Chiken and egg. Most of the younger generation coming into military vehicles are normally through parents, the sheer cost of them now precludes anyone but a real fanatic. My son Tom and Harry as examples, your youngster as well. Its up to us to teach them , I know my son spends a lot of time under the motors. Hopefully our Grandkids will take the vehicles on to the next level.

I think those vehicles may have been specifically aimed at the Indian Market, and other Empire countries.

Welcome Tony.

You do have a point Mike. However as Frank the MOT inspector said to me, there are owners of modern vehicles who never lift the bonnet, and do nothing until something breacks. A car going in for the first MOT after three years can be a unroadworthy wreck.

It's been dry with a breeze around here today. Ideal show vehicle weather. I sacrificed a couple a troublsome pasengers for you! :cool2:

I'd query that. I think you'll find the beam musn't dazzle someone at sixty feet, three feet up (Though probably metric now) . Nothing about where it goes, my 101 always passed on vertical dip. If the vehicle has the military lights they have four screws to set the system left right or centre depending where in the world you are. Can you post a picture? http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual_180.htm

The MOT is not a golden ticket, now safe till next one. Theres nothing to stop you asking a friendly local gargae to look it over once a year. My local one would be quite happy to do that. Give it a check on the rolling road and up on the ramp. Basically thats all a pre 1960 vehicle has to have anyway.

Sunhat- Very optomistic. Wizard's Hat- Useful when you need the miracle! The Fez- The Kelly's Heroes re-enactment. Crown- Jack may not like the competion. Cowboy hat- Er, surley there's enough about already? The Clown- ditto.

And the swivel pins on the hubs. The Railko bushes wear and cause that.

What cure? Why would you want to be cured? Welcome

Only Thursday for heavy rain so far. Be optomistic! :-D

Welcome Jon,

Thanks to the RED CROSS museum I now have the information on the Scotish box. As a bonus they have been kind enough to put in a lot of information of Prisoner boxes issued at POW camps in any one wants it, let me know. The YEATEX mentioned is similar to Marmite apparently. Scottish Branch British Red Cross Society Prisoner Parcel Before 1943 the invalid food unit comprised of two parcels. After this time the contents were contained in one parcel. The merger was effected by cutting out most of the items which were found in the standard food parcel. It also became known as the invalid supplement parcel and became in reality what it was always intended to be, a supplement to and not a substitute for the standard food parcel. Both the invalid diet supplement parcels and the medical units were sent to Geneva for distribution to the camps and hospitals. They both bore distinguishing marks so they were not confused with other parcels. The contents of the invalid diet supplement parcel were: Dried milk, 1 tin (8oz) Horlicks, 1 tin (8 oz) Rolled oats, 1 tin (5 oz) Nestles Milk, 1 tin (14 oz) Ovaltine, 1 tin (4oz) Fruit, 1 tin (8 oz) Dried soup, 2 tins (4 oz) Creamed rice, 1 tin (12 oz) Sugar, 2 pkts (8 oz) Lemon curd, 1 tin (8 oz) Cheese, 1 tin (3 1/4 oz) Yeatex, 1 tin (2 oz) Dried eggs, 2 tins (3 oz) Cocoa, 1 tin (4oz) Chocolate, 1 pkt (2 oz) Tea, 2 pkts (4 oz) There were twenty packing centres in Britain and the Scottish ones were located in Perth, Stirling, Dumfries, Glasgow and Edinburgh. I have attached further information regarding the other types of food parcels that were sent to prisoners of war and Red Cross assistance to the Channel Islands during the Second World War. I hope this information is of interest to you.

There are also the various catalysts. I have one in the tank of my Dodge. I put it in when I first got her as empirically I've found vehicles run better with them. Now they are a tin alloy, and various tin compounds have been used in marine anitfouling for years. Despite fuel sitting around I've not had any troubles so far. That is petrol but I have had catalysts, the same one actually, in Disiel as well.

Welcome in.

Neatsfoot (Cows) oil will soften the leather but darken it. Saddle soap applied with a damp, not wet sponge, it is not supposed to foam. Or the best I've found Nikwax leather conditioner followed by the waterprooffing gel. That will soften it but not change the colour to badly. If you want a scruffy type appaerance, gret a bottle of vegtable oil from the supermarket and use that. Any oil used will give some blottching appaerance as the leather absorbs oil at a diffrent rate in diffrent places.

Welcome Steve, that is a fascinating place to live!

Oh well,.... what a shame, I'm now going to HAVE to go down to Headcorn.

Might be worth pouring a bit of fuel stright into the carbs, rather than mess with brake cleaner, yes we know it works but is a bit nasty. I did try spraying fuel in from a spray type bottle , it worked a treat BUT for best protection of eyebrows use at arms length.

Richard is EP90 compatable with Dodge axles as well?

I wonder if Valvemaster or any other lead additive is essential in a military engine? Consdering the milage they do and the low octane rating they are designed for

Oh I'd love to get there! Carol and Katy had theier pictures taken at Jersey Airport with Sally B some years ago.

Or as it is known outside Wales, A Shower! Yes the old sheep dip was an evil concotion, remember the old black and white films of British Pathe? Two blocks in shirt sleeves chucking sheep in, and must be totally submerged at least once, with the local Copper looking on. Organo phosphate the Farmer's answer to pests!