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That crane would make a whacky house wouldn't it? You could have your own dry mooring on the hook too! :banana:

Welcome Declan, if you get to ride in Gritineye's stonking great wagon again, just make sure you don't stub your right toes on his new stonking great air receiver for his stonking great air horn......

Too right, and - putting the upstaging efforts into context - I'm certain that this £20 given with respect and gratitude will mean far more to the veterans than any big amount from the government given with guilt. In fact, sod it, at least I have a job, so I'll match this gent's £20 out of respect to him. :tup::

Just did that Lee, saved to file and all I got was the saved image as we see it on the thread i.e. 'photobucket moved'

Is this something to do with having to be signed up to Photobucket before you can view it, maybe? I've not subscribed.

Is that "Still there Degsy?" or "It is still there, Debsy" ? 'Cos I can't find it either......

Not quite Andy, but whilst checking this I realised that the file does! :idea: There must be a workshop or operators manual out there somewhere :whistle:

Chris - student digs are ideal places for stripping out oily dirty mv components in the kitchen sink and rebuilding same on the bedroom carpet - get looking now for something suitably cheap!!

Dave - it has me beat! The 'thin end' looks intended to be knocked into a bit of wood to form a stable anvil, but it doesn't seem easy to then use the 'anvil' to steady or hold the chain for sharpening. Certainly you can put a tooth in one of the slots and tweak the set, but if that is all it is intended for, it is a strange shape. I'll have another go after a beer!!

I'm sure you can get it, but probably only through specialist suppliers to sheet metal workers. I think the fabricating company I use in Norwich keep it. Try googling Stevenage Sheet Metal and give them a call - they advertise press brake work up to 4m width, so must be able to get larger sheets to feed it with!

Richard, there have been several of these restored trucks offered for sale over the last 18 months. Fitted with replica bodies, tipper / flat. The trucks seem to have done very few miles. I was surprised at the use of a small 4 pot engine, must have been difficult making headway with a heavily stocked machinery body :sweat:

:confused: I know a man with a guilotine.....

Welcome Ian, that end plate is an enigma - take it off and you'll wonder what the point of it is :???. It appears to be designed to squeeze a seal into the gap between drive shaft and hub cap, but has to float to accomodate end-play in the drive shaft. Not a problem to seal up with an o-ring or silly cone stuff. Just check that the axle breather is not blocked, causing pressure build-up (I think there is a breather....:coffee:) Any chance of a pic of your Vovo C303 please?

Here's a lovely piece of militaria I was given today by a friend - it belonged to her grandfather who worked in a wood yard after WW1. The saw chain with vicious looking teeth unrolls from a leather pouch (with belt loops on back), and with the handles inserted makes a useful little saw. Looks to be unused. A nice touch is the sharpening file and forked anvil. Made by B. Crook & Sons in 1915 and has a W.D. arrow on the saw. If anyone can provide any further information on this item I'd be very interested. Thanks.

To me, some seem high, others seem low but it is difficult to form a view on their condition from just one small picture and limited info. The guide prices could possibly bear little relation to the actual prices achieved.

I'm trying to work out what that cable is for in pic 2 !!

But then you get caught by the rule that the more space you have the lower the quality of junk you acquire to fill it because you need so much of it!!

Thanks Richard, a strange choice for the Oz army?? Perhaps they had diesels fitted in them? I wondered if it might have been a lead in to CW's next overland adventure after Africa, this time around Oz in a Humber. No, perhaps not.....:cool2:

The yellow truck looks like a Humberr FVthingy, but what would it be doing in Oz :confused:

Just wonderful. I'm going to have a shower and see if I can't wash off some of this olive drab before it's too late.

Having spent far too much of my life in truck breakers yards and the like I have to say I've rarely seen a good s/h steel 3 way body, let alone an Edbro one. Looks like the only thing to do is make one to your pattern. However, is it worth being very cheeky and contacting Edbro? They might just be prepared to help in some way, especially if you can show them a stunning chassis restoration, and perhaps in return for some occasional "sponsorship" appearances for them? I know it's a long shot, but you never know!!

Tom, you seem to be on some sort of cosmic smiley trip just recently!

Ooooh! - a supercharger! C6SFL?

Great certificate Bernard! :rofl: Boat crew - If anyone is on a guilt trip on acount of Saturday - the black smoke, oil slicks and CO2 emissions - you can relax, I've settled our environmental account today: I went to post two large parcels at a cost of £27, the postmaster says "Do you want to do the optional send your parcel CARBON FREE scheme, to help do your bit to counter global warming? It'll cost you an extra 5 pence....". The donation is invested by the Woodland Trust to help offset the carbon generated during the parcel's journey. Now at this stage I would normally reply along the lines of "No thanks, somehow I don't reckon that'll be enough to do much good". But today I thought about how much diesel went up in smoke on Saturday :shake: and found myself saying "Er, yes, OK, let's do it!" :-D

Andy - what a shame that in the last bit the launch got obscured by a cloud of black smoke :banana::banana: