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:tup:: Very useful! And the other one from 100BG.com

After spending the best part of a morning trying to feed the end of a new rope around the inside of the drum and out through the hole :argh::argh::argh:, I found a length of flexible spiral steel conduit which I could just get through, and into which the rope would fit. Plenty of grease and the rope threaded through a treat

Andy, are you planning to remove the rope? In which case you may wish to borrow a "special tool" for putting a rope back in, to avoid a lot of :argh::-D

So, I wonder if it will be Gardner powered.....

Hey, congratulations!

Look on another thread Rick - I think you'll find that Jessie the Jeep has only just finished building it :whistle:

Well, the easy option would be to put some gaiters and air in the tyres, spray all over with protective varnish and tie down a few flapping bits - voila, an "as found" tanker :-D Only kidding.... Thanks very much for the photos, Bill - I'm collecting copies of what few pics have appeared in books and on the web, and am currently trawling BG Association sites to see what else there is hidden away. Unfortunately most of the pics do not show much detail. Your pictures show how an interesting use of the second trailer - each tank held 4,000 gallons, and if a B17 held 2,500 then the tankers used without trailers must have done a lot of trips, couldn't even fill two planes up at a time. I've not seen evidence that second trailers and dollies were used in England. Anyone else with pics, do please join in! :tup:: abn deuce, 4,000 gallons capacity. There are 2 compartments - 1 the shallow front and tapered section, 2 the main tank. Bafle plates (almost entirely across) at each tank support (bands) through which someone has neatly gas-axed some doorways. The lids (one for each tank) are a work of art - just look at the quadrant gearing on the locking bars. The lid surround neatly unclips with 4 levers to allow access. Bet you wish you hadn't asked now :cool2:

Yes, that did it for me. I take it we will all pay by some method whereby the Asociation knows the donation comes from HMVF? It's difficult to understand just how much it will mean to these vets to be able to return.

I should qualify that by explaining that I have to take the jimmy canvas and hoops down to get it into the shed - it is the folded canvas that mice and rats seem keen to chew holes in, not canvas left up.

Once the sugar beet are lifted, quite a few rats will be looking for winter lodgings. I've just been repairing some rodent-damaged Autoar wiring, and it got me thinking - any good ideas for keeping them away from wiring / seats/ canvas? After suffering rat damage I always store canvases in mouse-proof metal cupboards over the winter, but it IS a bit of a nuisance.

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl: Caught something in the back of a Champ......

I think we can do a deal here........ How about a wekend in a WW2 sensory depravation tank with a bucket of detergent and a scrubbing brush - full board and lodging of course!

No Jack, I am the complete headcase! Hang on, you're not going to make me rewire the whole of the jimmy? :sweat::sweat::sweat:

Steve, 100BG it is! I've been trying to find out which (if any) other bases used the Autocar with these trailers. Back in April 07 a guest, Matt, posted that he had a set of manuals for the F1 trailer. A copy of these would help greatly with the restoration. Does anyone have a contact for Matt? Estimate to fill her up is currently £21,000 :shocked:

It's only taken me 14 years to make my mind up on this, during which time the metal oxidation process has not let up, but - :shake: as the Autocar will need something to stop the rear end bouncing, I suffered a moment of olive drab insanity and - :shake::shake: it looks better in the pics than it is - :shake::shake::shake: but not impossible. At least it is pretty much complete. Personally I blame Jack. Help! :shake::shake::shake::shake:

For anyone reading individual posts as they are made, it makes no difference what section they are in, provided they are titled "This Day in xxxx" However - For anyone wanting to read up a sequence of dates it would be much more convenient if they were all in a dedicated section. It depends whether you want to build up a user-friendly long term archive of "stuff" or just live for the moment I suppose........

Good point - I looked at a new budget range at an auto-elec. distibutor today, and noticed the very poor off-centre light emission compared to a certain expensive brand. But whatever we can do to make ourselves more noticeable has got to help improve our chances.

Very sad to hear about this. We've had discussions on here before about L.E.D. lights (although if only rear side lights in use perhaps they would not have made much difference in this case?). The use of small amber flashing L.E.D.s was mentioned - perhaps these could have made a difference? I'm always conscious of the truly abysmal illumination put out by the standard WW2 U.S. rear light cluster, and news like this convinces me they are no longer safe. I think Jessie the Jeep showed us how he adapted his units to take L.E.D.s - time to take the plunge I wonder?

Wonderful pics of people, guys - looks like everyone really made an effort for the event, great period outfits.

The jimmy in the background looks to be a USAAF Chemicals gantry truck - wow that's rare

I'm not up on uniforms, but I have a horrible feeling Catweazle may be something to do with Customs and Excise..........:shake:

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You're probably right there. I had some 85mm dia. excavator boom pins done (through a third party) - lasted just a few days. Re-done properly, they saw the machine out (8 years). Perhaps a case of not enough pre-heating, especially with big stuff? I'd always consider it as an option, but would need to know the firm knew what they were doing.

I think the book is called "Son of the Red Centre", a fascinating tale. Read it, and then remember it next time you curse the main dealer for having to wait until the next day for your truck parts delivery :whistle:

Sorry, but more likely the engines were (or still are) driving irrigation pumps?? :-D Off topic, but our crane inspector once visited Pakistan and saw all manner of old truck engines driving pumps by the river, many had neither inlet nor exhaust manifolds, they could be heard for miles he said :shake: