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Nice video Ruggedmeister - now you know where Gerry Anderson got his inspiration from for all those Thunderbirds vehicles

Never mind that Triang pedal tanker, check out the twin-engined Euclid dozer in the background :nut: Oh sorry, wrong forum :blush:

Welcome to the madhouse, Mike. When you're out and about with the Bedford, just be wary of all those USAAF Jeeps, Dodges and Jimmies hurtling about the countryside around you - most of the drivers are all over the shop (can't blame them, they sit on the wrong side of the cab) :-D.

Have a good one.

Here's one of its sisters in 1995 - being used during an archaeological dig at the cliffs.

http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?12728-did-this-survive gets you to an earlier (2009) posting of the same picture and discussion :-)

A vehicle dump in Italy.

The scene driving down a built-up high street shows on the right Mulley's Garage with a couple of pumps on the pavement. Jack Mulley will probably be a familiar name to the pre-ww2 boys as he was a very early pioneer of commercial vehicle preservation. I don't know if he had any ex military vehicles?

It would appear that a local 'detective' has formally identified the entire route of the road journey undertaken in this video - so I suspect that as soon as the salt has disappeared from the roads, a modern version (with period vehicles of course) may be in the making :cool2:

.....0nly for it to be dug up some 65 years later :-) Some of the remains being excavated here are reputed to have come from the boneyard at Pulham Market, shown in such fascinating detail in this video footage.

Degsy - have you not seen the wiring in Jack's office at the Clubhouse?

Rare? This one certainly hasn't seen a grill :cool2:

Thanks. Have PM'd you. That was a result with the new hose. You were lucky that the supplier was prepared to re-use your old fittings - as policy the company I use will no longer do that (and you can't blame them, even though it could be argued there is no safety issue involved in a gauge hose).

Oh dear. And it could happen to any of us? In terms of self-diagnosis, are there any signs of DEACTIVATION we should be looking out for, Jack - other than the obvious ones of not being able to log on or retrieve private messages?

Just a thought - if going the longer flexi route, remember (from day 3 of your GMC owner's Induction Course) that when it comes to pipes, we're looking at U.S. spec. - SAE. Quite often (but not always:cool2:) these are not readily available in the smaller sizes from hydraulic pipe suppliers, so don't be surprised if they cannot do something 'off the shelf'.

In fact, Ian - let me have the overall length of RW's pipe - it looks like it might fit my truck nicely!!!

A longer pipe will allow a 360 loop which will resolve all movement problems. Alternatively bend the poipes you have until trhe flexi sits comfortably with room to take up engine movement. The pic below is an ex French one. I might learn from your woes and replace it soon :-D I'm sure RW might take the hose back as PX for something much more expensive - which you are bound to require in the near future :cool2: Or - start a collection of bits that don't fit but which might be useful for something in the future, every GMC owner has one. Tip - make it a very large box......

Vulture - remember why it's a flexi, the engine will rock a surprising amount on its mountings.

Nicely put :-D. But I can see that the vintage marque clubs have to be very careful - they have been given a significant responsibility by the Authorities to verify vehicle age, and without this facility it may become far more difficult to register some of these older vehicles. I prefer to view the situation as being of our own collective doing - we do seem to have a knack of presenting ourselves with overcooked legislation which at times is in conflict with itself and often impossible to comply with without causing these sort of ridiculous situations. And you're absolutely right - often made worse by over-zealous interpretation! A bit like shooting ourselves in the foot. So what do we do? We just get on with it in our own quirky British way and devise all manner of crafty 'fixes and workarounds' (sorry Bernard :-D) along the lines that Tootallmike has suggested. As for the QL/P4 thing - the P4 could be seen to be a generally similar period engine, so would surely be elligible for an age related plate, if the P4 was around in wartime fthen ine, if not then '50s era registration it is. I for one am very glad this matter has come to light right now - more later :cool2:

Thanks for that Richard - I did a quick scan of the piece in latest MVT mag, but managed to miss the right hand column containing this info completely out!! :nut:

Did anyone on here buy the Matador, restored as a Wynn's tackle truck, which was in the online auction at Bradford ending this morning? Looks like a MJ body on the back.

Not heard of that before! :-D And exactly how would the owner or DVLA be able to date a replacement engine anyway? Suggest the owner just registers the vehicle and gets an age related plate. There is no provision for submitting the build date of an engine - just the type of fuel and serial number.

If so then the way to look at the episode once sorted is this: having treated her to a new set of rings/shells etc you'll have a 'freshened up' engine which you can be confident will last well. If you'd just sorted the manifold, sure the rest would still be running but not as good as it will be now. Trust me :cool2: Mind you my problem wasn't blowing manifold joints - not saying any more as I have the remnants of my reputation to consider :whistle:

USAAF Jeep

Oh no, you've gone and 'blown' it well and truly now! :whistle: