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Bazooka or similar? Ken

I am sorry to jump in to this thread, but i have i think 5 of these starters, which i was told are M38 24V starters. Can any of you M38 or M201 24v owners confirm or otherwise? The tag reads MHJ - 7102 T and they are marked 24V. If you need one, they are no use to me.... Regards Ken

I was considering doing something like http://www.traceamobile.co.uk/ when we went to Normandy last year (vehs with a 12v system would be easy to keep a mobile charged up and hidden somewhere). Never got further than that, but i do know that when we were looking at location info for the fleet of 750 odd vans (we were not bothered about wind speed, fuel consumption, breaks etc) this sort of solution was much much cheaper than a tracker (and we had to give all the drivers mobiles anyway)... Ken

Think we'll have tidied up by 2014....

"Is this event likely to be affected by the Tour de France event on the same weekend?! I think they'll keep out of the way. Bicycles and tanks don't seem a healthy mix. I an all seriousness, i think it will (if anything help) - what are all those people going to want to do after the bikes have whizzed past?

Think we'll take what ever it throws at us again - although hopefully next year it won't be 6 weeks worth of rain in 36 hours! We must be mad (well, i know i'm mad, but Stu apparently is quite sane) - but we're going to try again! These events do not work without (your) support though, otherwise last year would have just been me and Stu sat in the middle of a waterlogged field, and next year sat in the middle of a sun scorched field - so we need you..... All periods, all vehicles just like last year. It is taking a bit of time to thrash the web site updates in to shape, but we will advise when http://www.ywe-event.info has been updated - the important thing is the dates 5th/6th/7th July 2013 with PM on the Fri almost certainly being for organised school visits again. Ken

Welcome Pete, want a sleeping bag? Ken

We went, and conquered many of the pubs....

Just been through this with boy Mk1. 948 cc Morris 1000. £600, fully comp in his own name (aged 17). Full of excitement having sorted the above, he then enquired for his jeep, and quickly found that as far as insurers are concerned a 2.2lt engine is still 2.2ltr even if it is 70 years old.

We'll sort it Stu, I just need to get to it! Which part of the manifold is cracked? Left ear, right ear or the centre section? I have some White HT manifold parts 'somewhere' - if not Gary Hebding is your 'man'.

I have what appears to be an oil seal (have not opened the packaging yet), pt number G501-0382832, GM-11952-A. G501 points to DUKW, but as i do not have a DUKW parts list, and it does not cross to the GMC CCKW parts list that i do have i can not determine the application. Anyone out there with a DUKW parts list who can tell me what this part is? Regards Ken

Thankyou for your support and suggestion John. We had several moving vehicle based displays planned for the event (including all the guns and guns tractors running around), but so much of it was simply not practical that we did not even hand the programs out (on the basis that people would have been expecting to see things which were in the program, but we could not provide). Next year, we will have more moving vehicle related 'stuff', assuming there is a next year, and the we can manage to select a date when a months worth of rain and wind does not dump itself on the site! Regards Ken

On behalf of all the organisers of the Yorkshire Watery Wartime Experience 2012, thankyou to all of you who supported us in one way or another. When you consider that parts of Mytholmroyd and Todmorden were cut off by the weather, it is a miracle that we had any event site left to deal with.... So many people literally mucked in to help us out with this event, Phil (even having to drive his Jimmy in his pyjamas at one point to help out as i understand it), the Panzer Support Group, Mike and the 25pdr crews, Simon and the Militant 'team', all the vehicle owners who showed up (including Steve Carr + wife and young daughter). So many people helped us force this event through, and sadly i do not know their names - but publically i thank you all, and you will know who you are. The WW1 Gordon Highlanders reckon it is the best event they have ever been to (but having seen them in the bar on the Saturday night, they appear addicted to mud anyway), all i can say, it is hardest and most rewarding 72 hours of my re-enacting life. If you're up for it, we're going to try again next year...... Regards Ken

Thanks Gordon, i recognised the avatar image, but was not sure about the image with the radio installed. I have just started the WC53 restoration, hence my interest in that image (if as it turns out it was a WC53). Regards Ken

Probably a (very) dim question, but is that a 1/2T or 3/4T panel in the image Nick? Ken

Just been through this with Boy Mk1. He took his Dad's advice, and we got him a 1958 Morris 1000. £600 a year insurance, in his own name. The sad thing is, he was desperate to get in his jeep, but due to the engine size the quotes were more than eye watering! So that will have to wait for a while. Ken

Hot, hot, hot it was....! Was good to be able to show the Diamond T doing what it was desgined for - beyond lifting the generator out of the ben hur... Two hours or so from connecting the wrecker up to having the jeep driving again was quite a feat especially given how long it takes to fiddle about getting the top bell housing bolts back in..... And well done Tony, the M8 does look good..... Ken

And they only let you have £100 or so worth (which is still worth saving 5p a litre on granted), 540 litres each in the HT and DT if they are dry! When we went to Normandy in 2009, i brimmed all 5 vehicles i took before we set off - took so long the kiosk staff had changed shift by the time i'd done, but i was considerably fitter with all the running to and from the pump to get £100 worth in each time. Those sort of fuel trips were generally followed by a call from the credit card company asking me if i knew i'd just spent £x on fuel in several transactions - which usually resulted in my card being stopped as they would ring as i was driving away from the petrol station, and they would suspend the card until they heard from me...

And what fuel was left by Tony has been swallowed by the DT, Halftrack, Dodge, GMC, Jeep, generator etc - thanks for leaving a few (hundred) gallons in the bottom of the tanks Tony.... Ken

Good to see you Andy. Ken

He seems to be getting some of his projects completed Stu..... Time to pull some collective fingers out!

Nice one Tony. Ken

You would be very welcome, the range of vehicles is growing all the time. Regards Ken

Send me the spacings for the mounting bolt holes and the size of the screen you are looking for and you might not have to, I have a couple of these in different sizes. Ken