Stefano

Not managing to convince my father to buy the ex Mike Parks' Ferrari 250 GTO from Maranello Concessionaires back in '74.......

I usually use a tailstock die holder, very useful things.

Welcome to the forum, I looked at the work you do and am deeply impressed...... If you do your Matador to the same standard it will be awesome

Richard, No, he hasn't got a workshop manual. A pdf copy would be brilliant and beyond kind!

A man brings his dog to the vet Vet says to the man "Say Aaaah" "Why?" "Because your dog's dead"

Thanks Richard

Looks like a Royal Enfield WD/C - never seen a photo of one with the horn mounted up by the headlight.

Dear Santa, Please deliver the following:- A Beetleback Morris Quad in perfect condition All the spares I need to finish the CD/SW, the CS8, the Sherman, etc, etc A 4th Series Lancia Aurelia B20 Will supply c/c details to debit £500-00 as agreed

'bout time, Jack. Well done. No more sob stories then, thank goodness

I've been keeping my nose out of this particular thread, because I know that I'll find it difficult to keep my latin temperament at bay, but here goes... The problem with CMV is quite simple, and it's basically due to what's best termed as the "good enough" sindrome. I'm a subscriber to CMV and have been disappointed in the quality of their articles from the word go. Obviously, being a refugee from Wheels and Tracks means that one's expectations are inevitably pretty high, and given that the pressure and time constraints on having to provide a monthly issue must be enormous, I still feel that there is very little excuse in producing articles with absolutely no depth on such a regular basis. I mean, honestly, it's not as though there's not enough scope, is there? I remember that a couple of years ago they did an "in depth" (ha!) overview of military Morris Commercials - it lasted two (or was it three?) issues, and was laughable, nothing more than a collection of photos (very) loosely strung together with some inane text. I know that this sounds harsh, but seeing as I write articles for Italian classic motorcycle magazines on a pretty regular basis, I feel that I can permit myself the luxury of judging others efforts. Perhaps their contributor base isn't wide enough to allow for the sort of work that the late, great Bart Vanderveen used to regale us with, but the fact is that a well researched and well written article on just about anything is guaranteed to be absolutely riveting (does anybody remember the article on Le Tournaux graders in W&T? - brilliant stuff - and of absolutely no immediate interest to yours truly). Rant over, I'll go to bed now

323.5 after about six million goes, this is very sad..........

I was wondering if anybody out there has some pictures of the dashboard of a late war Scammell SV/2S. A mate of mine is putting the finishing touches on his Scammell and the instruments look like a hotchpotch to me. The voltage regulator is definitely wrong, and there is some awful plastic conduit for the wiring. Any photos of how it should look would be very welcome. In addition, I would be very interested in seeing how the dashboard of my Fordson WOT2H should be. Mine is the one without the fuel gauge. Many Thanks, Stef

I've got a couple of old Mercedes-Benz's that use a black grained millboard as an under dash finisher. In these, the creases for the right angled folds seem to have been made with a knife press or something similar, obviously without actually cutting through the board. In the 280SL these are just left as they are, whereas in my 300 the folds are backed with linen tape. You wouldn't really want to dampen the millboard much, because you'd never get a sharp crease that way, and the wretched stuff has a habit of delaminating as soon as you look at it

It's a "Semovente da 75/18" - Not too sure about the chassis it's mounted on - it could be a M40/41/42, but I'd guess that it's on the later M42 (the main differences are at the rear though)

Amazing.. Never knew there was anything like that in London. Next time I'm over I'm going to visit..

I'm almost certain that the funeral is somewhere in Italy - the church facade is very Italian - but have been unable to find out where it could be

By the looks of it, the mysterious "Zu" is yet another Triumph with a home made shield around the magneto. And yes, I would imagine that the leather strap is an attempt to keep the Bramptons from getting too out of shape - they are pretty grim on tarmac but must have been truly dreadful forks on the rough. The Druids that were around at the same time were far better at staying in one piece.

Hello Lads, I'm gradually chipping away at my Morris CD/SW, and the clutch is next on the list. Seeing as it was all rusted completely solid I reckon that the pressure plate springs have taken a set. Does anyone know what the original length was? The Borg & Beck part number is 40123. Anyone got a 40's catalogue to check? Cheers, Stef

Stick a couple of aeroscreens on it and a set of trackgrips and nobody would know the difference from a CS8

For one reason or another, most British tanks were pretty dire during the second world war, but going from my fathers recollections the Guy Ant was apparantly quite a ghastly contraption. He used to say that a Morris CS8 felt like a Rolls Royce in comparison, which is really saying something.......

Brilliant!!!

Jack, I would consider splitting up "British Vehicles" between pre and post 1945. It might make it easier to follow the threads that interest people more. All the Best, Stef

And I just remembered that there's another one at Samur...

Don't worry, they didn't all have them

Then there's the one in the Brussels museum