Poptopshed

It was a Ferret that used to be stored in a shed that i used to play in when i was about 5. Can remember climbing all over this weird car in a gloom of the shed and getting inside the turret which seemed huge in the darkness. Still fancy one now and i wonder what happened to it when the shed got knocked down. :?

Another pic for MC. http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d34/Poptopshed/DSC00055.jpg[/img]

It looks like a standard large header tank radiator for series 2's of the period. The bad news is this is now obsolete as a new part, so i would look for a good reconditioning company. Jon

looks like its one of Dave Crouch's collection. So i can understand why he would ny be very impressed to see one of his imaculate trucks in a hedge.

Looks like that will keep you busy for awhile. :-D

Another one is on the radiobody 404 Unimogs. You have a heat exhanger tube under the front bumper to use with a swingfire heater for engine pre heating. We discovered that wrapping pasties with foil and putting them in side the tube, after driving for a while the water heated from the engine made a very good pastie warmer. :-D We then had the game of fish for lunch getting them back out with a hooked bit of wire.

How about a section for tools/equipment? Whats a good buy or what to avoid as its snapped on the first turn of a nut.....

The Militant is very original, so it should be a good one to restore. Some rust to sort on the cab roof and doors which all Militants are prone to. Its running and driving but it has a couple of problems with the air system and brakes to sort. Crane is working but the spade on the rear will lower but wont raise back up. :roll: We used the dolly to take the load off the Militant, as it would be close to its limit for lifting the nose weight of the Militant and more importantly without the dolly the weight of the truck on the rear makes the front of the towing Militant very light and can make steering interesting. :-o

I am sure the sensible way of recovering a Mk3 militant that is 225 miles away from home in the furthest corner of South Wales is to use a low loader and cruise there and back in comfort but wheres the fun in that? :-D Our chosen means was Grumpys Mk3 militant. The first leg was to Malvern to meet Militant Pete and collect Militant Grahams recovery dolly. (Cheers Fella's :-D ) At this point we switched on SimonNav, He then worked out our new route and promtly took us straight over the Malvern Hills. :-o Having given the Militants brakes a good work out and prepared us for what was to come crawling up and down the welsh valleys we made good time and finally made it to the B&B, took us about 7 hours all in all. http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d34/Poptopshed/DSC00045.jpg[/img] Simon wondering where to start on his monster breakfast! http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d34/Poptopshed/DSC00046-1.jpg[/img] Militant and Dolly outside the B&B. The dolly made light work of hooking up the truck. All set and ready to roll. http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d34/Poptopshed/DSC00048-1.jpg[/img] We wondered if we should remove the front wheels for extra room on tight turns but left them on in the end and we still had plenty of lock. http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d34/Poptopshed/DSC00047-1.jpg[/img] The people at the yard couldnt have been more helpful and gave us a escort out the village as it was narrow twisty lanes. Curtains were twitching as we rolled through. :-D http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d34/Poptopshed/DSC00050-1.jpg[/img] It was very very long trip back, about 12 hours back to the yard. The welsh hills had us down to about 5mph on some of the long steep hills. things improved once we crossed the Severn and onto the M5 where we could maintain a steady 30-35mph on the flatter bits. Simon should be starting a restoration thread some time soon once we have all recovered from the trip! :shake: :shake: :shake:

Challenger based ARV?

Would love to pull up at a garage to fill that up! Imagine the look on the staffs faces. :-D The lottery win to be able to afford it would be nice too.

Yep, one of the sites i found was Bigfoots site, it had a couple of pictures of the train and the monster truck uses those wheels doubled up on each axle! :schocked:

Leading off the mystery object thread where the US landtrain was mentioned. i had never heard of it before so had a quick dig around to find out more. Its an amazing truck and for those that had never heard of it have a look at this site. http://nemo.phpwebhosting.com/~acmoc/viewtopic.php?t=8089&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 http://nemo.phpwebhosting.com/~acmoc/files/let_2_103.jpg[/img]

Antar?

We are about to set forth to collect Simons Mk3 Militant using Grumpys Militant and the recovery dolly. It seems there is no info on the web about using these and having used one a Kemble we were debating the need to remove wheels to allow extra steering movement? http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d34/Poptopshed/DSC00057.jpg[/img] http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d34/Poptopshed/DSC00054.jpg[/img]

Moving Morks spaceship?

Makes a change from a hedgehog! :-D

All the one's in the yard are the older type fixed tub sankeys with rod operated over run brakes so no master cylinder to worry about.

Dont forget you will need a trailer board, as the lights will be missing most of the lenses and bulbs. The bulbs could also be 12 or 24volt and it will still be fitted with the standard 12 pin military plug.

Would it be the one currently on milweb? Wish my piggy bank was full. :-D

Would that also apply to something like a Landrover Shorland?

its a easy and common mod to convert to a civy type filler for those to lazy to lift out the seat base and remove the under seat panel.

Dont paint it with Nato Paint as i bought a used tilt that had been painted and it came off in patches. :roll: tried jet washing it and som bits still refused to budge while other bits were left stripy.

I loiks the Mog's. :-D

404 Unimog. Fantastic off road, puts landrovers to shame. Great for bombing around the arena at W&P, Sorry Si i got it a bit Muddy. :whistle: Steering can be heavy at low speed and gear change takes some getting used to, but for off road the forward and reverse leaver is a joy. Downside's are the thirst of the straight 6 and its habit of fowling plugs. As your right leg hugs the engine cover its hot in winter and burnt to a crisp in summer. Jon.