ferrettkitt Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Congrats looking forward to seeing it running in the future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajmac Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Does anyone have a photo of it when it was doing it's duty as a gate guardian? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzkpfw-e Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Castlemartin: Camp MERRION, die Unterkünfte des Panzerbataillon 123 Dated 1965. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajmac Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 (edited) Great! You only have to ask on HMVF:D Lets hope it had some rear drain plugs, if not I'll bet water accumulated under the gearbox and at the back of the fighting compartment....just started reading the book 'Mr Churchill's Tank', well worth it. Edited July 11, 2012 by ajmac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Pearson Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Great! You only have to ask on HMVF:D Lets hope it had some rear drain plugs, if not I'll bet water accumulated under the gearbox and at the back of the fighting compartment....just started reading the book 'Mr Churchill's Tank', well worth it. Several belly plates were out but it was still only a mile from the Atlantic for 50+ years so lower details are mostly brown and very flakey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Pearson Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Castlemartin: Camp MERRION, die Unterkünfte des Panzerbataillon 123 Dated 1965. Thanks for posting. If I send you a PM, can you let me have a good copy of the pic? By the way, if you google "Panzers in Wales" on Pathe News you get a bit of movie of it in the background of a visit by German officers in 1961. Film also includes a less lucky brother well on the way to being destroyed by gunfire on the range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean N Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Talking about gateguards, is the Comet still outside Lulworth Camp? It was not there last year it been replaced by a warrior I thought it was a Cent that was replaced by the Warrior, don't seeing remember a Comet the last few times I've been past - or am I getting confused? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
challenger Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Not confused, it was a Comet which was then swapped for a Centurion and fairly recently swapped for a Warrior. Oposite, behind the wire is now a Challenger 2 Prototype V4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
challenger Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Winston earlier this year at Castlemartin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajmac Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Ok....Winston was a Crocodile then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim gray Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Ok....Winston was a Crocodile then? :-) Just what i was going to say! By the way John, your the only bloke i know who can happily tear a tank down and restore but cant post a pic:-D Regards Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzkpfw-e Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Thanks for posting. If I send you a PM, can you let me have a good copy of the pic? By the way, if you google "Panzers in Wales" on Pathe News you get a bit of movie of it in the background of a visit by German officers in 1961. Film also includes a less lucky brother well on the way to being destroyed by gunfire on the range. Found them on t'internet mate, so that's the best I can do! Just Google imaged Castlemartin & that's what came up. I've tried every permutation of search terms, but that's been it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_shadock Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 here are 4 photos shared by John Pearson : "Attached are a couple of pics of Churchill being recovered for restoration and a couple of it in its current location" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodgit0_0 Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Sorry for dragging this one back up but I removed the Cheiftain that was sat down town into the port a couple of years ago with my CRARRV. Me and my crew were covering the annual firing camp with our CR2 sqn (A Sqn, 1 RTR) when the odd request came in for a recovery job. Its not very often we get the chance to do some serious mileage on public roads but that drive from ther camp gates into town was awesome, until we meet a milk tanker driver!! The Cheify was winched off its resting place then towed up to the port to be collected another day by the HET guys. The rumours where it was going to be put up as a gate guard in camp but Im not sure it ever did. The main reason for it being removed from town was someone had complained that it was dripping oil and the council wanted it gone to avoid paying for the clean up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzkpfw-e Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Externally at least, the old girl's looking pretty good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antar Posted July 13, 2012 Author Share Posted July 13, 2012 The official handover ceremony for the chassis plate will take place next Saturday morning at War & Peace. John Riley, custodian of the plate for the last 20 odd years !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 The official handover ceremony for the chassis plate will take place next Saturday morning at War & Peace. John Riley, custodian of the plate for the last 20 odd years !!! Must get lee down with his camera to record it for posterity (and the forum!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter4456 Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 What would have been the chances of this happening without this forum? - well done to all concerned Slightly (?!) off thread, but apparently, when the Panzers arrived in Wales my Dad's Land Rover got tangled up in the convoy (he was on holiday in Pembrokeshire at the time!) and was featured in the news reels of the day - it would be nice to see if the footage still exists! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzkpfw-e Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 http://www.britishpathe.com/video/panzers-in-wales Shows "Winston" in one of the scenes, also a sorry-looking range wreck Churchill. http://www.britishpathe.com/video/tanks-arrive-for-panzers Shows their Pattons & an ARV arriving, no Landy mixed up in the convoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Sorry for dragging this one back up but I removed the Cheiftain that was sat down town into the port a couple of years ago with my CRARRV. Me and my crew were covering the annual firing camp with our CR2 sqn (A Sqn, 1 RTR) when the odd request came in for a recovery job. Its not very often we get the chance to do some serious mileage on public roads but that drive from ther camp gates into town was awesome, until we meet a milk tanker driver!! The Cheify was winched off its resting place then towed up to the port to be collected another day by the HET guys. The rumours where it was going to be put up as a gate guard in camp but Im not sure it ever did. The main reason for it being removed from town was someone had complained that it was dripping oil and the council wanted it gone to avoid paying for the clean up? There is a cheify and a leo gate guards at castle martian camp at present may its the same one it looks tidy Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 The official handover ceremony for the chassis plate will take place next Saturday morning at War & Peace. John Riley, custodian of the plate for the last 20 odd years !!! Great news I have been involed with John Pearson in the recovery untill I broke my ankle a few weeks ago it will be a great day when the plate is returned to it thankyou John R for looking after the plate and returning it the whole story should be writen down and post here it will make good reading there has been a few twists and turns and problems over come to get it saved it will now start a long restoration to a running state. Alec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
challenger Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 here are 4 photos shared by John Pearson :"Attached are a couple of pics of Churchill being recovered for restoration and a couple of it in its current location" Whatis it like inside? any chance of some pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 (edited) John asked me to post these photos of the state of the inside CHURCHILL7.pdf CHURCHILL8.pdf CHURCHILL5.pdf CHURCHILL6.pdf Edited July 17, 2012 by Big Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzkpfw-e Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Nowt that a quick squirt of WD40 & a rub with a wire brush won't cure! Looks (In my inexpert eyes), in quite good nick for having sat outside for 50 odd years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajmac Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 (edited) John......the sea wasn't kind to it was it. From my experiance of stripping and rebuilding engines that have been outside of decades that flat 12 is going to be the real problem, at least two cylinders are going to be rather rusty. That is only if water was able to get in via the exhaust or inlet ducts. What are Churchill NOS engine parts like to come by? You can properly asses when it's out in the workshop.... Edited July 17, 2012 by ajmac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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