James Shopland Posted April 16, 2013 Author Share Posted April 16, 2013 Surely they are just standard palm couplings? A US design and used later by just about everybody. Really. I thought they were a British design? My ignorance I am afraid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Shopland Posted April 16, 2013 Author Share Posted April 16, 2013 (edited) Is this a definition of amazing of which I was previously unaware? What's holding the door on, and when did it crash into a steel framed shed? Trevor Pint half full......half empty? :laugh: As for the doors.....not much! Edited April 16, 2013 by James Shopland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
private mw Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 good for you mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 The DT is completely out of character to the rest of the collection that is British and Commonwealth orientated. The 969 was used by all British and Commonwealth forces. I used to know a chap who drove one in the RAF in the desert on aircraft recovery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Shopland Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 The 969 was used by all British and Commonwealth forces. I used to know a chap who drove one in the RAF in the desert on aircraft recovery. Very true :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Ashby Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 One Careful owner! - (The rest weren't!) I have to say, their is something enchanting about seeing this 969 in such a poor state of repair and yet it has still found a new sympathetic home, regardless of its condition - Not entirely dissimilar to seeing the our Great British steam heritage mouldering in Barry Scrapyard in the post-steam decades and then finding new homes on preserved steam railways up and down the country. Of course we all know that you can go out and buy one up-together and on the button for less than it is going to cost you to put this one into the same condition, but that isn't actually what our hobbie is all about is it. What it is about is the 'preservation, restoration and demonstration of ex-military vehicles' and as such you have a more than worthy contender on your paws. Good on you guys for not letting it go to the smelter in the current high-value climate for scrap metal. Eloquent as ever Clive........ totally agree as most of the piles of rust that sit waiting their turn in both mine and my sons workshops pay testament to.......all I have to do is live to be about 120 and I should have them all finished :nut: Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Shopland Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 Eloquent as ever Clive........ totally agree as most of the piles of rust that sit waiting their turn in both mine and my sons workshops pay testament to.......all I have to do is live to be about 120 and I should have them all finished :nut: Pete LOL. I know that feeling! :cheesy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon_M Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Eloquent as ever Clive........ totally agree as most of the piles of rust that sit waiting their turn in both mine and my sons workshops pay testament to.......all I have to do is live to be about 120 and I should have them all finished :nut: Pete Just print me a teeshirt with that on Pete, and I'm stuck here on my own ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Shopland Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 Rear view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Shopland Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 will it be ready for war and peace in July? I guess the question is which July! On the bright side fuel has dropped 2p per litre so at least I can afford to drive the old girl out of the shed....just! :cheesy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeePig Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 [ATTACH=CONFIG]75404[/ATTACH] Rear view. Now, that's better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Shopland Posted April 19, 2013 Author Share Posted April 19, 2013 Now, that's better! LOL. All it needs is quick rub down and a coat of paint! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZIL157 Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 (edited) This is very evocative...the stuff that sets your mind racing and the blood coursing around your system. You don't SEE the work, just the possibility's. I commend your enthusiasm, but then, you can't help yourself anymore than the rest of us, 'cos we've all got the same disease, the urge to resurrect it if its abandoned and olive drab. At the end of the project, after all those thousands of hours of unpaid toil, we reluctantly admit that " if I'd known what a pain in the arse that was going to be, I'd never have started !!" All the very best to you, another one saved. Edited May 16, 2013 by ZIL157 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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