Jeep Apprentice Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Hello everyone ;-) I'm rik and live in Edinburgh , but spend a lot of my summer's helping Nick Johns in London , showing his vehicles or helping as much as I can , servicing or as was the Jeep re-building ( he said it wasn't the plan !!! ) But it was in bits sooner than I thought lol ! I've a keen interest in all things in need of restoration especially old engine , I really get a kick of firing up old engines after years of silence, thats a feeling you just can't bottle ! I know theres a few military people north of the border and I'd really be interested in meeting up for shows or beers or just for learning new stuff about other vehicles cheers rik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite!! Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Hi Rik, welcome to the forum, you're in good company here... you're the second one today to join from Scotland... http://www.hmvf.co.uk/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=38&topic=5627.msg52044#msg52044 :-D :-D :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian2b Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Welcome to the forum Rik, hope you enjoy yourself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Welcome Rik. Know what you mean about firing up old engines - got hold of an old Gardner 5LW with Brsitol bus radiator on skid unit, managed to get it running and found that whenever I walked past it in the workshop, I just had to press the button and hear it idle away. Worked out I was wasting about 15 mins per day, so had to put it out of reach for my own good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Not to mention the litres of fuel wasted! Welcome Rik! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodge Deep Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Welcome Rik Hoorrah f't north I'm in sunny Cumbria ...watching all the irate peeps across the road trying to get their money out of the Kendal Branch of Northern Rock tempers are fraying :computerterror: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeep Apprentice Posted September 14, 2007 Author Share Posted September 14, 2007 Engines are meant to be run lol, I would say that it was in the best interests of the engine !! there was a bloke at one of the smaller shows who had a post war 12 pot tank engine I've a pic somewhere who was running it straight piped ( three foot flames out the top when he revved it ) 30 or so Fathers with young siblings hanging around when he started it then a round of applause afterwards, gawd did it brum . Oh and he was running it out of a 20 litre jerry can. Joy smiles and then there were the steam enthusiasts and the pop pop stationary engines guys ----f'ing noisy grumble grumble :evil: rik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeep Apprentice Posted September 14, 2007 Author Share Posted September 14, 2007 Thankyou, very much for the welcomes, I shall endeaver to find some articles to post ;-)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Nice to have someone from the Athens of the North. Many's the time the wife and i enjoyed getting the bus out to see our outlaws living in Silverknowes or over in Costorphine and Drumbrae. Sadly, they are mostly all gone - but we've still got a few hanging on around Leith and friends over in Dalgety Bay. One of them had a setter that could eat through walls. Lovely dog, always smiling. Good times going out for ice cream in Musselburgh at Lucas and out to North Berwick or East Fortune to look at the planes. Good times. Welcomne to the forum. Nothing wrong with engines... MB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Engines are meant to be run lol, I would say that it was in the best interests of the engine !! there was a bloke at one of the smaller shows who had a post war 12 pot tank engine I've a pic somewhere who was running it straight piped ( three foot flames out the top when he revved it ) 30 or so Fathers with young siblings hanging around when he started it then a round of applause afterwards, gawd did it brum . Oh and he was running it out of a 20 litre jerry can. Joy smiles and then there were the steam enthusiasts and the pop pop stationary engines guys ----f'ing noisy grumble grumble :evil: rik This guy, if its the same one, gets to most of the steam rallys in sussex. (the engine sits in a green 'bath') and he drives a tidy large engined landie. As you say,..............certainly don't want to try talking above the roar, and yes, its like a magnet,....folks come rushing over when he cranks it up. :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Daymond Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Welcome Rik Hoorrah f't north I'm in sunny Cumbria ...watching all the irate peeps across the road trying to get their money out of the Kendal Branch of Northern Rock tempers are fraying :computerterror: any pics :whistle: welcome to the forums, any snow in Scotland yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeep Apprentice Posted September 15, 2007 Author Share Posted September 15, 2007 Please be advised that the east coast of Scotland had no snow last year or the beginning of this -- London had more snow !!!! If it starts to snow here I move out for a month I hate the stuff :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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