Panzer_peter Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Hello :-) As I am preparing to buy a Ferret, I would like to hear from you Ferret owners about the heater system ?? I gets very cold i Denmark, and I would like to know what i am in for ?? best, Peter :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 As standard there is no heater! You'll need to wear a thick coat The Canadians modified the heater from an M151, you can find the instructions on the web and the kits show up on ebay US from time to time. Some people ran a duct from the radiator louvre back to the crew compartment. There are claims that you end up pumping exhaust gasses in addition to hot air into the crew compartment, so do this at your own risk. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer_peter Posted October 24, 2007 Author Share Posted October 24, 2007 NO HEATER !!! :-o wow ! Well, thats not going to stop my evil plan to get one :-) Thanks Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer_peter Posted October 24, 2007 Author Share Posted October 24, 2007 Chris How are they when i rains ??? Do they hold the water out, or does it drip in everywere ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 I think anything designed to keep bullets out lets water in. There are no seals on the hatches, so they do leak water. If you leave a few bolts out of each drain plate the water generally runs out. Mine lives inside and usually only gets wet when I wash it. I've driven it in the rain before, the rain tends to get 'sharp' above a certain speed, it's still fun though Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer_peter Posted October 24, 2007 Author Share Posted October 24, 2007 Thanks again ! Well I will just have to get a bit wet then :-) I cant wait to test drive the one one I have my eyes on. It is in Denmark, about an hour away from me :-) looking forward to being a MV owner ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Hurry up and drive it, you will love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Feret ? Heater?, Heater Ferret? Nope can't make the connection. A good solid tank suit or an electric motorcycle suit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazz Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 NO heater, cold wet rain and snow, all the more fun. Barry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 I must be getting old, I'm starting to appreciate doors. :cry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Burley Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Here,s mine at Beltring.Go on get one.You know it makes sense.Sort of............ http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l38/BLUETHUNDER_06/100_9892.jpg[/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer_peter Posted October 25, 2007 Author Share Posted October 25, 2007 yes mark, I know :-D I feel it in my bones ! Ps. Yours looks great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite!! Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Ferret Heater... that's so funny :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Here's mine at Beltring :-D http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e132/safariswing/ferretbelt1.jpg[/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Burley Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Here,s another pic to tempt you even more. http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l38/BLUETHUNDER_06/100_9585.jpg[/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 And another one who is cold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer_peter Posted October 25, 2007 Author Share Posted October 25, 2007 thats so sweet :-) The other ferret pics look great !! This is the one i am thinking of buying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john fox Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 noticed that on the link someone postred the other day to that show doesn't look too bad, appears to be missing a side bin lid though unless its a dark spot crweated by a shadow original Bren gun post mounting - not many of those around still, you might have fun trying to get hold of the actual gun mount best of luck - I'm sure you'll enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topdog Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Just close the rear hatches when it is really cold and wear goggles. :goodidea: A scarf to keep the bugs out of your teeth when you are grinning is also essential. Give my regards to Copenhagen - I got married there. The resistance museum and the weapons collection in the war museum are superb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davie Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Looks like a Saltire on the turret, do you know which regiment it was with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer_peter Posted October 25, 2007 Author Share Posted October 25, 2007 Looks like a Saltire on the turret, do you know which regiment it was with? No i dont, but i will ask the owner. I have this pic of it in service in the golf war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienFTM Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 Hello :-) As I am preparing to buy a Ferret, I would like to hear from you Ferret owners about the heater system ?? I gets very cold i Denmark, and I would like to know what i am in for ?? best, Peter :-) If you had been in the UK I'd have called you a wimp for wanting a heater in a Ferret, but I know how cold Denmark gets. I spent a good few German winters getting very cold in Ferrets. About 1980-81 I was the coldest man in Europe - documented fact. Guard duty tended to come around once or twice a month weeknights and once a month weekends. One night the guard commander, on the advice of the orderly officer, jigged the stags because of the cold. Normally each two-hour stag saw one man on the gate and two prowlers. This night, the prowlers were dispensed with because it was deemed too cold for anyone to break into camp. Rather than risk the gate guard being found frozen stiff after two hours, the three men on stag rotated in 20-minute intervals on the gate through their stag with 40 minutes to thaw, then four hours off as normal. Hot drinks were forthcoming. Following morning BFBS radio informed us that a massive anticyclone was centred over Sennelager, the temperature had dropped to minus 40 (where Fahrenheit and Centigrade converge) and Paderborn was thus the coldest place in Europe. I had stagged on four times overnight. I claim my prize. Mao suits were in their infancy. Our Command Troop somehow managed to acquire some and I found myself the proud owner. Best it never made it onto a form 1033 or 1157, and it remained with me long after I transferred to the reserve. I also managed to acquire a pair of Panzerstiefel - Bundeswehr fleece-lined Jack boots for tank crews. Then there was the cut-off 3/4 length greatcoat because there were not enough parkas to go around after the officers had had first pic: Trooper Alien was a long way down the queue. I also wore my fleece-lined motorcycle gauntlets up to the elbow. I might have looked "like a refugee from the trenches of the Great War" but the cold whilst driving the Ferret was bearable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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