rbrtcrowther Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Well off to the pub now:beer:talk to you next year:banana: A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!!!!:dancinggirls::thanx::dancing::rotfl: Robert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrtcrowther Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 :morning: Hope you all had a good night i'm off get this engine out.(if my head will stop banging):-| Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 (edited) Andi, my wife, says she has the best bit of Scammell restoring equipment. It's her new Barrel stove she is stoking up to keep her warm. The shed she is working in has an open end, but she has the stove in her container/ workshop, and she keeps diving in there for a warm up. She wishes everone working on an Explorer this year a very Happy New Year. Edited January 1, 2009 by antarmike image added Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Needle gunning is easaier with the floor out, so that is Andi's current chosen task. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz76 Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Looks like Andi's Explorer is coming along nicely Mike. There's a great satisfaction to be had in needle gunning isn't there! Wishing everyone on the forum a very Happy New Year too. Daz :beer: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiomike7 Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Needle gunning is easaier with the floor out, so that is Andi's current chosen task. What's the orange primer Mike - doesn't look like normal red oxide? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 (edited) Claims to be red oxide, but it dries semi-gloss. Bought out of Industrial Exchange and Mart in bulk 20 Litre drum. (cheapish £35). (http://www.paintmaster.co.uk 01633 733633) You don't have to overpaint it after it is dry. It keeps moisture out very well, just on its own. We have used red oxides that if left unpainted let the rust in within a week or so. Edited January 1, 2009 by antarmike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrtcrowther Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Hi there, nice to others working on scammels in this chilly weather!!! A few more pics of todays progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
younggun Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 u are cracking on there rob well done must be soumthing to do with medows desiel explorers and working in the cold because ime in the same boat . nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 X 6 Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Hi there, nice to others working on scammels in this chilly weather!!! A few more pics of todays progress. Looking good. Just think how long you'd have had to wait if this job had been done on the National Health Service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Looking good. Just think how long you'd have had to wait if this job had been done on the National Health Service. They'd have to widen the corridors for Big Jenny to lie in while she waited ! :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 X 6 Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 They'd have to widen the corridors for Big Jenny to lie in while she waited ! :-D I've even heard of Scammells left lying unattended in their own poo for six months or more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrtcrowther Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Why is it when your about to perform a delicate operation (like removing a really heavy engine with a very small chain hoist) all your friends turn up at the same time with really unhelpful advice and happily take the p*** when it all goes a bit pear shaped? They all fly mode airplanes at my house. I like to call them the bobble hat brigade. Don't know when i will start to strip the engine down as i really should take little Jenny shopping (she did go over the whole cab with an oily rag today and provide tea all day bless) so it may be a while before any further progress takes place. Rob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 X 6 Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 all your friends turn up at the same time with really unhelpful advice and happily take the p*** when it all goes a bit pear shaped? Rob. A well known phenomena. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
younggun Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 (she did go over the whole cab with an oily rag today and provide tea all day bless) Rob. your being spoilt rob :nono: yea my may mates are much the same they all exepect a drive when u have finished aswell dont they :argh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 We will all have to move to an area where Scammells and their owners can roam free without fear of persecution ! A Scammell utopia where fuel is free, vandals are hung and no one ever needs to overtake ! :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 X 6 Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 yea my may mates are much the same they all exepect a drive when u have finished aswell dont they :argh: What I've noticed is that there's a turning point where your mates stop telling you how stupid you were to buy the lorry and how you'll never be able to get this bit, or that bit, and that you'll never get it running and then start telling you you're a jammy b**ard. This turning point when you stop being totally stupid and magically become a lucky, or jammy, b**ard usually happens at about the time you get the lorry back on the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz76 Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 This turning point when you stop being totally stupid and magically become a lucky, or jammy, b**ard usually happens at about the time you get the lorry back on the road. Or when you get it running and can pull them out of the mud when they get stuck! I've noticed two definite camps when visitors come to the farm-lorry drivers always appreciate an old Scammell lurking in the corner and have to have a peek. To most of the rest of the world it's just another pile of rust...:n00b: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 What a great pic ! Found on this fantastic site http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/contents.php ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
younggun Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 (edited) :-Dwot a fantastic pic andy two pieces of british enginering excelcence together shame that tsr2 never flew :-D Edited January 4, 2009 by younggun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrtcrowther Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Any one own it? has it survived? (the scammell not the plane) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 (edited) :-Dwot a fantastic pic andy two pices of british enginering execelcence together shame that tsr2 never flew :-D One of the prototypes flew Nick ! Not far off its maximum speed when towed by the Explorer !:shocked: http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/tsr2/history.php Edited January 3, 2009 by AndyFowler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrtcrowther Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 That picture of all the Scammell explorers lined up outside the factory always makes me wonder. One could be mine! They all have sprung tow hitches so are of the right contract. It just makes me wonder if Big Jenny is in that line up?:??? I like to think she's the last one you can make out right at the far end. We can all dream can't we. Sorry i can't fine a copy of the pic anywhere. Rob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 (edited) Just for you mate ! ! :-D Edited January 4, 2009 by AndyFowler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
younggun Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 (edited) i,ve often looked at that pic and thought mine hideing in the back ground aswell would love to find the history of my explorers life Edited January 4, 2009 by younggun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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