25 pounder Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Great restoration project , engine looks fabulous:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 Thanks guys. I'm sure there will be lots of opportunities for rides at A&E in June, don't be afraid to ask! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Great thread/blog Adrian, There seems to be a problem that has been apparent since the update of the forum last week in that some posts are covering photos. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 I find if you refresh the page, they sort themselves out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stone Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Can't believe I haven't seen this thread before, lovely pics and what an inspiration! Did you ever find out any more of its history here before ending up on the range? Stone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supertrack Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Congratulations for this outstanding work! I saw the pictures on a website and I am always happy to watch It is a source of inspiration for me I hate to be able to do so A question: are you crazy?:rotfl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted January 12, 2010 Author Share Posted January 12, 2010 A question: are you crazy?:rotfl: Possibly, what do you think? I don't know, are we? Perhaps a little....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supertrack Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 (edited) you are a little crazy , but he must work to achieve such What is your profession ? dentist ? Edited January 23, 2010 by supertrack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandfly Sapper Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 (edited) I just read this from start to finish. you are a legend! :bow::bow::bow: what an excellentjob you made, big but the finish must have made it worth while. WELL DONE :saluting: hope to see it in real life one day Edited February 3, 2010 by Sandfly Sapper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robrffr Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 Gobsmacked!!!:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiver Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Hi, I'm new to the forum and have just read this from start to finnish. What an exellent restoration. It does you great credit. A brilliant specticle in sympathetic enginering. Well done:-D:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11A Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 Hi, Same with me just joined the forum. An amazing piece of restoration, absolutely brillient read, That really is a labour of love and the end result is terrific. Many thanks for all the infomration and references. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supertrack Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 When i see the vidz , i listen that the engine is not an radial ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share Posted March 3, 2011 Thanks Johann, I hadn't seen that video before. That was a good show but blimey was it wet....! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supertrack Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 You dirty your nice tank the sound before seeing the tank made me think a german tank :-X Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajmac Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 (edited) That'll be all those thirty cylinders! I don't know what the firing overlap is like on the multibank but it should be 'turbine' smooth. Adrian, does more than one cylinder fire at the same time or is everything slightly overlapped? If the designers had been feeling odd, they could have run all five in phase and it would have sounded like a six, as they had lots of cylinders to play with I imagine they didn't do that. Edited March 3, 2011 by ajmac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted March 4, 2011 Author Share Posted March 4, 2011 The firing order is sequential, i.e No4 on engine 1, No2 on engine 2, No 6 on engine 3, 3 on 4, 5 on 5, 1 on 1, 4 on 2 etc etc. Because the cranks rotate anti clockwise looking at the timing end, the firing order of each block is reversed to the norm. It is very smooth and starts (normally) instantly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
douggie Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Sat down tonight and read this throughout - unbelievable - I cannot comprehend the work involved. Its the first time I have ever seen a multi bank engine and its simply amazing what these engineers thought of during the war. To rebuild it from the state it was in is simply astonishing. Great read - should put it into a book! Made my night! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy8men Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 it was this thread that led me from another forum onto hmvf and it was adrians work that helped to inspire me to do something similar myself, (although i would have put an old bulldozer engine in and scrapped the multibank):-D a real legacy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted March 5, 2011 Author Share Posted March 5, 2011 i would have put an old bulldozer engine in and scrapped the multibank):-D Heathen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 SGreat read - should put it into a book! Made my night! Thanks Something should be put down in some shape or form - digital or printed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benji Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Adrian, Having restored a number of antique and muscle cars I know the difficulty that one runs into, in these projects but what you have undertaken here is nothing short of insanity, but THANK YOU for saving a piece of WW 2 history. I am 100% amazed. I assume you are familiar with Operation Tiger a failed practice run for the D Day invasion where several American LSTs were torpedoed by the Nazis and nearly 1000 men died. It happened at Lyme Bay England on 27-28 April 1944. More info here http://news.webshots.com/album/36874492NaRoOO and http://www.combinedops.com/Op_Tiger.htm Benji Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted April 5, 2011 Author Share Posted April 5, 2011 Benji, thanks for your kind words and your diagnosis of my mental state..... you are dead right! I think you have to be a bit mad to do it but hey, what can you do! Adrian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy8men Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 be careful benji ! barrell's syndrome is highly contagious and can lead to periods of heightened euthoria generally followed by excessive tank buying eddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 eddy8menbarrell's syndrome is highly contagious and can lead to periods of heightened euthoria generally followed by excessive tank buying :-D Normally a medical syndrome particularly those relating to deminished mental capacity are eponymous to the researcher/doctor who first defined the condition and not named for the person suffering from the problem. So the condition defined as excessive euphoria and out of control spending on rusty AFVs should perhaps be called Wedlock's syndrome -on the other hand as Rick also seems to be suffering from the condition perhaps I should name it -giving it the mandatory cute east-european name -I think Stefan's syndrome might be better:-D:cool2:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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