AndyFowler Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 Beauuuutifull Jim ! Well done and thanks for sharing the journey ! Very inspirational ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purebob Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 Lovely, Jim. I wish I'd been able to do something like that with my Dad. Would have been marvellous ( though not so lovely as your pioneer!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ace1 Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 A few more happy snaps. The lift pump is still messing around for some reason so it hasn't been driven very far yet. A very nice job!:thumbsup: I had trouble with my lift pump, the engine would run ok, untill you asked for power, then it would just die, there turned out to be a split in the diaphram, fitted a new one and its fine now. Alan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimh Posted June 2, 2010 Author Share Posted June 2, 2010 (edited) Out on the road Edited June 4, 2010 by Jimh Updated link - higher res video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scammell4199 Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 (edited) Great job Jim, can't wait for the day when i can take ours out for a spin Richard Edited June 8, 2010 by Scammell4199 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 Great job Jim, can't for the day when i can take ours out for a spin Richard Nice one Jim ! Thanks for the video link ! Smashing seeing her back on the road ! Excellent job and congratulations on a lovely restoration ! :clap::clap::clap::clap::clap: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormin Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 Fantastic to see it finished and a fabulous job you've made of it. I'm nearly as green as the truck, with envy. Quite like the plain look without markings, may go that way with the Ward. It's always easier to change your mind later and add markings than remove them I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scammell4199 Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Jim, I just in the process of putting the rad from my Scammell back together, and knowing you had yours apart i have a question. I'm presuming you had new rubber gaskets made, but did you use any sort of sealer with them? I'm using a silicone sealant to seal the rubber gaskets and as i do the joint up it seams to push the gasket out, its better since we took it all apart, cleaned it and tried again with less sealer, but is still a problem. Can the joint be expected to seal with no sealant? Have you got any pointers? Cheers, Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantters Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 One last thing - I spent rather a lot of time when I should have been doing money earning work recreating the instruction label which goes on the top of the engine cover. There was some traces of this left on ours but very little so this was taken from the earlier brass plate that Niels posted on here a couple of months back. The plan is to have it printed as a water slide transfer - I've had this done for a few things in the past and they print very well. I'll get the two little ones which go on the bulkhead telling you which neutral to use done in the same way. However, I have never seen a complete one so can anyone comment on the accuracy of it. This is just a quick and dirty conversion to a wee .jpg image so the colour isn't right. Thoughts? Has anyone got a photo of what it should look like? SHEWN:confused: That threw me a bit as well Mike but its what was written on Niels' plate that he was good enough to photograph and send me a copy of. A little research in the oxford dictionary leads me to believe this isnt a typo but in fact as it would have been written back in the day. [h=1]shew (shew)[/h] Pronunciation: /ʃəʊ/ [h=3]verb[/h] old-fashioned spelling of show I have just completed the artwork in Illustrator for an exact copy of the plate and will be engraving it on a nice piece of brass for my own 2 pioneers. Will put up a picture or two once done. As for whether these plates were standard issue or not... Well both my pioneers have holes drilled on the the top of the engine cover which would be about the same dimensions as the plate on Niels' one so I wouls hazard a guess to say yes they were. Nigel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 As Andy says, a nice tidy winch rope. At the Workshops were I worked, we had a chap who would fit new eyes in the ropes for me, whipping the ends and binding them like that, much nicer to see than the swaged ends. Just out of interest, how long would this take to do? Nice to see such care over details, propper job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels v Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 How it looks today, the present owner posted some pictures on Facebook 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimh Posted July 13, 2023 Author Share Posted July 13, 2023 Blimey, is that our one? Looks a bit different. 😄 Thanks for them, 13 years after my last post what's been happening? We ran the Pioneer for another couple of years or so and various odds and sods got finished. The side curtains and seat cushions arrived and we collected various planks and tools to make it look more complete but the truth is that we just could not get on with it in the road. One Sunday morning we took it to some event on at the Riverside Museum and I drew the short straw to drive it through Glasgow. It was not the most fun I have ever had because you get to think about nothing else but that sodding gearbox. Whereas I was happy to drive the steamers for hours on end or in rush hour traffic I was absolutely knackered after an hour in the Pioneer. Just no fun at all. It sort of put us off old Scammells so we started a project to build another Sentinel Super because at least they were nice to drive and we needed something else to do. About 18 months into that it dawned on us that the Pioneer had not even been started in more than a year which probably meant it was time for it to go. A not exactly brassic lad in Holland bought it. These were some photos of it before the old girl went. Funny, I kind of miss it looking through photos of it. I liked the way it looked and I loved that engine but just could not have any fun with that gearbox. I felt I got not bad at driving it but I was never going to find it easy. Ah well. As for the Super in 2016 we started with a lot less than we got with the Scammell, namely this. The remains of the engine... And a few weeks ago it looked like this So that is nearly done. Despite falling out with the Pioneer we could still be tempted by an Explorer or maybe a Mk2 Militant. Does anyone know what is happening with all those lorries sitting in that yard in Auchtermuchty? 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimh Posted January 18 Author Share Posted January 18 It is hardly appropriate for this place so only one picture. This is the Super after the final finishing was done and the signwriter (Phil Anderson Signs: Highly recommended for all your skilled brush steering needs) had done his work. The sun came out for just long enough to take it for its first test run down the track. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels v Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Jim It looks magnificent 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rewdco Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 It looks gorgeous! 😍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scammell4199 Posted Thursday at 01:17 PM Share Posted Thursday at 01:17 PM Just looking back through this and wondered where you got your seat cushions and side screens made for the Pioneer? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimh Posted Friday at 11:03 AM Author Share Posted Friday at 11:03 AM We used Allied Forces. I see on their website they aren't taking new orders. No argument with the quality of the work but it took a long time to get it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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