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monkey spanners
22-03-2009, 11:39 PM
Works gone quiet, no money in the bank, just the time to buy something that does 7mpg :eek:

My new (old) truck...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3biD6WiQZY

I bought it for fun and to tow a 1930's Noahs Ark fairground ride that a friend has just got.

Better start saving diesel tokens :D

Jon

Brian_UK
23-03-2009, 12:08 AM
I could hear that running with the sound off ;)

monkey spanners
23-03-2009, 12:27 AM
I'm tempted to put a box on the back and use it for work :D

alpha
24-03-2009, 09:22 AM
Hi, I just love your old truck!
Brings back fond youthful memories of them pulling anicient fridge trailers:]

p_p
24-03-2009, 10:54 AM
Whats it like on emisions? lol:rolleyes:


PP

chemi-cool
24-03-2009, 06:03 PM
Nice machine, I love the sound of diesel engine.

Remind me of my first "truck":cool:

Mine was dark blue with a 8 cylinders huge engine [When gas was cheaper then water...]

monkey spanners
24-03-2009, 10:13 PM
PP, when we had the Gardner engined genny running for the first time and powering the lights on the fair ride someone thought the barn had caught fire and phoned the fire brigade :eek:

When the first engine came over the hill they saw the smoke and red glow and called for backup....
Ended up with five fire engines and a bowser on its way :o:D

We have moved the genny outside now and after a bit of work and running time it only smokes when not loaded now, not bad for something made in 1937!

Chemi, thats a nice looking truck, i love the sound of a v8 engine or a inline 6.
Shame most vans here are 4 cylinder things.

glenn1340
24-03-2009, 11:08 PM
How about this? Here`s one I worked on earlier, about 35 years earlier in fact....happy days when a job could be for life.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2LgpzeAexM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2LgpzeAexM)

monkey spanners
25-03-2009, 09:39 PM
Hi Glenn,

I love the sound of those Napier engines, could listen to them all day!

silentbobt
21-08-2009, 03:56 PM
looks like it will be a fun project

multisync
21-08-2009, 04:14 PM
Hi Glenn,

I love the sound of those Napier engines, could listen to them all day!


You're not Fred Dibnah's lovechild are you by any chance?

monkey spanners
21-08-2009, 08:52 PM
You're not Fred Dibnah's lovechild are you by any chance?


:D well I am off to the Great Dorset Steam Fair in a few weeks.....