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Cannot see them achieving that in the Highlands before 2025

When I was an apprentice I was told never to put your finger anywhere you wouldn't put your male member. After 45 years in engineering I still have all my fingers!

Up here in the Highlands most garages refuse to work on any of the wet belt cars. A local garage won't even MOT them! They are a disaster waiting to happen!

I have a 1979 Ford F100 truck with a 302cu in v8. It has an autobox as they were cheaper to produce than a manual box that would take the power of the engine.

UK coins are only 25% nickel and that is only on the surface.

In South Africa when applied for permits to take abnormal loads on the roads. The rules when crossing a bridge was not accelerate, decelerate or brake as this lessened any damage to the structure.

If we were half way across and some idiot pulled onto the bridge you didn't stop you just pushed them back they way they came!

The after market ones are pretty crap. The metal is too thin. I only use ex MOD ones much stronger and durable.

The Mercedes 240D was built for taxi work and would easily top a million miles before it needed any engine work.

You can buy new baccy tins on ebay

Its a copy of the original JAP V8 aero engine.

That's a Bugatti size thread! The owners club sell them but they are not cheap.

Minus 14c here in the Highlands last night. Time to get our winter coats on.

More like Triggers broom!

A decent size shaper. Cincinnati did make a 42" shaper.

I think you have to remove the spindle first and then remove the gib strip then disconnect the leadscrew from the handle and it should come out.

Oil refineries used to have fireless steam trains. They would charge the train with steam from a stand pipe supplied by a remote boiler.

Ah!

Thank you never thought of that!

Posted by Phil P on 19/02/2023 10:04:17:

Does anyone know if a riser block was ever available for these machines?

Winter hasn't really started yet up here in the Highlands. Had about four inches of snow and the coldest it's got so far is -19 at Ballater!

Don't restore it. Put some new tyres on it, get running and use it as it is!