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[Craig Tanner]

Here is a couple of pictures that I took when we were out and about....delivery of the Windsor carrier.. Bill said that he just LOVED driving that 21/2 ton especially with the "air conditioning on" ha ha

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Craig Tanner

Here is a couple of pictures that I took when we were out and about....delivery of the Windsor carrier.. Bill said that he just LOVED driving that 21/2 ton especially with the "air conditioning on" ha ha

Craig...
When I'm in Georgia this winter I'll pick up Uncle Willy a Harley muscle shirt..size..??
XXS...
Man..what a scary set of "Pipes" on the lad..

[RHClarke]

Originally Posted by Craig Tanner

Here is a couple of pictures that I took when we were out and about....delivery of the Windsor carrier.. Bill said that he just LOVED driving that 21/2 ton especially with the "air conditioning on" ha ha

Craig, If Bill "loved" the deuce and a half, he would have really loved the LAAT - I swear it moves forward only by pushing it with your accelerator foot...Both trucks are challenges to drive and both will need some TLC. The unfortunate part is that the cost of driving historic mil vehicles is rising because of the high cost of fuel and maintenance. I fear that soon, the running of larger historic mil vehicles will become the province of the rich or well-to-do...sort of like we see here in Canada with historic aircraft. I rue the day,

Anyway, thanks for the pics, and good on Bill for taking up my challenge...By the way, has his hearing improved?

[Gunner]

I have blown over $350 in rebuilding the distributer, replacing plugs and wires and coil on the LAAT in the last 5 weeks and every time we take her out for a test she runs great for 20 minutes and then starts bucking anmd farting all over the place... eventually dies and gets dragged home for the next round of tinkering. Purrs like a kitten at idle and lots of power at first... then... plfftsft !

Bled the M135 brakes the other day... $42 in brake fluid to flush and refill the entire system. Stops on a dime now! Next the steering and then the exhaust manifold! Errk!

My wallet leaketh over!

Mike

[Bob Carriere]

Far from being an expert...... they can be a challenge.

Bottom line only 3 things keeps it running or farting..... Air fuel and spark.... I assume it gets a lot of free air..... then fuel...

could be vapour lock.... a collapsing inner wall of an old rubber fuel line....etc....... I would try to make sure you do have adequate fuel...... set up a gravity feed directly into the carb..... shortest line possible....... it may be a fuel shortage...... have you checked the fuel glass bowl for floating debri...

or...

even if newly replaced..... a new coil could be defective......or an overheating coil...... or condenser affected by heat could cut out....... maybe worth a try to replace with a known good unit....

Pardon the expression but when farting is it a loud crack of too lean a mix or a greasy fart with black smoke......from too rich a fuel diet...?

Any idea of real engine temp...... or vacuum reading...?

What engine have you got.... 216 or a later 235..?

Any spare carb you can swap for a test...?

Keep us posted.....

Curious Bob

[RHClarke]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

What engine have you got.... 216 or a later 235..? Any spare carb you can swap for a test...? Keep us posted.....

Curious Bob

Bob,

Mike's LAAT is "powered" by a Ford V8. Hmmmm. Could that be the problem? In any case, I can sympathize with Gunner.

Mike,

I will start beating the ground for other local sponsors...on your OK of course. Maybe we can organize groups to sponsor a vehicle or to do the restoration on said vehicle. Note that I got nil replies from the east end Chevy dealers when I approached them on a similar campaign, but there are others...

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Here are a selection of pics we took at BB3.

Having arrived after a mixed, rainy day, we set up our tents then went over to Bob's house for burgers & beer... a little later, we repaired back to the site and lit the fire. There weren't a whole lot of us there yet, but it was great in a sort of mystic way as the first two pics will show...

The next three show the BB TAC HQ Tent suitably adorned, and two shots of Bob's skeletal C15A... we had a hoot watching him bounce around the field like that! I did take a short film clip of it, but the resolution came out microscopic (damned camera!) and it isn't worth the bandwidth, alas. I got it figured out now...

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

The next series deal with Mike Calnan's 6pdr AT gun, which is a great way to make a lot of noise! Both Phil Waterman and Sally got to shoot it this time, but I digress... the first pic is the 6pdr hooked up behind a really nice CCKW which Mike just smuggled into Canada along with his Windsor carrier...

Next showing the gun itself, then Phil taking his shot and Sally posing beside the gun after her shot. I got a shot video of that too, but again, too damned small. Next time I know what to do...

Last is a herd of us standing about jawing over the gun and CCKWs and CMPs (jeez, what else?)...