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I love the all in situation where, placing their natural anti-Ford prejudice aside Ashley and Robert pitched in to help get the FGT going.
Bet that carrier is heavy! Hope you were making plans for when I make one for my F60L. I hope Clevo has learned his lesson... picking on poor little Ollie like that!
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It's the real Max here. For all Tony's good work I will reward him today and take him to the War Memorial in Canberra this morning.
Our trip we were going to do to look at Bitzes has been called off, as the fella has changed his mind. So it looks like some of the parts Tony needs we will have to look further into my sheds. Max |
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I was stunned at seeing the German Albatross in the flesh (or Balsa wood with canvas & dope to be precise) It looked like a deadly machine to go up against. Apparently the average lifespan of an Allied pilot in 1916-17 was eleven days!!!! The tradition continued in WW2. After seeing the Me 262 in the flesh all I can say is that we were darn lucky the Jerries didnt put it into production prior to the battle of Britain. Even the panel fitment is like a modern aircraft!!! Max came with me in the arvo & we enjoyed ourselves immeasureably. Morseheads truck looked placial in the back, beautiful timber work (very similar to the spare wheel carrier currently being made at "'Hedges Bodyworks") loved the sink & plumbing!!!
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I think the WW1 show is about as good as it gets... short of having been there at the time. Peter Jackson has done an amazing job. Looking forward to seeing his Dam Busters!
Also possibly the best things about the German WW2 aircraft (at least the 109 and 262) is they are in their original paint. You certainly won't see that everywhere. The same for the Spitfire although it is in a later war training scheme it is genuine, not repainted. But it makes you cry when you think of the aircraft they did have but which were scrapped in the 50s. You could have been looking at a Betty, Beaufort (Scotty's Homin' Pigeon - a 100 mission aircraft) and a genuine 455 squadron Hampden. There was also (as I heard last week from it's pilot) the nose section of 199 squadron Short Stirling B-Beer which for whatever reason did not arrive in Australia after being saved from the scrappers at the end of the war. Still we have to be thankful for what is there, as well as what is in store at Mitchell including the other Beaufort, Hudson, and also some amazing German missiles.
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Film maker 42 FGT No8 (Aust) remains 42 FGT No9 (Aust) 42 F15 Keith Webb Macleod, Victoria Australia Also Canadian Military Pattern Vehicles group on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/canadianmilitarypattern |
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Dam Busters: When will it be released in the cinemas? Or is it a documentary? Greetings Chris
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Very productive day (for Blitzes) today. Attended the Yass Vintage car club meeting last night met some very nice people including one of the retired local mechanics who just so happens to have a very good brake flaring tool & is a very helpful bloke.
So Max & I decided to make the most of the opportunity & get some brake lines made by Bob. We measured up Max's two wheel drive F15 and measured mine from an old chassis up the back (gee... what are the odds of Max having an old chassis up the back ???)" Pictures are of an old Chev C60L. It was this layout on the front diff that I saw in manual & threw me into confusion with my own truck. Thought I'd take some snaps for everyones reference... hopefully someone finds them useful.
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