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24-12-13, 06:09
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Sounds like water in the oil.
I would do a compression test and see how that looks. Could be serious but could be something simple like head gasket All the best Col
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24-12-13, 11:56
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Oh easy peasy answer teacher!
A diesel powered CVR(T) Samson which is the recovery variant of what people call the Scorpion family of all aluminium welded armour AFVs. The Samson like its siblings, the Samaritan (ambulance) and Sultan (command) variants, is rare in private hands as it lacks the usual penis extension of something that resembles a gun and in fact as there were few made to begin with many have ended up as scrap as collectors do not see them as sexy. It is a highly useful bit of kit with its winch, small and will fit on a reasonable sized float trailer like the Spartan I took down to Oshawa earlier this year and weighs in quite reasonably as well. I would pick the Cummins diesel version rather than the J60 gas / petrol version as diesel is a safer and more stable fuel and lacks all those pesky carb issues. Also the diesel just has more grunt. Lastly the reason I would have it is that it is a very good recovery vehicle for the line of work I seem to be involved in these days, which is agriculture. If you have ever watched some of the videos that abound of tractors and combines stuck in fields you would understand how the Samson would have the mobility to be transported to a farm, drive out into the field, drop the spade anchor at a safe distance and heave ho the wretched stuck machine out of the goop and hand over a nice bill and load up and move on. Something that those fancy big highway wreckers with Chrome and pretty paint can not do. The farming business is so time critical and weather windows evaporate so fast people would pay and therefore make the hobby fun and profitable. Not only that but even the name "Samson Recovery" just sounds so perfect. Dear Santa, . . . . . R
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24-12-13, 13:27
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In the stocking...
..a Canadian made Valentine...any variant...GM6-71...2lb....
ahhhhhhhh...
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24-12-13, 21:36
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A BV 206 with lots of land over which to max it out.
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24-12-13, 21:50
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Jon there are two in Collingwood and one down here and another in Ottawa.
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25-12-13, 00:10
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Me too, first on my list. However I am getting an original Canadian Valentine manual for Christmas from my wife. How did she know....
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25-12-13, 01:14
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Mine would have wings..well it is a dream after all.
I wonder why there aren't more Valentines around? Maybe a lot got melted down and turned into more efficient t-34s and BTs and T54s? Lots of Cdn Valentine production photos in one of the old Convoy magazines--also then and now pics...
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25-12-13, 02:31
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This is a hard one for the greedy.There are so many possibilities. A relatively common, but nice CCKW 353 (closed cab) would fill a gap in my wish list. For that absolute Classic look, with the fuel covered, it would have to be a Diamond T Transporter (with a Honey (Stuart) tank on the back)
Not quite the ONE M.V.
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25-12-13, 22:47
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26-12-13, 20:27
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My wish
It would have to be Ricks A27M Cromwell Cruiser Tank!!!
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