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Old 11-08-10, 01:50
Jesse Browning Jesse Browning is offline
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We took the Sexton to Thunder Over Michigan in Belville Mich. last weekend. Lots of WWII aircraft (8 B-17s, 1 B-24) The 8th AF reunion was there. The airport let us drive on their paved roads. We had it wound out in 5th gear several times, had mud flying, and trailing clouds of dust. Holy smoke, what a ride! The tracks are clean now! Participated in 4 mock battles. Burnt about 50 gallons of gas. Jesse.
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Old 15-08-10, 00:17
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It's time to work on the electric in the Sexton.
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Old 16-08-10, 20:11
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Awesome work Jesse, my only wish is that it is marked up Canadian or British with proper commonwealth uniforms....haha....I was suppose to be at Thunder over Mich. with the rest of the British Airborne lads, but had to leave 2 days early to get back to the sandbox, will probably try and bring my Humber Scout there next year, maybe I can talk you into a proper uniform and beret by next year...

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Old 17-08-10, 03:45
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Hello Jesse.

I noticed an instrument panel among the photos you posted of the current electrical project for the Sexton and just got a little curious as to what you had been doing for instrumentation up until now? Was this a spare item, or have you developed a very finely tuned sense of hearing when all the mechanicals are in operation?

Hope you are continuing to have fun!!!

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Old 18-08-10, 02:44
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David; Several years ago some one described to me what it was like to be inside a radial engined vehicle. He described it as being inside a steel drum while 100 guys with hammers (both hands) beat on the outside as hard and as fast as they could. I never quite understood his statement untill I drove the Sexton for the first time. Your sense of hearing is pretty much useless inside the vehicle. I have a tachometer, and oil pressure guage hooked up, and tied to the front beam. I can shoot the oil return line with my laser thermometer, but mostly just feel it by hand. One of these days, if work picks up, I will have several instrument panel boxes bent, then cut all the holes, and try to sell a few to recover some of the cost. I should have drawings of the box in a few weeks for those who asked. Jesse.

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Old 19-08-10, 04:27
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Hello Jesse and again thanks for the ongoing posts.

As someone who is involved hands-on with the restoration of our M3 General Grant I can well appreciate the amount of work required to bring the sexton up to the standard it's now in!

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Old 21-08-10, 02:08
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This is the fourth armored vehicle I have restored. I have over 1600 hours in it, and unlike the other vehicles, have not had one moment of frustration with it. I feel even better when I see the absurd prices being asked now for unrestored Sextons. Most are asking more for an unrestored vehicle than I have in mine. I should have scraped together the extra $14k for the other Sexton where I got mine. It even ran. It ended up going to a museum to rot more in their yard. Jesse.
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