1956 Red Goddess - No socks for this birthday!

[darrenh]

fair do's, exact same setup as on landrover (even the oil catcher and drain)

i think i got a bum steer as someone previously said the leather seal had been superceded with neoprene version. it looked like you got both types of seal for same application

[Tamber]

I'm a long way off using it yet, unfortunately.

The list of stuff I have to do is unpleasantly large, and only shrinks very very slowly. (My cab was only held on by wishful thinking and rust, for example, and it's taken me a few months to get it to the point there's actually real metal for the rear cab mount to hold on to.)

[Tamber]

Aug 2, 2018 16:04:23 GMT darrenh said:

fair do's, exact same setup as on landrover (even the oil catcher and drain)

i think i got a bum steer as someone previously said the leather seal had been superceded with neoprene version. it looked like you got both types of seal for same application

I think that's probably down to the lack of context for the size of the various seals.


The outer in this picture is the neoprene tracta joint seal, the inner is the modern hub seal. The carpet is... well, it's the carpet.
(I would like to thank whoever linked the xmod page for the tracta joint seals; I was having a curse word of a time finding them until then. Still, my reading comprehension wasn't great, because I only got half as many of the seal springs as I needed. Ho-hum. )

[darrenh]

good comparison, thanks Tamber

[Frankenhealey]

Aug 2, 2018 16:23:33 GMT Tamber said:

I'm a long way off using it yet, unfortunately.

The list of stuff I have to do is unpleasantly large, and only shrinks very very slowly. (My cab was only held on by wishful thinking and rust, for example, and it's taken me a few months to get it to the point there's actually real metal for the rear cab mount to hold on to.)

We need a restoration thread and pictures for this!

[Tamber]

My main update thread on it is over at HMVF, though it's not terribly thrilling.
HMVF Thread: It's Here (Bedford RL)

[Frankenhealey]

Just trying to arrange another MOT and a racing friend sends me this to show to the DVSA tester

[Frankenhealey]

New modern seals arrived thanks to Tamber



Dangerous can't start before the 10th September due to prior commitments and I'm still waiting for Debbie from ETS Trucks to confirm the MOT date. It will be after I get back from Malta and let's hope we get Mr. Bray again because it will short circuit half an hour of "you can't test that 'cos it doesn't have it/one".

Horrible side reflector/markers ordered because they're cheap and I can sort something out more period over the winter, I hope



So while I was waiting I came up with a few safety signs for the rear. Being a special truck they needed to be a bit special themselves

This is my number two fear after the nightmare of some tw@t cutting into my carefully hoarded braking distance.



The next two might be a bit intellectual





Other suggestions welcome

[georgeb]

Sign one; I'd have "Suicide" on both arrows.

Sign three; does anyone do physics any more? Or will you need a huge one explaining Newtons Laws all over it?

"Back off or die"? and for the front, "By the time you read this, you will have been reduced to your lowest molecular level"? No, then we'd need another explanation sign.

"We painted this blood red for a reason!" Applicable anywhere.

Leave 'em in no doubt. That's my view.

[Phil H]

“Caution - this vehicle may stop gracefully”?

[Phil H]

“The car in front is...my crumple zone”

“I know it’s big enough to have it’s own gravitational force but that doesn’t mean you have to get so close”

[Phil H]

“Caution - carried vehicle may be fitted with a quick release hitch. Keep your distance.”

[Deleted]

Aug 24, 2018 14:32:29 GMT georgeb said:

"We painted this blood red for a reason!" Applicable anywhere.

Leave 'em in no doubt. That's my view.

[07lilredwagon]

We could'nt fix the brakes, so we made the horns louder

I brake subjectively

In order to remain in superposition,
please stay back 500ft

Thought experiment requirement
stay back 500ft

If you can read this,you risk being
schrodinger's cat, not an observer

be the observer, not the cat
stay back 500ft.

[eternaloptimist]

Caution Driver wearing hat

[Deleted]

Land Rover recovery vehicle.

[optimusprime]

Caution.
Maintained by Dangerous Enterprises ltd.

[strikey]

just attach brushes to the wheels to sweep up the mushy ex-cyclist residue , its only the process of natural selection in action!

[adam73bgt]

Aug 24, 2018 14:36:02 GMT Phil H said:

“Caution - this vehicle may stop gracefully”?

**“Caution - this vehicle may stop... eventually”?

[ToolsnTrack]

*****Caution, this vehicle *may* stop.