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A quick 'trial fit' this evening....... I think they'll do??? (Ignore my sons choice of attire...... was just before I took him to football) Ordered these few bits, ammeter, switch and charge/warning lamp, all for under a tenner! Will be mounted in the flat panel.........

As requested, one or two photos of my Mitsubishi doing what it was bought for - taking fallen trees out of a 10 acre woodland at the back of the house. I initially bought a Ransomes MG 5 for the job but it couldn't cope with exposed tree roots and big stones sticking out of the ground used to knock the tracks off. It is amazing the size of trees it can deal with, and if it struggles you just cut another bit off the tree. The tarpaulin is covering one of three piles of logs waiting to be split and fed in to the pot bellied wood burner in the workshop.

Couple of other machines in the collection, the rotovator is semi retired since I turned the vegetable plot in to grass after a couple of years when nothing grew but it is handy for digging up rough patches of ground prior to leveling and the snow blower is waiting for a decent winter, It does have two tracks but I thought I would try it on a couple of old Howard wheels to see if it be easier to handle but there hasn't been enough snow to find out since I fitted them. Last photo shows it earning it's keep in 2010.

Welded the handlebars together this morning, then primed and painted them. The paint dried totally in about 30 minutes in the sunshine, so I fitted the grips!

Liked this car so much that I purchased another one. This time an 1989 car with only 56k on the clock and 18 dealer stamps in the book. Here they are side by side.

Another one that would fit in to the ride on category. You'll see that my machines are in what you would call working condition.

First day of the Newby Hall Rally Weather nowt special but some very nice kit on show Here's some photos...

Had to do a little mod to the Sears today. On the Saturday night drive around at Newby Hall, one of the bonnet hinge pins broke. Temporary fix with a cable tie kept things in place. When I unloaded on returning home, I found the other one had broken. Rough ground and 113 miles on the trailer proved a bit much for them. So this afternoon two stronger hinges where fitted. Need to be painted yet and that will most likely be done tomorrow. These should be fine if not as nice as the ones Alan made.

Bars fitted........

I did 300 miles with it in my van and nothing broke, I must be more a gentle driver.

Are you brave enough to say that to micheala?

got the t shirt there

The most common problem is incorrect positioning of one of the bushes with locating " nibs" not sitting in theit cut outs in the casings.

I remember Paul's little face when he had a ride a round at John's. Big grin like a little kid with a new toy.

Good pics! Missing a few....

Just a few wot I tuk. And finally the weekend des res.

Now have something for it to drive! A Lucas A127 alternator, 70amp version. Made the brackets and adjuster today and fitted it all on to the trolley. Next job will be to paint the brackets and reassemble for the final time. I will then sort the wiring, get a leisure battery and some LED lights!

More photos...

Nigel have you thought about making a dozer blade for the suburban , not much involved in making one . i have one of these should you need any measurements .

Wow , she's looking really cute Nigel , are you going to put an exhaust shield on?