Ian

Not much of an update I'm afraid, but work on "Why Not" has started again..

After a much needed clean-up in the shack the rest of the Reliant axle was stripped down..

All the brake gubbins was removed from the axles..    The steel bar behind the axle is what I will be making the sleeves out of.

One side of the axle housing cleaned up and unneeded brackets removed...  I may or may not reuse the outer axle mounts, so they will stay on for now until I decide.

Then after a chat with Nigel about how "Why Not" should look when it's finished, I found myself armed with a craft knife, a can of silver polish, and an old sock!!

And polished up a bit of one of the rocker covers to see how it looked!       I fear a "full on" custom paint job may be in order

Wow George, your grubber looks to have almost infinite adjustment!!    How long does it take to set it all up?

That's a neat little engine Ben, love the shape of the gas tank

I stumbled across this while looking on a car forum and thought you would all like to see it..

A French chap built this bike from a 2CV to escape the desert..

You can read the full story below..

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2168061/French-electrician-stranded-Moroccan-desert-rebuilt-wrecked-car-motorbike-drove-civilisation.html

Fantastic photo's Doug, how many times did you have to empty your cameras memory card?

An interesting selection of machines, out of all of them for some reason the MF1200 really floats my boat

Awesome, some of those bumps on the 6x6 look like you need a seatbelt!

I'm not sure a seat belt is need quite yet Mark, but a bit less speed would of made the runs a bit smoother

Great to see the 6x6 having a good workout Ian

Sounds like you made the commentators day Nigel

Thanks Neil, it was good to give the 6x6 a good workout at last even if I did manage to break a weld again while ploughing

I bet the commentator is now having nightmares about any strange machines appearing in the arena while he has the mic in his hand

i think we all had a great time weather was good to

We did mate, it was a very good weekend.. Roll on next years show

Best part of. The video for me was Mr showman with my colwood, new I could turn him from them Old wheelhorses, already had him on a proper tractor to this year as in my monarch just proves you need a change mate lol

That may be wishful thinking Steve, I think Chris is too far gone to be converted from the "Red side"

Nice work James, what are you planning to power from the generator?

That's very cool George, I bet all that weight on the back makes the steering a bit lighter

A masterpiece in metal and paint... Top work Mark

That's good news Norm, it didn't take you long to get it fixed

So what's next to test the lathe out with?

Thanks Paul, you did look to be enjoying your drive on the 6x6

And now folk's, the last two Tractorfest videos....

Loads of tractors and a Merlin

And the video Nigel has been waiting for

That's a cool photo Ben... The Old, the new, and the new but looks old

I say, go for it Chris.. You know you want to build something like that

Great work Mark, end mills and lathes are handy bit's of kit to have

Top marks, I think you should do this for a living Ian,and I think I might take up commentary.

Thanks Steve, maybe we should tour the shows armed with a microphone and video camera

another great vid ian is there still one to come?

Patience glasshopper, "that" video is on the way

nice video mate we all had a good laugh that day

We did indeed mate, it was a great day

Here's the next two vid's guy's, and two more to come once they are uploaded

Morning chap's cheers for all the great comments, much appreciated

Here's the 3rd vid for you all, In the arena day 2

Thank you Madeline (Ben's other half) for the camera work.

Knowing I wouldn't have much shack time today I made a start on tidying the place up as it's so messy there is no space to work or even get around the big bench!!

I was amazed to find all these tools....

Hiding on this little bench!!

I thought the colour of the Ribena mobile would raise a few eyebrows

YE GODS, Ian.  

It's not that bad Norm..

Trust you to not buy a boring colour Ian... surprised its not WH red though... 

You know me Paul, why play by the rules and be a sheep.. Baaa

I like different though wouldn't choose purple Ian.... Missus would though, her last car was a really kooky blue, never saw the same colour again.


Here's my current car, though I didn't choose the colour it just arrived that way....

Purple is not for everyone, but my wife rather likes it so I'm happy..  Yellow cars are cool, we had for a short while a bright yellow Seat er.. Can't remember the model.. Called it the flying banana

One of the few benefits of being colour blind!
No wonder you have been poorly mate!

Very good Andrew, that made me laugh

my missus would love the purple car

speaking of cars she should have picked her  freelander up by now 

You could have the Freelander resprayed in purple as a birthday pressie for Madeline

Well, we picked up the Ribena mobile this afternoon, and it's quite a good machine other than the radio refusing to work and then suddenly picking up a French radio station!!

I'm just happy my wife has a reliable car to drive through winter now

Wow, it's been a long time since I saw one of those.. It wasn't in person I should add... I've always wondered how well they work!

A lucky escape for both you and your Bolans Iain! Glad you both made it unscathed.

Thanks chaps, glad you like the video

You did a top notch job with the commentary Steve and I can understand being nervous, I was when you handed me the mic

For your enjoyment an viewing pleasure have the second video..  Fun in the working area on day 1

Have you ever noticed how most cars on the road are the same boring colours?

My wife and I went for a drive last Sunday and kept an eye on car colours....  silver, silver, black, dark silver, white, blue, silver, silver, black, black, red, white, silver, silver..  You get the idea!!

Our little drive was to a car dealers which reinforced our boring car colour theory when confronted by this line up!!

So why did we drive to a car dealers full of boring coloured cars?? Some of you will know what's coming next

The car we had come to see (and will collect tomorrow) is a bit more interesting colour wise..

Introducing the Ribena mobile

Hi Guy's, sorry I've been a bit slow getting the Tractorfest videos sorted.. But a start has been made.. So I don't upset my ISP by using too much bandwidth I can only upload 1 video a day..

So here's the first, Day one in the arena..    Thank you to Ben for the camera duties

I like your plan Norm, your soon have it sorted now the sweeper is apart

How's this Iain. It came from my first Wh a 74 Raider 10..      I did the jump lead test today and it spins up fine.