Sort of new here
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2016 7:46 pm
Hi,
I registered with this forum quite some time ago, but found I couldn't get back in. Determined effort over the weekend, and Lo, I appear to be here again.
I'm guessing that many member know me already, John Williams, lately of South Wales, now Kettering, user name is my old RAF number (w3526602), and I sign with my "last three" (602), which enables me to recognise my own mail. Not funny when you were born before WW2.
I saw my first Land Rover in Croydon, circa 1953, but didn't drive one until I joined the RAF in 1959. Thenceforth, I drove them in UK, Arabia, and Malaya, for nine years. I bought my first Land in 1973ish, and have owned one or more, almost continuously ever since.
My current project is a 1959 109" petrol, which has covered less than 50,000 miles, and had only done less than 200 miles since her last MOT ... but that was 42 years ago. She is now back on the road, but I have only driven her a bit over 100 miles ... still doing her "sea trials".
I am planning to fit a Romahome demountable camper pod, donated by a Suzuki micro-pick-up (similar to a Bedford Rascal). I have almost completed adapting the jacks to lift it up to a metre off the ground, so it clears the 750x16 tyres.
I have a truck cab bulkhead (or chassis cab, if you prefer), to replace the standard tub, after which I will have to fabricate a flat-bed/tray-back, but I would like to add a few more miles before I start to pull "The Aunt" to pieces again. The Aunt (FUX173) is so named because she was originally delivered to "Auntie Beeb".
I will try to post some pictures in the appropriate section ... just give me a few minutes
HTH
John W (henceforth 602)
I registered with this forum quite some time ago, but found I couldn't get back in. Determined effort over the weekend, and Lo, I appear to be here again.
I'm guessing that many member know me already, John Williams, lately of South Wales, now Kettering, user name is my old RAF number (w3526602), and I sign with my "last three" (602), which enables me to recognise my own mail. Not funny when you were born before WW2.
I saw my first Land Rover in Croydon, circa 1953, but didn't drive one until I joined the RAF in 1959. Thenceforth, I drove them in UK, Arabia, and Malaya, for nine years. I bought my first Land in 1973ish, and have owned one or more, almost continuously ever since.
My current project is a 1959 109" petrol, which has covered less than 50,000 miles, and had only done less than 200 miles since her last MOT ... but that was 42 years ago. She is now back on the road, but I have only driven her a bit over 100 miles ... still doing her "sea trials".
I am planning to fit a Romahome demountable camper pod, donated by a Suzuki micro-pick-up (similar to a Bedford Rascal). I have almost completed adapting the jacks to lift it up to a metre off the ground, so it clears the 750x16 tyres.
I have a truck cab bulkhead (or chassis cab, if you prefer), to replace the standard tub, after which I will have to fabricate a flat-bed/tray-back, but I would like to add a few more miles before I start to pull "The Aunt" to pieces again. The Aunt (FUX173) is so named because she was originally delivered to "Auntie Beeb".
I will try to post some pictures in the appropriate section ... just give me a few minutes
HTH
John W (henceforth 602)