Recent content by Petelgv1

We were hoping to get her to WAP but, I've not booked her in, obviously the haulage cost from Cambridge and I'm now having Clutch issues.. I will be there in person for a day..

Yes. She is still on the Continental 8.2 petrol engine.

We did 100 miles on 30 Gallons of Petrol. 3.3 mpg.. I paced her at 40 mph.. Pretty good for a 1943 Wrecker.

Wicksteed at war

This is at Duxford imperial war museum American air show.

Yes mate. I will gladly be posting pictures of our adventures.. Our next show is at the Imperial War Museum Duxford. its one of their biggest events and a ticket only weekend. It's their "American Air Display" http://www.iwm.org.uk/events/iwm-duxford/airshows/2016/the-american-air-show

hi mate, hopefully we have located a Whiffle Tree and it should be on it's way by now.. Our Steering has a little play but not excessive. Good luck with yours. I am now trying to locate the A bar that lives on the back of the crane.

she is very slow, I can only compare it with a Matador timber crane. They are both about the same performance and gear box's are hard. I guess that's down to me to get use to. The steering is very heavy and with hardy any lock, I have to make a lot of shunts. The front wheel studs are extra...

Hi mate, I can't take the credit for the restoration on this one. She is still pretty much how we got her. she seems to have had an easy life. We have a few small jobs to do but that's the fun of owning an old vehicle.

I took our Ward LaFrance to a local village show this weekend for its first trip out. Everything went well. I even got the crane out.

no mate it was not.

welcome to the group friend. Good luck with your Deuce.

Hi mate, yes I work for a Car Breakers which helps a lot with as we are keeping the original Continental Petrol engine in her and she can run on the petrol out of the cars. Yes she is Kept in a building. She is mainly a show truck, but if the need arises then she can be used for the odd job...

Then a play in our yard to see if everything works. Of course it did :)

This is the first time we met and her ride home.