you are the proud owners of a M3 convertible. keep up the good work

@514thmick

14 күн бұрын

Thanks! 👍

The road wheels can be re-rubbered. New tiers are mad to use on fork trucks. Same size.

@514thmick

15 күн бұрын

Yes we got a mate with a 150 ton press that has fitted a few on our Sherman's, not cheap, but we got to rip them wheel stations to bit at some point and will deal with the tyres then, if I can afford it.

Let the purists cry, if it means life is brought back into one of these machines that would otherwise be sitting looking sorry for itself then I'm all for it. At the end of the day, its not like it cant be corrected at some point in the future. Keep ball rolling.

@514thmick

15 күн бұрын

Thanks, we do this on a shoe strig budget, it's this way or it don't happen, as you say somebody can spend loads of money on it after we have had our fun.... one day.

@MOLE60

15 күн бұрын

looking at pictures of other Grants , I don't think those are the right kind of tracks for it which may explain why your having trouble getting them on .

@Blablablablabla-fe7gc

15 күн бұрын

​@@MOLE60 watch the video again with your glasses on and your listening ears

@514thmick

15 күн бұрын

lol

@XploreNorfolk

15 күн бұрын

@@514thmick Its shoe string budgets and passion that have saved many many machines from the cutting torch, and more often than not these machines have gone on to be enjoyed and be shown to the public rather than being shoved behind a barrier never to see the light of day. Miss the days of the red ball express, and seeing the displays at W&P. Ill get involved again one day :)

Nice to see real mechanics no gloves goggles not frightened of a bit of muck keep er gannen

@514thmick

14 күн бұрын

Don't like gloves, cant feel anything

The CDP tracks look great. Time for cold snacks.

Great effort you all earned a beer or two...😊😊

@514thmick

14 күн бұрын

You got that right!

The Farmer clobbered the hell out of that machine! The return rollers seized and being scraped flat, that idler wheel, God knows what else it's been through. I love the sound of the engine on that telehandler or whatever you call it.

There is that 6V53 again! After my comment on a previous video about not hearing one run in decades, I had the privilege of getting a 6V53T in a fire truck going. Then later that afternoon visiting a friend with an M548 and getting to hear it run. You fellows are having way too much fun, I would like to see a short video of your Guiberson! I am amazed by the amount of spare parts you have.

@514thmick

15 күн бұрын

The Guiberson is not here yet but we will post it up when it turns up, your right we are having fun but its hard work.

See you in Capel

I had thought that was a crack in the hull until you pointed out it was a deliberate torch cut. There'll be a bit of welding to do as you reassemble the hull.

@514thmick

14 күн бұрын

yes lots of welding for her to come

Greetings from Australia. That my friends ...was really bloody interesting!

@514thmick

14 күн бұрын

Thanks

Beautiful!

@514thmick

15 күн бұрын

Thank you and the tanks not too bad as well lol

Guys, I absolutely love your videos..and following you...but please try and work on your sound quality...really hard to hear everything. I don't mean to be rude...

@514thmick

15 күн бұрын

Sorry it's the mic on the GoPro, I got no money to buy a new one, KZread pay us about $2 a year, your lucky I remember to pull the GoPro out my pocked at turn it on, plus I will only be bleeping most of what Del says out anyway lol

Mick, are you going to completely rebuild the M3, or is someone going to buy it and take care of the rebuild? Either way, it's looking great with tracks on it again.

@514thmick

11 күн бұрын

We will keep it, I would like to build a M31 TVR out of it to go with our Sherman's

Bet them beers never tasted so good if it eas Wednesday or Thursday you were doing them tracks, it was the same for me as I was dismantling a combine harvester for packing into a container for export.

@514thmick

12 күн бұрын

Yes it was all last week, bloody hot work, that beer tasted good lol

killdozers lost cousin

@514thmick

15 күн бұрын

lol

Its a pretty manky old tank, but now it looks more like a tank!😅 Well done I say, more farm scrap sort of saved!👍🇦🇺 Just one question, how can you guys still have all your fingers!😂🤣

@514thmick

12 күн бұрын

It will look even more like a tank when we finished it, as for the fingers it's not our first tank so we know when not to stick them in them holes lol

Maybe I missed the explanation in a previous episode, but what exactly is this tank's eventual destination after the upcoming show? You've put a lot of time and sweat into about half of a tank while you've got at least one on the property that is a MUCH better resto candidate. Also, any idea how that idler wheel got crushed? It looks like the one you replaced it with was stouter, too.

@514thmick

14 күн бұрын

The Matilda Mk.II belongs to my mate, we have some other parts for that, the transmission engines etc but not sure how far we will go with it. As for the Grant we plan to put a V8 Cummins in it and turn her into a M31 TRV in the end (to tow our Sherman's about) but its a few years work. I have no idea what happened to the idler wheel, probably damage from her days as a bull dozer on an Australian farm but the wheel we replaced it with is the same as the one we took off. We have a few other tanks and vehicles that take up a lot of our time so no real time scale or dates for anything, just needed them sorted for this Capel Military Show.

@bwilliams463

14 күн бұрын

@@514thmick Many thanks for the reply. I hadn't considered the option of converting the cut-down M3 into a recovery vehicle.

Are you going to weld up that torched cut before you go? It'd be a shame if a crack propagated from the cut.

@514thmick

14 күн бұрын

It's already left on the low loader, it will be parked up and when it gets back it will be one of the jobs after we have taken that wheel station off.

🙂🤟✌️💪👍👌👏😎🇹🇭

Капец, первый раз при просмотре видео меня укачало. Ребят, купите стабилизатор!!!

@514thmick

14 күн бұрын

No way, we got tank parts to spend money on lol

@BorisKupriianov

14 күн бұрын

@@514thmick hmmm, a compelling argument!

HA HA HA HA 😅

Imagem muito tremida, a câmera treme demais durante a gravação

@514thmick

10 күн бұрын

Não assista então, nós construímos tanques e não fazemos vídeos

Omg that camera shake makes this unwatchable

@Eisen_Jaeger

14 күн бұрын

Really? I've watched it twice..

@514thmick

14 күн бұрын

Easy, don't watch, I promise it wont get any better lol