The opposite of project blinky

Great find Hugh. Reminds me of Shirl's dad's wreckers which he built on Ex British Army vehicles albeit Scammell, Albion and Commer. The Scammell came with a straight 8 Rolls-Royce petrol motor which Reg changed for a very reliable Leyland 680 6 cylinder diesel which was commonly used across many truck manufacturers in the 70's. The Commer had a 4 petrol engine which it used until it's demise much later on and also the Albion which carried a petrol motor all it's working life. The local fuel station loved it when Reg pulled in to top up.
Mind you so did Shirl's brother who had a continuous supply of petrol for his Mini as a full tank wouldn't hardly show on the fuel gauges of these old things.

Tony.
 
t-tony said:
Great find Hugh. Reminds me of Shirl's dad's wreckers which he built on Ex British Army vehicles albeit Scammell, Albion and Commer. The Scammell came with a straight 8 Rolls-Royce petrol motor which Reg changed for a very reliable Leyland 680 6 cylinder diesel which was commonly used across many truck manufacturers in the 70's. The Commer had a 4 petrol engine which it used until it's demise much later on and also the Albion which carried a petrol motor all it's working life. The local fuel station loved it when Reg pulled in to top up.
Mind you so did Shirl's brother who had a continuous supply of petrol for his Mini as a full tank wouldn't hardly show on the fuel gauges of these old things.

Tony.
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The good old days lol.i had a field car in the sixties and had to save up to afford a gallon of fuel for it cycle 4 miles to the garage to get it then home and look out especially if my parents weren’t about lol. These guys though There’s not a lot they won’t have a go at and I like there attitude it’s great the way they get the truck running it’s sort of bush mechanic
 
We used to be the same as kids, once we were given a Standard Vanguard which was finished with from a retired farmer in our village. We push started it out on the main road and on of our "gang" drove it about 1/2 a mile out of the village up to our house. We thrashed this old girl round stubble fields etc. till it died. This was what started my "love affair" with straight 6 petrol engines, basically the engine which ended up in the old Police Triumph 2.5 pi. We also saved up for a gallon of petrol and if we were flush 10 No.6 and a box of matches.;)

Tony.
 
Love these type of videos, you can get lost for hours watching “will it run” clips.
 
the Nefyn cat said:
6 litre V8 and no starter motor?:wideyed: And they made it into space? :wideyed::wideyed:
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Lol I think your missing the point they built them so that some idiot like me could fix them.The thing is these machines were built to a spec not a price,they only had one customer the state.They would work from the Sahara to Siberia on crap fuel lol I quite like some of this old Soviet stuff
 
Fitting a starter motor wouldn't have made them any harder to fix. I've never been through a Russian winter, but I do have a Russian friend who has told me stories of her winters in Moscow (not the coldest part of Russia) and the thought of hand-cranking any engine in -40c cold fills me with dread. Bad enough hand-starting some of the compressors and generators I've had to deal with in the past. Not saying there's anything wrong with starting-handles (had one on one of my old Morris's way back) but having to wind one of those Zils up in a Siberian winter? The T72 was built quite robustly, but there's still a button in the cab to start it. Still, it's just another bit of youtube entertainment, beats the sh1t out of "real" telly any day, will have to watch more.
 
the Nefyn cat said:
Fitting a starter motor wouldn't have made them any harder to fix. I've never been through a Russian winter, but I do have a Russian friend who has told me stories of her winters in Moscow (not the coldest part of Russia) and the thought of hand-cranking any engine in -40c cold fills me with dread. Bad enough hand-starting some of the compressors and generators I've had to deal with in the past. Not saying there's anything wrong with starting-handles (had one on one of my old Morris's way back) but having to wind one of those Zils up in a Siberian winter? The T72 was built quite robustly, but there's still a button in the cab to start it. Still, it's just another bit of youtube entertainment, beats the sh1t out of "real" telly any day, will have to watch more.
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Lol the starter was broken and they didn’t bother fixing it,why would you when you have a handle;)
 
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