far too many pictures without any explanation of what the items are, where they came from, when they were used; in other words grandpa's old pictures from before his marriage and nobody knows anything about them.
Looks like a great collection. It seems a shame to have the vehicles out in the weather and deteriorating. Thanks for sharing, and cheers from Australia 🇦🇺 !
Hiya there, my names Mike & I recently had the pleasure of filming the arrival & installation of Leader at its current resting place at the One:One Collection in Margate. With your agreeance, I would like to use some clips of footage from this video to show her in her former glory, credit will of course be given as will a link to your video. Please let me know if this is ok. Many thanks, Mike.
No, unfortunately it's not & from what I've gathered it may not be for a while! I am fortunate enough to have been suggested to them through other work I have done!
@@mickeebell4753It's a pity, it looks a like a very interesting collection, saw a few episodes of channel 5's Train Truckers where they were dropping off a couple of exhibits.
@@harry4468 I filmed The Bittern arriving & the Eurostar, & then very recently P 178 from the Bluebell Railway & Leader from Kemsley. P178 & Leader are displayed in a different room from the rest of the collection, there is some very impressive machinery there. Are you local to Thanet?
@@mickeebell4753 An article in Heritage Railway said they were going to be in the entrance area, I guess as smaller engines they'll fit in smaller spaces on temporary track. No, I live in Bristol.
Strictly speaking, this is not an ARV. It is an Armoured Carrier, Maintenance, Full-tracked. For much of the time the FV434 was in full service (and for the 14 years (up until 1980) that I worked with them), the ARV or Armoured Recovery Vehicle was in fact the Centurion derivative, which was eventually replaced by the Chieftain ARRV (Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle).
@@harry4468 The role of the 434 was considered to be primarily repair and maintenance. It was equipped, as can be seen, with a 3,000kg Hiab jib which was quite capable of lifting a Chieftain powerpack or gearbox. It had space in the well at the back to carry a replacement assembly should such a job be required in the field. There was a fold-away bench with a large vice, fitted to the rear of the vehicle to allow for equipment repairs requiring that type of facility. There was a half-size oxy-acetylene kit on board and in addition, as you might expect, the vehicle was also fitted out to carry tool boxes of differing types - basic mechanics boxes, larger boxes to hold more extensive ranges of tools, racking to carry assorted drums of lubricants and fluids and other consumable items such as nuts, bolts, washers etc. In short, it was a mobile mini-workshop. In other words a military version of an AA or RAC van! It had a very much secondary role of recovery but as you would expect, that would be limited to others of the FV430 class of vehicles or smaller and soft-skinned vehicles although they would be a straight tow job only, there being no facility to suspend a casualty. Normally a FV434 would only be used to shift another FV430 type vehicle out of the way to clear the road. I have seen more FV430 class vehicles behind Cent ARVs or, at a push, on trailers behind Leyland or AEC wheeled recovery vehicles.
@@harry4468 They were very good and reliable vehicles. Conditions in them were good - at least for the commander (normally a Corporal) and driver but not so good for the third crew member. The other two got fresh air when on the move although it could get quite cold from the waist up but the third crew member had a seat, which although warm was entirely enclosed below decks between the two top rollers on the vehicle in the video clip. It was pretty noisy and also got a bit 'fumy' down there - mainly from hot auto gearbox oil!
I totally agree and when I asked the organising committee, in effect they blamed the stem owners. They definitely need to look in the mirror... I didn't go back this year, it wasn't worth the money.
I might give it another go, first year back after covid can 't have been easy. Your website lists this years Banbury as feeling more like pre-covid than 2022's, so maybe it will get better?
Very nice presentation. I thought I recognized some American vehicles like the M-5 Priest self-propelled howitzer and a Pershing tank. Sure hope there will be a future video on those parts of the museum that are presently closed. Hope to see a tiger tank. Danke.
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