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Drum's motorised conveyances
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2019 9:25 am
by Drum
I'm not starting that thread
http://thedarkwob.com/thread/170/leafsp ... anks-bikesall over again, but will add some new stuff not previously mentioned.
Two air crash rescue land rovers
28AG12 and 28AG16
They were built by HCB Angus as a rapid* response airfield fire truck.
Only 22 series 2A versions made and only a handful left.
Me having two of them makes me special, in my own mind.
They don't look like that ^ anymore though
This is 28AG12 when I collected it
and now
Here's 28AG16 now
Re: Drum's motorised conveyances
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2019 9:33 am
by CLINT
Nice
Re: Drum's motorised conveyances
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2019 9:43 am
by Drum
I spotted 16 on a lapsed gumtree advert. It as in London, 450 miles away and, with the help of an AS member, I had it shipleyed up the road.
It had featured in some real estate promotional posters in that London.
Re: Drum's motorised conveyances
Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 6:50 pm
by Drum
One of the good things about ex MOD LRs is the fact you can find old photos of them in their former glory.
They all left HCB Angus painted red, then were given the appropriate paint job depending on which force they were deployed to.
28AG16 got to close to the action at one point.
Re: Drum's motorised conveyances
Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 6:58 pm
by Drum
Re: Drum's motorised conveyances
Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 7:12 pm
by LynehamHerc
I like the Maestro.
I always felt it would have sold far better if it had been produced by a different company, if that makes sense.
Re: Drum's motorised conveyances
Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 9:29 pm
by CLINT
They were very competent cars. I sold a few of them. My favourite was the 1.6 auto with power steering. Not a bad car all. Just ugly. They didn't even rot as badly as some other cars. Not structurally anyway, they always looked rough externally. Easy wheel arches to fill with wob though. Similar width to a rubbing block
Re: Drum's motorised conveyances
Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 11:29 pm
by Drum
The maestro had crunchy arches with some interesting repairs
I managed to pick up some as new front wings and valance for £140
Much better
I still have to fix the rear arches
Re: Drum's motorised conveyances
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2019 9:11 am
by cros
Do those Angus fire engines have altered gearing what with their bigger than normal tyres?
Re: Drum's motorised conveyances
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2019 7:20 pm
by Drum
They have lowered gearing to help acceleration when the 100 gallon tank was full. One ton chassis with 900 x 16 tyres on the hard to find and increasingly expensive 569203 or 569204 deep dish rims.