'Barnsley Limosine'

[Bush Tucker Man]

Yesterday whilst talking to Mark, one of our Auxilary Nurses, he told me about a friend of his who had just bought a new 'toy'

He's even taken the relevant driving test (Class 'H') in order to drive it on the road
Mark even told me his mate is considering putting 'L' plates on it, just to see the reactions from other road-users :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

He even made the local paper;
Barnsley Chronicle

I wonder if he'll let a 'friend of a friend' have a try?? (if he's got access to private ground)

[TimM]

:shock:  :shock:  :shock:

He'd win the race for a space in a car park with that (I wouldn't argue with it   ).

[hobbit]

Is it a scorpion(75mm) or scimitar(30mm)? The barrel looks a bit small for a scorpion in the pic

[Bush Tucker Man]

Is it a scorpion(75mm) or scimitar(30mm)? The barrel looks a bit small for a scorpion in the pic

Well it says Scorpion, & Mark said Scorpion, aren't the Scimitars now diesel engined?? (a Cummins??)

[the loon]

one thing he'll never need to worry about getting a flat tyre :D

Only questiosn are (A) who insures him and (B) can you get AA cover  :?:

[Bush Tucker Man]

one thing he'll never need to worry about getting a flat tyre :D

No but changing a track is a lot more involved & I wouldn't want to have to change all the pads on the tracks.
'Track Spreaders' look to be hard work

Only questiosn are (A) who insures him and (B) can you get AA cover  :?:

Insurance is easy

Footman-James, for one, offers cover

Sadly I think he's outside the AA's weight limit

[hobbit]

Depends on how old the motor is, all the cvrt range vehicles started with v8s, and later onto diesel, just looking at the barrel size

With track pads they can be a laugh, never follow one to close, with the speeds these things can do they can fly off like a bullet, definately ruin your day

Track pins and stretch can be a problem, but not so much for a motor like this, as it wont be hammered probably as much as the army would have done so, so wear and tear will be a lot less

Still cost a fortune for the spares though

[Bush Tucker Man]

With track pads they can be a laugh, never follow one to close, with the speeds these things can do they can fly off like a bullet, definately ruin your day

Track pins and stretch can be a problem, but not so much for a motor like this, as it wont be hammered probably as much as the army would have done so, so wear and tear will be a lot less

I'll stay well back if I see it out then :lol:

There used to be an Abbott outside a pub at the side of the M62 at Pontefract (jct31) but that's disappeared recently, & another Abbott (& a Ferret) in a house garden on the A61 between Wakefield & Leeds

Still cost a fortune for the spares though

I'll tell Mark to keep me informed & ask if he needs assistance, though I suppose he'll be joining the Yorkshire branch of the Military Vehicle Trust?

[hobbit]

Might be better joining the local branch of the territorial army, armoured unit  :lol:

[thermidorthelobster]

Wonder how much he paid for it?  Would be great fun to see people's reactions.  And the insurance is cheap!

[Bush Tucker Man]

Wonder how much he paid for it?
And the insurance is cheap!

I'll ask

Mark said about £170.00, but with certain conditions, like "Don't Point The Barrel At Anyone!" :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

(Yes, I know it's deactivated)

[the loon]

Might be better joining the local branch of the territorial army, armoured unit  :lol:

if he dont want to join they will probably hire it off him  :lol:
Can see the advert now - availible for weddings , funerals and urban pacification

 

[PUX]

ah spent my 4 1/2years working on these with the REME before i joined the RAF cant wait for the first time that it gets water in the system  :roll:

[gtomo2]

Sadly I think he's outside the AA's weight limit

No had the aa come out to me when we broke down on a exercisce in wales in a scimiter cvr"t". as its the same engine as the jag.4.2 ltr str6 .
but he did lok for the bonnet catch til two of us lifted the aroumer flaps to show him were the engine was. and it turned out the fuel filter was bunged up with crud ( the fuel filter is located by the gunners right elbow and just unscrews. and is a crew task to check. doh.
oh it has a 8n ton bridge limit on it so unarmed and in standerd form(no extra armour) it only wieghts about 7 ton

[hobbit]

We had the command post versions of these, always great fun going on exercise as we had to load them into standard artic containers for transportation, not much clearance inside with one of these for them, had a habit of ripping the sides of the container with the tracks

[PUX]

We had the command post versions of these, always great fun going on exercise as we had to load them into standard artic containers for transportation, not much clearance inside with one of these for them, had a habit of ripping the sides of the container with the tracks

that be a sultan then    i used to play with the samson version for recovery jobbies  :D

[gtomo2]

We had the command post versions of these, always great fun going on exercise as we had to load them into standard artic containers for transportation, not much clearance inside with one of these for them, had a habit of ripping the sides of the container with the tracks

that be a sultan then    i used to play with the samson version for recovery jobbies  :D

i used to be in a aromured recce sqn so we had the full range to play with. from scimiter to sparton and sultan smaritan and samsun. oh waht fun

[fatusbloke]

Could just strap a roof tent to it and join the caravan club, they offer green flag recovery cover as part of the membership package,

 Just to be great fun when i worked breakdowns, when we used to get the big winnibago campers with extensions and bike racks hanging out the arse end, - with green flag facing a full blown HGV low loader recovery, if we couldn't fix it :lol:  :lol:

[Skibum346]

**Pulls up a sandbag and swings the lantern to join in**

Anyone know if our rambler friends are planning a walk anywhere near a still open ( :roll: ) BOAT....?

Wouldn't it be fun to see there shiny li'l faces...!
:(biglaugh): :(biglaugh): :(biglaugh): :(biglaugh):

[hobbit]

Scimitars are easy to tow, just disconnect the half shaft to the drive sprockets and straight bar it

Used to have to drag ours (Sultan, same family) around with a bedford 4 tonner,  :shock:

Looked good in the A1 from Thirsk to Catterick to get it to the workshops, we had to put some one in the drivers seat of the thing to stop scaring the cars, fact was he couldn't do any thing just looked better, stopping distances were a little bit longer then norm though

[Xtremeteam]

ah spent my 4 1/2years working on these with the REME before i joined the RAF cant wait for the first time that it gets water in the system  :roll:

sounds like a good story  :lol:

[per_ardua]

I remember shunting a scimitar out of the back of a hercules when the engine failed on an airfield assault.

 can go as fast forward as in reverse, much fun...
 just don't do an emergency stop in them :P