Today was a great day. Took the ferret for its 1st full test drive & glad to report success. Brakes good, Engine running smooth, Transmission all gears operating to full order. I reached top speed of 45 MPH for 1st time out, did not want to push it. It felt good to be behind the wheel again. We turned many heads today. Its now fully insured, Registered and Road Legal. Ready for parade Monday 16th April!!!!!!!!!!!
Traverse Right & Dip, Correct? Ref- Insured as antique vehicle. We estimate value $38000. This project has been a labour of love. I have had & gotten so much fun, enjoyment, out of this project, I feel 20 years younger!!!!! A couple of my yanky friends now want to get our hands on a Saracen? I may have to go back to work?...........
Brian, I always got warmer standing next to the famous No1 burner than I ever did in my Ferret. Plus you were always guaranteed a cup of tea when the chefs had a burner on the go, you all could be saviours as far as that was concerned. No such thing in any regiment as "Only a Chef".
Congratulations on a job well done. Have you considered using it to raise funds for our military charities? The vehicle certainly looked in first class order. Don 190
"Bogged down" - I should hope not - think of all that mud on that beautiful Ferrret!I do recall when I was PSI at the TA SEM.BE telling me to prepare a cross-country course for Scout Cars.When I had it finished he then turned up in his BRG Jag(new)and said "We'll try it out in the Jag" - Oh,that beautiful car - I could have cried - thought at the time "wish I was that well heeled" --------- Don
Regular Army bandsmen ( sorry musicians) I had no problem with because they were part and parcel of the regiment and we all had different parts to play to make up the whole entity. Just DON'T get me started on TA bandsmen. My brother and me spent 20 or so years with the Royal Yeomanry and their band ( Inns of Court & City Yeomanry) should have all been drowned at birth a bigger load of Diva's you have yet to meet. Perfect musicians, most were music teachers but absolute disasters if you asked ( couldn't insist) them to heaven forbid , soldier!!!!
you have to admit Dave there are not many Bands that would go on Parade in there bedroom slippers because there feet hurt and the belts holding up the blues trousers (no jacket ) ah memories probably best forgoten tom 780
Tom, remember the trumpet player who turned up in full No 1 dress but with white plimsoles for the dress rehearsal for the Queens silver jubilee ? He told London District Regimental Sergeant Major ( Coldstream Guards) who was taking the parade that his feet wouldn't fit his george boots . The garrison RSM had apoplexy . I nearly wet myself laughing.
Dave i still think you where the 3 tonne driver to Vertag with me in 67 or 68 when the wagon broke down on the way & we spent 3 days in Yank camp waiting for parts.
I must admit that the trumpeter would have been castrated if he'd tried that in the reg't, but the Yeomanry band didn't follow army protocol,just the one laid down by the chocolate box soldiers/Tom780
I must admit that the trumpeter would have been castrated if he'd tried that in the reg't, but the Yeomanry band didn't follow army protocol,just the one laid down by the chocolate box soldiers/Tom780
Brian, I did drive down to Wertach with a chef but don't remember breaking down tho that does not mean it wasn't me. When we were there I remember taking the woman who owned Hinter Raute shopping daily into the town in the Landrover.
Brian, do you remember the guy who used to come down from the mountain have a couple of beers then disappear again? Big bloke with a huge bushy beard think his name was Kurt.
I cant remember him but i do know when i was there we used to have some good nights in the hut at the top of the slopes drinking & singing with the students.Do you remember that big bed we all slepped in i was on the end near the door so i could get out first in the morning so i could cook breakfast in that small kitchen useing a number one burner great days.
That is because you were all young and everything tastes better when you are young and carefree, I can remember when I use to help a friend with their Lambing, That we use to oput eggs in the kettle to boil on an old range whilst we went out round thye flock and the bacon was sizzling on the top of the hob and it always tasted, wonderful after standing in a field marking lambs and sheep with keal and tar.Same as the apples we use to pick of the apple tree at my boarding school. I have never tasted one that was so good and sweet since it was a very old tree and we use to climb up and sit in the branches. Life is good when there is little to worry about
Today was a great day. Took the ferret for its 1st full test drive & glad to report success. Brakes good, Engine running smooth, Transmission all gears operating to full order.
ReplyDeleteI reached top speed of 45 MPH for 1st time out, did not want to push it. It felt good to be behind the wheel again. We turned many heads today.
Its now fully insured, Registered and Road Legal. Ready for parade Monday 16th April!!!!!!!!!!!
well done pixie you have done a great job on the ferret .smith 780
ReplyDeletecongrats and well done
ReplyDeleteWell done pal. A good job by the look of it.
ReplyDeletePhil
What was the Insurance premium like and what have you valued it at? ~ Well done that man!
ReplyDeleteDon't forget the "Royal" salute with the Browning!
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Traverse Right & Dip, Correct? Ref- Insured as antique vehicle. We estimate value $38000.
ReplyDeleteThis project has been a labour of love. I have had & gotten so much fun, enjoyment, out of this project, I feel 20 years younger!!!!!
A couple of my yanky friends now want to get our hands on a Saracen?
I may have to go back to work?...........
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Colin it certainly looks fantastic, well done, it makes me envious to see you in the driving seat.
ReplyDeleteJohn Atkins
I may have only been a chef but i still loved the little ferret.Beets a No1 burner any day.
ReplyDeleteBrian, I always got warmer standing next to the famous No1 burner than I ever did in my Ferret. Plus you were always guaranteed a cup of tea when the chefs had a burner on the go, you all could be saviours as far as that was concerned. No such thing in any regiment as "Only a Chef".
ReplyDeleteDave 118
Congratulations on a job well done. Have you considered using it to raise funds for our military charities? The vehicle certainly looked in first class order. Don 190
ReplyDeleteI will agree with that Dave the reg't would stop without the chefs
ReplyDeleteI hearby Promise to John Matthews & Pete Plumb, I will never ever get this Ferret Bogged DOWN!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteChrist! I wonder what Dave thought of Bandsmen? "NO COMMENT"
ReplyDelete"Bogged down" - I should hope not - think of all that mud on that beautiful Ferrret!I do recall when I was PSI at the TA SEM.BE telling me to prepare a cross-country course for Scout Cars.When I had it finished he then turned up in his BRG Jag(new)and said "We'll try it out in the Jag" - Oh,that beautiful car - I could have cried - thought at the time "wish I was that well heeled"
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Regular Army bandsmen ( sorry musicians) I had no problem with because they were part and parcel of the regiment and we all had different parts to play to make up the whole entity. Just DON'T get me started on TA bandsmen. My brother and me spent 20 or so years with the Royal Yeomanry and their band ( Inns of Court & City Yeomanry) should have all been drowned at birth a bigger load of Diva's you have yet to meet. Perfect musicians, most were music teachers but absolute disasters if you asked ( couldn't insist) them to heaven forbid , soldier!!!!
ReplyDeleteDave 118
you have to admit Dave there are not many Bands that would go on Parade in there bedroom slippers because there feet hurt and the belts holding up the blues trousers (no jacket ) ah memories probably best forgoten tom 780
ReplyDeleteTom, remember the trumpet player who turned up in full No 1 dress but with white plimsoles for the dress rehearsal for the Queens silver jubilee ? He told London District Regimental Sergeant Major ( Coldstream Guards) who was taking the parade that his feet wouldn't fit his george boots . The garrison RSM had apoplexy . I nearly wet myself laughing.
ReplyDeleteDave 118
Dave i still think you where the 3 tonne driver to Vertag with me in 67 or 68 when the wagon broke down on the way & we spent 3 days in Yank camp waiting for parts.
ReplyDeleteI must admit that the trumpeter would have been castrated if he'd tried that in the reg't, but the Yeomanry band didn't follow army protocol,just the one laid down by the chocolate box soldiers/Tom780
ReplyDeleteBrian he is having problems recalling that drive ,as now he has his bus pass the memory starts to fade,Tom780
ReplyDeleteI must admit that the trumpeter would have been castrated if he'd tried that in the reg't, but the Yeomanry band didn't follow army protocol,just the one laid down by the chocolate box soldiers/Tom780
ReplyDeleteBrian, I did drive down to Wertach with a chef but don't remember breaking down tho that does not mean it wasn't me. When we were there I remember taking the woman who owned Hinter Raute shopping daily into the town in the Landrover.
ReplyDeleteDave 118
Peter Hill was in charge at the time on the way back to Detmold we stayed a couple of nights in a town called Damstat .
ReplyDeleteWish Iwas there
ReplyDeleteYou and me both.
ReplyDeleteDave 118
Brian, do you remember the guy who used to come down from the mountain have a couple of beers then disappear again? Big bloke with a huge bushy beard think his name was Kurt.
ReplyDeleteDave 118
I cant remember him but i do know when i was there we used to have some good nights in the hut at the top of the slopes drinking & singing with the students.Do you remember that big bed we all slepped in i was on the end near the door so i could get out first in the morning so i could cook breakfast in that small kitchen useing a number one burner great days.
ReplyDeleteFunny thing - those breakfasts on a No 1 cooker always tasted GREAT!!!!!
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Don
That is because you were all young and everything tastes better when you are young and carefree, I can remember when I use to help a friend with their Lambing, That we use to oput eggs in the kettle to boil on an old range whilst we went out round thye flock and the bacon was sizzling on the top of the hob and it always tasted, wonderful after standing in a field marking lambs and sheep with keal and tar.Same as the apples we use to pick of the apple tree at my boarding school. I have never tasted one that was so good and sweet since it was a very old tree and we use to climb up and sit in the branches. Life is good when there is little to worry about
ReplyDeleteYour pictures bring back many happy memories.Thanks. Alan
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