Valley Axe Man

Cracking work John , that magic scalpel of yours looks to have been putting a few hours in lately

A couple more additions this week, a pair of Marshall A3 sized posters and a 1984 Marshall wallplanner, there could be every chance that when the first owner of my own 804 (first registered December 1983) that he got one of these wall planners for the office wall...... as they came rolled in a tube you'll have to excuse the the scaledown's at the corners holding them open

Cheers Jack , ive already got a 2 drawer filing cabinet half full so there's a bit of storage space left yet

A couple that have arrived over the past month since Christmas boosting the collection a little towards my chosen brand a few drivers handbooks and a couple of brochures and the most recent purchase a Nuffield 10/42 & 10/60 owners parts book and bookmark that i bought last Sunday off Rob Beeton

Is that waking up thinking of Kylie?? best mind how you go John.. was reports that she's got someone stalking her

Nice collection building there Zac when's the big shed getting built then and increase the collection abit more?? There was a 10/60 down your way with a Leyland engine in it that was tempting to have a look at but theres a 384 Leyland appeared local that might be worth a viewing.....

Now there's different..... didn't expect you pulling that one out of the hat John It's barely into Feburary and your already teasing us with more builds, whats the rest of the year going to hold in store, Looking good though

One of the un sung hero's David, your up grafting some mornings whilst most of us are still in bed reckon some of you gritter drivers deserve a bit of respect

Busy times again Smithy, nice bit of on farm engineering there

Busy times for you again Smithy, good to see the 4/65 back on the go, although the farm with the 4000's looks to have a few bits slowly composting away. Nice to have a tie to a an article or book, a bit of nostalgia for you and something to link you back to how things were

The pile is lessening, theres about 50 sleepers so far had 3 coats to darken them Iain once they dipped it been having enough drying space. in hindsight, a few wire racks would have been handy and then set them up to do them in larger batches than just a bay at a time....

Latest addition, a Star 1100 slurry tanker by Andy at Classic, a bit bigger than the Weeks 700 in the collection, again built to Andy's usual high standards

Looking good Martin it doesn't seem that long ago that you showed me the loader brochure, your making good progress, and the trailer is looking good too, that was only a pre christmas measure up of the scammell... the step neck looks the easier way than the rolled plate beams used in scammell's design, must have been busy times in the workshop

Happy New Year to one and all, may it be a happy and healthy one all round No one really knows what the next 12 months will bring but hey ho what will be will be.... All the best from Lancashire

Grand job smithy

That's a common problem with these and the later 4/98 engines Smithy, some folk get around it by gluing the gasket to the rocker box with a small bead of instant gasket, and then after cleaning the mating surface on the head they apply another thin bead on the underside of the gasket so once the pair are married back together it's "glued" to both surfaces and it stops it from rolling like shown in your photo i had the same issue with the one on my 804, but since i done it that way the jobs been a bobber

Nice finds John, you seem to keep finding different versions to add to the collection

Some good photo's Justin thanks for sharing them, that's a novel way for a display case for the models.... mmm i wonder how many 16th's i could get under a Leyland bonnet

Nothing wrong with that Smithy, keep a bit and sell a bit all goes to put the food on the table, Cheers a lot of the muck came off with a good wash before i put in in the shed to make a start on her. but some bits are still an oily mess that i couldn't get the pressure washer to. Aye the lights are good in the shed too, bit drafty but not a bad place to spend a few hours with the radio on

Good to see your making a bit of progress with your mate Eric's waterpump Smithy, looks like it'll be a warm start to the New Year in your house with that trailer load of firewood that you've got split, i got a couple of hours on my 802 yesterday so nearer to getting the crank seal in, just the coupling for the hydraulic pump and the bottom pulley to pull off and then can swap the seals. couple of other little bits to do on rebuild too but nowt that can't be sorted

Was lucky enough to have a look at this beast back in the Autumn with two like minded tractor men, It's for sale but won't be everyone's bag, but be worth finding a good home for.... a Rare IMT engineered Nuffield 126, believed to be one of only 6, powered by a 6 pot Perkins, has trailer airbraking fitted and ran well with little smoke when we got it out of the shed, it would be an ideal lugging tractor, having plenty of weight and a full rack to go up front, but not a rocket on the road. Something different and rare. Rory did an article on them in Classic a few years ago

I doubt all that smell was from me John....but i could have been a contributing factor

Don't worry about the pies Smithy i've broad shoulders and been called alot worse ... it's the amount of sprouts i shovelled in that should be worrying... i'm doing my bit today for methane production

Hahah no Smithy, i left him a trio of my mum's brandy soaked Mince pies... although they were untouched so i ate them myself... can't let good grub go spoiling Cheers aye was surprised when mum gave me the print. Hope the fat fella in the red suit was kind to yourself?

Another little addition to the fleet, care of the fat fella in the red suit, from me to me via my mum another RJN Leyland, a 272 Synchro 4wd, really should be an export spec 472 but Brian awaiting the updated decals and in a way part of the collection too a really nice bit of artwork that my gave me as a gift, an image of my full sized 804...