View Full Version : My next project, over the winter
Royston
04-09-11, 07:40 PM
Just started to look at this, had it @ 20 years, never run todate:roll:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/1297cc/DSCF4498-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/1297cc/DSCF4502-1.jpg
1963 Muir Hill B10 Dump Truck, based on a Fordson Major tractor:wtf:
Plan is to get her up and running, sort the brakes and take her to a few shows next yearlol
Novelty is that the driving position is reversable:eek:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/1297cc/DSCF4499-1.jpg
forward position,
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/1297cc/DSCF4500.jpg
pull the pin and turn the seat,
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/1297cc/DSCF4501-1.jpg
reverse driving position
There are 2 sets of pedals on the floor:d
What do you think, Kingdom Body Kit or whatlol
Genuine reg plate is 8686 UP
Longdogcharlie
04-09-11, 07:41 PM
Roy its official, your a nutter!!!
Id love to do something like that. Why didn't gm build pick ups.
Royston
04-09-11, 07:53 PM
Roy its official, your a nutter!!!
You should know by nowlol
Longdogcharlie
04-09-11, 07:57 PM
trust me, I know very well, we are both nutters ..
Longdogcharlie
04-09-11, 08:03 PM
might make a start on mine too
http://1.2.3.9/bmi/i1116.photobucket.com/albums/k579/charlielogdog/Short%20range%20rover/Rangerover.jpg
Jeff16v
05-09-11, 03:43 PM
surely thats worth good money as scrap metallol
vboa winner i see there!!!
Surface Processing eat your heart out lol
Thats proper rat look!
Surface Processing eat your heart out lol
Thats proper rat look!
Bet he could sell that to the VW lot for eleventy billion quid lol
Jeff16v
05-09-11, 04:05 PM
I presumed that a nova would fulfil anybodies desire for rust, or did you buy it to stop the nova rust jokes. :)
Southie
05-09-11, 04:54 PM
It's nearly finished by the looks of this then, just a green back-end needed lol or red according to the box :tard:
http://i.ebayimg.com/08/%21CEek0tgCGk%7E$%28KGrHqN,%21hcE0iM6q7ikBNSCgkKCY w%7E%7E0_12.JPG
That's a cool project we sell a lot of bits and bobs for old tractors majors and the like sparex are very good
has that got a redtop init mate !!!!!! lol
Royston
05-09-11, 05:34 PM
has that got a redtop init mate !!!!!! lol
It's Blue actuallylol
Bloody hell Royston, thats quite a mass of rust, its not going to take as long as the SR did, is it :p
lol
Royston
05-09-11, 08:10 PM
Bloody hell Royston, thats quite a mass of rust, its not going to take as long as the SR did, is it :p
lol
Luckily it was made in the sixties and the steel is slightly heavier grade and better quality than the materials used in our Nova'slol
Plan is to get her running, sort the brakes and go from there....
Will need a new wiring harness, dynamo is siezed solid, will have a spare one around though;)
Will need some panel bashing to sort out the prangs, front ns bumper and wing has hit something big and solid, bearing in mind the bumper is made from a 6" x 2 1/2" U section girder:eek:
All in a days messing about:d
Royston
05-09-11, 08:12 PM
The speedo goes to 40 mphlol
Bet its a hoot at that speed:eek: probably make @ 10-15mph max:(
Ive often thought it, and possibly said it to you before, but youre mad haha!
less rust than your average nova...
steviegsi
05-09-11, 10:56 PM
You are a mental case! lol Should I be worried that I'd love a play on it . :(
is it a fordson major engine? if so, it should be a doddle to get running.. as usual, the old hydraulic bits will be awful, but you should be able to hit the classic tractor boys for the ford based stuff.. i can't wait to see it running... Muir Hill stuff is built well
we got a 1959 jcb hydradigga going within 1/2 hr, a manitou that needed a full fuel system clean out in the middle of a field & a battery in an hour, and my personal fave... we were dragging one of those tiny winget dumpers out of a bramble patch, the sort with a pull handle to tip the skip & a lister 1 pot diesel, i banged it into gear, and the sodding thing sprung to life. it hadn't moved in 25 years, and the brakes didn't work.. i was going down a 1:4 incline & had to stick it into a hedge to stop it.
i dragged the first vehicle i ever drove out of a shed after 18 years, and got it running perfectly...
it was a .........................drum roll..........................................
http://www.railtruck.org/images/gallery/working/gr_cath.jpg
lister autotruck, i was 8.. my brother was 9 & dad got it for us. he gave us the starting handle & said when you can start it, you can drive it... we took about 2 weeks to get it going, and we had arms like popeye.. but fair play, dad stuck to his word, as we came thundering out the shed at 4 mph on it.. and he let us drive it.. but we had to be 14 before we were old enough to go up the road on it...... we still have it..
gary_126
06-09-11, 12:22 AM
Yeah fordsons are easy to work on, and all parts are available new (my dad has 2 super majors, and a power major) One of which had a back actor, and been in a wood for 13years, (it was that rusty half the cab had completely rotted off lol) new oil, diesel, jump leads and away it went (all be it with a screwdriver accross the starter terminals, as the wiring was shot)
And all the hydraulic pipes on the back actor kept bursting, so had to hold that up with a lever pull to get it moved.
Southie
06-09-11, 02:36 AM
Is this finished yet? lol
nova_niek
07-09-11, 11:14 AM
Just the thing to sort during a boring winter holiday... love it! :D
matthew172
07-09-11, 10:32 PM
ahh i like that alot must be quite rare as ive not seen one before, i see a old loading shovel in the background too
Royston
01-11-13, 04:17 PM
Wow its been 2 years since this was updated:eek:
How time flies.......... time for an update
I applied for the logbook @ 6 weeks ago, got a letter two weeks ago to say that the DVLA were processing my application and today the new V5C arrived:d
The dumper was on the DVLA website, so the application was straight forward
2 former keepers apparently and the name and address of the previous owner from Washington!
So 8686 UP is now registeredlol mmm road run??????
I have been planning to get her started up soon, so today I removed the starter motor, and checked the engine was free, turned the flywheel 360 degrees with a pry bar.
I then fitted a replacement starter (that works) so watch this space, hopefully won't be two years for my next post.
I plan to take it to a vintage show next year!!!;)
novacabrio
01-11-13, 08:04 PM
Pictures! Also let us know when you're out on road test so we can avoid Darlington area!! Don't want to much traffic causing tailbacks!!
Great project. difficult to see what colour it was originally There was some fantastic commercials at Ripon show and not too far for you.
Royston
01-11-13, 08:50 PM
Great project. difficult to see what colour it was originally There was some fantastic commercials at Ripon show and not too far for you.
My Plan is to take it to Newby Hall next year more or less as is, hopefully with some brakes.
Originally it should be red/orange, will need to check, says red on the log book
mk1nova_rich
01-11-13, 09:03 PM
This should be interesting mate
Can't say im a huge enthusiast lol but my uncle took us to a tractor show/ploughing competition a few years back which I really enjoyed. Absolutely hundreds of tractors on display then ploughing by everything from horses to the very latest machines that can plough a whole field in two runs lol
Same uncle also has a Fordson Major
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