Thursday 8 July 2010

Up and running.

The latest folly arrived at The Matt Savage Overland Preparation Barn today and we thought it might be worth trying to start it to see just how good, or bad, it was, before ripping it apart. A can of petrol appeared, a battery and a spot of hot wiring and with a tentative shove of the starter button the engine burst into life. First signs are good. No smoke and ran well. A run up the test track indicated all was well in the transmission too. All it needs is............

6 comments:

Diplomate said...

some steering ?

Toby Savage said...

Three quarters of a turn before any movement Diplo!

Affer said...

Damn! It was that spirit of can-do that helped the 101st to capture Carentan.....

Toby Savage said...

The brakes make the steering look good. But, hey, any fool can make a car stop.

Ron Combo said...

Excellent thumbs up Grumpo - Heartfelt!

Unknown said...

Am not quite sure what kind of responses you expected to get with this ,but jeez.one look at it kills the fun. Jeep bumpers