The Abandoned Tank Project - Episode 5 A New Distraction Arrives, An Alvis Saladin Armoured Car!
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2024
- In the fifth episode of the abandoned tank project we are still being held up waiting for parts for the centurion barv. So to keep the content up to date we introduce you guys to the latest project, an Alvin Saladin six wheel drive armoured car. When this arrived at the farm a couple of weeks ago it hadn't run for years. Will it drive after its had some farm special maintenance?
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I remember them in NI i used to live near Aldergrove and I think it was 17/21st lancers had them, i used look at the vehicle park , I went to school with the Army and Airforce kids, I remember being in one from The GCH base in Belfast City centre and being bricked an bottled down the Andersons town Road things you do for a spin saladin.
Served 27 years all Op Banner
Loved the Sarecen's and the pigs .
One ruined hay paddock later....."yep that seems to be working". Could't stop grinning. I'm half expecting to see a "ton" class minesweeper in the background floating on the duck pond.
Spent many happy times as radio op in the saladin in Germany (Herford). Great vehicle.
that shot of the pulleys running with a bit of rope XD
Baler twine?
😂😂😂😂😂ye I saw that too
What a great piece of kit! That throaty roar is music to my ears.
Salad can Serverd on these in Aden ‘64-64, ‘65-69 Munster West Germany, great times lots of memories and stories!
From the stories my dad as told me about his time driving saladins is the hubs are great at taking out cars that get to close or are parked :)
Love the Seahawk. Last came across these as a Junior Naval Air Mechanic in 1964 at RNAS Yeovilton.
Loving the factory spec fan belts....
Oh boy the engine in your new toy sounds amazing!!! Best of luck
Don't forget to "toggle up " each of the five gears to tighten up the gearbox brake bands. Engine sounds great !
glad to see someone else who remembers that first thing in the morning
We had to depress the GCP 14 times in each gear, no wonder my nearside knee joints are knackered !!
Way back in the 60's my old man was posted to Benghazi.They took some of the Army wives on a jolly into the desert,they had a Saladin and 2 Saracens and 2 10 tonners,my mum have a whale of a time.And yes they fried eggs on the mudguards.
Gotta love the sound of a B80
Those belts are essential to the distinctive sound the Saladin or Saracens fans makes. Any olders Squaddies or paddies knows that sound when it coming down the street.
Actually gobsmacked at the Seahawk! I served 13 years in the RN and was based at RNAS Culdrose/HMS Seahawk for many of those years, where there is a Seahawk gate guardian. I’d love to have a look round that yard
I have driven one at Bovington. I am 6ft3 and fit fine. Gunner left commander right. 76mm gun same as what was fitted to Scorpion.
I served in the 17/21 Lancers in Ireland with the saladin, certainly had some fun and games with them, one we got on handover was stuck at 30 mph, so I took out the governor slung it 60 mph after that no problem.
Always wanted a saladin or a scimitar just to go the shops in 🤣🤣
Wow 😮. You guys are so fortunate. Brilliant . When everything you have isn’t working buy something else 🤣 👍
i used to drive a saracen in N.I, great fun at full speed
As a former trooper IN QOY I walked past it a couple of times a week in 1980's. I guess they have replied it with a Fox or a Sabre now.
Great video once again, please keep them coming thick and fast please
You guys are great I'll be laughing my ass off over here.. I want to come play too 🤪
Very impressive vehicle the Saladin.
I’ll have work round that at Imphal, I was a contractor on the site for a while. Great to see her working 👍
Just great
EEEY up chaps hows tha diddlin :-) Nice to see an old girl like that runnin.
Was in the 1st Royal Tank Regiment and one of the first vehicles I manned was its cousin, The Pig, Saracen APC.
It's the same basic vehicle, without turret, only turned arse about face with engine at the front. Plenty sore ankles from that pre select :-( good news is yer din't get hatch rash with em :-)
I do remember though, wen a waz a nipper, sitting on my dad's knee driving one around Oldham Edge, just up the road from the Drill Hall. (he was in 41/47 RTR) I even cleaned the 76mm Gun.
After that I graduated to the good old Cent at the grand age of 8.
Memories.... pull up a sandbag an bring back them good old days.
Rolls Royce B80 Straight 8. Love the sound.
Supposedly stealthy with the quiet RR petrol lump, but really not due to the habit of spitting 24” flames out of the exhaust when not perfectly set-up. Perfectly set-up was, to quote Eddie Izzard’s shower sketch, between “here” and [no measurable movement] “here”. Makes great noises though; mmm, straight-8
Wow , a 1950s Saladin , as a young soldier in the 70s , driven them , and the Saracen. We don't make armour like we used too . The Fox was a poor replacement for this though , not so the classic CVRT range of vehicles .
Yall have abunch of cool shit. Like that plane!!!!
"Spotter"..... i'de love to meet anyone brave enough to call a commander that :)
That sounds absolutely epic 👍🏻
loving the saladin - doesn't sound bad either
in case you have issues sourcing ruby light lenses, all three colours, i may be able to get them depending on price, they may also still have a number of periscopes, small size same as for ferret, cvrts etc scorpion, ping me back and i'll see what i can do you
Love you guys working on the bath n the new one is a beauty, but I think the belts are a lil twiny there.
I love Saladin scout cars
Fantastic, soon as I win that Lotto lads I'll be emailing you ;-J
Awesome machine
You can get this registered for the road and legally drive it on the road. I'm guessing it's old enough to be MOT exempt.
Correct, but at around 6/8 MPG, and the danger of stripping out a bevel box because of "windup", they can be very expensive to run.
That sounds amazing!!
Brilliant job
If I ever had the resources to own a FV600 series vehicle it would be a dream come true. Preferably a FV620 Stolly
Hey Matt big fan and been watching your tiktoks for some time now, keep the good work and keep us laughing il see theee
Starting the Sea Hawk is likely to end in tears. I might have a copy of one of the Air Publications that covers it if you're interested?
Why, if it’s done properly, according to the book? Plus, if it was properly preserved. Yeah, your right.
Thats a dream workshop!
Boys and their toys , looks a wicked way to spend a sunny afternoon 😎, Oh and what’s a new pair of bollocks between friends 👍🏻😉.
Brilliant video.
OUTSTANDING NOW LETS GO FOR 5HE WHOLE COLLECTION YOUV GOT THE ROOM
Matt, you guys have done really well with the Saladin. We are in early stages of restoring one based in Hever in Kent. Where are you guys based as it would be great to swap experiences. Regards John
Tanks a lot on Facebook should have everything you boys need
A good truck in its day.
Id love to give you a hand getting the seahawk to run..... Avionics tech here!
Preselect gear boxes are good fun, is the gear change a pedal or a button on a saladin?
Amazing Fellas
Loving the 6.0 F550 there 💪 ain't nothing wrong with them... Just gotta look after em and understand how they work to fix em 👍 trouble your going to find in the UK is finding bits and people who know how they work 🤔 I work for a Ford dealer in Canada if you need any help with it 😉
used to be a REME dump on the far side of long kesh with broken vehicles, though its probably gone now
i laughed a the bale twine fan belt!!
Agricultural engineering at its finest
How much hay did you not harvest because of that test run? 🙂
Great video 📹👍👏
its Grubers little tank !!!
That is an amazing "toy".
I run a Special Effects company, I do the SFX for Combat Dealers etc. Fancy some cool effects with the Saladin?
We’re taking a variety of vehicles to tanks, trucks n firepower if you want to get involved?
I did wonder where the gate gaurd at york went
Excellent I want one😁
Nice one! I'd maybe give my left b*llock to have a set of 'toys' like that! BTW tights work better than string as temporary fan belts! 🤣
Can anyone explain how you get to buy a gate guard vehicle. I have seen various you tubers buying and fixing them. Are they posted for sale? In Canada here they would never be sold. Also can anyone guess what kind of price would be paid for this vehicle ball park only with a seized motor should be maybe scrap price? Who would set price ? In Canada govt surplus is all sold on web on auction. Also do you need a special license to be able to buy military surplus?
Now that looks like a lot of fun...You lucky ''barstewards''
Must be nice to be as rich as your mate and buy random stuff to fiddle with and nowt else to do :) a dream life.
This is making me think that I need to remove the muffler from my Saracen 🤣
A French car 😳 you need to find some Fords🤪 I myself think they kind of deserve it from the get-go 😁
Boom
Could we get a at the Jet Provost please
Looks great..... Road Legal????? lol We wish
How much to be the monkey in the jet provist's seat when its strapped to the excavator for the first time? 🤣
SeaHawk and Provost lying around - anymore ?
13:40 what about the gun?
On the JP, tip tanks, not drop tanks.
LOL "the parts still havent fucking come" yep thats what we have to say to assembly regularly
And I want to see the Fastracs, not bloody Navy stuff!! I might have put the Bonnets on the 3000 Series FT ha ha.
Its a cummins its obviously broken LMAO - sorry for triple posting, I should save it for the end. Fuck me that engine sound amazing despite running with Bale twine! Fuckin legends :-D
Cracking
'Kinell those fanbelts
But is the fastrac broken? Ours is 😂
Fastrac isn’t actually broken 😂
So which one of you farmers is missing his belt or has his trousers round his arse 🤔 christ that was funny 😄
Like I said, Mikita… iv got the batteries….and if your a lager drinker, don’t bother.
How much is the Saladin going for?
If it’s a serious enquiry please list your email address and we will be in touch
@@fittermat sry I'm not a serious enquiry
im going to go out on a limb, and speculate " if you have to ask..." that said, itd be nice to know a ballpark asking figure.
@@fittermat I might be interested. Do you have an email?
thought is was a Saladin amoured car,didn`d realise it was of couse a "Dave Walker " look at me in my range rover with lots of expletives vid
You can of course go watch something else?
Which plane is it?
What's that little thing in the background of training plane
Looks like bobcat.
from Imphal Barracks ?
Is the engine a B61? Can’t tell from the short clip.
B80
@@MrHewes it’s that I’ve got done engine spares for a B61/81
That's far too clean for you guys, you obviously nicked it give it back!😂
So where's the registration?
04cc57
Hi ho the long ranger, the am music
The theam music for the long ranger ,,,,, an old American western
Hi ho Silver A way
Better smash a crap car, a Jag, a three wheeler or one half made of wood, you know...😘
whats the reg? lol
04cc57
@@MrHewes he forgot to put it in description lol
I mean my Citroen C4 is in for its MOT Tuesday, if it fails, I’m not putting any more money in it..
Brilliant, put a Sally ON it.
@@johnnunn8688 well it passed this year, maybe next year.. 😄
If you need parts, as much as I hate to point you in his direction, Nick Mead at tanks a lot has a lot of spare goodies for the right price of you check his Web site for a phone number.
So you can Polish a turd!
Great content but always a thumbs down for the swearing 🤬
Why watch?
Too much bad language. Not needed.
Loving the videos lads!!! Check out Nick Mead at Tank's alot if you haven't already. He may be able to help you out with spares or even advice. Be reet!!