WE BOUGHT & REPAIRED THIS CHIEFTAIN TANK FOR LESS THAN £20,000
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Published 2024-07-27
We wanted to get the last few jobs done ready for our local Military Show.
Next week we plan to get our other Chieftain tank running but will we have enough time?
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All Comments (21)
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If someone had told me I would enjoy watching a bloke welding one rusty bit of metal to another one I’d have told them to take themselves off to a dark room and have a good think but here I am loving it.
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4:31 "Because we're going to do some Chieftain drag racing, which I don't think has ever been done before." Spoken like someone who's never talked to soldiers about the sort of shenanigans they get up to!
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All joking aside, bloody great achievement to get the concrete chieftain running again
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"We purchase, restore, sell and display our Tanks at Tank Fest, but we are not experts" 😂
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The sound of that chieftain has just taken me back 40 years. My father worked at ROF Leeds all his life. The factory was local , me and my mates would spend our summer holidays watching the tanks going around the test tracks. Shame my father has passed away , his knowledge of the chieftain would have been really useful to you.
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Always remember my first encounter with the Chieftain on an Exercise in Germany, we had 7 attached to us and 4 broke down on the first night, the screaming sound and smoke was biblical - engrained in my tiny brain forever. Yet another great Vid to watch Mr Hewes - thank you for sharing.
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I love the brilliant engine covered in starting fluid cans😂
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Jack is correct on maritime terminology. Ships have a plimsoll line which indicates the minimum freeboard height a ship can have when fully loaded.
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Tip: Fuel/Water containers, drill a hole in the top opposite the pour spout, insert a tubeless tire valve stem, remove the schrader valve, screw the cap back on. When you're ready to pour, remove the cap and it will vent without the glug glug glug splashing everywhere mess. I did that to everyone of mine on our farm, 8 in total. Work like a charm!
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Your workforce should have stood outside by a brazier, on strike, calling you a scab, for that authentic Leyland feel.
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I love the sound of a Chieftain. Thank you for sharing your work on these fabulous machines. I grew up around these old girls and remember that sound so well.
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I worked at the company that made TRP (among others) aerosol sprays. Those can can take a beating, I've had them fall from 2 pallets+ high up. But only if it falls on a magical spot about a foot or less of the floor will it first spray all over your work boots, and then take off like a rocket through the entire isle.
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I have always hoped that you would eventually paint the words "Concrete Chieftain" on the side when you're done with this one so when it goes to shows and what not, people would be told the story about how it was at one point filled with concrete.
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Chieftain drag racing!!! Engineering competence, initiative , humour. You and your guys have got it all. Great Britain may have lost most of its greatness but you alone account for most of the 1% which remains.
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I don't care what anyone says about the L60, it sounds mint! I love the supercharger noise as well.
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Leyland cars, wasn't that the place where workers signed the visitors book when arriving at work?
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Plimsoll line!
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"The engine is very reliable" The Engine:
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Love your & your team's enthusiasm and positivity in the performance of your armor repair "duties," Mr. Hewes! Keep up the good work!!
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It is still God damned amazing how y'all removed all that concrete from that engine compartment and the crevices and crannies, welded engine mount hard points back in and got an engine pack fitted back in with linkages and wires and plumbing. Very good of you to give that tank another chance to live.
