Engines me and my Granddads had over the years (loads of pics)

1st amanco £5

will see what i can find in the archives lol

Cheers Steve

Brilliant Pictures Steve!!!

What a load of great engines you and your grandad had!!

I do like the fact you got a Amanco that cost a fiver lol!!

I like the picture on the PZ prom looks good!

Thanks for sharing

Adam

Cheers!

was bought as a ball of rust, at the time it was the only amanco around cornwall few people got jelous and put washing up liquid in the hopper!

Granddad and 3 more went to form the Kernow old vehicle club (KOVC)

Cheers Steve

A lot of nice engines there,

I had to take a second look at the price of the amanco.

Hope you follow in your Grandfaters footsteps.

Paul

Cheers

Well he started me off when i was 5 now 23 RAF's been a little stumble.

few of mine missing like:
petter m handyman
Stuart P5 non Marine
Norman T300 mk1
watermota K1
Lister D

Just looking for a small project up here

Steve,
I take you are still in the Air Foarce? What trade are you? where are you stationed?

Paul

Thanks for posting photos there great
Chris

Yea been in 4yrs, currently at Corsham, im one of the new trades, ICT Tech, do everything from computers to radar to satellites, basicly anything that communicates. decided not to go for a Aircraft mech, wanted to keep engines as a hobby.

Cheers

Steve

Skankin_giant wrote:Yea been in 4yrs, currently at Corsham, im one of the new trades, ICT Tech, do everything from computers to radar to satellites, basicly anything that communicates. decided not to go for a Aircraft mech, wanted to keep engines as a hobby.

Cheers

Steve

HI Steve

the pictures are lovely, really nice collection.

i too very nearly joined the RAF, my friend was a corporal in 25(F) squadron on the mech techy side of stuff lol, and when i lost my job at ici, he suggested potentially applying for an officers position (something like flight lieutenant or of that level), but things changed, and i changed my mind, and took the graduates post at Corus instead (what a career move that was!). still have a lot of affectionfor the RAF, but my chance has passed, theres a lot more i can do with my life now then there was 2 years ago.

Paul

What great pictures. I have loads similar with my dad'd engines.

SmokeyJoe get them posted on the Forum please
Chris

great phots....thanks....

mike.

great photos there of the engines i take it these pictures would of been taking in the late 80s early 90s due to the cars that are in the background i do like the picture of the vauxhall viva hb in second pic the austin allegro and other vauxhalls pictured like the astra mk1 and chevette the cars of yester years ( real cars with there own looks not all looking the same design like the cars of today )

marcus wrote:great photos there of the engines i take it these pictures would of been taking in the late 80s early 90s due to the cars that are in the background i do like the picture of the vauxhall viva hb in second pic the austin allegro and other vauxhalls pictured like the astra mk1 and chevette the cars of yester years ( real cars with there own looks not all looking the same design like the cars of today )

Um 70's 80's and 90's sattley would have been 00's

Cheers Steve

Skankin_giant wrote:Yea been in 4yrs, currently at Corsham, im one of the new trades, ICT Tech, do everything from computers to radar to satellites, basicly anything that communicates. decided not to go for a Aircraft mech, wanted to keep engines as a hobby.

Cheers

Steve

Hi Steve,

Ive never even heard of RAF corsham,

I was in the RAF for 15 year, i came out in 2000 i PVR,d, i was sick of being treated like a 2 year old,
I was a MT Tech and was stationed at Leuchars, Newton, Lossiemouth, Honington and a whole load of detatchments around the world, I was attatched to the RAF Reg for 9 1/2 year of that mainly Rapier Sqns.

Ive still got a few good mates who keep in touch (mainly gunners) and we are all out.

A lot will have changed since i was in i suppose.

Paul

Hi Paul,

Corsham, is on the Site of old RAF Rudloe Manor, just called JSU Corsham now, full of Army and Civies.

wouldnt have fort much has changed really. just alot more crap to go along with it, oh fitness test is every 6 months and gone up a few levels lol.

i passed on working with the rocks, didnt fancy the Signallers job.

Cheers Steve

Steve,

I know exactly where it is now.

The fittnes test was only once a year when i was in, but i had to do that once a year, BFT twice a year and a CFT twice a year.

The good days

Paul

rab wrote:Steve,

I know exactly where it is now.

The fittnes test was only once a year when i was in, but i had to do that once a year, BFT twice a year and a CFT twice a year.

The good days

Paul

hmm il stick to the 6 month fitness test lol, if they start deploying me places where i need a BFT's and CFT's i know somethings wrong! i did have a easy 1st dept, Bahrain lol, though i known people who got promoted to Sgt before being deployed lol that bad both of them been in 12 - 15 years lol.

Cheers Steve

love the pictures, £5 wouldnt buy you a spark plug these days lol