Monthly Archives: March 2011
Mansfield Fire Museum
Young Michael and I took the K2 and trailer pump, and met Paul and Ryan there event last Sunday. Had a good, but fairly low-key. We did two demonstrations, morning and afternoon, showing use of stirrup pumps (the kids always … Continue reading
Austin K4 TL Restoration
Eventually, it will be grey all over! At the end of August 2011, it blew a head gasket, and persistently boiled over, so the radiator was flushed, and the opportunity taken to do more work in the engine bay.
Dennis No2 Restoration
The Dennis priming clutch got weaker and weaker, until one day, the lever hit the end stop and the pump didn’t prime, so it was ‘game over’, and time for a rebuild.
Nottingham Event update
Latest News – we have been invited to do a road run into the centre of Nottingham, and a display attended by the Mayor of Nottingham in the Old Market Square over the weekend of 7th and 8th May as … Continue reading