Back in the 90s I used to go to US government surplus sales all the time. So many huge warehouses chock-full of mystery crates!! Back then very few people were aware of the deals to be found at government surplus sales, and a number of us "insiders" were able to make a pretty good living buying surplus. The internet pretty much killed my ability to find pennies on the dollar deals, both government surplus and off-lease sales. I'll never forget the day I went to the leasing company warehouse, expecting my usual truckload of HP ScanJet scanners (which I was buying for $5 each, end ebaying for $150+) only to be told that there would be no more deals to be had, as they'd just discovered selling online. Originally this particular company would simply dumpster off-lease equipment, till they noticed all the eager dumpster-divers, at which point they opened a retail store. But on that day I knew it was time to find another line of work, the gravy train had finally crashed.
@thadhaines1631
Жыл бұрын
Hate to see that gun get cut up. I get it though...i guess. Thanks ATF......
@MrHewes
Жыл бұрын
Yes totally agree with you!
@paulthompson881
Жыл бұрын
Don't you just love old crates with pressies in. Reminds my of the RAOC depot at Lugershall. Reminiscent of the Indiana Jones warehouse, endless covered buildings with unbelievable amounts of obscure Army gear. MBT's in dryclad including Centurian's, Humber pigs, Saracen, Saladin, Ferrets of all versions including the MK5 Swingfire variant as used by the RAC PARA Sqdn, Wombats, Combats and so on. That was of course 1984, we've probably flogged it all to some obscure country we'll end up fighting.
@johnnunn8688
Жыл бұрын
Drove past both sides of Ludgershall recently, looks pretty bare ☹️.
@frankboff8185
Жыл бұрын
Very interesting video thanks for sharing.
@davidmcalevey6465
Жыл бұрын
Painful watching breeches and barrel assembly pieces being destroyed.
@MrHewes
Жыл бұрын
Not what I wanted to do either believe me!
@davidmcalevey6465
Жыл бұрын
@Mr Hewes you believe they have souls as well.
@TheGeezzer
Жыл бұрын
Great V12 engine sound! Good job on the breech, getting that thing out and halving it was no mean feat!
@Bob-kb5pv
Жыл бұрын
So sad to see a chieftain in that condition. I noticed the vent tube loader was still fitted. It was a gun fitter from my regiment who invented the mod to stop it jamming.
@brianingarfill1773
Жыл бұрын
WOW, just found your page, have to say it is amazing, didn't realize such skills were in existence!!!
@nickaxe771
Жыл бұрын
Wow heavy work....well done guys....that Meteor V12 is a beast.
@sweetpeaz61
Жыл бұрын
you need to use a thermal lance for big stuff instead of the gas axe..they are easy enough to make and much better for really thick plate/casting
@FUBBA
Жыл бұрын
Love to see all those old girls maintained and in civilian hands... from an American.
@dalemurray4923
Жыл бұрын
looks like one of the pots is not firing consistently (2nd from Right) at about 7 minutes 45
@johnnunn8688
Жыл бұрын
Good spot. Just needs a plug I should think.
@woody5109
4 ай бұрын
Interesting fact, in North America, construction contractors that are successful own caterpillar and John Deere equipment. Those just starting out or struggling financially may own a JCB, and that’s never a good sign. However in Europe they seem to be the “goto machine” interesting.
@tcops1729
7 ай бұрын
That V12 start up wow :) Really enjoying your videos, I'm starting from the oldest ;)
@danh8302
Жыл бұрын
Seems like you need an air arc gouge.
@sirmalus5153
Жыл бұрын
That welded in block made it very difficult for you, otherwise cutting through about 6"-7" of metal is straightforward with a straight line burner. Or use a thermic lance next time if you can get one, probably cheaper than all that gas you used and much quicker. Anything is easy when you know how of course and have the right tools. I miss my time in the old steelworks, cutting and repairing ladles etc. I love your tanks, the Chieftain is my fav tank of all time, from when I was a kid.
@AJ-qn6gd
Жыл бұрын
Circa 1980 I owned an Austin Champ and turn key engines in a crate were available from RR services on Battersea bridge road for the princely sum of £140 ! Wish I still had it 😢
@Anonymous..VQ3.5Lg35
Жыл бұрын
Nice engine find!
@kwinterburn
Жыл бұрын
This video came up on my suggestions, so turned it on and thought I recognise that workshop, excellent video nice to see proper work on nice kit, albeit so cold your hand sticks to it, just subscribed and will watch any other videos, I used to have a Champ so I'm sort of biased but keep up the great work ,
@marcusmason3440
Жыл бұрын
love it !!! meteor engine.....every boy should have one!
@davidmcalevey6465
Жыл бұрын
1:20 now that's the sound of Inevitability.
@glynluff2595
Жыл бұрын
The run up seems good with all the exhaust flames the same colour. This was how some racing engines were tuned in the 20/30’s in a darkened shed.
@stewartbrown6037
Жыл бұрын
once they were mounted on the test bed,& everything connected,except the exhaust manifolds,the mixtures were set up before running in& testing after testing the manifolds we’re removed and the mixtures checked again,before removing
@glynluff2595
Жыл бұрын
@@stewartbrown6037 Interesting. I recall that in the 1970’s the Meteor engines supplied to IRHA LAD of which I was part, where reconditioned by Jersey Aviation. Our well sorted Cents, used as armoured OP’s were taken from us and sold to the Austrian Army and I think one or two are now in their museum at Vienna . The replacement Cents were old items that were ex 9/12 who were stationed next to us and by then on Chieftain. Their old units had spent years with them in Berlin where the guns hardly came out of the crutches. All major units were changed in the first two exercises! A very busy time for all!
@stewartbrown6037
Жыл бұрын
@@glynluff2595 i was in the test house @ 38 central workshops,between about 72 to 75,and we were on double day working,6.15-2.15 & 2-10 we could turn an engine round from arrival,running in,and 1 hr test,to removal,back to the workshops for paint,for either the line,or preservation for stores
@glynluff2595
Жыл бұрын
@@stewartbrown6037 Ah! Nice to talk to a proper soldier after all these years! 4 field was our local recourse at Detmold. We were both in Germany at the same time. I was ECE. I walked around the REME museum just before it moved from Arbourfield. My son was quite shocked at the extent of kit I worked on and how much I could still remember. I still had all my training notes etc so I donated them to museum once it had moved. I was a little disappointed when I visited before COVID as I felt it was more a recruiting agency for school parties and a great breadth of what had been on display before was not so available so you could walk round photos saying this could be you if you take the shilling! Still life moves on!
@stewartbrown6037
Жыл бұрын
@@glynluff2595 funnily enough,38 central workshops REME chilwell,was a civvy establishment all the fun overhauling & driving,without the discipline 800 people,approx 100 apprentices even the LAD further away from the main workshops was civvy the only army personnel we saw was a few officers,who theoretically were in charge,and sometimes the transport corps,situated in barracks at the top of the depot
@theessexhunter1305
Жыл бұрын
Have you tried air arc...? Nice work good to see stuff getting done.
@jamesocker5235
Жыл бұрын
Very nice motors
@astro1218
Жыл бұрын
Amazing !
@johnquinn456
Жыл бұрын
Impressive Hello from Grafton Massachusetts
@davidbarnsley8486
Жыл бұрын
How good does that sound ❤❤
@AdamosDad
Жыл бұрын
Sorry I had to leave when you started to talk about cutting up the breach of that magnificent gun.
@andyglewv8
Жыл бұрын
Where do you still find gems like these. Great stuff
@aToast3r
Жыл бұрын
Sounds great with no headers tbh...like 10 lawnmowers running at the same time 😎
@kurtsteiner8384
Жыл бұрын
They look like marine engines i used to work on in the RN on minesweepers.
@ipanzerschrecku4732
Жыл бұрын
Needs twin turbos
@asabatonfan905
Жыл бұрын
Epic👍
@kitbag9033
Жыл бұрын
The fact the boxes have Meteor stencilled on the outside is a bit of a giveaway
@brettjones5041
Жыл бұрын
mates im flabbber funked . ive never seen your videos . top stufff
@CarLos-yi7ne
Жыл бұрын
@ 0:52 "Very hard to find them still like this". Next: @ 1:52 "this one is going in a car actually"....... In this way it soon get's even harder to get them for the "right" purpose! 🤷🏼♂️🤦♂️
@theonlybuzz1969
Жыл бұрын
Oh how I love these toys, unfortunately my mum had stopped my enthusiasm for getting into the military vehicle scene, when I told her that I was nipping over to wales to look ad buy a Ferret she threw herself into a hissy fit! And in NO Way am I t bring one of those disgusting things back home!I tried to reassure her that I would be careful and make sure that I didn’t leave a mess with the Ferret, when. Explained that I was going to power wash the ferret inside and out, she just fainted. What could I do about it? So a year passes me by and I’m starting to get the proverbial itch again, this time with looking at a Scorpion, this was mentioned over dinner at the table and I could see that mum was looking a bit peaked in the discussion. She had asked me where was I thinking of keeping it? “Outside of course “ again she asked where, “on the road of course, I’ll tax it and reclassify it as a private light goods” mum was looking more and more of colour, she asked why would I want to go and do that? “So I could ride it, what else would I want to have a scorpion tank for”. She fainted but when came to she began to understand that I wasn’t talking about furry little felching ferrets and hard shelled crusted scorpions, but military vehicles 🚗. She asked why I couldn’t be more like other testosterone filled young men who would scoured the streets for ladies ? “ but they would constantly cost money and have nothing to show for it “ well my bags were packed and out of the family I left…
@alexandermarken7639
Жыл бұрын
own a tank and rent a lady if needed. Make sure the lady knows how to change the tracks to make it worth your money.
@sararedfearn4691
Жыл бұрын
What a nice letter. In my 1PWO, Recce pl days I just loved the ferrets and our mess tin Land rovers. I did one of the first driver and maintenance course for the Scorpion CVRT at Bovinton. Happy days. MrJR
@cuttersgoose
Жыл бұрын
2 meteor engines.! I have 2 myself!
@Brad.whatthe
Жыл бұрын
Could have hit the face of breach with a grinder to tidy it up a bit before reinstalling, looks a touch rough
@andrewnorgrove6487
4 ай бұрын
perhaps a thermal lance next time
@kingofthepod5169
Жыл бұрын
Funny, it almost looks like a screaming jimmy in alpine green.
@alan-sk7ky
Жыл бұрын
Ah, Merlin on open ports :-)
@johnnunn8688
Жыл бұрын
Don’t forget to show us the Meteor car 🤞👍.
@1_1-1_1.
Жыл бұрын
look at that roar !
@ianwallett7438
Жыл бұрын
I thought I was doing well having a refurbished Land Rover 2.5D engine in a crate!!! 👍
@petrolhead28
Жыл бұрын
Meteor in a car. Bonkers
@The762nato
Жыл бұрын
That exhaust looks close to that fuel tank !
@30pago
Жыл бұрын
Have you tried gouging rods for the cutting ? Could be easier than using oxy
@MrHewes
Жыл бұрын
No but maybe next time
@iaingibbs9589
Жыл бұрын
How many gallons of fuel did you use just running it up like that
@RedClover1987
Жыл бұрын
Portable bandsaw?
@shadowcrusader2283
Жыл бұрын
I JUST LOVE THE SOUND OF THOSE MERLINS
@leoroverman4541
Жыл бұрын
The last time I saw that I was redoing a Rover P5 engine and tested it sans manifolds- a very moving moment.
@navytower1533
4 ай бұрын
My dad worked at Warminster and rebuilt 5 of the meteor engines he’s friends with the man who worked on those engines
@stewartbrown8115
Ай бұрын
Lost count of the meteors I've worked on Spent 2 years in the test house mainly meteors & meteorites
@day348
Жыл бұрын
Is mat still involved in any of your projects
@JDPLOWER
Жыл бұрын
Shut the lights off!🤪
@davesherry5384
Жыл бұрын
Meteors. Says so on the box.
@richardcline1337
Жыл бұрын
Before I even look I'd say these are the old Packard engines like the ones use din the WWII pt boats.
@Slaktrax
Жыл бұрын
Search Packard 3M, 4M or 5M-2500 (2490cu in) you'll see they are very different to the RR Meteor V12 (1650cu in)
@richardcline1337
Жыл бұрын
@@Slaktrax, I didn't say they WERE Packards specifically but to me they looked like them.
@coldshoulder4056
Жыл бұрын
What camera and lens do you use?
@MrHewes
Жыл бұрын
iPhone 14 pro max
@woods457
Жыл бұрын
Try and buy yourself a rotator attachment for your forklift, plumb it in and the use it to unscrew the barrel..
@MrHewes
Жыл бұрын
Now that’s smart!
@woods457
Жыл бұрын
@@MrHewes Next time i see one going in our scrap bin at work i'll try and grab it for you.. Do you need a manual for the CVRT, i've got one you can have?
@woody5109
4 ай бұрын
You have to know how much a Terex weighs in order to know what it’s worth 😂😂
@dukenukem8381
Жыл бұрын
make a buggy with that
@stancamargo6650
Жыл бұрын
Perhaps a engine.
@stewartbrown6037
Жыл бұрын
remember running the meteor on test after overhaul in the engine test house
@MrHewes
Жыл бұрын
You remember this engine?
@stewartbrown6037
Жыл бұрын
@@MrHewes yes worked on a good few,along with the shitty meteorite on the same test bed
@stewartbrown6037
Жыл бұрын
lowered them onto the test bed,bolted down,connected oil tanks electrics etc fitted flame guard above plugs fired up set the mixtures fitted manifolds & associated manifold cooling carried out running in,ran test ,etc and off the bed in one shift
@lordcharles7592
Жыл бұрын
Whats happened to fitter matt ... have you parted ways ?
@drewbarker400
Жыл бұрын
He never added much apart from bigoted remarks and making out he owns everything.
@lordcharles7592
Жыл бұрын
@@drewbarker400 yes he was a bit abrasive! But the videos were well produced and longer
@hartsymk1
Жыл бұрын
What an absolute shame having to cut in half a piece of history.
@MrHewes
Жыл бұрын
Stupid shipping law..
@mikemakuh5319
Жыл бұрын
Looks like #2 on the right side is not hitting all the time.
@MrHewes
Жыл бұрын
I agree
@geraldingram9351
Жыл бұрын
Wow cutting the brech.fantastic
@joshuamcalinden9301
Жыл бұрын
How do I buy a tank from you???
@scotttait2197
6 ай бұрын
Loads of cash!
@johnnunn8688
Жыл бұрын
I’m trying to count the exhaust flames, to discover the firing order. It’s not much of a hobby, I admit.
@rideshareog
Жыл бұрын
Wooo, loud much?
@EBZlivinglarge
Жыл бұрын
I HAD GUESSED IT WAS A CRATE OF BUTTPLUGS
@viktoreimar1240
Жыл бұрын
It litterary says Restored Meteor 4b on the box, how is that a mystery?
@danbrit9848
Жыл бұрын
man....so whose honda civic is one going in...lol
@AhmedAdly11
Жыл бұрын
How much for the T-34???
@MrHewes
Жыл бұрын
14p and a packet of quavers
@oldfarmer3001
Жыл бұрын
Nice hdr cam….
@MrHewes
Жыл бұрын
iPhone
@fredhinck9685
Жыл бұрын
Highly doubt they're MYSTERY boxes.
@paulthompson881
Жыл бұрын
Why on earth would there be a requirement to go to this level of deactivation? The L11A5 gun used obturators to seal the breech, the gun would just flash back with any attempt to fire it without them fitted. I've never seen a set in private hands.
@MrHewes
Жыл бұрын
I’ve seen manny in private hands
@paulthompson881
Жыл бұрын
Fair enough. Wouldn't trust them though, primary seal usually failed quickly, only leaves about 4mm steel from a proper roasting. Happy holidays bud.
@charlesuplifted5216
Жыл бұрын
Because the USA is terrified of Americans Many Americans have created genius’s ways to activate weapons Just look how many ideas we have for converting semi auto weapons into machine guns … Basically they do not want any civilian easily capable of re arming this tank because unlike 🇬🇧 We can also easily find shells and explosives to arm and fire them
@bobwilliams6752
9 ай бұрын
Having to cut the breech in half what a waste
@markcarter9476
Жыл бұрын
Who is the customer for the tank? I know Mr Putin is a little short on supplies.
@Slaktrax
Жыл бұрын
You are dreaming or swallowing western propaganda. How the collective west has been completely duped by the politicians and the MSM. Real News; search Col Doug MacGregor, he'll tell you the real news.
@Baribrotzer
Жыл бұрын
They're not mystery boxes. They say what's inside them, at 0:05!
@MrHewes
Жыл бұрын
🙄
@jimbrisco1365
Жыл бұрын
How Sad
@devonlloyd8778
Жыл бұрын
What a shame that they have to be neutered😔
@scotttait2197
6 ай бұрын
Cant watch the gun deactivation its like historical vandalism
@lazenblaze9896
Жыл бұрын
LIVLRG
@QwertyQwerty-zn8wz
Жыл бұрын
Мужицкий анбоксинг, а не эти ваши айфоны.
@paulshillito7162
Жыл бұрын
Yes tank engines
@feelinghealingfrequences7179
Жыл бұрын
please prioritize finishing the job for whistlindiesel
@MrHewes
Жыл бұрын
We waiting on shipping
@lkchild
Жыл бұрын
@@MrHewesdeep wading kit and a life jacket. You know it makes sense.
@aaronwilkinson8963
Жыл бұрын
Its cringe watching this guy ruin that tank
@billgeorge7804
Жыл бұрын
Well seeing as the box at the opening had ‘Meteor’ stencilled on the side, it kind of gave the game away that this was a Centurion tank engine. I stopped watching after that.
@MrHewes
Жыл бұрын
Cool story bro
@charlesuplifted5216
Жыл бұрын
Boy I bet your fun at a party aren’t ya bill George ?
@ekspatriat
Жыл бұрын
Odd....It would only have been an extra 30 seconds before he opened the crate to see what it was anyhow!
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