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Hi Cliff, Should be able to collect after I return from holiday in 2 week's time, :( meanwhile planning the camper conversion as discussed with Dennis in other post.... Any plans yet for where you'll take yours to offroad it? I've always fancied going over for a couple of the French offroad rallies ...

Hi Dennis, Pleased that you think the demountable camper body scheme could be a goer - checking out some of the prices for expedition vehicles from the US and Germany has been a real eye-opener!, though they are all based on new vehicles so no true comparison possible with a Volvo ex-military vehicl...

Sorry - I presumed they have the standard military jaw coupling - Dennis or Vince ??

Roy

I reckon that's probably around 30 degrees George (I build tilting vehicles for a living) which probably felt scary enough - anything over 40 degrees is very, very scary at low speeds (my vehicle's pulling 1.2G when it gets to that angle) although London buses tilt to 45 degrees before they go over ...

In the C303 manual specs it says "40%" George - which I guess equates to approximately 40 degrees as a percentage of horizontal! No doubt taller tyres will reduce that a bit - how about : a side-slope, a big tree, a good rope and a big protractor....then you can let us all know for real! :...

Hi George, Don't know if this helps at all but when I contacted Volvo UK a few years ago for parts for a C306 they said as long as I had the Volvo part number they could get the parts within a week normally. Hopefully they should still be able to do this in the UK, so if you have any trouble in the ...

> The grey hat is British diplomatic corps issue 1901, I have a similar in black beaver for formal occasions (about the same era). Is it possible that Beaver has a different usage in the States and UK :wink: don't think I'd want one on my head....mind you 'Merkans are different! (look it up!) > I d...

Thanks Mike, I designed nArrow to overcome the gradual log-jam that's taking over the major Eurpean cities. It tilts, just like a motorcycle and penetrates stationary traffic, just like a motorcycle (only allowed in Europe though I understand) but the steel safety cage, car seats, seatbelts and GRP/...

< In Colorado its about $2.10 for regular petrol and $2.33 for "dizzle".(DERV). There is the taxless pink stuff but you can only get that at AG stores etc. Increasingly you can buy Biodiesel at about 20c more per gallon.> That really makes owning a C3 or Pinz realistic then, I wouldn't bot...

Thanks for the link TiredIron, checking for UK suppliers today. When you were doing your articulation tests on the ramp did you see much chassis flex? The reason for asking is for my camper project, wondering if the rear box will move too much (if the chassis flexes) to allow an over-cab extension o...

Be very interested to see pics of your new guy's Haf special when it's up and running Dennis. I had a succession of Haf's in the 70's, using them for UK All Wheel Drive Club trials and speed (!) events - even did an overnight Hill Rally in a LWB fibreglass cab variant - misery with ineffective scree...

Now you've had chance to use it some - how does the 3 litre petrol unit cope with those tall Boggers TiredIron? Is the on-road performance affected much and do they have much impact on fuel consumption? (not that it bothers you for their intended use of course!) Can I be very rude and ask how much t...

Hi Dennis, If you could pull off the C303 diff 'hatch' plate and count the splines (or gear teeth??) on the pinion shaft that would be very useful indeed, as it might open up the possibility for diesel conversions (more work for you I'm afraid!) for those lower-revving diesel units. Also means we co...

So is the plan to replicate a swedish military camo pattern Cliff? I didn't know there were recognised standard patterns...you live and learn. I still think Vince's beige 303's are the best-looking paint jobs, very reminiscent of Steyr-Puch's, which is actually Fiat Sand Tan beige as I recall. Dudle...

They surely do look the business!

Do let us know how they perform off-road please.

Roy