When a Chevrolet vis not a Chevrolet
In this case it is an English Bedford of the 1950's with a homemade" house"
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Got to love some of the old British vehicles.
They all had CHARACTER!
Many decades ago (just shy of 50 years ago) I worked on a 1942 Thames 6X6 "Rommel chaser". Yes, followed Rommel across N Africa in WW II. We were in the foothills of the Himalayas (elevation over 8,000') and it ran like ****. Owner could not read the OE shop manual (6" thick) and had no idea how to tune the updraft carburetor on the flat head 6 cylinder. Yes, set for sea level 30+ years earlier was not the correct mixture.
No language in common, but in sign language asked to look under the hood (BIG HOOD). Very quickly adjusted the carb main jet and had a friend for life.
The rest of the story was I was hitchhiking around the world and was caught in the first Russian military coup in Afghanistan. We went and hid in the Himalayas until it was safe to return.
They all had CHARACTER!
Many decades ago (just shy of 50 years ago) I worked on a 1942 Thames 6X6 "Rommel chaser". Yes, followed Rommel across N Africa in WW II. We were in the foothills of the Himalayas (elevation over 8,000') and it ran like ****. Owner could not read the OE shop manual (6" thick) and had no idea how to tune the updraft carburetor on the flat head 6 cylinder. Yes, set for sea level 30+ years earlier was not the correct mixture.
No language in common, but in sign language asked to look under the hood (BIG HOOD). Very quickly adjusted the carb main jet and had a friend for life.
The rest of the story was I was hitchhiking around the world and was caught in the first Russian military coup in Afghanistan. We went and hid in the Himalayas until it was safe to return.
