i’ve not written stuff for a bit, i’ve been meaning to but haven’t had the time.
things have been very busy. i’ve got lots done on the bus. got it all running, serviced it, cleaned and fixed bits of the interior. fixed the dirver door and
yes it’s true ! did the MOT prep. all that was needed was a new wiper blade and a new headlamp (the lhs one had a stone chip/hole and the reflector was all corroded.

anyhow. after much excitement i took the bus for an MOT this morning…
it was all a bit hectic. had to stop at halfords to get a new headlamp bulb. ran out of petrol. filled up with petrol. flattened battery. call king nathan to get jump start. won’t start. loud bang like gunshot. give up. call aa. aa arrive. gets it to run .. on about 2 1/2 cylinders. water weeping form left hand side head/waterjacket seal. get towed home…
run through possibilities. strong suspicion of broken head stud..
therefore block is potential scrap.

bummer.

however. talk to marco on phone and run through some options. he can build me a new 2.1 fully balanced with cam and compression ratio of my choice etc etc etc in about 2 1/2 weeks.

the budget’ll go out the window though..

let’s hope i sell lots of t shirts at the weekend..

oh btw the new stickers arrived this morning. bus hooliganz. they’re nice.

i packed up all the stamped addressed envelopes that people have sent asking for freebies. by way of apology for the delay i chucked a handful of mixed sweets into each of the bags, so if your stuff turns up in the post in the next few days and it’s all stuck together i don’t know anything about it…

one of the interetsing addresses on the envelopes is stefon at the chinook maintenance school ar RAF odiham…i’m hoping that stefon will send me a picture of one of the new bus hooliganz stickers on the back end of a chinook…
that would just about make my year.

someone also asked about the webshop.
yes the webshop is in dollars but you will be billed in pounds (there’s nearly 2 dollars to the pound at the moment!)

yes international shipping is no problem
ordering from the uk and europe is no hassle at all and actually works out cheaper than me printing and sending from the uk…