Guess the mystery Project?

[@craigjewkes]

You can never have too many Centurions in your garage.

[@thelandshark8103]

My guess is a Centurion Mk3 Ice cream van. I'm probably wrong but it would make a fortune at shows. Plus you could easily take out the competition.

[@markedwards158]

The thing i love about you guys is your absolute devotion to health and safety is second only to Colin Furze and his safety tie. Keep up the good work, looking forward to seeing this project completed. 👍

[@babaganoush6106]

i think they must be welsh; health and safety are not recognised in the language

[@ipanzerschrecku4732]

Safety on ladders with Colin Furze.

[@lwilton]

I looked at that odd turret arrangement and thought "Oh! A bridge layer without the bridge bits!" Of course that guess was wrong. But it got me thinking that you need to track down a bridge layer with it's bridge, and get it working. 🙂

[@the_bunse]

I had the same thought when I first saw it :)

[@good-ql6un]

@@the_bunse same

[@richardhunt1384]

Yep same thought as well.

[@milesfinch]

Bridge laying tank to show off with at the shows....you bloody legend!!!

[@Dubr1s]

This question might be a little bit personal, but how did you get to the position where you are now? Like a backstory about you.

[@MrHewes]

Il do a vid on this soon

[@Dubr1s]

@@MrHewes Lovely to hear that :)

[@callen6893]

Lots of money and bad decisions I would guess.

[@oakashthorn5714]

He started off in the royal engineers then head hunted by the SAS now he plays with tanks..

[@Dcjoe94]

Like what's the goal I don't wanna sound like a troll but 😂 where where. You when everyone was trying to clap cheeks at arena 51 lol😂 really though it's amazing what your doing don't think anyone else is doing it imagine how many tanks you could salvage

[@robwigglezz944]

Lol, the clip board face shield. Genius.

[@Panburns]

I’m guessing you are going to build the worlds first tracked Trebuchet, think of all the fun to be had launching cars across you Dads Field.

[@nicholasglanfield9221]

Fascinating vehicle. Was going to say it could be a test mount for gun barrels during the clip. But was confirmed at the end. Love the knowledge and humour you guys have.

[@trampertravels]

The turret floor is thick and the turret race teeth are chunky and so that indicates that they were expecting a lot of downward pressure and so I think this is the testbed for the Mk 4 Centurion, which was never put in to service, the 95mm CS (Close Support) Howitzer.

[@thomweber4102]

Likely a fv4005 stage 2. The tank with a 183mm gun. Looking at that mount in the turret. And also he said one was made of it

[@Cornish21Pasty]

Or even the Stage 1. It featured an autoloading system although, im pretty sure that one was on railway tracks instead of tank tracks.

[@thomweber4102]

@@Cornish21Pasty if im not making a mistake, the autoloader was build(or built) on tank hull with tracks as well. Only problem it had was that the turret was to small or the turret whould have needed to be larger which they didnt want

[@ComradeFarquhar]

Not related to the 4005 project actually Its the 140mm gun mount, used to test the 140mm Gun the Brits made and never ended up using

[@johnnunn8688]

I thought he said he was going to make the only one of it? Edited to add, Tankopaedia says none were made 🤷‍♂️.

[@lx1995Mk2]

Solely for testing a gun. Air ram and manual elevation connect to the bottom of the breech. Why'd they have to use a tank hull for it?

[@davidlloyd8284]

I’m impressed with that Milwaukee compressor running the needle gun for any period of time!

[@MrHewes]

Same good thing

[@darrellsears-uk]

Maybe the most uneconomical camper tank or a pizza delivery tank?

[@oWAR1OCKo]

Im really glad I stumbled across this channel. These videos are really interesting on a number of levels.

[@led5762]

some kind of self propelled artillery piece,nice one

[@terik3312]

It's the centurion test bed for the Royal Ordenace 140mm incredibly rare find

[@roberteyres424]

Thanks for another great video. Cheers from Brisbane Australia.

[@jeremyslade8603]

Saw Crouchy coming through Walcote with that on the back while I was out in the Wolf. Knew it'd be heading your way lol. Looks solid

[@mrspudly1]

Love your PPE, best use for a clip board ever.

[@Calamity_Jack]

You're going to mate a 240mm howitzer cannon to it!

[@ipanzerschrecku4732]

Concorde? Please let it be a Concorde. When is it ever going to be a Concorde? Please God let them see the light!

[@keithrushforth4019]

That would make one hell of a pumpkin launcher.

[@drdoomslab]

Looking forward to the Tank Trebuchet, or maybe remote tank? lol Cheers for the vids.

[@kerrydunn7760]

It might be a time of life it maybe I’m nuts maybe But I really do feel like I could just done the protective gear and happily make lots of noise and wire brush and sand away to my hearts delight and not want payment for it Kind of like using a power hose another worth while endeavour and pass time lol

[@robinhadley]

Catapult for launching the Jet Provost 😁

[@oldmanwith]

1: You’re putting a 5th wheel on it and you’re going to drag a low loader with Crouch’s Scania on it just to confuse the DVSA and plod. 2: You’re putting an extending ladder on it with air adjustable elevation because you’ve got a barn roof to fix. 3: You’re putting a jib with a couple of slings on (again air adjustable) just to support the bones now you’ve obviously killed Jack off as he didn’t appear again after hooking them up at the beginning. 4: Inspired by the pride broom handle camera mount featured previously you’re building the worlds most capable all terrain self propelled camera tripod.

[@dc-4ever201]

Guess your gonna make a mobile crane outta it, given the mount ontop, it's had something like that on it already or an excavators arm.

[@chrisoakey9841]

Looks like a great candidate for a telehandler & tow vehicle.

[@matthewheutel3405]

Proper project you lot have then. I’m rightfully puckered to see what you get on with. Cheers!

[@coryk1045]

I guessing that’s an old crane mount but the fv4005 stage one comes to mind. Whatever it is it will be neat. Trebuchet tank?

[@Brigadier9]

That or purpose-built as a test mount for that gun shown towards the end.

[@alxgu198]

That’d make a crackin’ overland camper! 🤔

[@bradleypetrash-jc3dd]

It's a fv4005 chassis and that mount is for the 183mm that makes anything non-existent

[@Shoorit]

140mm

[@allensnook7760]

Gonna be one hell of unigue piece of moving steel,will it move on its own engine we look forward to that awnser.snooky pa.was an 88 recovery tanker 81 to 87 love old beasts.!!army👍💥👍

[@nickslistm246]

First guess is long range self-propelled field artillery, second guess is mobile bridge layer.

[@simonwoodward438]

I want to say ice-cream van but suspect you are making a bridge layer.

[@FrontSideBus]

I reckon that bucket excavator that was dragged out will soon be mounted on that turntable!

[@MrHewes]

🤣

[@grahamellis9533]

Is it going to be a Paper Weight?

[@alanbeckett4]

I may need to slightly reinforce my IKEA desk :).. Let's see those letters blow away now!

[@jessen00001]

Great stuff. Looking forward to seeing 🎉

[@colinblick4903]

Looking at the Trunions I new it had some sort of artillery piece attached…… test bed…. Very rare….. 1 careful owner, just run in 😉😂

[@stuartdenty3163]

Fascinating stuff Joe and Adam. Great content. Cheers.

[@philipspencer1834]

Scania V8 conversion into a mobile crane with a Palfinger jib (crane) on the turret rotator.

[@jeffheld3971]

Slip ring is the component where all electrical signals are transferred to the turret..

[@agt155]

ROF mobile gun testing platform. Second pic gun looks to be an XL30 - later used on Challenger 2. First pic could be a 140mm experimental, probably from early 90s.

[@185LANDY]

I will be looking forward to this project you never amaze me with your ideas

[@bulldog1066jpd]

I'm invested... pink hats is defo Joe's colour like pink shirts are to any blokes Saturday night attire 😂😂😂

[@donkeykong7777]

Will it be the new home of the 15 Inch Naval Gun about to be stolen from outside the Imperial War Museum? 🤔

[@Jonny_The_Organism]

What a nice big INTERNATIONAL HAPPINESS DAY BIG TOW!!! 😁😎👍

[@Jonny_The_Organism]

....sometime soon we'll know how your garden grows....

[@parrykids8349]

Can’t wait to see what it will end up as, always wondered if the action x turret in the Tank museum will ever get put on a hull🤔

[@stuartburgess2409]

Yep must be a bridge layer with that great big pivot , think I saw one at engineers open day at Chatham barracks , my mates dad worked there as a civvy instructor, I also learned how to gas weld lumps of metal together on an open day ,the h&s boys would have a fit if kids were allowed to do that today !

[@Shoorit]

Did the bridge layers have the turret still?

[@simonmarsden66]

@@Shoorit no

[@stuartburgess2409]

@@Shoorit no I don't think so , the turret was removed or never fitted to the base vehicle , they had special attachments/rams to unfold & push the bridge over the gap to be crossed , I was taken in by the big pivot point .

[@cavegod1]

Your going to make it reliable!

[@alantd44]

I reckon you’re fitting it out with a kitchenette and fold out bed for your new channel: “MR Hewes does Van-life”

[@darknut9696]

is that the AVRE bridge loader?

[@chrisosborne6957]

got to be an open top/convertible and filled with seats for wazzing around show grounds, or a motorized hot tub

[@Ibis117]

You could always do a pick-up conversion, like the one at DeBoss Garage.

[@1chish]

What is the project? Let me guess: The MoD have been mightily impressed with your projects and are going to donate 1 × BAE 4.5-inch Mk 8 naval gun off HMS Montrose being decommissioned in Portsmouth.

[@1701enter]

You have heard of "Glamping" well this could be the opposite Perhaps an old caravan or workman's hut poorly secured on the top of the hull and allowed to blow into the wind so you have a truly crappy experience? or a good crane

[@tonyhobson9677]

I worked at Barnbow in the 80s working on Chal1, the chassis on them were still stick welded

[@TonyHoldenEsquire]

Probably used at one of the Proof And Experimental Establishments for testing barrels.

[@pokutzuu]

First a good clean, as you said, after figured how to add as much possible hydraulic sistems, improve electric and electronic sistem,making it "smart",this can be done with not spending much,most of them in scrap yard ..good luck with your project..

[@cosmic668]

Maybe the FV4004 Conway, only one ever built. That was based on a Mk3.

[@donnyanda3191]

love a good centurion i have a gunners sight for one, dont know why i keep it just something i picked up

[@johnnunn8688]

I thought everybody had one?

[@simon26westlands]

I overtook this on the M62 last week and I wondered if it was one of Mr Hewes's!

[@KanonOC]

building a fv4005 would be cool. aka assault shed

[@blackdotkiller1]

You are going to turn it into a mini Cooper 🤣🤣

[@seanohalloran]

Are you converting it into a camper ?

[@markbarton]

Ice cream van - it can get places no ordinary van can get. And the tune it plays needs to be flight of the valkyries

[@fat_biker]

Is it going to have a 183mm gun on it? If it is, & there is still any 183mm HESH in an ammo store somewhere, the Ukrainians would definitely enjoy borrowing it for a few months...

[@1961kickboxer]

Will it have a 183mm gun attached to make some artillery platform.

[@seanpeat1438]

Spotted this on the motorway, thought it could be yours :)

[@roderickmacgregor4867]

I reckon your gonna fit some kind of open top seating arrangement so you can give more people a jolly at shows with fancy seats and little or no protection just sign this waiver and give me £20 for a trip round the farm or even at shows

[@deanhovell177]

It looks like stainless steel welding!!

[@simonallen6427]

Any more on the history of this vehicle? You might like to contact the Guy who runs the Armoured archive youtube channel for more on this vehicle.

[@burville100]

I'm loving your Covid shielding mask....It's mint! As for the build......Ice cream van??😁

[@hansdurrer1604]

Centurion Bridgelayer would be great🥰🤘

[@oldtugs]

Just noticed you use WD-40 on hot bolts and such, that stuff is worthless for that, use beeswax instead. It doesn't vanish in a cloud of perfumery smoke and works its way down the threads to provide lube while the bolt or nut is still very hot.

[@peterswales2360]

It looks good but the driver lost the bridge somewhere on the motorway 😅

[@tomkyle5213]

That, or one very like it, used to live at Eskmeals. It could be fitted with a 4.5" naval gun, or any army gun barrel like 155mm or 203 mm/ 8", used for testing barrels made in Barrow.

[@alamocannon3791]

Your going to put a heavy lift crane on it. Bit like whats on the Foden.

[@nitriostalker6819]

Are you thinking of the FV4004 or the FV4005 stage II. There's two prototypes that I knew of back when I was younger.

[@martinshort6402]

you going to make a mk3 campervan !!

[@andrewkeefe903]

Hedge trimmer. You are going to convert this heap of heartache into a Salisbury Plain hedge trimmer.

[@patchmack4469]

by looks of it - it were a big bang stick - oh there's an idea Jo, build an extra large pea shooter, with flames and stuff i been watching the lads at the Australian Tank Museum, they do a great job restoring etc, rebuilding bent up sides of tanks, made in steel of all silly thicknesses and i seen them welding the panels together, using both tick and mig, stainless steel wire, very cool, can't be cheap, just wondering if that's how you Centurion was built, no rusty dust on the welding? oh i can get all anoraky (not Iraqi) i just been watching vids of US naval guns, as you do, the barrels were very cleverly made in several parts so they could be re-sleeved later on when worn out, the were nicely balanced so they didn't require a huge ram to adjust the height at the rear, the bearing was a clever piece of kit in its self, a frictionless trunnion bearing each side, almost a floating bearing with a narrow space all round, 5" naval guns were supported from a centre point, on the trunnion bearing, its proper nice engineering if your into that sort of thing, you can find vids on the USS Texas kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6Xch4GfZc-An6c will be an interesting project to sink your little teeth into, certainly keep you off the streets which is probably very wise

[@rodneysitler1526]

What is your back story? How did you get into repairing tanks.

[@MrHewes]

I will do a video about this

[@rodneysitler1526]

@Mr Hewes looking forward into watching it, thank you

[@hekko161]

I was gonna say FV4005 Stage I but the mount seemed bit different. Eh, nothing too big for the boys with a welder.

[@Shoorit]

First ever 4 rotor tank.

[@Sgt_Bill_T_Co]

Maybe make a half decent crane out of it?

[@tommyfree4736]

Recovery/crane to help with engine removals 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@STHV_]

I had no idea the 140mm testbed even still existed!

[@lx1995Mk2]

Thanks, thought it looked too small and wrong mount for 183mm thought it was a 105

[@Shoorit]

@@lx1995Mk2I thought 183mm at first.. then noticed too many differences. So thought maybe 120 experimental and then found the picture of the 140mm test with the 120mm test. Interesting stuff, I bet there’s video of it hidden away somewhere.

[@lx1995Mk2]

@@Shoorit it's a unusual setup the air jack and screw jack both connect to the back of the gun, but the big thing is why a rotating mount to test the gun on it instead of welding the mount to the hull since after the test they didn't convert it back to a Mk3 or later then it didn't matter about permanent modifications to the hull. Not much point in testing if a 140/120 would work if there's no turret to test and the hull is already tested with 183mm why not just have the mount on the concrete pad to begin with

[@ianmclaren5297]

Fv3805 ?

[@Shoorit]

@@lx1995Mk2 maybe they were testing how the turret ring and bearing would hold up with that particular calibre, also could be something to do with the testing accuracy or repeatability after multiple shots. Also also testing positioning of the barrel and breach within the turret.. I’m not an expert on tanks and guns just from my engineering view that’s what I thought.. probably way off though.

[@landrelarose745]

The two of you were talking about the welds inside that tiny compartment. They probably didn't have any other process other than shielded metal arc welding at that time. I'm possibly wrong about that, though. I'll ask Google that question.

[@funkmobb9368]

Whatever yew make or do , Im down 2 watch .

[@richardpalliser7495]

Gotta be a recovery vehicle/crane……

[@geoffrey6000]

Please tell me you are going to build an FV4005 turret for it?!!

[@paulnutter1713]

Is it some sort of tracked vehicle based on a mk3 centurion hull????

[@DaveSmith-hp1sw]

so much love for ted :) and those fodens doing work !!!

[@MrHewes]

He’s star of the show

[@darrenhawken9766]

Was this the ultra rare convertible chip butty centurion? Tanks for sharing 💨💨💨👍

[@kalicom2937]

It was marked DRA F/H which I would guess is Defense Research Agency Fort Halstead. That will give you a hint to where the vehicle may have been and in what time frame.

[@iainleverton5510]

great show , wish they could be longer though !

[@vermillion.__-_.]

either a movable bridge or Fv4005

[@wideyxyz2271]

Death Star replica !!!!!!!!!! Lols....I have no idea

[@chrisbacon3071]

YES Bring it back to fighting condition!