GETTING THE STOLLY SHIP SHAPE !

Today we Fix the carb the clutch and the Crane.
Ready for the BIG SWIM!

[@Rory_Semple]

This has quickly become one of my favourite channels, no messing just getting on with the jobs, amazing to see how this vehicle has gone from abandoned in a field, to where you’re at now! Can’t wait to see it finished

[@cumbrian8552]

Well with the Hi-Ab raised up like that at least you'll have the option to rig a sail!

[@nathanz7205]

You have such a cool thing going with the channel and the projects i cant stop watching. I do admit i came from WD but i stayed for every single video and the adventure has been worth all the time i spent. You truly did encourage me to go out and fix the machines that were left for later times, had some old ATVs/dirtbikes i just needed to put time into and having your videos in the background makes it so much more bearable. Don't think i will ever have the time or money for an armored vehicle restoration any time soon but maybe one day and i will know who to blame for it. Keep up these awesome videos, and thanks for letting everyone in the group to add something the video. Seeing the pups always makes the day better.

[@davepearce6359]

Such a great episode. Great job on getting the HIAB going and freeing off the clutch. 😊👍🏻

[@jonathanlever9402]

Joe, thank you for all the education. One little tip from someone who works outdoors, often in the UK it rains but only for 10mins, if you get undercover for 10mins you don't get wet, unless you like getting wet, so far you haven't given that impression.

[@geoffroberts1126]

My impression is it rains for six month of the year and drips off the trees the other six lol.

[@pirated8557]

Amazing work ! Just goes to show how good the original engineering was imo 👍🏼🏴‍☠️✌🏼

[@davefrench3608]

I don’t think swimming is quite on the cards yet. To find a Stollie with swimming gear still fitted is remarkable

[@patchmack4469]

roger that, i've seen a few with Dowty kit still fitted, but no drive shafts (easily made i know) i guess in them days the MoD were or might be a little niffed if a bunch of civi's actually made them work instead of drowning by leaving plugs out - a good friend of mine had one and got tugged by the military police, who thought he might have nicked it, it took twenty minutes of explaining, them cops are not very bright

[@grahamjones4888]

@patchmack4469 Have you seen the price of the plugs!!

[@patchmack4469]

@@grahamjones4888 are we talking wading plugs in the lower hull - send me one, we'll get making them to sell to every stolly owner - saying that, we are just making a load for Challenger, cheap as chips, but we add about 4million percent

[@stewarttaylor5522]

We had to remove all the Dowty marine units, when it was decided that they would now “swim” anymore.

[@FF-mt2yo]

I must say I am very impressed! Not only did you managed to get the old girl running, but driving as well! Bravo gentlemen, bravo!

[@paralogregt]

Amazing how nice those B81 engines sound after sitting for so long.

[@philelliott5327]

Jack will bring arsing around to new levels after his operation.

[@nigelsears7191]

great episode guys , thought this was going in the storage until time permitted or is it just too exciting not try to get it to swim again , cant wait to see the next part , your all completely mad as a box of frogs well done

[@ianb6595]

What I like is that even in the pouring rain you still crack a joke and keep going, hard core man😊

[@crawlstockrc]

Jacks really committed having his legs cut off. “Lieutenant Dan” lol 😂

[@busterdee8228]

Great episode. That's some 'willful' rain. Had a short visit to England years ago. After 11 days, I saw a cumulative hour of sunshine. Wonderful experience. Looking forward to seeing the STOLLY sea worthy.

[@johnnunn8688]

You were in luck, we haven’t had a summer this year.

[@johnnunn8688]

Charlie the welder, looks a little like Ray Mears, the poor bugger.

[@johnnunn8688]

19:30, he said ‘nipple’, 🤭.

[@philleeson7835]

​@@johnnunn8688we have,summer was on a Wednesday afternoon and just into the Thursday morning This year.

[@jimrichards3916]

If you do try to swim the Stolly, make sure the roof hatch is open ready for a quick escape Joe, or Matt if he has any legs!

[@edwardpigg]

Awesome work and love the content. Agricultural engineering at its best.

[@Acewhip]

5:53 Awwww I miss English Summers.... :D

[@richardhasler6718]

Wheeler dealers meets scrapheap challenge meets the A Team.

[@aircooledorion]

So we now have Capt Birdseye on the team, not sure if things are getting better or worse.

[@babaganoush6106]

defo better

[@Nemesis-222]

Arrrrrrrr! The man with the fishy fingers.

[@13thdukeofwybourne69]

Looking at all the holes in the hull. I reckon, it'll be more like Captain Nemo.

[@NUTTER8291]

TRUST ME With captain bird's eye at the helm ... ore even Jack for that matter have the coast guard on Speed dial 🤣

[@ChoppyChof]

If they don’t get better they at least may get batter….

[@dickdegraaff5452]

Dear Joe, Your Alvis Stalwart FV620, alias Stolly, seems to run rather well but offers some disproportion in her reverse gear. Besides that this vehicle has a lot of similarities with a colander😀 At th other hand I really hope you’ll be able to refurbish the vehicle so that it can be used as an amphibious vehicle again. I look forward to your next vlog and send you love from the Netherlands

[@steve1315]

Good work 👍chaps think we need more cameos from Tay though 😂.😎😎

[@michaelfozzard4122]

Nice work lads !and you're enjoying yourselves the the best thing about it ,nowt like a happy occupied head wel done!

[@Eisen_Jaeger]

On rewatch I just wanted to say that I love that even the delivery drive gets stuck in on working on things.

[@Joe0898]

are you selling merch? the 'I IDENTIFY AS A FODEN' hoody is mint

[@MrHewes]

I will do soon

[@Joe0898]

@@MrHewes good to know, I’ll be picking some up 🤙🏻

[@TheTorkerman]

Thoroughly enjoyable stuff fellas 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 that engine sounds sweet

[@darrenhawken9766]

Great work , can't wait to see Captain Bird shite and the Seagull Quartet in the swimming stolly , thanks for sharing 😂👍💨💨

[@SC-mt9ph]

Humans... with knowledge and skills... problem solving... in the rain and dirt.... with banter!.... Love it!!...

[@lordcaptainvonthrust3rd]

That rain is reminiscent of the weather at Market Harborough Showground a couple of weeks ago

[@kiwidonkeyk1656]

I like the way the T34 has been abandoned so you can play with the new toy! I do that trick with the hydraulic oil in my tractor, it just takes 2 months to run out, still easier than pulling the drive off the engine and cab to get to the leaking seals.

[@samleigh7817]

Parts for the T34 are in short supply there is a shortage in Russia, got them on back order.

[@kiwidonkeyk1656]

@@samleigh7817 Well that's as good a reason as any. How the hell do you get parts out of Russia these days?

[@samleigh7817]

@kiwidonkeyk1656 Wait for ukrain to scrap the Russian tanks and then ask them, Poland, to the UK twice a week competitive rates phone Pawel or Pjitor😀

[@kiwidonkeyk1656]

Hmm sounds easier (and I bet cheaper) than getting a front axel diff-lock sensor from Italy. Comes from living in the(very) lower colon of the world's parts supply chain I expect.@@samleigh7817

[@TheDickieP]

One thing I love about you fine chaps is the universal use of safety squints. Incredible work as always

[@VetvsWorld]

Cool watching you blokes give the old girl new life. ✊🏼

[@notsohairybiker]

The hard yellow thing that gets rubbed onto the fiddle bow is rosin. It's a solid form of resin obtained from pines and some other plants, mostly conifers.

[@tooby98765]

And the bos is supposed to have a convex shape. It's not for firing arrows.

[@peterlarkin762]

Remember to rub the rosin violintly

[@dinothelastdinosaur]

Brilliant.Just Brilliant!!... All of it it. The bods,the jobs,the machines... the environment, the vibe, I'm hooked, hurry up and film some more stuff. If I was closer I would volunteer to make tea or shovel sh.... well stuff to help... Good show old beans !!!

[@Wayoutthere]

The engine doesn't even sound to bad really. Amazing

[@ianwestmoreland5950]

Charlie isn't going to get much sleep in the next 10 days. Have you booked uncle Albert for the Stolly's maiden voyage? - Hopefully he won't sink this one! Hopefully Jack won't be out of action for too long, I enjoy the challenge of reading his T shirts. He won't be able to jump up,and down on the tanks so easily. When it rained, were you able to find the capacity of your pants before the rain leaked out? Keep up the good work. 👏👍👏

[@brianwillson9567]

You guys are the tops. Any country with one in ten having your work ethic, intelligence and commitment would rule the world.

[@Mltemple8333]

You understand that’s not a crane but a deployable mast for oceangoing sail rigging? Adds a couple mph when underway in the ocean. All the way it runs a triangular sail, tilt the upper arm it’s a square rigger.

[@user-he5dj6zg6k]

Really enjoying watching this, amazing engineering and new life into this vehicle. well done everyone

[@tommyfree4736]

Im getting the band and captain on the Titanic vibe. My guess is with all the rot on the bodywork I'm sure it will sink just like the Titanic

[@colinblick8946]

Good to see Lazarus is back from the dead 😉 a Defibrillator should sort the rest💪🏼

[@1701enter]

Don't know why but seeing that old lass rolling again is "Thrilling"! (Have you looked at the "Chieftons" vid on this? apparently, as a six-wheel drive, it winds the transmission up to the point of wrecking the transmission on hard surfaces and does not on off-road! brilliant stuff Please keep going!

[@thomasfoster3359]

Amazing to see this iconic vehicle being restored I passed my HGV class 2 in the army over forty years ago brings back lots of memories of being posted in Germany.

[@gunterpelz9291]

You brought back to life what I always thought to exist as my childhood Matchbox model only.😅 Great job !

[@precisionrigging9064]

its amazing the amount of rain you get all the time

[@robwigglezz944]

Can't believe y'all got that moving again. It sounds like all hell, but it's moving haha. Awesome job guys

[@Icebuntrucker]

That's dedication working when is pissing down with rain , Speedy recover to Jack (or Jackie) after the op .?

[@pauldillon4056]

Love the way you guys just get on with problems great work great video.

[@24473878]

That’s a rare one it’s still got the drive shafts for the swimming side of things .we had to remove them back in the day

[@fw1421]

That’s serious dedication,working out in a pouring rain storm.

[@Diesr]

This channel is awesome it wouldn’t (it would) even surprise me if they pull the maus outa the Russian museum From under the dust and rust and get it to work 😂

[@ABrit-bt6ce]

That's an empty shell..... I'll go with what you said.

[@garfield1415]

21:08 paint it purple, and you have a STOLLY-TUBBY "Eh-OH" 🤣🤣

[@giuliochapman]

Can't wait to see her swim! , my son Franco and I watch your videos every night, and tonight he was pretty excited to see a violin on your video ,he can play the violin so was pretty excited :)

[@Gally89714]

Water in the oil keeps it cooler 😉😉 awesome vid once again missing jacks t shirts tho

[@teamidris]

That’s a lot of welding misery. The big holes being the easy bit and that rear right hand corner looks like a two day job on its own :o

[@MercuryGremlin]

Just watched this Stolly vid and Iain Tyrrell tuning a twin V12 Lamborghini engined Riva speedboat in Italy. The similarities of man and machine are uncanny...😉. Both brilliant Bank Holiday entertainment.

[@henrikcarlsen1881]

You can't be wanting to take this cheese out swimming! Seriously? Good thing the crane is working again, so it can lift itself out of the water again 🙂

[@kreemkrackered3755]

That thing literally looks like it's been at the bottom of a pond for the past 20 years. Congrats on the progress so far.

[@johncook3817]

Brilliant video!!! You will have fun in that but it might float like a stone!!!

[@jcr4581]

Amazing. Not one inch without corrosion and rust.

[@jonost24]

I had a Ford Cortina with a similar diaphragm set up in their VV carb. It would only idle and not accelerate. Changed it, Bob's your uncle!

[@magpiespyro]

Great stuff, I don't envy you the job of replacing those rusty panels, regards Phil woollard

[@Paul-xe8li]

Another brilliant video girls and boys and lovely dogs thankyou 🐕🤓

[@EZ-D-FIANT]

Seems a pretty stout platform tbf, from the starter trying to go immediately to the Hydrolics still being good and her running very well aftwr first start all things considering, yea solid looking platform thanks for introducing me to them, you'd recommend one of these over a SKOT then I presume?...👍👌👍

[@MrHewes]

What ever you do NEVER BUY A OT-64

[@EZ-D-FIANT]

@@MrHewes ok I heard you their no good, What would you recommend that's similar?...👍👌👍

[@trevor20988]

@@MrHewes expecting to see one on the channel next week then !

[@JETScaleModels]

hey I wanna see it after a pressure wash!

[@user-js3qj5pd1r]

Colin Chapman would approve of the rust. "Simplify and add lightness"

[@Steve-bq4pq]

I don´t usually do comments that often, hardly ever, but this is my third here on this channel, and it will not be my last. What you´ve already done in this short time is great. You guys are talented and capable, and I´m really into this, please keep going. ( just a bit addicted to that "straight eight" sound, lets me sleep better 😜) Looking forward to the next one. 🤠

[@scotttait2197]

Sorry was hooked at the fit lass "Tay -doing something inapropriate" 😂😂

[@sirwalterkissmecrack]

Great to see. my mate who is ex REME was telling me that there two different HIABS. One for the REME and one for the Artillery that he was attached to. basically , one locks out and the other doesn't. He got it wrong one day and nearly dropped an engine on someone.

[@Eisen_Jaeger]

I figured those piston rams would look a lot worse.

[@ABrit-bt6ce]

Ok, What is the compartment behind the loadbed on a Stolly for? Stowage, buoyancy, beer?

[@MrHewes]

Beer

[@marcfournier823]

While wearing your "captin'" outfit you need to say in your best pirate accent "Whale oil beef hooked!"

[@benjepson8861]

Excellent video really enjoying this one

[@cheesy34]

That violin bow!! Release the tension on it (silver nut at end) and bend the stick the other way!

[@Dwendele]

Mushier than a... Mushy thing. What a wordsmith! 😂

[@jean-lucpicard5510]

0:15 Reminds me off the time I went to Thailand. 😂

[@RoryTrackrod]

I remember going to an auction of military vehicles at an adventure centre, maybe late 90's, in Norfolk. Chieftains made around £3,500, but a Stalwart with crane made most money of all, with a hammer price around £8,500, full working order..

[@davyfella]

I've seen a modification where quick release hydraulic fittings are plumbed to the hyd lines from the engine driven pump. That way if the engine dies on the Stolly, you can connect up a stand alone hydraulic rig or connect it to another Stolly similarly equipped with jumper hoses so that you can operate the crane to unload whatever is in the load bed in order to lift the engine decks to access the engine.

[@kippamip]

Double check the bilge pump is working 😂 and order extra buckets.

[@dereklaw3686]

Good progress, can't wait to see it float......... 😮

[@ianstarcroft]

Or sink. Either way quality content 😂

[@nicholasviney5975]

On the plus side all those holes it should drain out water pretty fast if it just dips it's toes

[@wideyxyz2271]

Arrrrrr Matey life on the ocean waves! This is going to be good one way or another. Nice one chaps and of course Ted!

[@philhermetic]

You are the hero team! Well done Mr Hewes! Phil

[@Yokotukanoshi]

The intro gave me Top Gear vibes, I r8 it

[@jonbeels8969]

Years ago salvage squad recommissioned one of these they had to put all new rubber seals around all the bed doors and a splash guard on the cab to stop the windows getting pushed in

[@arthurhucksake2665]

I see that the old girl has picked up plenty of speed holes and weight saving measures over the years 😅 You’ve got your work cut out for you with the Stollie, but I know that you’ll manage- damn fine work so far!

[@mortynikon6810]

I love watching your videos but could you please sort out the sound I appreciate its not easy...................😀

[@diamondderek848]

I want Mr Hewes and his team on the next TV programme of Scrap Heap Challenge. 👍

[@chrisoakey9841]

You could wire a heater element into the pipe with insulation under it and a button battery. Put a pressure switch in the mouth part so as you bite down on the pipe, it will smoke whatever oil you put in it. You could go somescotch brite, sanding foam or steel wool to hold the oil.

[@jennybn]

i have happy memories of partying in the back of a Stolly on ex-lionheart back in the 80s... that's all it was good for btw!

[@terryreynolds1366]

love this channel this guy is brilliant thanks 🙏👍

[@raggytom]

Love the T shirt. Always a bit of excitement wondering what will be on Jack’s

[@antronargaiv3283]

Ted is the star of this channel 🙂

[@peteparker7396]

You mean you’re going to take her for a submerge? Awesome channel boys, greetings from Texas.

[@Steve-bo6ht]

Crickey state of that hydraulic pipe she's definitely in the right hands know

[@ericcorse]

i like that D Day cap.

[@mrmuttley]

Is Jack getting promoted to Lieutenant Dan.

[@youngsandy47]

As an old Stolly driver I just wish people would peg the clutch down when parking up saves a lot of grief down the road.

[@andywarrington4738]

swim....lol...nah sink , make sure you wear your sea captains hat and can salute as you go down with your stolly lol

[@richardparker3924]

Made me laugh! Thank you for that! I needed it!

[@nemosis9449]

Great work now go and have a cup of tea.