The Abandoned Tank Project Episode 8 - Its back together! Will the Centurion Barv start and drive?

In episode 8 of the abandoned tank project the Centurion Barv is finally all back together and ready for us to attempt to start and drive her after all those years laid up. She narrowly avoided being scrapped so will she run after at least 20 years of neglect?
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[@rodneysitler1526]

That is so cool I was a tank mechanic in the USARMY and to see that old girl move under her own power is awesome. Great job guys.

[@apostlestumpy]

Great work by all involved! Interesting to see a Hawker Sea Hawk behind under wraps!

[@welshpete12]

Yes I noticed that , wouldn't be great if they could get that flying again ? But I guess it's asking to much !

[@ENGFragStorm]

Cracking work lads, time for a sausage roll!

[@fittermat]

Still waiting on the greggs sponsorship

[@2341jasonb]

You did a good thing awsom to see these old girls coming back to life 👍🏼

[@alexandermccarthy]

You did, indeed, do a thing. A very good thing!!

[@robertbelcher9812]

Congratulations. I love the teams enthustiasm and crap banter :)

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

👍👌👏 Simply fantastic! Extremely well done! Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and health to all involved people (and dogs).

[@cartyharley]

Great job - must have been the Haribo that helped it start! Well done lads great to see it on the move thanks to all your hard work

[@bobbyspity]

Good effort guys ! Result you certainly did a thing 😃

[@kevinnye5132]

Congratulations guys 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 great job

[@dr.chubchin1534]

you guys did a banging job, she sounds beautiful!

[@burville100]

Awesome! I bet you all are well chuffed.

[@F6FHellCat0013]

Kudos great to see a old vet tank come back to life

[@rangeroverl322]

Brilliant chaps, really chuffed for you

[@GARDENER42]

A great result. Fantastic job from all involved.

[@roberthiggins6401]

Smashing to see her moving under her own steam and it looks like she runs on Haribo!

[@brucehemming9749]

Amazing well done 👍 have enjoyed watching the progress thank you for sharing

[@QALibrary]

very well done

[@garfield1415]

Bravo guys, Bravo the Centurion Barv finally runs under its own power!

[@nedcollier1495]

great effort by all, well done, worth the graft and vision...... Eamonn

[@paralogregt]

Well done so good to see it running again.

[@nightwalker5278]

What is it about tanks and big engines? Just awesome!!

[@Centurion3RTR]

She wouldn't start at first because she needs two bags of Haribo starmix and one bag of jelly babies, the mixture needs to be right. All joking aside, she sounds great lads.

[@AndrewPayne]

amazing job guys! well done!!

[@PeteCourtier]

Top drawer. Brilliant stuff🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@robleary3353]

Good on you! Great job thus far!

[@carlkinsey8736]

Congratulations for all your hard work lads.

[@johankotze42]

Great job! Well done!

[@LJbradbury]

Nice work guys, love the vids. From an ex British Soldier.

[@cbmsysmobile]

Congratulations! Nice to see it move under its own steam again.

[@jorgennorrman4023]

Absolutley awesome !

[@neilfairless4589]

Champion, get brew on.

[@mikeakhurst1855]

Sounds sweet now it’s running. You did a thing

[@grant209]

What an awesome sight . . . well done guys

[@gregsmall5939]

Love the fact somebody put a 4x4 chock block behind it. Which it basically ignored...

[@paddyberwick7589]

She's alive. Class love the videos

[@MegaLingster15]

well done lads, that thing is awesome!

[@samrodian919]

Wehaaaaaaayeee! Well done lads! It would have been interesting to know what was preventing the meteor from starting up. Was it crap fuel or sparking problems, or something else? Now running it sounds sweet as a nut.

[@MrHewes]

It was non spark caused by the wrong engine oil filming up the plugs. The oil I used was too thin..

[@syncrosimon]

Awesome🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@brandons9398]

Awesome job!

[@nigelwright1610]

You got that excited at the BARV driving you forgot the "Ahh'll see thee!"

[@andrewsmith271]

Stonking job guys, not bad for a plow puller!!!!!!.

[@ninjabob8170]

Cracking job lads. 👍🏻

[@davidbarnsley8486]

Good work from the northern boys 😍😍👍👍

[@SWEET-2381]

Absolutely awesome I love it! Good work boys!!

[@shabbos-goy9407]

Good channel this

[@bam7965]

Ti's fecking epic! Proper job lads😁👌

[@Michael-he7xn]

Awe inspiring! 🇨🇦

[@NUTTER8291]

I think the words " Fuck yeah " come to mind !! WELL DONE GUYS !!!

[@kevinmoss970]

Job satisfaction. Hard work pays off.

[@stevengarforth4244]

Fantastic video

[@blxtothis]

Blimey Chaps, I’m gobsmacked that it actually runs!

[@carlwarr5610]

Nicely done lads 👍🏻

[@jonb3311]

Well done. For the first few minutes I was thinking - it's shite fuel

[@kenmarsh402]

Great job lads

[@garyphillips7993]

Awesome to see it move under its own RR power 👍 It's probably just me, but the tracks looked a tad tight on the adjustment.

[@fittermat]

They were, adjusted them a bit and will see how they loosen up with use

[@fuzileiro1974]

Nice work !

[@martkbanjoboy8853]

Good job! ☺

[@davidwallace6811]

Wow! great stuff lads. Amazing work, Looking forward to seeing more of the FV432's

[@scottmorse5499]

Very impressive boys

[@tamarmolerick3814]

Proper job, well done.

[@Unknown1880]

Awesome job! It's great to follow the progress. It would be cool idea if you lads can team up for a day with Emile from #werkplaatsvlog😎

[@1961kickboxer]

She’s a beauty.

[@petefisk]

Not bad for Northerns 🤣

[@mattyallen3396]

If it was up to Londoners they would have painted it in gay pride colors

[@buzzwor]

Superb job lads from an old A Mech.

[@Lofty2006]

Bloody brilliant! Now... When's the next Landy video?

[@scottsomerville4666]

would love to see a video on the royal navy plane next to it ;]

[@mbak7801]

Great job. Though when backing her out I kept thinking "Don't hit the aircraft, don't hit the aircraft". Obviously I did not have enough faith in your skid steering.

[@MrHewes]

I was concerned about crushing the sea Hawk 😂

[@roadsweeper1]

Good job!! Sounds smooth as anything! Engine idles cleanly, and even the tracks and road wheels are quiet. I was expecting screeching and screaming of all the track links. You musta oiled them well :)

[@fittermat]

We were expecting a lot more disasters!

[@roscoe9507]

Was she not up for sale recently? Absolutely brilliant bit of machinery

[@gafrers]

Great

[@SuperWayneyb]

🤘😎🤘congratulations 🇬🇧

[@richardcannon7327]

Nice Hawker sea Hawk in the background

[@welshpete12]

Notice it didn't crush the brick when it went over it ? Interesting , the weight distribution must be very good !

[@fittermat]

Lot of weight but spread over a large area thanks to the big tracks, less ground pressure than most wagons!

[@LordbomberD]

Had one of these in Christchurch part of MVEE.

[@stevenmattson3164]

Congrats. Looks like the tracks are tensioned pretty tight? Might be rough on the idler bearings

[@Brandy911]

Oh, in the background there is a nice STALWART too ! Does it run ?

[@hairnsap]

"IT'S ALIVE " 👍

[@carlkinsey8736]

I reckon the tank museum down in Dorset hasn't got one of these

[@gowdsake7103]

The tracks look fing tight

[@mattyallen3396]

Well done

[@NotSoDrunkenSailor]

Just seen this up for sale online along with two others, has the snap on man been chasing your bank accounts again xD

[@MrHewes]

He’s always chasing

[@Harry-kw1fy]

Congratulatıons Ted

[@lexeindhoven]

All those years being single finally paying off 😂

[@vincenthawke3049]

Great effort guys!. Are you going to give her a lick of paint before the show?... What are your plans for the sea hawk?, Quite a rare aircraft isn't it!

[@fittermat]

We quite like her in her working clothes, tell a story, the Seahawk is fairly far gone so will more than likely just stay as yard art, or maybe promoted to gate guardian

[@weaselman24]

Need to ease the adjusters on the tracks a bit. She's a bit tight

[@MrHewes]

Yeah done that now they were rather stiff

[@1chish]

Bloody hell lads you only went and got it moving! So what's the story with the Hawker Sea Hawk aircraft next to the tank under the blue tarp?

[@kiwidonkeyk1656]

Brilliant, what was the problem with starting?

[@MrHewes]

Wrong engine oil, too thin and filmed the plugs with oil

[@GhostOfDamned]

Finally it moved its ass from the couch

[@OUTDOORSSWEDEN]

Awsome!!

[@ddniUK]

Outstanding. 17k subs seems like an insult to you lads.

[@listy1]

Didn't I see it listed for sale already....

[@MrHewes]

Yes but I’m in no rush to sell unless it goes to a musium

[@jamiieos]

Hewes needs his own channel

[@fittermat]

He does! It’s how much longer filming a job makes it take, much easier when there’s at least two of you so one can film and one can work

[@4heso]

He starts with Haribo....LOL

[@staryjanek]

It was the Haribo what done it :)

[@glynluff2595]

I only have knowledge of maintaining gun versions in 1970’s; did these not have aux genies?

[@MrHewes]

Nope never had them on Barvs however still has the dashboard for the aux gen

[@jaycrank8163]

Have you checked the road wheels the front right side might need to be checked.

[@thebigandchannel957]

Awesome.

[@kevinrice4909]

Da hell's zat?...one of a kind fo sho .

[@AJ-qn6gd]

I want one !