Since I posted on
3 Jun about the issues with the trucks windscreen seal, after a great deal of ringing around I sourced a replacement from a company called '
Dugdales', the part being described as a Rubber Extrusion R40 Windscreen Section. It was quite straightforward to fit thankfully.
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This allowed me to attend a 1940s event at the
Valley Gardens in
Harrogate last Sunday without the truck looking too shabby. Initially I drove over to
Knaresborough on my own in the morning and then swung by to see my old friend Chris. He fired his Jeep up, and my godson Gareth became my co-driver and we drove up in convoy up to Harrogate and parked up with a collection of other 1940 vehicles (mainly Jeeps it has to be said).
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This is the 3rd year that the Valley Gardens has hosted the event, and it is getting better each year so it seems. The goodish weather this year helped with the attendance, with over 22,000 people going through the gardens. Mrs Vulture and son Alex turned up just after lunch and during a break in chatting with people I decided to try and lay the windscreen assembly down. This was a first for me, not having tried it before in the almost two years I've had the vehicle. After untying the ropes holding the cab roof canvas with the assistance of Chris, Gareth and Chris other son Graham the four of us then applied some muscle to the windscreen which slowly started to move. The repeated application of some light oil eased the pivot joints that probably haven't moved in over a decade, and eventually the windscreen assembly lay flat.
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The truck certainly looked different !
When it came time to leave I decided to drive home with it down which was:
a) Quite a cold experience, and
b) Quite disconcerting as the view forward to so heavily restricted !
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All in all a good day out :)
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