Originally Posted by
Linedog
After 46 years I still remember my BFG plate, LS 543B on a harvest gold 1750 Austin Maxi.
Oh no it isn't 46 years, it's 42 years. It must be something to do with all that German beer.
I too was conned into buying a Harvest Gold Austin Maxi ( from Rankins of Reydt) while serving at Laarbruch in 1974. It was great for exactly one year and then became a money pit costing more in parts and hours than it had cost to buy! The second time the engine siezed was just as I was parking up outside of the role bay. It was a Friday and I was able to use the hoist in the bay to take out the engine and then fully disassemble it, remove the broken crankshaft,borrow a mate’s VW Beetle to get me to Rotterdam and the ferry to UK, train to Walsall, exchange Crankshaft for new one , train, ferry and car back to Laarbruch, then reassemble the engine, hoist it in and drive the car out of the roll bay by the Monday morning deadline set by the Flight Sgt. Happy Days.