Re: SER1 North Yorkshire meet 10-10-04

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Just a comment on what
Mark Strangways wrote:

> "The 107 was fitted with a Steve Walker chassis (later to become
> Richards Chassis) and the owner thought it was the only one ever made.
> It also had holes in the front crossmember for fitting a capstan winch,
> but, correct me if I am wrong, but I though all the front crossmembers
> were plain, and when a capstan winch was fitted, you had to install
> 'Rivnuts' to fasten the winch to the chassis??"

There is certainly a 107 Steve Walker chassis near me, perhaps made after
the one Mark is talking about, certainly it was one of his later chassis, so
perhaps there were eventually two.  Steve Walker always made great efforts
to be correct with his chassis and he is a great loss to the Series 1 world,
though  Marsland do make the effort also.

To add also to what Jeremy said, the 107SW also came with the winch mounting
as standard, but I would have expected the 86 and 88 vehicles supplied to
the Ministry of Supply, such as the SXF Civil Defence and Forestry
Commission ones, to have come with it.  I suppose that the 107 and 107SW
were designed for people more likely to use winches.

Certainly for anyone considering a winch on a new Marsland chassis it would
be worth having the mountings fitted before galvanising.

Tom.


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