Patrick T.

Branchville, NJ, United States

Thanks Matthew! A full video is coming!

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21 Jun 09:31

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Greetings.  We are going to be having our first monthly subscriber Zoom meet up on Thursday, June 29 at 8pm ET.   The meeting will last an hour or so - will be discussing body repair techniques and will be open to questions and to discussing individual challenges.  You will be able to share images of your project and we can share ideas on how to accomplish the repair.


I will be sending out a link early next week with further details.  Cheers!

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18 Jun 07:14

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Spent a great couple of days at the 2023 MVPA Convention in Des Moines, Iowa.   How often do you get to see an M22 Locust "light airborne" tank?  Lots of images and video coming up on Thursday!

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13 Jun 20:24

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We had a great time last weekend in Sparta, NJ at their first annual veteran's appreciation day.  The event had re-enactors from the Revolutionary War up to modern times.  It was a nice event with about 15 vehicles.

Heading out to Des Moines for the annual MVPA convention tomorrow.  We are not set up to sell, but will be wandering around, judging a few vehicles and taking lots of video.  If you are going to be there, look for me in the Portrayal Press cap and introduce yourself!

11 Jun 10:18

The smoke is no fun! Thankfully it has cleared. Cheers!
Thank you Carol! We love having you along for the ride. My biggest problem in that shop is a lack of organization. I am going to get it clean I swear! Cheers!

05 Jun 11:34

Our pleasure Carmen!  You are looking great!  I appreciate the offer - we are going to try and participate next year....more to follow.  We are working on Berwick too.  Thanks again for all the support!

Old school house call! Party at Holly's! I am going to be making several videos on this. The first one is going to be a removal video - step by step. The second is a T84 setup video. This is a simple little machine, but there a wild variations in the parts being manufactured so it is not simple at all. The whole key is getting the syncronizer setup to function properly. Too tight and you have problems, too loose is problematic too, but the one size fits all approach doesn't work because some of the components within the syncro are being manufactured differently so a tolerance that works with Vendor X's blocking rings, won't work with Y. Really a PITA! Anyway, my head is spinning - been into 3 transmissions in 2 weeks and about to get to the 4th. Uncle!!

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04 Jun 18:36

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We had a fantastic time at the WW2 Weekend and Airshow in Reading, PA.  I don't think I have ever seen so many jeeps in my life - there must have been close to 100.  Lots of breakdowns too!  I almost got dirty a couple of times wanting to roll up my sleeves and jump in. 

They put on an airshow as well featuring a host of WW2 aircraft - B-25's, SNJ's, Stearmans, a Bucker, a Stampe, Corsair, Mustangs, P-63 King Cobra, L-2, L-4, Wildcat, TBM, B-29, C-47's, Lockheed Electra and more.... the WW2 Airborne Demonstration team jumped, there were skirmishes, flamethrowers....just a lot to see.   We will probably set up next year and do something - not sure if I want to sell or set up a motorpool and just work on vehicles all weekend. 

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Cheers Nick!