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Hello Martyn

Thanks for posting, D2 looks great. The flowers look good too. Brilliant rstoration.
Bet the new ones wont look and run like that when they are 70+ years old.
Good luck with the TD6. Take it easy!
Fred.

Great photos Craig, thenks for posting. I'm getting that "old" feeling when I look at these too.
Fred

Hi All
Found this on the net.
Priestmans tried to sell me one of these 1979/80. They were marketing three models of these "badge engineered" Tecuchis.
Minis were new then and I thought they were a waste of time . How wrong can you be?
Fred

Fred that picture must show one of the first ever "hydraulic excavators " ever - Yumbo derived from Jumbo the elephant due to the shape of the boom - like an elephants trunk) by (two italian brothers) Benatti and Hydromac fame. Great picture thanks :claphands: Yes Chris, 1940 something an...

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Hello Steve
Interesting find. Heres an earlier Yumbo truck-mount (1940s??) .
Interesting geometry and hydraulics on the shovel. That combined arm/ram must have taken some stick??
Fred

Hello Here is some info. and photos. on Priestmans VC range. Thefirst photo. from the sales brochure cover shows the workings of the machine very clearly. img062.jpg The VC20 had a rated capacity of 1.6 tonnes at 20 m. The standard bucket was .8 cu m. img054.jpg img053.jpg img052.jpg The VC20-15 had...

Thanks Alan, great photos. I wonder why a few dump trucks and an excavator seems such a boring way to move earth comapred to a D8 and box ? Yes Chris I was the fitter who put the sucker fans for the winter. I used to do a few shifts on them some times. We had to make do with old Onions boxes. Great...

Hi Allan
What a great series of photos. Brings back memories for me, thanks for sharing them.
Fred

Here we go, it was billed as " The world's finest tractor-excavator with cost saving advantages ". Power was from a 125 HP Cummins with Allison torque transmission. Independent track drive was used with the ability to power one track back and the other forward. Dave. S. Hello Dave Here ar...