2 and a half JCB 3's

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2 and a half JCB 3's

Post #1 by Christopher Bremner » Tue Jun 14, 2016 10:59 pm

got our 2 fully working JCB 3's side by side at the weekend.
the rougher looking one has a plate saying 1963 but the other one never had a plate so now not 100% sure when it was made.
also have the remains of another one which was a 1964 with different shaped cab.


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Re: 2 and a half JCB 3's

Post #2 by Jeremy Rowland » Wed Jun 15, 2016 7:56 am

Nice pics Chris :thumbup: good to see you have two working ones; do you have any restoration plans for either of them?

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Re: 2 and a half JCB 3's

Post #3 by Mrsmackpaul » Wed Jun 15, 2016 11:29 am

looking good there its always a good feeling for me when I start putting stuff back together and then just wonder how long it all will till one of them breaks LOL

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Re: 2 and a half JCB 3's

Post #4 by topkit » Wed Jun 15, 2016 9:43 pm

Very nice brings back a lot of childhood memories for me, it looks like the cleaner machine has a 3C bucket on it instead of the smaller 3 bucket, great pictures. Thanks for sharing them

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Re: 2 and a half JCB 3's

Post #5 by Christopher Bremner » Thu Jun 16, 2016 3:00 pm

Hello Guys,

I have had the one with the red buckets (no 1) a couple of years now and am slowly but surely trying to make it more original.
The other one (no 3) I have just bought so intend to use it regular as a loader. It has a better front loader and back actor than no 1 so will be swapping them over at some point. Also need to make a proper grill for no 1 so will be able to copy the grill on no 3.
I bought no 2 cheap for some parts, sold the skid unit and sold some parts to Julian Carder for the JCB 3 he recently restored. and will just scrap the chassis, back actor and loader as they are not in the best condition.
I thought it was a 3c bucket and confirmed that when I bought no 3.
Also got a 2bii in my sights when I have the money.
Getting a wee bit addicted to buying old machines :)


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