JUNKYARD WARS
Jim et al,
This is an outstanding program. For those interested (past 'wars' include manufacturing aircraft and cannon out of scrap!), the theme is two teams with 10 hours each to construct a useable item out of whatever they can find in a giant wrecking yard. Whichever team completes the task most effectively - the item has to work as dictated - wins. Simply awe-inspiring!
The TLC URL for this show is - http://tlc.discovery.com/tlcpages/junkyard/junkyard.html . You too can apply to be a contestant! In the UK it's called 'SCRAPHEAP CHALLENGE', and their URL is - http://channel4.com/scrapheap .
See it if you can! It makes you think, "... now what could I do with that assignment...?"
Engineering at its British best...
-- Regards,Geoff Winnington-Ball MAPLE LEAF UP! ==> Zephyr, Ontario, Canada ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Maple Leaf Up - The Canadian Army Overseas in WW2 http://www.mapleleafup.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1st Canadian Armoured Carrier Regiment http://www.1cacr.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TankNet Military Forums http://www.tanknet.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jim wrote:
> Greetings fellow list members; > > The Learning Channel here in the USA has just picked up an old series from the UK called "Junkyard > Wars". This show is really a blast! The episode last night was filmed at Bovington on the amphibious > vehicle test range and involved a competition between a team of Royal Navy fleet officers (5 in all) and a team made up of 5 bikers (the over the hill variety). The challenge was to scrounge the scrapyard and construct a working anphibian that would carry all five team members down the bank, into a lake 3 meters deep, and up the opposite bank. The bikers found an old Land Rover that was missing most of the body and added oil drums welded end to end and attached on both sides. The rear drive shaft was removed and a propeller from a junked out cabin cruiser married to the shaft. This thing looked funny as hell but worked great. The navy approached the problem from the opposite end. They fabricated a hull and added an airboat propulsion system (after they found a cortina engine and gear box on the second try). Where they fell short was not doing enough on the wheeled part of the problem. Anyway, to make a longwinded tale shorter, the Landy worked like a champ. They even had > to go rescue the navy who had cracked their hull on entering the water and were bailing furiously in the middle of the lake. It was lots of fun. > > They also showed some vintage footage of DUKW's in action at Normandy on D-day. There was some footage of a current MOD tracked anphib tank retriever going through the test range. I'll bet Richard and Nige know what this vehicle is and have probably seen this series for years. You fellows have a great time at Beltring and raise a pint for all of us who couldn't make it. We'll be thinking of you. > > Cheers, > Jim
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