Thank you Clive for the in depth response,much appreciated. Nathan

Over the last couple of days I have made several representations to the committee members present here. The overriding concern seems to establish control over the new forum whereas I understand the faecebook there is no firm control of content by the club itself.

I have no idea whether there have been problems or the feeling that there could be because of lack of control over the content. I have pointed out that in recent years there have been no problems of spam or untoward/irrelevant postings on the forum.

I moderate 4 forums 3 of which require a new member of the forum to be moderated for the first 5 posts. This usually shows up bad or irrelevant behaviour, so they are either booted out or if in doubt moderated for longer until their true colours are obvious. I have offered to help moderating these new posts, I do not find it onerous.

There seemed to be some acceptance of having a more open forum as a means of helping newcomers to the forum who may subsequently feel welcomed or helped sufficiently to make them want to join the club. It was put to me that the establishment of the new forum was the big first step and modifications to they way that it works may follow.

As I was told I was the longest joined member, I particularly hope that club moves forward to a more open approach to those who want to contribute & get help, that was the mainstay of its existence. If it doesn't I will let my membership lapse & the large content that I regularly supply to the Newsletter will cease.

The other point I made that is that it not be assumed all non-club members are takers, there will be many people who may not have sufficient enthusiasm to join the club but may wish to contribute memories or advice that we might all benefit from.

Sadly although all the old posts are stored I think, but they are not compatible with the new site technology so are in fact gone for good.

The responses I have received suggest that some mellowing of the structure of the access eligibility may well come once everything is up & running. I hope my optimism is well founded but if I prove to be wrong, I will disentangle myself & leave them to it. 

I wonder what happened to all those winches?

whitehillbilly

Bumbled through the country lanes this morning to collect a gearbox. Finally found the farm tucked away down a very narrow single track lane. Had a great chat with the seller, all things vintage from Land Rovers to Routemaster buses, all whilst enjoying a very nice mug of tea. Waited for the rain to stop and then loaded up.

Went to the Rover Social this morning.
Some poor guy with a jeep turned up, his friend invited him but didn't mention it was a land rover event.
There was an interesting stretched s2.

Apologies Lee, I thought I'd emailed everyone. Will send you a message now...

 😜

Sorry for hassling, but did you find anything? Have I missed a message and need to check junk as I get a lot. If you're still working through I apologise. I fact I feel mean as though I am chasing, but just curious if I have missed something. 

Thanks again. Leel

Hi

  My 62  ( with the locking hubs pics 013 and 004) has the correct double ended nuts and yes as Diffwhine says you will always have folks telling you your wheel nuts are on backwards (or not on far enough). The nut is slightly longer than the stud.

 On my 69 the nut is only tapered on one end (like most other vehicles) and slightly shorter than the stud so some thread sticks out past the nut.

  Victor

A bit confused.

The thread title is Truck History, but the post seems more like a For Sale ad.

Could you clarify please?