Engine Punk

So here's a special post to reply to latest four that I've had on Engine Punk. This pickup was found in a barn a few years ago. (Photo : Jon Clark) Anonymous and Bones added to the chronicles if the UAZ 452 . Apart from that time on Dartmoor when i was on my Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme expedition and these things were newly imported, I have never seen one. Bones reckons the engine was based on a Standard Vanguard and that the compression ration was so low they could run on paraffin. My neighbour has a petrol/paraffin grey Fergie with an engine based on the old Vanguard so perhaps this is true? He used to work for the importer who used the trade name of Trekmaster and they had incredible off road performance and had been type approved in the UK for a 1 tonne payload. Anonymous pointed me to a Facebook page about the Southern Electricity Board Vehicle Club and there's a UAZ on that. It seems they didn't last long (4 years) but were bought because Land Rover...

Something lurks in the wood shed (Photo Jon Clark) Just like the Siva Llamas, another UAZ-452 has come out of the woodwork. The woodwork in question belongs to Jon Clark's neighbour's shed and the UAZ is a bright blue pickup version, registered in 1979 and with right-hand drive. Since September it's belonged to Jon and he's planning to re-commission the little wagon. Considering the stories I've heard about build quality the panel fit doesn't look too bad. The 2445cc 4 cylinder engine turns over and he's freed the brakes off by hammering and pulling it a bit with a tractor. Here's picture of this impressive machine, bodily pulling a Massey Ferguson tractor backwards up a steep slope. (Photo Jon Clark) Actually, for some reason this photo won't upload in any other orientation except this one. I've no idea why it won't lie down properly. Currently, the fuel pump is blocked and due to be replaced by an electric one sourced in blight...