My WW2 Willys Jeep under restoration

I spent the weekend working underneath my 1942 WWII Willys Jeep.  It had not been treated or painted underneath for over 15 years and as a result it was in a bit of a state.  I replace the fuel tank sump with a new one as it had rusted through and treated and painted the petrol tank whilst it was out.  The finished job looks great if you can see in the photos.  I just need to get on with the top now.

Does anybody have any good techniques for painting on the decals cleanly?  Last time I did it was rubbish and I don't really want to get somebody in to do it.

I would also like to put a bit of WW2 nose art on the windscreen and give the Jeep the name Goldie.  Does anybody want to send me some pictures ideas, it would be most appreciated.

Tank limo - 32nd of all time

Following my recent push to get the tank limo into the top 15 watched videos of all time on youtube in the cars and vehicles category I have now moved into 32nd place thanks to everybody watching and supporting with comments etc.  Keep this up and we shall soon be on the second page.

You can see the video here. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jkn8brWg1I

In the last two weeks I have overtaken -
Riccardo Patrese drives wife crazy in Civic Type R - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIhGJyLR6TI
Tank versus quadtrack - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Sf9Ud8KnfA
Magentic Hybrid Motorbike - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs4GXH5Q3Rk


Keep watching the vids - http://www.youtube.com/timhawkes?gl=GB&hl=en-GB

Citroen AX crush by tank

Here is a video of a recent car crush.  This one is a small innocent Citroen AX.  Check it out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPo-8btmhmY

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Check out tank limo in another blog

Found this reference to the tank limo this morning in a blog.  It always amazes me how many people blog about the tanklimo across the world.  Here is the link for you http://www.funvblog.com/2010/05/13/creative-tank-limo/

To see the world famous vidoe of the tanklimo look here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jkn8brWg1I

The actual official website for the tanklimo is - http://www.tanklimo.com/tank_limo_hire.htm Not the best but it gives you and idea.

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tanks are great - Can you help?

My youtube channel http://uk.youtube.com/timhawkes is the 62nd most popular channel of all time in the guru category, it is my mission to get it ranked as high as possible and with your help I will.  At the moment I have two channels either side of me.

61st - http://www.youtube.com/user/BLAQXMASQ - underground hip hop
63rd - http://www.youtube.com/user/xHikariNoHanax - Japanese Manga cartoons and songs.

Looking at the ratings http://www.youtube.com/channels?p=3&s=mv&gl=&t=a&g=4 all I need is another 29740 viewings on my videos to get past the next one, that is where you come in.  Please watch as many vids as you can and help get this channel up the charts.

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Introduction

Hi, I am Tim and this is my blog.

I live in England and have two very different jobs, these are;

1) Tank driving instructor - from time to time. I work at Tanks a Lot, http://www.tanks-alot.co.uk/ in Helmdon, UK.

2) Managing Director of Unlimited Potential - Running a succesful company that supports large businesses in developing their coaching culture. http://www.unlimitedpotential.co.uk/.

As you can see both of these are very different jobs and it leads to a very interesting life with some great experiences that I want to share with you.

I also own a 1942 WW2 Willy's Jeep (picture shown) which I have a lot of fun with. More on that later.

On the web I have a youtube channel that is ranked 63rd of all time in viewings in the cars and vehicles section, in there I include videos of cars being crushed by tanks. There are a lot of my own videos and hundreds of videos of other people crushing cars with tanks. Check it out at http://www.youtube.com/user/timhawkes.

More detail on all of these to follow, please follow me.