Farmer Phils Tank - Episode 1 - We Bought The Only Road Legal Chieftain Battle Tank In The Country

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Farmer Phils Tank - Episode 1 - We Bought The Only Road Legal Chieftain Battle Tank In The Country

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2 жыл бұрын

In this video we are off to collect the latest addition to the fleet, The famous farmer Phil chieftain tank from Shropshire! Now as well as being a desirable Mk11 ch
ieftain this particular tank has another thing to make it extra special, road registration! With this being the only road registered chieftain in the country its ultra rare, and means that we can legally drive it to the pub!
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@damianfish9248 2 жыл бұрын

Having crewed a Mk10 Chieftain MBT, in Berlin, in the late 80's, watching you guys bring them back to life stirs up a lot of good memories, keep up the good work!

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

The Berlin Wall colour scheme is currently the firm favorite for the paint job on this tank

@damianfish9248 2 жыл бұрын

I could dig out some pics if that would help?

@Richard-zk5js 2 жыл бұрын

When I see Crouch trucks on the motorway I immediately think of Tanks.

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

Crouch’s are the best in the business when it comes to this sort of stuff

@GARDENER42 2 жыл бұрын

Good to see another one being rescued. On the video itself: I'd far rather listen to you lot's chat, wit & banter (& verbal abuse) than music, as it makes it more interesting & entertaining. Dunno what anyone else thinks.

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

Still working on getting the balance right but we’re slowly getting there I think

@LordInter 2 жыл бұрын

I also think that ALL the banter would get the video taken down 🤣

@dazamanday Жыл бұрын

I'm local to Phil and always used to go through his yard green laning, seeing the tank was the highlight. Hadn't been for a while until recently and was sad to not see it there, just randomly decided to look it up and seeing this made me happy. Glad to see it get some tlc. Looking forward to watching the rest of the series!

@kylehill1994kh 2 жыл бұрын

always good when you see the fitter Matt KZfaq notification pop up on your phone brilliant videos lads look forward to seeing more videos

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers! Appreciate the support!

@mattknight142 2 жыл бұрын

I am genuinely excited to see more YT content from you guys!!

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

We’re excited to keep making it

@olicox6380 2 жыл бұрын

Having driven a chieftain I can say it would be a blast to have running nicely

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

We have a new engine ready to go in so shouldn’t be too long!

@squashed_helmet_face7317 2 жыл бұрын

Takes me back to my childhood. My father worked at ROF Leeds, went on many open days at the factory before any health and safety. You were allowed to go into the chieftains and just mess about in them. Shame my father is not alive now. He had 37 years as a fitter working on chieftains and challenger 1 and 2. Spent hours watching them on the test track.

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

He would be a handy wealth of knowledge

@laurenssmith9534 2 жыл бұрын

I remember walking past this tank in the same spot a few years ago glad to see it move finally

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

Will soon be up and running again

@888johnmac 2 жыл бұрын

a road legal tank ?? i can only imagine the shenanigans to follow .. lol

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

It’s not going to end well so it might as well be entertaining

@chox2001 2 жыл бұрын

They should all be road legal after active service, kind of like show off your guns type of thing.

@mack1541 2 жыл бұрын

At this rate you are going to end up as the go to guy for chieftains if you get any more....... i grew up listening to the wonderful howl these beasts used to make as my dad was in the Remmie as you lovingly call it and spent 90% of his career on chieftans and was stiil working on them in Canada in BATUS workshops and was affectionatly nicknamed the god of chieftains as there wasn't much he did'nt know about them

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

That’s the plan! We’re slowly building our own battalion!

@Disneymkvii Жыл бұрын

Dude! Legendary!!!

@stephransley4371 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant looking forward to part two.

@lesthiele4921 2 жыл бұрын

It a shame to see how these vehicles are left to 'rot' in the open air, good luck with the restoration.

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

Its a shame but if they had all being kept pristine then we wouldn't be able to afford them!

@irbadger 2 жыл бұрын

Loving all the content, great work lads.

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

@teaurn 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting, thanks and keep 'em coming! 👍

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

👍

@domtest2460 2 жыл бұрын

Nice camera and editting work in the music montage there Mat. Keep up the good work.

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

I can’t take credit for this one, done by a friend of joes as I was unavailable

@zetordaft 2 жыл бұрын

@@fittermatgreat video as always but I have one little constructive criticism, so many channels produce videos with huge volume variation between dialogue and music which are so frustrating to watch especially if you consume KZfaq while working (so don’t have a volume control close at hand all the time) this video strays into that territory… just my two pence, keep up the good work!

@matthewpayne42 2 жыл бұрын

Great stuff again lads.

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

@honestmcgyver 2 жыл бұрын

Love the videos. Would be great to get a cost run down on cost of the tanks you buy and the cost of transporter by Crouch etc 👍

@johnnunn8688 2 жыл бұрын

It’s not a true cost, hence the extended videoing of the Crouch lorry, incl phone #.

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

Its something we would like to do, unfortunately when we are buying and selling these vehicles to make profit as a business its not really fair on our customers or the people we are buying from

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

unfortunately we get nowhere near enough views to get a discount, we definitely get looked after for being a frequent customer but other than that we show the crouch wagons more as a thank you for doing such a good job

@hfdzl 2 жыл бұрын

I thought I had a serious iron deficiency for antique Caterpillar, vintage Lima cranes and assorted other homeless iron. But Gentlemen, this is serious madness! Great content, TA from the USA!

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

We definitely shouldn't be allowed to encourage each other

@hfdzl 2 жыл бұрын

@@fittermat Surely you jest Sir! We belong to an elite group above normal thinking level humans.

@davemiller6893 2 жыл бұрын

Big thumbs up to The Crouch boys!

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

Best in the business!

@jimf1007 Жыл бұрын

Found u in the comment section of WDs channel. Glad I found ya.

@johnnunn8688 2 жыл бұрын

I’m an RAF aircraft tech but really into this heavy stuff. I have worked on fork lifts and buses too, btw.

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

Its fun to work on, most of the time

@johnnunn8688 2 жыл бұрын

@@fittermatbut without the bants, you wouldn’t like it so much.

@bavaria46 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome content lads , and the banter too 🤣👍

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

Part 2 will be up on Tuesday!

@Stgpop 2 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah cant wait to watch the next part

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

The latest farmer Phil instalment will be up early next week, worth subscribing so you don't miss it

@185LANDY 2 жыл бұрын

brilliant what your doing saving these military equipment loving every video

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@tinkeringwithtanks 2 жыл бұрын

Looking good, well done jo, Matt and team!

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers pal! Will be up for a visit to your place as soon as we can

@graemerigg4029 2 жыл бұрын

The correct spell for making a tank disappear is 'AbracadAVRE'

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

Very good!

@johnnunn8688 2 жыл бұрын

😂🤣🤐

@Landie_Man Жыл бұрын

Great to see you on WDs video!

@brianwillson9567 2 жыл бұрын

What a beauty. Now let’s see it run.

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

Working on it!

@knightrideruk 2 жыл бұрын

Wish the chieftain's were in such good condition as yours when I was serving ha ha!

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

Haha a few people have said that!

@reddo84 2 жыл бұрын

nice work. Very well put together Cheers Jim

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! The proper videographer on this one really made a difference

@mikeakhurst1855 2 жыл бұрын

I hope it’s going to the pub with you. You may need to resurface the car park after though 😂

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

That sounds like a ‘them’ problem not an ‘our’ problem

@marknoxx4698 2 жыл бұрын

Nice chaps one with the stilbrew fitted will you lift it of would love to know how the stilbrew is made

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

Not sure if we would get into trouble for revealing those secrets!

@marknoxx4698 2 жыл бұрын

Is the stilbrew classified I read somewhere it was rubber construction

@eoghanhayes7699 2 жыл бұрын

Editings came on massive lads brilliant video as always

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

Not something I can take credit for, but hopefully the lad who did this one for us will be able to come up more often to help out.

@frankboff8185 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video, lads.

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

@eskieastman2138 2 жыл бұрын

that wagon of crouchies is the mutts nutts

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

It’s a babe!

@glynjones8187 2 жыл бұрын

What size pry bar and hammer? Bigger!

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

There's always a bigger hammer!

@matttonks1591 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. I love watching the usual 'lads dicking around with stuff' content but there has been a bit more time and effort into this one, nicely done!

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers! The boys had a videographer along with them for this one as I wasn’t there, it’s come out really well

@matttonks1591 2 жыл бұрын

@@fittermat , I do remember now, in another video you saying you weren't there that day. Keep up the dicking around! 😂

@rohanmills8509 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely editing with the montage, would be great to see that mixed with a bit of banter in the future

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

The lad who filmed and edited the two chieftain videos has done a cracking job

@nriqueog 2 жыл бұрын

Now the real question...Can they have her ready before the end of 2022 or the Beginning of 2023 for the Armored Pub Crawl !

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

We may just have to organise a national armoured vehicle pub run!

@nriqueog 2 жыл бұрын

@@fittermat woah, a UK Armored Pub Crawl? Can you imagine a CONVOY of Armored vehicles going from Pub to Pub! Slow your horses...;) Let's get the FM (FitterMat) Armored Pub Crawl organized & Running first.

@tezinho81 2 жыл бұрын

What a proper sorry state that's in, but well worth it to be able to go do your shopping in it, once you've got it sorted which I'm sure you will. Well done lads

@tezinho81 2 жыл бұрын

Not to mention you can park it where you like and you know for a fact they can't tow it away. I'd pay good money to see them try!

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers! May park it on double yellows just to see what happens 😂

@kevinwilliams4899 2 жыл бұрын

Still keeping Crouch's well supplied with work I see. Great content keep it up.

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

We will have paid for that next gen by the time we’ve finished 😂

@rhydtuned 2 жыл бұрын

That's more like it! 😎👍

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@philhawley1219 2 жыл бұрын

I would have loved to see the Scania getting out of the top of Phil's lane. Bet that was interesting. Any footage you can post?

@deenunya7735 Жыл бұрын

Did you buy it off Crouch Tasty Job to tackle , look forward to the Vids

@smudger797 Жыл бұрын

🤠

@rb-mz6pr Жыл бұрын

👍👍

@tangomike7 2 жыл бұрын

All hail the algorithm. Keep 'em coming 👍

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

Got to keep that algorithm ticking over!

@rudiknapen4863 2 жыл бұрын

did you went to say hello to the guys from Bad Obsession Motorsport ?

@casto- 2 жыл бұрын

I still wanna know how it managed to get road registered! I had enough trouble trying to register a unimog as a tractor 🤣🤣🤦‍♂️. Looking forward to seeing the progress though 👍

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

Ive no idea! but I learnt a long time ago to not ask questions that may lead to other questions you don't want answering

@casto- 2 жыл бұрын

@@fittermat agreed!!

@marketmalc 2 жыл бұрын

Briliant!!!

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

@tompas11A3n52KkX 2 жыл бұрын

SCANIA. What would you do without us swedes? Just asking.

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

Suffer in a MAN!

@tompas11A3n52KkX 2 жыл бұрын

@@fittermat Mmm and that's really bad...

@danielburgess7785 2 жыл бұрын

All that rust I thought I was looking at a tank built by Ford. /s

@johnnunn8688 2 жыл бұрын

Many were, I’m sure.

@1chish 2 жыл бұрын

....and there it was ...GONE!

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

Who needs a magic wand when you have a big orange lorry

@1chish 2 жыл бұрын

@@fittermat Not just any orange lorry - A Scania orange lorry. "Proper Job" Writes a Scania Master Technician (retired).

@memelord6201 2 жыл бұрын

dumb question but hve you considered restoring tanks alot's prototype challanger

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

We have been to view it but ideally we want to get our hands on a proper challenger

@hammyh1165 2 жыл бұрын

@@fittermat I can't wait till you get a Challenger or an Abrams.

@memelord6201 2 жыл бұрын

@@fittermat well better find a friend in jordan most of them where exported out there leaving only a hanfull in the uk with only one i thisn in civy hans with all the rest being testing mules or in refrence collections

@formhubfar 2 жыл бұрын

2:00, road legal as it will never move :-p.., how much did they pay you to take that away?

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

Challenge accepted

@formhubfar 2 жыл бұрын

@@fittermat Good luck dude 😛

@formhubfar 2 жыл бұрын

@@fittermat The Chieftain had the same laser targeting system to the Javelin, would really love to see you'se showcase it.., I am ex RA.

@martdram 2 жыл бұрын

Is this in Shropshire??

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

It was

@martdram 2 жыл бұрын

Ahhh I tried to offer my help to get it sorted apparently the brakes where jammed on been standing about 15years ...well let's hope it goes to a good home some lucky person

@blxtothis 2 жыл бұрын

Hmm, when, in an earlier episode you said you were acquiring a road registered Chieftain I imagined it as being a pristine, drivable example not the rather crusty specimen it turned out to be. Finger’s crossed that this old British Leyland horror doesn’t give too much hassle, at least it’s only (only????) mechanical issues that need sorting and not combat preparation. Considering that the Iraqis found that their SABOT Rounds could penetrate the frontal armour and pass clean through to exit the hull at the rear, that can only be a good thing. Or was that malicious Soviet propaganda?

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

We have a reconditioned L60 ready to drop in so we should be good mechanically, just the usual seized linkages and rotten pipes to deal with. I will have to look up how they dealt with sabot rounds, I do know the armour package was improved at several stages to cope with new found threats, at least the chieftains ammunition storage systems didn’t blow their own turrets off like the Russians auto loafers when they took a hit 😂

@robinhadley 2 жыл бұрын

Love this channel. I hate to be the one to say but if you are going to make a go of KZfaq unfortunately the swearing will need to be brought under control. Personally it doesn't bother me but that's YT for you 🤷🏻‍♂️

@fittermat 2 жыл бұрын

We've reigned it in a little bit, will have to see how it goes, some of the big channels get away with a fair bit so will just have to play it by ear going forward