First time I’ve seen Jack actually smile!

Just watched two men riding Diane Abbot, and wow did she sound grateful, clearly been a long time since her last fun.

Jack keeps hating on Diane but his face shows that he absolutely loves it. Even Ted was impressed!

I must admit I like the way Ted just wanders around nonchalantly seemingly thinking "if you've seen one tracked vehicle you've seen them all"

I just love Jack's wardrobe of asorted T-shirts and phrases 😅😅

You guys are quickly becoming one of my favourite youtubers. I love the idgaf mindset you guys have. You don't take yourselves too seriously, and it's refreshing.

It's nice to see a couple of blokes doing bloke things. And a lady who doesn't mind getting her hands dirty. Oh, *and a dog being a good boi*

It's lucky you started with a mint runner, otherwise it would have been a nightmare. 😆

I am seriously impressed by the way you have sorted out the Abbott. Never gave up, but then you never do. Always entertaining. But I would have thought that if this was bought as a driver, then having seen the multitude of things which prevented you from driving it, you would have had grounds for compensation from the seller! You deserve it!

Australian Armour museum on a Wednesday. Mr Hewes on a Thursday! Just need a few more channels for the rest of the week!

Hey Jack!!! “Hope for the best but prepare for the worst”, is how that old saying goes. I’m an old retired Millwright (industrial mechanic) and I have a saying of my own I use to keep my anger in check......”Broken is the natural state of all things, and I exist to reverse that trend.” The short version is: “I am the un-fuc#%er, hand me the gas axe!!!!” LOL GREAT VIDEO!!! Your grin was equal to your frown. The Ying and Yang of the universe was on full display. Much thanks to Ted and all for making my day. 😃👍🏻👍🏻

Good effort all round even Ted looked impressed , sounds right.

Brought back some happy memories, as a Lance Bombardier in 45 Field Regiment RA 52 Bty. We were the last British Army unit to fire the Abbott in Germany. As always the battery was under strength so I had two roles, driver and layer. The last live fire exercise was realistic with fire missions using up war stocks. The only ammunition not used was the HESH rounds, due to safety concerns. We didn't even have to clean the vehicles! I believe they were sent away to be refurbished and sold on to the Indian Army.

Class! Ted didn't really appriciate it but the child sat on Diane seemed to love it

Bloody great work. Nice to see the big grin on your faces driving round the farm. My Dad, who is 96, always used to say (when buying second hand cars, which he seemed to do a lot of in my youth) if somebody tells you "oh yeah the clutch is fine" or "I only changed the timing belt last week" it usually meant the opposite! I.e the clutch was just about to go, the timing belt had not been changed in 150,000 miles! I feel a case of this with Diane Abbot! Amazing to see it running sweet though!❤🎉

Well done Ted for keeping the team focused and Jack looks really pleased with himself although you should take most of the credit....again!

Great episode! That machine looks fantastic. For all the heartache, where you’ve worked on it shows up like factory fresh, and it adds value after all. It certainly sounds glorious. And its got a nice shiny somewhere to post unwanted marbles, cigarette ends, conkers and those pebbles you brought back from the beach and don’t know what to do with.

Glad you bought that as running and driving unit! would hate to see a spares or repair ;o)

Well done Lads Great effort

Came to this channel from whistlindiesel after seeing his video of the tank. Thought to myself: "These blokes look fun. Hope they have a youtube channel." And boom - Here I sit for the last week, binging your videos of everything until 3 am in the night and having a laugh with you guys. Great content and I love the style. Relaxing, fun and just uplifting. I should get my butt up and do something similar with my friends. Do something physical, have some fun and have a laugh. Keep up the great work!

Landlocked you say, Joe. That might be technically true but you also have a large Landlocked stretch of water at Uppingham that you could try liberating? Just a thought. 😂😂😂 It was nice to see Jack looking almost content. It may not last so have a beer or two to celebrate 😊😊😊

Brilliant lads and lasses. You got there. The guy who sold it to Jack should be ashamed of himself and I hope karma bites his fekin arse!

Amazing how you guys manage to find 'new' parts for stuff that's completely knackered! Well done on getting her going. Truly inspirational 🙂

Men and big machines! Match made in Heaven.

Every time I see your chieftains it brings back many memories.

well done guys , good to see Jack smile again with all the stress and crap the Abbott has given you all

That smile when she runs and moves under her own power. 😊

You dont seem too pleased to have gotten Diane to this stage, but I have enjoyed the journey and am pleased to see her looking and sounding really great.

"Where we are going we won't need silencers!' Thanks for all the entertaining videos. That's also a cool brave dog you got there, give him a pat

Sound from that straight through pipe sounded fantastic😊

Awesome work, well done Jack! Love the rorty exhaust.

Brilliant! But is it wise to have the exhaust top pointing up? Unless you've drilled a hole at the lowest point, looks like a bit of a rain catcher! Can't wait to see this one all buttoned up.

I rarely comment on videos but yours, all of them I have watched so far, have totally drawn me in. Educational, hands on, entertaining and just so fun. Makes me want to work on my own riding lawn mower! Too old for that. Thanks.

Brilliant.Great job everyone. Another piece of military history Preserved. Thanks a lot.

🤘🤘💪 well done guys!! Worth the effort in the end sounds awesome as well 😎

Wow, a hot rodded tank. You are possibly the absolute first to do that that I could think of.

Drives great… well done guys…. Now stick the muzzle brake on😉…… now all you need is the US 109…. 155mm…SP….. to balance out the Artillery section👌🏼…….or Hav a word with the Aussies…… they’ve a few Grants going buckshee 😵‍💫

They're a good bunch at Armageddon. Drove one of their fv432's some years back and gotta go again sometime! Great museum and friendly bunch too

Great job guys excellent work.

Brilliant job gents, very neat and clean.

Another entertaining video and, well done for saving a bit of our history. Watching this I miss my Ferret and similar adventures "restoring" it

Aus Armour on Wednesday, this today. Your channels come at the problem from different angles but the results from both are truly amazing. I just love Ted’s expressions at times. I swear he’s saying “for god’s sake what are you doing now?” 😂🐕‍🦺🐾 Keep up the good work you are all doing a great job. 🫡👍

What a beautiful sight to see Diane in the finest greenery out and about great work

Bloody well done lads and lass. Proper team work with everyone mucking in. .......and the next project is .....

So great! All your hard work pays off! Good Job!! You guys are my favorite You-tubers!

Brilliant job! She sounds sweet. Good to see Jack's grin -- that says it all 🙂

Outstanding work guys

Great work, nice touch on the drainpipe exhaust 💪

FANTASTIC! I'm SOOOO chuffed for you guys. She... is... ALIIIIIIIIVE

'Sold as a runner' - good to see all your hard work has paid off to get it running!

Sounds awesome, well done.

'Awesome' it runs & moves .. well done guys cracking job all round .. Will you be adding a few 'decals' in character for the year? Thanks for sharing. atvb t ..

"Prepare for the worst and hope for the best".....Love the content, cheers

Congrats on sticking with it, you've all done good!

I found your site by accident a couple of days ago. I must admit lads I can't stop watching the videos, absolutely interesting and brilliant to see you bringing life back into these vehicles. Well done...... And it's always great to see Ted.

Whatever you do in the future, do not change that exhaust - "Ms Abbott" sounds like the beast we all know it to be! 😂

great work as always lads

Proper job. Loving the stainless straight pipe. Just needs some beacons and a magnetic cb aerial and its full agri spec. Shame it doesnt have mirrors. Could have put some stainless mirror guards on!

When it first started Ted had a look of “fuck me that’s loud”! 😂 Well done lads

What a beautiful job guys, that looks amazing and sounds incredible

Dianne Abbot is a beast. (Said Jeremy)

Most people have not seen the inside of a tracked vehicle, especially a tank, and have no idea how small everything is in terms of crew space. I have a friend that restored a Sherman and brings it out for parades. I got in it once and felt that creepy feeling of claustrophobia. I have always had a ton of respect for guys in the Armor Branch.

Sounds great and now she’s green it looks great too 😎👍

I know that feeling when you're knee deep in shite with broken/ seized/ corroded stuff and you think it just cannot get any worse. Then it does get worse and you just swear a lot, breathe in, dig deeper and get on with fixing it knowing that if you don't, no-one else will. Really well done - the lot of you 👍

I have to agree with some of the other comments, Jack hasn’t smiled so much in ages, got to be chuffed!

Great perseverance! Keep the straight pipe.

I've been watching seals being rescued in Namibia South africa the last 6 months this makes a nice change.

so jealous your guys are havubg so much fun the abbot lookd like a fun vehical to have and resonable size to drive about

One of the most honest no BS channels on YT, wasn’t into tanks n shit until now.

Great work guys

Jack was as happy as a little girl.......

Sounds sweet. Could you not rotated the exhaust tip downwards to mitigate water getting in the block from weather and wash downs

All that frustration and hard graft pays off in the end. Safe to say it was well worth it to get that thing running

Massive improvement on the original condition! You guys are artists. Mental artists, but artists nonetheless.

Jack, so many negative waves! its a mother beautiful tank.

Diane is a Buxom girl , gotta love the Dog , so chilled , doesn’t give a toss about heavy armour moving about

Congratulations on a job well done, Gents.

Great work lads

"Plan for the worst but hope for the best" is the usual mantra.

During the swearing, i find a quack noise more entertaining than a beep. You know it makes sense.

Looks and sounds fantastic!

Nice seeing you guys enjoying working on the old lass so much 🤣🤦‍♂she’s looking and sounding well though 👌👍

Lots of fun Will from Australia

Lovely 🎉 job!

Well done it seems some things just dont want to be fixed how hard try perseverance and it all comes together in the end.

Smashing work ,makes my soot clean of mitsi mk2 look simple

Cool tank, great job fixing it 👍

Well done guys & the girl fitter quite like her & not forgetting Ted the faithful mr dog

Nice work guys...

Happy Days.. well done guys😊

I think I recognise Diane as the 2nd, ie 'B' Sub of the 6 Gun Howitzers in C Battery, 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery in 1969. Photograph available showing 'A' and 'F' Subs at the annual Battery photograph.

Did a marathon of all ur videos over the last few days and i gotta say i think im ready to incorporate "Mint" and "Mingin" into my vocabulary

Well done guys, Diana is looking good.😁

cracking job

Jack smiling/having luck is like a sunny day in England, apparantly it can happen!

Well done lads. I never doubted that 'Dianne' would run. I particularly like how excited Ted looked 😅. Oh yeah, the straight through exhaust sounds ace.

GREAT WORK THERE GUYS !! She's was fighting ya all the way .. WELL DONE !! Jack you have the patients of a saint !! I think ANYBODY else would have let whistling Diesel use it as target practice !! 😂

Nice job guys!! See you soon. John

Well done lads 👏👍

Well done for getting this nightmare project going. Now this is sorted, you guys can tackle anything. 👍