JCB3CIII MSC103T Under Restoration
This page shows the only two pictures I currently have available of MSC103T being restored in 1997-8
1. This first of picture
shows the MSC103T under restoration during 1997, and shows it after it had been
thoroughly cleaned, primed and undercoated. The most noticeable feature is that
the original cab had been replaced by a crude roll-cage topped by the old cab
roof. We bought the JCB both as a working machine, and also as a preservation
item as we are both keen on preserving plant, but as with most plant, by the
time we can afford it it needs a heck of a lot of work done to restore it!
2. Another shot from 1997, taken
originally as a joke since it shows two of my friends 'beheaded' as they
paint the front bucket of the machine. When we got it the JCB was in a fairly
sad state, with almost no electrics working, a slow oil leak and loose pins
in the back arm joints, not to mention the missing cab! On the other hand the
engine was reliable, the hydraulic driver & gearbox worked and all the
hydraulic rams went in and out, so it was a running machine from the day it
arrived at Methil!
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