A Herculean Task

Bovington Tank Museum’s Vickers- Armstrong Mk IV underwent a full restoration by Armoured Engineering

pictures Garry Stuart

“Two or three days before Tankfest the engine was still on the workbench, and it hadn’t even been run and I thought ‘this isn’t going to happen’ everything seemed to go wrong and I did have a bit of a tantrum throwing spanners around the workshop, before having a word with myself and knuckling down again.” – Gavin Barlow, Armoured Engineering Ltd

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