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With the tracks fitted it was now possible to move the hull and in March 1994 it was hauled out onto the Museum car park for a TV promotion. Here we have an overhead view from the front which shows that there was still a lot of work to be done.

Back in workshops and the next stage was to install the radiators and cooling fans. Notice how these were located in separate compartments either side of the engine bay.

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The fuel tanks were installed at the same time. This view also shows the drive system that connected the original HL210 engine to the cooling fans. Using an HL230 in the restoration was going to pose problems.

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