New Kid on the block

[gsp393]

Hello I'm George, 39 from Texas. I've had this L.T.V. KID with my dad since '83 or '84. My dad got it from one of his friends who bought it new. It's been in the weather for awhile now in another location. It will be on a list of restoration projects I have. A shop/shed is on the top of the list to get things out of the weather. I'll have a ton of questions once I get started, esp sources for new/used parts. One question I have is who rebuilds the Vickers hydrolic pumps.
Thanks, I'm looking forward to getting to know everybody and enjoying my stay.

[LTV KID]

check out my thread (1969 ltv kid) under "other amphibs" there will be alot of pictures and info on restoring a KID good luck...and I have yet to rebuild my vickers but plan on it within the next month or two....I cant remember who but somebody rebuilt theirs and said it was pretty easy so I'm going to give it a try.

[gsp393]

I've been reading over the posts and looking at all the pictures. We've done work on it before, plus I'm a certified machinist so that should be helpful. We had a shop manual for it, but since hurricane Ike we can't recall seeing it.
I sent an email.

[gsp393]

Does anybody know how many of these are still around, or know how many were produced? Other than these on this site, I've never seen another one.

[LTV KID]

Talk to (tweet66) i think thats his screen name....he also runs a a site named Kid8x8.com it should be on the links on here. but to the point he started a list of all the kids there serial numbers, location, and owners

[rustyhog]

for vickers info email me rustyhog@gmail.com

[George]

Cool looking machine asp!

[lewis]

Glad to have you George.....nice project to fix up. You need to post up your progress as you fix the old girl up. Good luck with the machine and hope to see you around on the site.

I like the old cars in the background too.

[gsp393]

Thanks for all the posts. Once I get into the restoration, I'll post my before pictures and the progress as it goes along. I'll also send emails and post new questions as I have them.

I love cars, esp. old ones. I've got some of them for sale too.

[gsp393]

Just out of curiosity, does anybody know the biggest or most powerful engine that can be fitted to one of these?

[gsp393]

I went yesturday and got my 2nd KID. I bought the one Russell had with the Perkins Diesel. I plan to combine the best parts of the 2 to make one nice fully loaded machine.

[Mike]

Congratulations on the purchase.

[mikni]

It looks like the Kid si in a bit better shape then the old Mustang SVO in the fore ground!

[gsp393]

Does anyone here have any experiance with the diesel powered K.I.D.? Also did they make only 30 of them or was it more than that?

[Mike]

I think I remember reading that there were 100 diesel KIDs and 1000 gas powered KIDs. You can search the site for KID and you can read the past threads on them where that was discussed to be sure.