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Joris..which website did you go on..the Dutch ACES website ? Jack its on from the 17th to 20th December the weekend before xmas....what do you need to know ? See if i can help...its gonna be HUGE and Joris..yes N I N E Half tracks...full of armored infantry..3 Jeeps and 2 GMCs and thats only our lot/:-) Regards Lloyd

Hi Joris we are coming over too for the march along with 9 yes 9 half tracks complete with correctly dressed armored infantrymen....we will be representing C Co 20th armored Infantry 10th Armor Division.... Teams Desobry/Cherry and O Hara..... make sure you come and say Hi Regards Lloyd

here is one link http://www.2ndarmoredineurope.com/bigtriphome.html Enjoy Regards Lloyd

Hi Jack thanks for the compliments......in answer to your questions 1/ Approx £35000-£45000 depending on condition/ completeness 2/ It was awesome a real life changing experience...almost humbling to ride in tanks in the "tank tracks of ghosts".... Can post a couple of links to further pictures if you want regards Lloyd

Yep it was Dutch Richard...with a Hotchkiss screen on in...:-) some of the unifroms were a bit on the "wonky" side too...see the geezer with the pony tail..NICE regards Lloyd

YEP...i will be there mate...cos i owe you some money.:-) Cheers Lloyd

Stev WARTIME jerrycan brackets had a stock number imprinted in them.......post war ones didnt have the stock number in them and were lighter in construction Regards Lloyd

Trumpet came first mate....either a Sparton Horn or a Shwarze Horn.....flat horns are late to post WW2. But dont get confused with horns that have lost their "trumpet" Regards Lloyd

YEAH ! that Massey must be due a winter service by now...:-) my vote goes for the one nearest the combine Regards Lloyd

AH !OK.......dont get body number and chassis number mixed up then....:-) Regards Lloyd

Why you ask Steve...are you looking at another "addition" to the family ??? Regards Lloyd

As Cripp correctly says its stamped into the driver side toeboard gussett..the roughly triangular shaped plate that bolts the tub to the chassis under the front footstep. It can be seen if you rasie the hood and look down between the oil can and the electrical 6 post junction block Hope this helps Lloyd

Think you may be right all along Degsy.......check the link to the US re enactors website where Mick also posted his request for help.. :oops: http://ww2reenactors.proboards35.com/index.cgi?board=mp&action=display&thread=1155714862 Regards Lloyd

MP jeep pictures on Daves superb MP only website..... Cut and pasted from The website.....Dave i hope you dont mind http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v98/faabala/WWII Military Police Photos/MP vehicles/ Regards Lloyd

One of our Half Tracks has a detroit Diesel in it...as that is ex Israeli...no problems with it either Regards Lloyd

Hi Degsy and Mick...i personally think it would have been something like 1A-HQ-X..........P-1.......denoting Police..... Hang on i will definatley find out looking at some pictures of MP vehicles... I think the only reference to MP would have been in the lettering on the windshield etc Regards Lloyd

What do you need to know buddy i will try to help...as i was the unwilling victim of buying a "wrongun" and then having to spend thousands putting it right. The advert read the most original 1942 Willys jeep on the road........YEAH.... :cry: :cry: Thousands spent on restoration.....YEAH..by ME....... :evil: But now its all done from ground up.....i am happy.....just returned from a faultless 2006 Back to The Bocage trip with the 2nd Armored....in the pictures its the Jeep called CONNIE...the 48th Medical marked MB. Be glad to help someone not make the same mistake i did. Regards Lloyd

Right chaps..been following this thread with some interest...being a militaria collector/ living historian and re enactor for the last 25 years and a vehicle owner for the last 3 what do you guys want to hear ? my first point will be this...IF re enacting/ living history is done well and authentic then its a good way to stop history being distorted. If its done BADLY..its a good way to wind up the public and give all Re enactors a bad name and still there are vehicle owners that stand in their "ivory towers" and look down thier nose with distaste at Living historians and re enactors you vehicle owners who have the vehicles of war still have the same standards to keep up as people who wear and display the clothes of war and in my opinion a badly turned out vehicle and badly dressed owner has the same bad taste as badly turned out and bad acted re enactors. so i personally think there is NO difference. INCOMING Regards LLoyd

Hi guys and girls back from our 10 day trip through the bocage country in Normandy.... 20 pages of total re enactment pictures on our website.... Happy surfing...hope you enjoy these NO photoshopping here real time as they happened pictures. http://www.2ndarmoredineurope.com/bigtrip1.html Regards Lloyd (C-19 M8 Greyhound Driver and D-1 Stuart Driver Big trip 2006)

Hi mate...yes i am going on the 2nd armoreds trip to France its gonna be a blast No i havent seen it done like that before but it looks entirely possible that that is a correct "field" expedient method. And Mick how many tents have you got left ? for sale Regards Lloyd

Hi Mick you will need the special tools to jack up the track rollers mate...Andy King from Class 2 supplies has a set if you are struggling. Yes it would pay to either reseal and re grease all bogie wheels mate.....while the tracks are off....bearings should be OK unless the tracks have been run too tight and trouble is mate most of the half track experts will be in France...:-( wot a bummer on the 2ADs back to the bocage trip..... Mick i need to talk to you re the last small wall tent.....its SOLD Call me my ol mate Regards Lloyd

Hi guys yes i enjoyed the Duxford show...it was really enjoyable.Some NICE vehicles there and this show has huge potential. Mick sorry i missed you.Enjoyed the runway run...the corners got a bit "hairy" especially as there was a green goddess tearing round and not taking the "racing Line" :-o at the bends... Nope all in all a GOOD day out Regards Lloyd

Just to put your mind at rest mate..the seller is VERY trustworthy and a true gent.I can vouch for him becaause i brought my WC 52 from him. Contact me if you need any further info and help regards Lloyd

Will see you there hopefully...travelling in convoy from South Suffolk/Essex area up A1307/crossing A11/Along A505 to Duxford...look for Willys MB 82nd Recon 2nd Armor markings C-5 named "CONNIE" Thats me regards Lloyd

US 2nd armored Division are booked in...:-) see ya there guys with some of our "heavy metal"... Regards Lloyd