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LarryH57

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  • Birthday 08/13/1957

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  1. Is this an Austin K2 ambulance in your colour photos? In 'WW2' the RAF received just 42 Austin K2s Ambulances in late 1945 so technically not WW2 but postwar Britain. The last letter looks like an M but I agree the numbers before the / are hard to interpret
  2. I saw these wheels on an abandoned 'farm made' trailer and they look to be split rim WW2 vintage. Are they of use to anyone who needs a spare x2?
  3. So more of use to someone who has a Munga rather than a Kubelwagen!
  4. Is this a WW2 German jerrycan or postwar version? It appears to have been painted Panzer grey but has no date or 20L marking for its capacity The wording in German means; Fuel Fire Hazard or similar.
  5. I forgot that Defender casme later. I guess 90 and 110 were marked up as just Land Dover
  6. Who has been to Miltracks in the Netherlands? Is anyone going from the UK Is it easy to get to and by what means. I wont be driving in a Lwt Land rover and my car is needed by my other half. Fly in and rent a car is one idea, but where to stay for two adults is also something I need to research. I guess there are Premier Inn equivalents to use in the area. If I am not driving from the UK I would discount the camping option, unless we travel really light, without all the comforts of living out of the back of a Lwt. Thanks in advance
  7. I thought Defenders arrived in 1986. Getting an ex-Mil Defender with an 84 plate would be ideal.
  8. I see that Capel is now a three day event Friday to Sunday 5th July to 7th July 2024 Its a great show and has grown greatly since I first went when it first started - about 10 years BC (before Covid)
  9. Sorry, but the link is specific to a known vehicle and if I use a reg off an advert I see no schedule. I thought that the VED was now linked to age and engine size?
  10. What is the Car Tax for a Defender with a 2.5 NAD engine? Also what kind of milage for a Defender is a bit OTT? I have seen plenty with over 100K on the milometer so I guess the 2.5NAD goes on for ever in an ex-mil vehicle? Thanks Larry
  11. Dare I say that the GOVERNMENT, has no authority except by passing a specific law via the House of Commons and the House of Lords, to grant any exception to Tanks Alot, or anyone else as by the powers of the Financial Services & Markets Act they (the Government) passed responsability to the FSA (later the FCA and the PRA) to regulated the industry and they have no authority to grant exceptions without Government approval, which of course involves passing an Act of Parliament. There is no time for that! The British Government still sells MVs via Withams etc but thats OK but as long as they (the UK Government) get the money to fund other things. What you do with the vehicles is your concern but don't export them to any nation that is fighting for its very survival, as it has had a spot of bother with Bribery & Corruption and we the Politicians want to take the credit for doing everything we can to fight Bribery & Corruption (!) and to support Ukraine. The fact that YOU can't get paid because your account has been closed to support the fight against Bribery & Corruption is regreatable!
  12. Because of the threat of being fined by the FCA, for accepting money from abroad, the Banks cannot run the risk of even having an account open on their books for such a person or organisation- even if the account holder gives away everything. Arms dealing even for free is classed the same as the trade in 'Rough Diamonds' , Terrorist Financing, or 'Modern Savery' or People or Drug Trafficking, and Money Laundering, to name a few, which the FCA has on its list of trade/ activity it doesn't like. The FCA was formed by the Government to regulate the finacial industry; it has many faults but it is never wrong. Such businesses or trades, I listed are seen as unethical and are either on their list or not (despite all the logical and rational arguments of the average man on the street demanding exceptions like 'its Ukraine that needs our help as they were the ones who were invaded'). The FCA has the power to add to the list (but none to remove any, or a least they dare not). Its only the 'big boys' (I dare not name) with thousands of Uk jobs at stake, and millions in exports who may continue. It's ok for big employers to supply thousands of police truncheons or thousands of armoured cars, to some dodgy third world country, that uses them to suppress riots when their people demand proper democratic elections (with more than one candidate). It's ok for the big boys to supply bombs to the Air Force of 'His Excellency' ......to fight rebels and yet if the UK press discover that his Air Force has on many occasions killed small children, that is just 'regrettable' as its out of our control. And finally, don't think anything will change with a new Government at the next election. It won't as they were all complicate in the formation of the FCA, (then called FSA) years before the banking crash. In my humble opinion it is a good idea having a 'police force', but not if they are asleep on the job. If the 'police' make decisions as to what is or isn't acceptable, on behalf of the people, but refuse to make exceptions, when shown clear evidence that a person/ organisation is helping an ally, and not a master criminal, something stinks. I could go on (and on) but this site is not the right place. But I hope you all understand the victim of this injustice has no ability to appeal and the organisation responsible for carrying it out, was only obeying orders of a higher authority, you get the picture. (Where have I heard that before)
  13. Its not anything to do with Sadiq Khan but the FCA, who want to stop dodgy money coming from abroad, so they then say to banks if this is not stopped we will fine Uk banks millions. The banks then are forced to close peoples accounts but the system has no appeal mechanism.
  14. Nick, I sympathise, with your plight, as I know that the situation is all rather hypercritical. On the one hand you have the UK government selling off Armoured Vehicles they dont want, and standing up in parliament expressing their undying support for Ukraine. They are now considering sending sanctioned Russian money, that has been seized in USA, UK and the EU, to Ukraine no questions asked about its legality in the first place, and yet when you receive money from people in Ukraine that desperately want to help save Ukraine, you are somehow classed as crook? Duplicity I think!
  15. Thanks all. My Lwt was cast in 1991, so had about half its service from 1980, when Defenders were on the scene?
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