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Your welcome - when the olive drab of a Jeep will grace my garage I don't know....but I hope to be able to turn to threads like this for some much needed guidance!

I have spent a good week reading this thread on and off, and what a fantastic read it was. Being a newbie I know very little about the scene yet, how ever I can appreciate the time and attention to detail. Fantastic skills in all area's, do you have a past in fabrication etc, or is it self taught? My aim is to own a Jeep and restore, but this thread is somewhat daunting in regards to the skills required to achieve it! I dip my hat to you!

Thanks for the welcome guys. Yes an interesting place...I actually live on the site of a once great airbase....unfortunately developed now, with a few scatters of history left dotted about. In fact my house is built in the middle of where one of the runways once was! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Sorry - I meant I googled '0859 AEC Militant' and loads of different ones came up. I didn't mean the actually truck you own...that would be scary! lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I just googled your new Vehicle ....that is a big truck, very nice! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So where to begin. Hi is a good point to start...I'm Mark, and have an interest in military history and WW2. I am lucky that where I live is steeped in War history, Duxford is not too far away, I have the Twin bases of RAF Woodbridge and Bentwaters about 10 minutes up the road, as well as Bawdsey Manor and a dotting of war defence remains around where I live. Sure visiting War museums etc is all well and good, but I can only imagine, owning a genuine piece of war history is quite exceptional, my interest and eye is drawn towards the Willy's Jeep - I imagine very common for you guys, but I guess to me its iconic, and the simplicity of it is what interest's me the most. Now unfortunately I don't own a military vehicle, and possible won't for a while, my current house renovation is keeping funds tight, I do hope though, that it won't prevent me from enjoying the site, viewing some great content and hopefully you won't think 'he will soon loose interest'.. sure I won't post much as of yet, as I don't know too much and have no experience, but I will drop in a post here and there to stay active. So that's me, only other thing I can add is my other serious hobby is pyrotechnics. I do professional firework displays through out the year for a company, but that's for another day :-) See you all around Mark