Petrov6115

Thanks for the welcome :saluting:

Hi robin the yellow 'Popemible' as I remember it hardly ever left the repair-shop I never saw it run while I was there regards petrov

Hello my real name is Pete I am 58.. A work mate once called me petrov and it stuck:undecided: I served in the army in the 70's as a 16/5th Lancer and became a driver / mech . And reached the dizzy height of lance corporal from 1977-1979 I was posted to chertsey as a test driver at the light tank division (CVRT's) i was lucky enough to look after the WASP (as seen in some threads on this site) while I was posted there as civilians were not allowed to drive it, something to do with insurance ..... More likely soldiers were replaceable It's life as a track test bed was over before I arrived at chertsey it was only used on demonstration and open days and boy it was fast.. When ever I took it onto the test track I had to have a escort vehicle which I could lose with ease on the main straight of the track .. I would NOT be exaggerating to say it could have done 90-100mph ... towards the end of my 2 year posting on a demo / open day I almost had a track loss and called the demo off and limped off the skid pan . On inspection the rear wheel (track tensioner) drivers side, the outer wheel had been sheered off by the track but I lucky the track remained on just being held by the inner wheel. It was lifted back to the CVRT hanger :embarrassed: The management deemed it too unsafe and I was told it was mothballed Since leaving the army in mid 1980 I've been a hgv1 driver for 8 years and since January 1988 I have been with BT now openreach as a underground cable repair engineer. I'm married to Julie with 3 daughters 4 grandchildren . i am so pleased I've found this site regards to all petrov