rosie Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 I have a vague memories of DUKWs on Instow beach? I also leapt out in front of a 101 (I think!) on Southsea sea front during one of the shows there, I demanded the driver took me and my family (my sister and her boyfriend, my mum and my grandparents) to the Hayling ferry terminal!!!!!!!!! I think it was the 50th commemoration of D-Day! I always wondered who they were :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Ashby Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 My first was a Triang jeep circa 1960, after that they just got bigger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oily Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 My 1st (and current) MV is a 1956 Alvis Saracen Mk 5....... bought because my father told me what they were when I was about 8 or 9yrs old. He learnt to drive them when they were 'new'... way back then, they were regarded as 'big, ugly, complicated and awkward things to drive, and even worse to fix!'...... nowadays I personally find it fun to drive, and 'challenging' to fix... it's generally the British weather which makes it a pain to work on, since I don't have a workshop big enough to fit it in,.....yet! lol... when i finally have a workshop big enough for it, I'd like a Ferret, preferably a Mk1, and then an FV432 Mk2, to keep the saracen company... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferret1958uk Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 The first MV I had contact with (and learned to drive in) was GKL 393N - a superb SWB Land Rover Rover 8 FFR. I took it to the second IMPS (later W&P!) Show at Tenterden railway station in 1983 - much to the amazement (and amusement!) of the Jeep owners! It was in really good condition, with most of the original fittings and markings still visible under the paint and was last heard of at a garage in Cornwall, being used as the recovery vehicle and painted bright yellow (I wonder if it's still there?). I am fairly certain it is not still there. In fact there appears to a Land Rover owned (possibly by Rover8FFR on this forum) sporting the very same numberplate. Military reg was 92EL57. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glcaines Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 My first contact with an MV was with an M114A1E1 tracked personnel carrier while in the Army in 1970 during training. The first contact with a privately owned MV was with a 1953 M37 a friend of mine restored. Then I bought a 69 Kaiser Jeep M35A2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.Rimmer Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 My first MV memory is of the collection of restored vehicles owned by a family friend,I would be about three when I was sat in the cab of an RL. First I owned was a Land Rover Mk8 FFR "Toastrack" which I bought from a local farmer for £70 when I was 17 and sold a few months later for not much more than I paid for it. I bought the GMC when I was 19 and still have it,though it needs a rebuild due to being stored outside for a number of years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
private mw Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 good old landrover lightweight . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topdog Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 When I hit my mid-life crisis and bought the Ferret 3 years ago I had no idea it would lead to such fun and generally a great bunch of mates on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Drake Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 My first is my Series 3 109 ex Army FFR Landy, bought in 2001, and use almost daily since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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