AndyFowler Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Some just return to nature ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Does anyone know if 92 BD 27, a Mk2 that saw service in Hong kong in the fifties made it through to now? WE have something that will be of interest to it's current owner, if it has survived.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Sir Winston at GDSF 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Bernards Forcefull at War and Peace Show Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Lightning arrives at War and Peace 2006 ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 More luxury camping at 2006 War and Peace Show ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Requires a bit of tricky manoeuvring to get trailer in place ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Duxford Land Warfare Museum's Explorer ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Proof that War and Peace show can be a very civilised affair ! :bow::bow: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
younggun Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 (edited) one i was thinking about giveing a gd home but have my doubts Edited January 7, 2009 by younggun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Why do you have doubts about her mate ? She has been for sale for a while but not a very big market place for the old girls ! Andy F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
younggun Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 (edited) i was told she was a bad egg and there are two adverts in the military mag for explorers wanted ,cash waiting jobs and they have not been near it . weather its down to the beast loacation or asking price . i need to see her realy but its a mission just to do that but ime working on it . dont get me wrong I WANT ONE just the moon and stars have bee right and my parants on holiday:-\ Edited January 7, 2009 by younggun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 dont get me wrong I WANT ONE just the moon and stars have bee rite and my parants on holiday:-\ If only I'd had your attitude when I was your age :-D Keep looking, a good one will turn up for you - you've missed a real gem with radiomike's old one by a week or so, don't think many of these buyers you mentioned went to look at that one either :??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
younggun Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 (edited) i will keep looking if u know of one going anywhere let me know Edited January 7, 2009 by younggun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 X 6 Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Could you put me right ? I keep going over the last few posts on here and if I have understood what is being said correctly then I have completely got the wrong end of the stick regarding how people end up with old lorries. Surely, just like cats and very beautiful women, old Scammells choose who will have the privilege of looking after them. As you know, old lorries have a very complex transdimensional spiritual life of their own and until the right person comes along they WILL just sit and wait. It doesn't mean there's anything wrong with a lorry that's sitting and waiting, it just means that it's being fussy and has yet to find anyone who meets fully with it's approval. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Hadn't thought of it quite like that before, but reckon you've summed it up beautifully, 6X6 :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 X 6 Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 I was just feeling a bit sorry for the Andrew's Garage Explorer. Let's all hope it finds someone to care for it soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 (edited) Could you put me right ? I keep going over the last few posts on here and if I have understood what is being said correctly then I have completely got the wrong end of the stick regarding how people end up with old lorries. Surely, just like cats and very beautiful women, old Scammells choose who will have the privilege of looking after them. As you know, old lorries have a very complex transdimensional spiritual life of their own and until the right person comes along they WILL just sit and wait. It doesn't mean there's anything wrong with a lorry that's sitting and waiting, it just means that it's being fussy and has yet to find anyone who meets fully with it's approval. Quite so, well observed, mine had been coyly hiding behind some boxes until he noticed me passing by, others have been found sunning themselves in long grass and behind bushes, keeping well hidden, only to sit up when the right person comes by, comunicating with a dry squeaking sound a bit like rusty tin moving in the wind at the right moment. The one Andy posted earlier captioned "Some just return to nature!" has in fact spotted him , poor thing doesn't know that he already has one in his recovery ward. Edited May 2, 2008 by gritineye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 X 6 Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Gritineye, how right you are ! I'm sure many of us have heard that irresistible, seductive "dry squeaking sound" that is their siren voice. One other thing, have you noticed how there always seems to be a railway line fairly nearby ? I've often wondered whether, like whales communicating across the ocean deep, old Scammells and the like somehow use the rail network to "talk" to each other. Please see Constructor Gallery post No.105. It's only an idea, I can't back it up with any hard scientific fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 (edited) You won't find any scientific facts to back any of this up, no more than you will regarding telepathy and such. We Scammell lovers just know it's true, we feel it, it's an instinct! Dragging a reluctant one home like this seldom works as the Scammell beckoned the wrong man (not me), who although he loved trucks had his head turned by that damned yankee stuff stuff, and it is laying in the grass waiting again! Have you ever had a premonition that you are about to have deja voux? BTW this is not off topic, it's fundamental stuff. Edited June 18, 2008 by gritineye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 X 6 Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Looks like an ideal project for younggun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Johns Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Quite so, well observed, mine had been coyly hiding behind some boxes until he noticed me passing by, others have been found sunning themselves in long grass and behind bushes, keeping well hidden, only to sit up when the right person comes by, comunicating with a dry squeaking sound a bit like rusty tin moving in the wind at the right moment. . I recognise that Scammell, pic is taken at Keith Gott's Landrovers, he bought it out of MOD auction at Aston Down, apparently the last Scammell to come out of military service, it had been stationed at the RAE on Salisbury Plain for use as a snowplough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Yup, you're right there Nick,1993, I could have had the snowplough as well, but as it was rather large and pointy and Swansea said it would be "deemed to be a burden in the vehicle" I declined the offer, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Yup, you're right there Nick,1993, I could have had the snowplough as well, but as it was rather large and pointy and Swansea said it would be "deemed to be a burden in the vehicle" I declined the offer, Thats a shame ! I'm sure Croc could have used it !:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
younggun Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Looks like an ideal project for younggun. looks like the steerings nice and light on the old girl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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