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hello nick , if i remember correctly for this period any vehicles opperating in BAOR (germany) theatre where painted o/d or camoflage and all uk based vehicles where painted deep bronze green . personaly i prefer dbg as primer and o/d is porous and can allow water through to the steel , where dbg gloss top coat will seal the paint coating preventing ingress of water . plus it is far easy'er to keep clean , i have had large o/d painted vehicles before and they are always getting scrached and marked on trees and when you tuch up the marks it looks all patchy . hope this info is of help to you . garry .

hello nick , first, please accept my apologies for not being in contact with you , i have just been so very busy . as for the previous photo , well what can i say ? , very embarrassing , i can remember that day like it was yesterday . i was at the duram light infantry museum for the NEMVC anual show and they had to park me on the overspill field . when it came to leaving time on the monday the old girl decided to dump all it's auxilary air out of a valve that i was having trouble with . this disabled the diff locks and the drive to the front axle . i dont know what it is when something like that happens , but all the bloody photographers seem to appear from nowhere , bloody everywhere they where . but after that weekend no one was having it that i was trying to push that scammell up that hill on a solid chain . my good friend stuart bird wet himself when he got that photo on that day , and he always takes great pleasure in reminding me of it whenever we meet . luckly im a big scammell fan as well so the pain wasn't so bad . now to these photos , if i can remember how to upload them . these where when we painted the old girl in april 1992 , just prior to going to truckfest at peterborough . there was some slight repair work to the steel around the bottom of the cab , and the rest was just cleaning off the rust and some weld repair work to the locker doors and some of the body . the pink primer was just what the painter mixed up and it just happened to turn out pink . the paint job turned out well in the end , but we where a little pushed for time and i can remember still tuching up the wheel nuts on the truckfest show field . the last two photos are of some vintage trailers that we have collected over the years . first one was a drawbar flat for mine , and the second was a queen mary trailer to go behind my friends commer Q2 tractor unit . ok then nick i hope these photos are of interest to you . i will be in contact as soon as i get some free time . best wishes , garry .

ok , here we go , lets see how this works out . 1, bovington mvt open weekend 1991 , great weekend , it was made better by all the rain it had put down for the week before . 2 & 3, engine rebuild , spring 1996 , just needed rings but put in all big and small ends , liners good just needed glaze busted . 4 , 1994 centre diff rebuild , set off to put a new oil seal in the out put drive flange but the job developed into needing new bearings . 5 & 6 , towing diamond t 981 around 1993 , bought it to save it from going to the scrap yard , i think it was sold to an ex john wynns fitter to use as spares for a dimond t that he was restoring . 7 , 1993 just returned from truckfest , 8 & 9 , duram light infantry museum august 1993 , another great weekend at a good friendly show . 10 , driving a scammell explorer for my friend stuart bird , went to help stuart to check over and drive the scammell from a private museum in aberdeen to stuarts home in shildon co duram . another great weekend , if i remember correct we spent most of the time in petrol stations collecting green shield stamps . i hope these few words help explain the photos for you all . if you have any questions then please ask , i may be a little late to reply , but i will reply as soon as i have time . best wishes , garry .

well i tried to get the photos on with a discription with them . i dont know what happened to the writing . so i will try in the next post .

hello nick , i have been digging around in my photos and found a few of the old girl . i will try to upload some onto here with a brief description and date . hope you enjoy them . garry .

hello nick , sorry about the short reply right now , however i just joined the forum last night and your blog just jumped straight out at me . i just could'nt beleive it when i saw the old girl on here . im sorry about the information being a bit vague at the moment but i will have to think a bit to get my dates correct . if i remember correct i bought 87 et 77 off withams in 1989 - 1990 and i regestered it at carlisle DVLA where they issued me the BHH 34J number . you should of found the number painted on a black square on the near side of the front bumper under the old paint . also on the off side rear top wheel arch . im sorry that i cant write too much information on here tonight , i am just a bit busy at night's at the moment . however i would love to have a talk with you on the phone if you wish to call me . if you do wish to call me then please ring between 3.30 and 7.00 pm i will explain why when you call , also please dont use a witheld number as i dont answer them . i think you can send me a private message then i can send you my mobile number . kind regards , garry stewart .