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Great site you guys have here. I joined last week to research the armoured car my grandfather drove during WW2. Everybody has been really helpful, and made me very welcome. Cheers guys! Keep up the good work! Peter.

That's quite a lot of info for me to take in Alien, but I've printed it off for reference. Funny you should mention about bridge building, because that is exactly what he did do.

Hi Andy, cheers for the welcome. I take it that you guys on here all own and restore these old military vehicles? Do you ever put on any events or shows with them?

I'd love 1:1 scale but it would mean sacraficing my other expensive hobbies to fund it. I'm affraid a model is as far as the budget goes at the minute. I dug out my Grandfathers' army service book, (took me about 3 hours to find it) It says "Royal Engineers 238th field company". I found some other paperwork which said "1st infantry division" . If either of those would be his unit? I'm not familiar with military terminology. I also found out that he drove the scout car from '42 to '45.

Thanks for the welcome. It's great to find out some history of the vehicle. My grandfather is the guy in the middle of the three men standing in the top pic, and he's the one sitting at the front on the bonnet, in the bottom picture. I remember him telling me that they used to sleep underneath it at night when there were enemy shells going off overhead. I'm amazed they managed to sleep with the noise. I suppose they just got used to it.

Thanks very much for your help. I didn't realise it was a U.S. made vehicle. I assumed that with my grandfather being in the British army, it would naturally be a British vehicle. (Sorry for posting in the wrong thread.) Now that I know the make and model, I can start my hunt for a die cast model of it. Thanks again, Peter.

Hi, I'm new to the site. Can anybody identify the vehicle in the pics below? My grandfather drove this vehicle in WW2. He was was a driver with the Royal Engineers, serving in Italy and Africa withe 1st Army. If that helps any. Thanks in advance, Peter.