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Just my thought.

When a vechicle is in service with a unit they mod it to suit there needs. My old unit had a turretless ferret that the oc used, now that is not as it came out the factory. We modded our foxes to suit us with extra bins normal off cheftain plus a extrnal gpmg mount. even some of the spartans had a microwave in them. Plus the reme 4 tonner that had a bar built in. So when they leave the army and go for aution all these bits are removed. So when someones buys them and dos them up back to fctory spec thats not as they were. If i bought a sabre or fox it would be refitted back to the spec it was when it was in my troop. Now some of you may say thays not original but thast how it spent its life. Like how meny of you have sen a fox with a copila mount gpmp. Its not orignal but.

Anyone know where i can find the ex R.E.M.E 4 tonner with the built in bar sounds like my kind of vehicle :yay:

look out for the yellow scammell eka the bv should be boiling all week bring your own tea bag and i will make you a brew :-D

Lovely, :thumbsup: interesting to see those kit boxes on the back of a "Mk 1" did they come with it?

 

Are those Jerry cans underneath them?

The kit boxes and jerry cans were fitted when this vehicle was restored some 20 years ago , the owners kitted it out to the same specification as the one they operated when serving with the R.E.M.E .

Nice pictures, thanks for posting. It does seem that there wasn't many people around at the show though considering the good weather we had at the weekend?

There was a poor turnout but its the first time the rally has been at this venue hope for better luck next year:)

Excellent stuff Mr Timber!

Glad you like it Mr Wrecker

thts a very tidy explorer i hope shes still petrol powerd ?

Its still fitted with with its original Meadows Petrol Engine

Recovery Vehicles spanning nearly half a century !:-D

Scammell Eka and A.E.C Militant Mk3 lifting Foden 6x4 Tanker airborne

Scammell Pioneer doing recovery demo at West lodge steam rally

Scammell Explorer 05 BD 76 at West Lodge ( Rockingham ) steam rally 15 /16 August 2009

Top photo shows scammell explorer when bought by my father in 1978

Next photo shows same scammell same people 31 years later.

James Freer in cab, Brian Freer and Joe Freer standing by front wheel .

Just canvassing opinions and thoughts here.

 

I'm told that it is "impossible" to get the same shade of semi gloss deep bronze green twice from the same company. Apparently the gloss is a BS colour can be replicated without variation but there is no formulation for the semi gloss variety because the matting agent varies.

 

True or false?

 

Slightly annoying because there is a Pioneer here looking like a patchwork quilt. :argh:

Reminds me of that old irish song "forty shades of green":-D

OK NXC 511 D on chassis number 33500001A, IIB diesel No1

My dads landrover was a 12 seater station wagon reg no MXC417D he bought it from a doctor who had bought it back from Africa .

It was fitted with michelin sand tyres and was my mums first car , dad wasnt very happy when mum called one day and said it had broken down and that there was smoke coming from the "bump" in the back axle ,the crown wheel had sheared its bolts from the carrier bearing !!!:shake:

G110WAC is now eastnor green but the paint underneath is Sand colour ,the interior is a lot newer than the rest of the vehicle and it was sold from a main dealer in lincoln at about 4 years old .

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They would of been used for any job rover wanted be it demonstraters or off rd exhibts.look for very clean chassis etc or signs of repaint sand in corners etc,if they were on the off rd course they would of been pressure washed evey day.:shake:

G110WAC is now eastnor green but the paint underneath is Sand colour ,the interior is a lot newer than the rest of the vehicle and it was sold from a main dealer in lincoln at about 4 years old .

Anyone know anything about the landrovers registered with G WAC registration numbers i know the first discoverys carried this series of numbers but what about the 90 110 defenders G90WAC AND G110WAC what were these used for they were both registered by Landrover

Dont all fight to id any of these will you.:???

Whats the story of the blue range rover looks like it was registered in leicestershire JU prefix ?

Just watched this and dreamed of what it will be like to get Daisy out on the road once more ! Now the decorating is completed its back to the paintng after War and Peace ! YIPPEE ! :-D

Original petrol engine very nice ,but does the green goddess double up as a fuel bowser :-D:-D

I thought the pics where stills from the Scammell Recovery video :-D Nice job and good to see the old girls still have pulling power ! :-D

Must be doing the job about right if it looks like a training film , perhaps some of that trade training did some good after all :-D

That must have been Great fun, well done,

and I must say that is one nice looking Pioneer!

Thanks mate , hard work but a great time had by all . The scammell lived up to its reputation not bad work for a 64 year old !!

Truly well bogged down in that wet slick clay , That track hoe would never have seen the light of day again without that out side winch help !!!! Well done .

Thanks mate, if only we could do this every day:-D:-D

Winding in winch rope after job is done using Jims landrover to keep rope tight. Could not resist driving up spoil heap .:-D:-D

( Jim AKA Jimmy the winch) see Maurice Sanders book Men Mud and Machines :cool2:

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We put down a 3to 1 layout to recover the digger using the winch on the pioneer returning the rope onto the militant mk 3 anchor

The pioneer was anchored using the scotch pans under the front wheels these are able to hold the 8 ton pull from the winch , the bulk of the anchorage was from the militant rear spade .

THE SMOKE CLOUD IS FROM A LARGE BONFIRE BEHIND THE DIGGER AND NOT FROM THE AEC OR THE SCAMMELL HONEST!

Got a phone call today from a local Tree surgeon he said his digger had got stuck could we help the following pictures show what we did