goldfinger R.I.P.

Ill let him tell you himself, but I was there at Beltring watching as a spectator before I knew Mario, I would love a Photo of that.She really does pull well as she has a 305 Rolls and we have had work done to take her out to 340bhp.

I own Marios old Foden, she has 340bhp and Fuller Gearbox, Pulls like a train.

We had a great time at Dorset this year,by far the best show of the year.

As a Committee member of the NLBA I answered some of the negative comments posted regarding our clubs behaviour at the War and Peace show. Yes our club is loud and brash and we also raise a lot of money for charity although this does not excuse the activities of a minority of our members. We held an emergency committee meeting a week after the show regarding incidents with a large water pistol and also a car being driven dangerously in the early hours and the member concerned has been excluded from the club permanatly, The show organisers also received complaints about the loud music from our Disco and most of these were found to be from other camps apart from our Tuesday night party and the Friday and Saturday nights. The other nights the power lead was removed at 11.30 by committee members. Incidently our party night raised £1400.00 for charity and we would like to thank everyone who attended.

Great to see the video of the Scammell being winched out, my son Ben was there in his Berliet wrecker and he loved every second of it. He got stuck at the first section and had to go round it so he went back the next night and went straight through to prove he could do it.It seems he inadvertantly knocked the Diff lock lever out with his thigh the first time and he was gutted . I would like to thank all the Scammell boys for making him so welcome,.He grew up with a Scammell Pioneer and now wants an Explorer. Most 19 year olds want a hatchback !

Rac Truckcare, you are covered and you only pay for what you use.

Autohome are very very good, we have three trucks with them and have had to be recovered once, no trouble,curteous staff, really impressed, cant recommend them enough.

Been to Duxford many times, did Gunpowder mills this year, cannot recommend it enough, fantastic show.

Thats fantastic, well done mate.

What a great weekend !, NLBA hospitality with free BBQ and breakfast superb as usual, some very interesting kit, armour was great but the huge Caterpillar was unreal. Looking forward to next year already

Come and say hello ,we will be with the Berliet wrecker.

Looking forward to this event, shame it clashes with Duxford but then Ive seen Duxford many times before, this show is a new one and the plan is to build it up over the next few years as a major annual event, our club is running and marshalling the show so just turn up, no need to book in, all welcome.

The only insurer for under 21 s is Footman James but be ready to get the sales person to check as they always say no. I have insured my 19 year old son on 3 trucks and it cost just under £800. I checked with the DVLA and you have to be 18 to drive a truck under the pre 1960 rule, I have this in writing to show the Police if he gets pulled up.

Suggest you give the thread another title such as "Photos of Mario at Beltring" as it is hard to find.

Will have a look,I remember it like it was yesterday, I bought the Foden off Mario a couple of years ago and still have it now.

Trying to remove army underseal from the bottom of the fuel tank on my Foden so I can respray it, any ideas ?

Does anybody know what oil goes in the gearbox and transfer box on a 1990(G) Landrover 127 Rapier, the gearbox is an LT85, Thanks.

We use 32 grade in ours with no poblems

All the vehicles apart from the last one are from our club the NLBA, Scammell Crusader converted to recovery spec, Kraz, Eager Beaver forklift, Bedford TM, Griffet 40 ton mobile crane,Centurion AVRE, and EX-Vietnam Caterpiller and scraper box used for constructing runways.

I grew up in Edmonton as well Snapper and being the same age as you I might even know you at least by sight. We are all a lot older and turning into old Gits albeit noisy ones.

Does anyone know how you put pics in the for sale section ?

But he is CHEAP !

The NLBA has changed in the last couple of years with a new commitee and a new agenda, yes we are all a bit older and we have several new members however we still like to enjoy ourselves. I am the first to admit there were problems in the past and we have on the whole sorted out the club. We are very approachable if there are any issues or concerns with the behaviour of our members,the trouble is mud sticks and it is hard to shake off the old image of the North London Barmy Army.

As The Chairman of the NLBA I read Keitos post with great interest and would like to comment about the parties the club had at the show.Our only planned party is on the Tuesday night and this is held purley for to raise money for charity,we hire entertainment at our cost and this year we had an Elvis Presley impersonator and a DJ. We charge £5.00 for a BBQ and a beer and everyone is welcome,we raised a lot of money this year for our 2009 charity Cosmic ( a childrens charity) and we also handed over a cheque for £3000 to Help for Heroes at the show. The other parties at the show were unplanned and started up as members returned from the beer tents and bars, I have spoken to the person who was asked to turn the music down by Keito and the music was turned DOWN not off, and the music did go on till 5.30am. None of our members can remember anyone threatening to turn our music off. I would welcome any comments and I can be contacted through our website. The debate about Loud music/parties at the show will go on and as far as any critisim levelled at our club I can only tell you that most weekends through the season we have3-4 invites to shows parties and all. I would like to add that I always camp at the end of the NLBA pitch nearest the showers and I sit watching a lot of very dangerous people letting thei kids run wild,speed aound on Quads ,run in front of heavy vehicles, themselves drunk in charge of all sorts of trucks,is this as bad as loud music ?