MrEd

you are quoting yourself (which also seems to be a reccuring thing which makes your posts quite hard to follow) so its hard to know who you are aiming that comment at. BUT, i didn't say anything about remembering the tanks, that was another member of the forum posting in this thread (terryB) I personally think the common was used for all sorts of military uses, lots of areas were in WW2 and immediately after, and with it so near to the longcross test grounds etc it would seem utterly logical that it was used continuously for many years. I dont buy into the conspiracy theory though that its being deliberately covered up, its just been forgotten. Stoke park in guildford was a large defended area, tank ditches, spigot mortars, dragons teeth, flame fougasse the lot - 90% of it is gone as time has moved on. The massive air raid shelter under the car park up the road in guildford is kept firmly locked by the council, and visitors arent allowed - not a conspiracy, its in dangerous and unstable condition. the sports centre at guildford college was the sub regional HQ in the cold war and no trace exists apart from a basement with very thick walls, its just been forgotten about and time has moved on. Same with the cold war fall out shelter under the council offices in woking. same with 'montys hideout' under reigate hill. I jsut dont buy into the deliberate government conspiracy, sorry.

I didn’t say the aerial photos. I only referred to the hand drawn illustrations.

Yeah a hand drawn picture with coordinates printed on it still isn’t evidence of anything tbh.

Could a previous civilian owner have swapped it out for some reason? that of course, is assuming that you haven’t owned it since day one of it leaving the army

The drawings are very pretty but aren’t actual ‘evidence’ the gate isn’t evidence either. The common was used by the army for training up until the early 2000’s and there is the longcross barracks (still there but abandoned) near what was the longcross camp and test ground other side of the motorway. Connected to it by an under pass. there was a number of these gates off the roads that cross the common and invariably used for access to the common by land management agents or the military. I had a crash on staple hill road circa 2002/3, late at night bombing along on my way back from work (I worked in Sunningdale and lived in Woking) and I came across a column of soldiers on a night hike crossing the road just before the staple hill car park - I was travelling in the direction of chertsey. On with the anchors and I ended up in the scrub, thankfully no one hurt. that incident was here https://goo.gl/maps/pgzfCfTMd9aqU8nt8 They were crossing at that gate. Which was open. I presume they had come all the way from the other side of the motorway through the underpass.

this is very much like the buried tanks thread. No real evidence to be honest, just hearsay and conjecture etc.

Chobham common is on the Sandy bagshot formation - a highly acidic acid Heath soil. Hence the litmus paper change.

Looks like a concrete block maybe? what a fascinating vehicle

What a wonderful thread

I feel this thread isn’t going to go anywhere tbh. It just doesn’t add up to me.

A freedom of information is not asking someone their opinions. You would be asking for copies of all correspondence and copies of the scans etc. It wouldn’t be freshly written letters, but copies of any documents and reports relating to the site in Question.

That first plate is a standard British leyland car vin plate. 2nd is a military plate. I don’t know what those numbers relate to though sorry

Freedom of Information request. send it to the MOD.

Do an FoI to get the copies of the scans that have been done. Then publish it here in full.

Trouble is with that is I started as a ‘made up staff car’ now it’s ‘rumoured’ to be a staff car. in ten years will it be ‘genuine staff car, but needs more research to confirm service’ and someone will get their fingers burnt??

Astounding work. I love seeing real detail and engineering like this.

Thanks Ruxy, will look up taxi tyres

My narrow track trailer tyres are unserviceable. Rims are fine but the tyres are perishing and not really for for use. can anyone recommend a source of hi-miler or a modern tyre, that looks the same as the hi-miler in 6.50x16 but that don’t break the bank? i have Michelin 7.50x16 on wolf wheels at the moment, which work fine but would like the option of ‘originality’ thanks all ed

Yes looking at it again, I think you are right, the headlights are obviously not on the tops of the fenders. still an interesting car!

Appears to be a kubelwagen there as well, near the end of the video. champ looks quite good!

Hello all, i have a breaker narrow track that has terminal rust in the chassis but the running gear is surprisingly serviceable so I will break it for spares. one thing, it has a slight bend in the draught eye shaft - I was wondering if anyone has successfully straightened one and if so how? Hydraulic press +/- heat? MASSIVE bar and lots of brute force? put it in the bin as it can’t be done? any tips gratefully received! thanks ed

I have finished this trailer now, I repainted it to the pattern it was in service (it had not been touched since it was demobbed in 1999 - I know the person i got it from and did nothing with it.) I also managed to track down an MT corporal that remembers the trailer from his service - he remembers it because by fluke it followed him when he moved battalions! A couple of before I resisted embellishments and just went for a Union flag on the back and tyre pressure stencils. Nil else.

Boo

thanks

@fv1609 what does the Class 1 and Class 2 refer to on the B card?? Is that associated with the change in code number? Class 1 from 7/66 to 7/73 Class 2 from 7/73 to 7/76