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Hi All, First of all a very big thank you to all the military vehicle owner's,re-enactors,stall holder's, piro team's & all the helper's that turned up on the day/day's to help.Lastly to all the staff at Ponderosa who have worked tirelessly.Probably due to the heavy rain on friday, the vehicle number's were well down with the amount that were booked in 214.We were well up on last year's figures with 127 on both day's.Stormin i believe you answered your own question there :-D But as one vehicle owner said to me, it's not the quantity it's the quality.We defo had quality with 36 British ww2 vehicles inc anti tank guns & heavy artillery.A rare D2 cat dozer,US6 studebaker truck & two Russian PT76 tanks on their first outing's.A good number of ww2 armour inc a M24 Chaffee,two M18 Hellcats, German Marder tank (not a 432 copy) four halftracks inc a very rare complete M14 halftrack,two daimler dingos.It's always good to see a saladin armoured car displayed with two very well restored ferrets.The highlight's for me was seeing my good friend Simon's AEC militant pulling the other 5.5" howitzer & Ken & Adam driving the cat D2 around the arena with Adam being applauded by all the armoured guy's.The ww2 armour driving & firing display around the arena, at both slow & high speeds was fantastic.Lastly the main re-enactment battle on the Sunday was outstanding,with three 25lb pounders & four ww2 tanks firing & driving along with three halftracks & a dingo.With Ken & Adam driving their halftracks straight through one of the mock houses.We had a very good crowd turn out on both the days.Where already planning next year's July show with the promise of alot more ww2 armour so watch this space.Lastly i'd just like to personaly thank Eddy AKA Rick,who was desperate to attend the show & desperatley tried in vain to attend with his Bren carrier.Even to the point of asking me to ask any of the owner's with heavy transporters at the show if they'ed pick it up for a good fee CHEER'S MATE. stu

Hi All, Don't forget the Ponderosa war weekend this sat & sun 9/10th of July.Booked in military vehicles can arrive Friday 2pm onwards.Hope you all enjoy the show. cheer's stu

Hi Matt, As early as you can,as we've decided today to let the public in abit earlier if there queueing up outside.Two more tanks arrived today,along with a very nice Russian armoued car.The advance party of the 25lbs are arriving tomorrow, to start building a large ammo dump.The've collected just over 300 wartime ammo boxes. cheer's all Stu Ps vehicles can arrive from 2pm this friday the 8th of July

Hi All, Just to clarify things a little,if your BOOKED in and come in a military vehicle then the entry is free plus free pack lunches on both the sat & sun.Overwise you have to pay at the gate.Please visit our website for more info www.ponderosa-warweekend.co.uk cheer's stu

Hi guy's, Your quite right the lunch voucher does double as your entry ticket.Hope this clarify's thing's. cheer's stu

She's getting there, all the outside is now painted in a nice shade of green.Just need to bolt all the parts back on,then apply a final coat of paint & organise the Ponderosa show all in 6 days :-D Good job iv'e got alot of friends Ken!!!.

We now have 7 tanks booked in.The first of the tanks arrived yesterday,with another arriving on Monday.Just counting up today there's quite a few early 39/40 British wartime softskin vehicles booked in.Not long now roll on 9th & 10th of July.

Hi all, The halftrack has now been stripped sandblasted & painted.As if ken hasn't got enough to do,with his own restoration's.Ken very kindly offered his services, along with my good friend Brian to rebuild the engine for me.Many many thanks guy's.Let's see what tomorrow bring's.Finger's crossed she'll be driving under her own steam to Ponderosa. stu

Someones keen as the first tank was delivered today,with another arriving on monday.Chris Wrights (Baildon) Heavy Haulage LTD are well cheap so i'm being told.(The've given the show a special delivery rate to & from the show) if anyone's interested give Martin a ring for a quote.

You'll soon find out Rick your in it!!!Don't forget your tin hat you'll need it mate.We have a very special piro team doing the buisness this year.They work in the TV & film industry. stu

Hi all, Just to update you all,we finally finished the large full scale Normandy village today c/w a full scale stone built bridge with water.Many thanks to all the guy's & gal's who have made the impossible possible.Thou i believe KEN building a realistic French cafe c/w counter & wine racks is possibly to realistic lol.Iv'e also heard on the grape vine he's going to be serving beer & wine all weekend :-D The original Victorian lamp posts were put up today,which are great finishing touches along with Ken's wife Kaths superb realistic French shop/street signs both of which really do set the scene."Roll on the 9th & 10th of July". Regarding armour we have a chaffee, two hellcats & a German marder tank along with six American & now two German halftracks,bren gun carriers,dingos,various postwar tanks armoured vehicles 208 vehicles booked in along with 39 re-enactment groups.Sorry no Shermans.All vehicles can arrive as from Friday 8th of July www.ponderosa-warweekend.co.uk Anyone not booked in and wishing to attend pm me.If your not booked in please don't just turn up. cheer's stu

Hi All, Can anyone help as all the data plates are missing from my M16 White halftrack,just wondering if anyone can shed any light from the chassis number 276270. cheer's stu

I'll lend you mi hammer again Ken if it helps in the resto:-D

Hi Jack can anyone join in,if so i'd like to bring my M16 halftrack down. cheer's stu

Hi all,BBMF flypast now confirmed at 11.05am on saturday 9th. cheer's stu

Hi all, Again another update just to keep you all up to speed,we had 202 vehicles booked in with unusally alot of wartime armour well especially in the North of England.The full scale stone built bridge has now been completed, and superb it looks to.We've now started erecting, what will become a full scale mock Normandy village kindly donated to us.These old prop set's which look great with full interiors inc stair's.This may well be the biggest reactation of a mock Normandy village ever built,once the houses are sorted all the foxholes gun & mortor pitt's will be dug.This year all the groups will be permanently on the battlefield unlike most other shows with full living history.The 25bs along with several armoured vehicles will be firing and taking part in the battle.So why not be part of the biggest reactment battle ever held in the North.Contact details are all on our website www.ponderosa-warweekend.co.uk 9 & 10th of July just off the M62 motorway cheer's stu

Hi All, First of all thank's chris, i still need the correct measurements for the smaller of the two rear boxes. Well my M16 halftrack finally arrived on tues afternoon,much to the annoyance of the gaffer AKA r lass.As i'd only walked threw the door unpacked the suitcases from our hol's abroad,when the phone rang from the lowloader com stating "your halftrack is loaded and on it's way to you". So she's not a happy bunny oh well no pain no game:D.The halftrack is very complete as far as the back is concered with all the brackets ie grenade boxes, thombstone rackes, radio table,floor lockers etc etc.Unfortunatley all the date plates are missing,so if anyone has any original's i'd be very interested.Iv'e tried to upload some pics with no joy so far,so if anyone can help with this.My next goal is too get her running & restore the outside only just for the Ponderosa show.Iv'e now got six haltracks booked in inc mine.Five weeks only no pressure then.A special thanks must go to Ken & Brian who helped with the unloading and helpful advice and know i'm not going to camp next to it.Well not unless my partner kick's me out. Question why is it when your in, your under there feet & when your out they miss you & state "You never spend enough time with me" :nut:?? cheer's Stu

Neither is me K2 on the list:D lol. You'll be getting spam at this rate

thanks for the info Barry

Is it just standard olive dark drab or does it have a ral no.As i need to paint my halftrack next. cheers stu

Hi all, Anyone know where i can buy a correct halftrack glove box & key from. stu

Superb restoration Barry,can i ask what paint have you used and which company supplied it. cheer's stu

Hi all, We've now received 202 vehicle app-forms,many thanks to all for booking in.Just to give you abit of a taster of some of the vehicles booked in so far: M24 Chaffee M18 Hellcat x 2 M14 Int halftrack M16 White halftrack M3A1 white halftrack M3 halftrack x 2 D2 cat Dozer Daimler Dingo x 3 Canadian carrier German Marder tank German Kettenkrad German SDKFZ251 (OT810) Russian PT76 tank Russian Tracked missle launcher Fv601 Saladin Ferret's Ten ww2 artillery pieces Thirty nine ww2 British vehicles inc most marks of FAT's & a good selection of early aeroscreens. Studebaker US6 Schwimmwagen A good selection of British National service vehicles & US Vietnam era vehicles both of which will be doing display's. 39 Living history groups Several static cockpitts & planes etc etc App-forms can be downloaded from www.ponderosa-warweekend.co.uk or pm me, so come along and enjoy. cheer's stu

Someone must know someone with a M16 halftrack c/w the rear boxes. Please help :-D

Hi all, My M16 halftrack will be finaly arriving next week hoorah.I need help with the diamension's & pic's of the (smaller) of the two rear storage box's so i can fabricate a new one.These are the storage boxes that fit on the outside on the back body.Any help would be greatly appreciated. cheer's stu