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    Mike, It is part of the collection of the Virginia Museum of Military Vehicles: http://www.vmmv.org/. This museum hosts one of the largest private collections of WW2 AFVs in the world. This Morris must have been shipped along from the UK with some of the armour coming from the now defunct Budge collection. It seems this is the fate of other Morris´ in the USA. A rare PU8/4 was shipped to the states when the Victory Museum in Belgium keeled over and most of their collection was sold to a private museum in the states. Hanno
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    I can vouch for that . . . :-( The problem could be the plug leads are wrongly connected.
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    Here´s a Life Magazine picture of "Canadian UN troops, probably in Turkish-Cypriot Village" (1964): I´m sure Clive can tell us the whole history of the Pig in question, including the driver´s name back in 1964! Enjoy, Hanno
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    Excellent pic of Bedford MW on the recently released Life images hosted by Google site:
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    Petrol prices reached early 2005 levels this month in Holland. "Enjoy it while stocks last! When it's gone it's gone!"
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    Jes, Please join my Sherman Register mailing list at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/G104 There's a bunch of people who can help with info. Regards, Hanno
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    The file name "HurricaneSudan1942-1.jpg" reveals the above H.
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    Indeed! Here´s a couple of pics of a Dutch military fire applicance, one of four based on the DAF YA328 built in 1954.
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    Just found two pictures of Dutch trailers, obviously copied from Tasker´s Queen Mary. Go to http://members.home.nl/v.roosmalen/pages/geschiedenis_tropco.html and scroll down for a pic of one behind a 1953 Bedford tractor and one behind a 1962 DAF. H.
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    Looks like a tree straddler (for lack of a better word - I´m Dutch, eh!), built from scrap steel and military vehicle components. Hanno
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    Good show, thanks! But by now you must have figured out it was Jack who faked that BBC call? All we wanted was you to take the Autocar out on the road and show piccies here! Hanno
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    And it was the very same tank which elicited the following reply from German industry after they were asked to manufacture a copy: "No we can not", was the answer. "It would not pass our quality inspection". H.
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    A guy I know was a contractor of for the UK MoD, where he onze witnessed a yearly contest held within the DLO. The commander of the DLO would ask his people to come up with the oldest part they could find in the MoD´s supply stocks. Reportedly, someone came up with a 1916 Sopwith Camel carburettor! No, this was not in 1928, but somewhere around the turn of the century. Hanno
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    Sounds like my original granddad´s hammer: the handle was only chnaged twice and the head three times. . . Seriously: did your truck receive the chassis from the 2nd Hippo built, or did the 2nd Hippo built receive the body from the March 1944 example? Or is it like many rebuilt military vehicles, a random selection of overhauled parts assembled into a like new, proper functioning vehicle? Hanno
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    Keith, interesting shots, thanks! A word of caution re. the DVD you hope to make with all of "your" photos of british trucks in German use. I bought an original print of the PU Kübel off Ebay a while ago, only to find it up for auction by the same seller, and published in a book. Obviously, it was not an original print, but one of many printed on old photo paper. . . What I´m trying to say is you might want to look into copyrights before publishing your DVD. Regards, Hanno
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    You are right, the Goverment Notice should read To Be Used In Real World H.
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    "Government Notice: Each Driver Of A Right-Hand Drive Vehicle Will Hand In His/Her/Its Right Turn Assistant Before Leaving The Island. It Will Be Exchanged For A Left Turn Assistant, To Be Used In Rest Of World." Sigh. I´ll stick to using my brain as Adrian suggested!
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    I understand the official nomenclature was "Semi-Trailer, 5 Ton, Long Low Loading". So they came in two weight classes (3 and 5 ton)? It looks like the 3 ton version was a shortened 5 ton trailer? That´s what it looks like in the pictures. Were they built by any other manufacturers than Tasker? Thanks, Hanno
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    Like this? http://airfields.fotopic.net/p49286333.html H.
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    Wow gents, excellent pics of the Queen Mary trailer! One of the most typical trailers, maybe even typical British, that "Baily bridge on wheels"! Here in Holland there's one on the show circuit, carrying a Harvard fuselage. Tractive unit is a long-nosed Commer (Q2?). Cheers, Hanno
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    Was the wireless truck a GS body with canvas tilt? Thanks, Hanno
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    Great stuff guys, but how about some pics of the Queen Mother Of All Trailers, the Queen Mary? Thanks, Hanno
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    Well yes, the Land Rover was developed as a commercial 4x4 vehicle. The military adopted and adapted it when their purpose-designed Champ turned out to be too expensive and cumbersome. Hanno
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    Schwimmwagen Kübelwagen Volkswagen The above is just to make sure you're actually buying a Kdf Typ 166. If you don't know what I mean, google "Kooblekar" before you pay up front for a bucket seat people's car. H.
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    IIRC, this picture was made somewhere in the Pacific. H.
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