Enigma

Would be nice to see MV evolution like that. Lots has changed and sometimes not much att all.

Don't know, never eaten a vegan.... :naughty:

I am supposed to do a 10 KM march with the VMD, haven't heard much from them though. Good luck mate.

Hi Chris I bet in her mind she was sitting next to you driving offroad like mad....good on you for keeping your promise! During the commemorations in Den Bosch last October I made a Welsh veteran happy. We had spoken a year earlier about Recce badges (he was a Recce). He couldn't get a original one. I had forgotten (my memory is shot). This year he reminded me and I promissed him a original one. He had a replica loaned form someone else. So I brought the badge which I wear daily on a black beret and gave it to him. He was very pleased. When another veteran asked how much he had paid I just said it was a gift. I got a new one through Ebay.

Ha ha, sick minds think alike; I also wonder about vegan's :rofl: :naughty: I LOVE animals......,they taste great!

Is the ignition dry? Moisture can be a pain. My brothers M201 ran a little rough in the summer. Replaced the spark plugs by the CORRECT ones and now seems to be OK. Are the plug leads OK? Condensator? Succes. For MOT that's not a problem is it?

had my Dodge on Milweb. Got a reply from 1 of those sammers. No Q's about the vehicle, language like someone who wants to buy a Rolls and offcourse the cheque thing...

I think I've seen and heard it! Visible from the W&P grounds? Lots of smoke and sounding like a crashing B-17... Ah well, was a great performance art kinda thing.......

Hi Berni Looks like nice toys. Like to play around with some of them...

So now your pushing your luck mate. You'll never hear the end of it if you do, especially in a parade.....

ArtistRifles I can imagine you don't want to wear a uniform. Here in Holland for WW2 parades a uniform is desired. Those who don't want that are asked to wear green or khaki. So a red sweater isn't very wellcome. Maybe dark clothing would be OK for you? Just my 2 cents. My passion is WW2 but I don't look down on post war vehicles. Some of them are rarer and more expensive (or more good looking) than WW2 stuff. There is 1 vehicle I really don't like (won't mention it here). BUT, if someone has 1 of those I give him due respect cause HE or SHE likes it.

Been there for a 1 day visit in 2000 ( my mate wanted to go home after 1 day, arrived back at 07:00 hours!). So much to see. I was very impressed by the devastation at Point Du Hoc. Also met a US veteran in a museum standing by a Dodge with tears in his eyes. I approached him and said I drove 1 of those. His sad mood cleared and he got his family around him to tell them about me and the fact I had a WW2 Dodge. I was glad to make the man smile again...

I agree about the wind although I haven't got hair anymore, just to have very looong hair though. Especially nice to drive in the winter without a top with people looking like we're the ones who are nuts!

Hmmmm, you win some and loose it....pity.

paint can be a problem. On my Dodge I mixed some browin in it but its a little too glossy. Howeven after a while it got more matt. Looking forward to the endresult of all your work. Keep up the good work.

Years ago a friend and me went on a holiday to the Ardennes in my M38. The first camping was "full" :? , well a green Jeep and a longhaired driver wasn't very wellcome I think. So we drove the Jeep in the woods and slept onder a tarpaulinn next to the Jeep. Somewhere on the way beck near Eupen we wanted to go in the woods again via a trail. Not allowed. To block it a little was of earth was laid there. :-) Ah, no problem we thought we have 4X4 and drove on it. OH OH, it was very soft ground, we went over it and sank on to it with all wheels on either side with the belly stuck in the soft wall. OOPS. :oops: So we took the Jack, damn , we drove it into the soft ground. Lifting? No good. Wood onder the wheels, nope. That meant digging it free from left to right. Offcourse we got spotted by a forestwarden :nono:, well actually 2 independent of each other - crap.... In my best French (which isn't very good) I managed to tell him somebody said to go there and left. Guess the guys thought the trouble we had was punishment enough. OK, so were digging and its getting dark (like our mood). In the twilight we were being annoyed by little flies which OFFCOURSE later turned out to be mosquito type things :argh:. Later we looked like we had Measels or small pocks, especially my friend had a long time of itching from it. In the end we got free and drove to find another sleeping place not saying 1 word to each other. LATER we could laugh at it.

I agree with open cabs. I like them better than the closed ones. We drive open all year long, only use the top when it rains. Lot of work ahead of you, succes. replacing the cab shouldn't be very difficult.

:tup:

I would think so. if its in good condition it will probably still be used. A bit like a farmer which uses WW2 jerrycans for his tractor.

I am into WW2 vehicles, HOWEVER I also like postwar ones. I agree post war vehicles are being looked at as being "inferior"or whatever. They are also worthwhile and have lots of history to those who served or fought in them. Guess WW2 has mor of a "romantic" appeal to them. About WW2 vehicles and actual combatuse? I agree lots never been used in the fighting. Also a reason why there are relatively many late war Dodges or early 1/2 ton Dodges around is simple. Late war couldn't have seen much action and 1/2 ton Dodges (also early Jeeps-training) stayed in the US while 3/4 ton Dodges went to war. My WC 21 came to Europe in the late 40's.I presume it served in the war in the US. No markings were left and no history of this vehicle was to be found. Guess 1 big reason why I like Beltring is to meet people with other vehicles I don't normally see like Lee's Fox, Sirhc's vehicles or the Stalward. WW2 Dodges, Jeeps and GMC are to be seen at all MV meetings....

First I heard about white poppy's. As a Dutchman we don't have such tradition. However out of respect for our liberators (some I know personally and affectionally) and for feeling Britain as my 2nd motherland I wear a poppy even though hardly anyone here understands what's it about. I say; keep them red! We will remember

Hmm, walked in BD last Summer in Holland at about the same temp as Beltring. It did get hot..... P.S, US infantry wear woollen pants :evil: maybe a reason why so many do Airborne?

Jack mate, are you sure they are Girls??? :rofl:

They didn't, the royalty is another thing.... there a very good researched book on the matter. Can't find it. Basically its about contacts between brit royalty and germany (Hess). Churchill was opposed to any form of negotiations. lets be honest; would Hess fly to the UK with only a vague idea about negotiations? He wasn't as mad as he was made out to be....

Cool!!! The Spit nearly took his head off!! Jessie, no pics to be seen.. Where I live is lowflying training area for our Aapache helicopters, film and photo by yours truly. The film is very short, the battery died... http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a264/T214/th_Olaf041.jpg[/img] The photo was taken a few months ago, behind the embankment is the river Maas, they are allowed to fly at 15 meters (about 45 feet). The photo [attachment deleted by admin]