Bodge Deep

Don't worry it won't happen. I had the same problem with the dodge, as a Norwegion registration document (clearly showing that the truck was built in 1944 was insufficient proof of age (FFS!) I sent off to Chrysler and got the build card for it (so it too has a birthday!). If i can dredge any more information from the bottom of my brain at this hour in the morning i'll let y'know. MVT areas usuallly have a verification officer who'll come and cast an eye over it and write a letter, but the build card did the trick for me...

no Q plate nor nowt :-D

nutbush city limits? :-D

Nice one Steve

a bonus for those of us going the AAF way :-D

Very good apart from the glaring ommission of Corporal Jones's instruction on the salute

"up two three, wiggle, wiggle, down, three" :-D

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Glad to hear it...

especially as its your fault i got mine :-D :-D

Lloyd that was gods way of telling you not to sell the Dodge!

Get y'self to The Flag Pub at Garstang on 5th December

South Cumbria / Noth Lancs MVT meeting... a Good start & plenty of Jeepers to chat to

Oh & me :mrgreen:

she's takin' the P :wink: :wink:

...if you own a military vehicle you're irreversibly f***ed... so there is a connection :shake:

don't worry they're all out of focus :roll:

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Curious... but not surprising :evil:

Sounds like a scam t'me

I very much doubt the pics will appear, or the tank for that matter.

Christ, for 1.5 mil i'd forfeit my ebay id :-D :-D

I don't know what it is, but i like it!

one o' them Oshkosh things? :-D

This sounds like a great event.

Sadly its too far for me to take the Dodge (lake district :roll:)

What are the overnight facilities? Camping etc?

& could we (those without vehicles) get lifts with those who have... pretty please!

I could even offer my services as a driver... if anyone is in need!

Cheers

Rupert

I always think that haynes manuals should grade jobs by the number of skinned knuckles and blood lost and expletives used

"Ah yes starter motor removal and refitment "

"It says here 3 plasters, 2 knuckes, a couple of f**kin' s, 3 cups o' tea :-o and bang your head on the bumper getting out from under the car each time until dizzy :-D

Surely a contender for the 'Worst place to break down' trophy

The trophy being a first aid kit for bruised foot

after hoofing the offending vehicle,

which goes from your pride and joy to your nemesis

in the time it takes to kick it as hard as you can :wink:

Nice Truck Ghasp

I know well the sensation of waiting at the docks for your truck to arrive... very exciting... then driving it home 140-odd miles!

Secondly I do not take any of my vehicles to swimming galas or horse of the year shows because they don't fit. Why would anyone want to take a 1960's vehicle to a forties event at eg a steam railway? There could be some slight reason to go the other way: jeeps were in use up to the 60's I believe for example but if the event is supposed to show a particular period then stay away if your vehicle(s) don't fit.

Exactly

Perhaps many postwar vehicles lack the romance that is associated with their WWII counterparts? Romance in terms of peoples emotional reaction/ attraction to them. As a WWII vehicle owner I have experienced this when MOPs will march right past a mint PW/modern vehicle to ogle my Dodge (not mint by any means!) much to the annoyance of the PW vehicle owner (possibly one of the reasons for the division). But because they (the MOP) remember riding in one as a kid or driving one in service or seeing them during the war (an extremely emotive period in anyones memory who lived through it) they become part and parcel of the experience and engrained in their memory as much as powdered egg or the sound of Glenn Miller.

I think that striving for authenticity is a good thing and people should be a little less precious about "I'm not invited to this party"

It's no different from trawling ebay for that hard to find part for your vehicle for it to look right...after all you could put BMW headlights on your champ but it would look wrong... event organisers are doing the same thing... trying to make the event look as authentic as possible not just "kind of right".

If you're not invited to go...throw your own party... have a great time!

I wouldn't take the dodge to a PW vehicle show (although it was in service in Norway 'till the 80's!). Just as I wouldn't take the Dodge to a First World War event/re-enactment as it would be utterly out of place & look wrong. So why is, as Clive said, acceptable for a post war vehicle, to get amongst jimmys, jeeps & dodges at a wartime event and be the cause of a rumpus just 'cause its military?

If the event is just a MV show, great, allcomers turn up & enjoy the variety and diversity of vehicles from all eras.

If it's a 40's event... 40's vehicles only simple as that :wink:

How rough did that jeep sound :?

Does it need they key putting back into it and winding up a bit more :-D

Or it could be the MAP sensor (air pressure sensor) on the inlet manifold (if it has one) I had a Pug 406 with the same symptoms exactly... it was that.

Utter, utter cobblers (the white poppies, not you Jack :-D )

Makes my p1ss boil

Grrrr