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There must be many thousands  , particularly motorbikes as they are so easy to store.

I live in a small town 15k pop. and I bet there are many surprising old vehicles tucked away just in my town  . You occasionally hear about the odd one.  This must be even more prevalent in rural areas where people tend to have land and big sheds or barns.

Many  middle aged / old men  I know still have the bike(s) of their youth mouldering in the garage, of course this means mainly 60s- 80s  stuff these days. 

Digressing slightly I wonder as time marches on and WW2 becomes ancient history  will  many want a Bedford OY or Morris Quad  for instance .  I can see Jeeps and Shermans remaining popular but not sure about the more mundane.

Might do a then and now as time on my hands !

I have some Still photos from this on my Flickr site,  probably the most Commer Beetles on moving  film !

Their are also  Morris Commercial CDSW 's towing artillery  still on carriage wheels.

It is an interesting film in it's own right but  even more so to me as they are camped in the field in front of my house !

Link to Flickr pics-

https://www.flickr.com/photos/seacoaler/albums/72157711859517038

Double post

1 hour ago, attleej said:

Why did they waste all this money developing these ridiculous vehicles?  Because Defence was told to re-arm and spend money.  A lesson for the future if, god forbid, we have to re-arm again big time.

I digress but with almost no commercial vehicle industry  now we would be dependent on other countries.

The short 'tent' on the back is so typical Diamond T .

Link to YouGov ' small claims' -

https://www.gov.uk/make-court-claim-for-money

If you can afford  the £60 it costs and you have solid back up evidence take it to the small claims court.

This can all be done online by filling in two forms.

What often  happens with  chaotic small firms is they ignore all the letters ,do not defend the claim and judge automatically finds in your favour.  If they do not  pay court sends  bailiffs in and usually you get your money back and all costs. But it sounds like you will win your claim whatever .

Well spotted , the wheels look very military too so probably  a converted  ex army  Q4,

Wonder what body was for ?

Interesting  Commer  6x6 on flickr , not sure if it is a converted  ex army Q4  or maybe a Douglas 6x6 conversion for the oil industry .

Lots of Dingo's and Daimler Armoured cars , odd Fordson AA tractor.

https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/9348?search_term=ROYAL REVIEW&search_join_type=AND&search_fuzzy=yes

The Austin K6's at the end have unusual bodies, high double drop sides , anyone know their purpose ?

Bit of a case of 'do you know what it is yet'😊

Assembling Army Trucks 1944 -

https://www.britishpathe.com/video/assembling-army-trucks/query/assembling+army+trucks

High on a Yorkshire cliff top the bottom half of a Motley MG mount remains which amazingly rotates freely  on its bearings after 80 years.

ANNUAL CAMP 1957-activities and events of the 278th Field Regiment of the Royal Artillery (T.A.) in the 1950s.

https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/9353?search_term=camp 1957&search_join_type=AND&search_fuzzy=yes

Bedford OY and MWD,  Morris Quads, Scammell Explorers, Austin K9's,  Matadors, Mack NM, Jeep, BSA  etc

Yes I have, I have read  that the Scammell  tank transporter was shipped out of France and served in the Western Desert campaign which I find quite remarkable given the panic at the time.

I have put together a little collection of BEF photos on Flickr-

Film of 278th Field Regiment of the Royal Artillery (T.A.) in the 1950s. Still using lots of wartime gear including Albion FT15 N's with 25 pounders, 

https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/9352?search_term=278&search_join_type=AND&search_fuzzy=yes

Stills Albion FT15, Carriers,BSA M20?,Albion FT15N, Commer Superpoise I ton radio van.

Being going through a lot of old film archive websites and found quite a few interesting military vehicle ones-

For starters a 1943  film about a garage in Cambridge on a very busy main road , that also is doing a lot of work on AEC Matadors , Morris Quads , CDSW etc

link-

http://www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/2044

still shots from film of Matador , anyone interpret the markings ?

Afraid I can see the DVLA'S point,  if anyone could claim a reg. no. with little evidence what would be the result.

When rules were easier and low reg.no.s became valuable much skullduggery was done. 

One of my workmates had a lucrative sideline dragging then almost worthless  S1  Land Rover wrecks out of hedges with low numbers , putting their id  plate/reg. number on to his good one and getting it MOT'ed so he could sell the number on.

Yes I am very interested in BEF vehicles and apart from the Valentine's this could be a BEF column.!

Seeing the interior of the artillery and search  light  6x4's is interesting.

6 hours ago, john1950 said:

In the film the tanks are labelled as (Tetarch MkV11 Light tanks). One number seems to be T27619. One of the Morris C8s is Z4467019. I think. Greys monument is still there as is the junction of Pilgrim Street and Market street. They do not seem to have done much research into to the line of vehicles as some of the trucks are labled as Scammells

Yes I was looking for the Scammells !

So given the vehicle mix anyone hazard a date ? To me there appears to be no vehicle that was made after the Valentine ( July 1941 ) so I would guess late 41 or 42 .

Yes I knew they were not Tetrarchs.

There are also some Humber armoured cars and some American 4x2 trucks maybe ex French Contract.

Thanks most of the trucks have a 39/40 look about them in film but I thought these tanks looked a bit later.

Link to film -

http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/mary-princess-royal-countess-harewood-attends-war-days-parade-newcastle

I'm trying to put a date on an old film on the net and wondered what this tank is and when was it in service?

Film says c.1940

Thanks

The singles look much better IMHO .