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Currently have Land Rover 101 FC 12v GS; Land Rover 101 FC 12v Radio Body; Land Rover 24v FFR Lightweight; Can Am Bombardier and a Harley Davidson MT350 plus the CS kit and bits for all of them.

Military Stories, yes please, I have a Can Am Bombardier and just love it. Also have a MT350, but its not a patch on the Can Am.

That looks a beast, in a nice way..

Very sad news, like many here, met Peter in the mid 70's, thinking we were alone with our thoughts on military vehicle preservation and ownership, but all that changed with the formation of the MVCG. What a great guy, will be sadly missed. RIP Peter.

Hello and welcome

Mark,

Did you receive my email OK.

That house still survives, but not the house and buildings used by the Army Photographers, which is now part of a block of flats that covers the plot.

Tony, Think W&P arena at the end of the show as un-limited and limited as a couple of sets of wheel ruts about 6" - 8" deep in the middle of the pitch.

So if I have done this correctly, there should be 3photos, 1st is an original 1940's Photo taken at Chiselhurst on common outside local church, is shown with British census number and micky mouse camo. 2nd is the LAA tractor we rescued and restored, taken in the 1980's and the 3rd is from Canadian Military Vehicle Profiles Volume 2 by William Gregg, which is labelled "Canadian LAA tractor in British service, France 1944............................

Your not kidding they are strong vehicles, I have a couple of stories using ours at the All Ford Show at Abingdon and on tour in Belgium.

The winches are fantastic pieces of kit, at Abingdon we pulled a 5ton Ford out of the mud side wards because the driver managed to get the motor stuck, in the mud, right near some trees and the only clear route out was side wards.

In Belgium, we camped in a sports stadium overnight with a host of other WW2 vehicles, including a 6x6 Dodge Weapons carrier towing a T16 Bren Gun carrier on a trailer which sunk up to its axles in the middle of the football pitch, and we pulled the whole lot out in one go, with limited damage to the fotball pitch. The 6x6 had the rear propshaft removed so was really a 6x4.

What fun we had.

Somewhere on my bookshelves, I have a photo of a CMP LAAT from Imperial War museum records, in British Army livery, photo was taken at Chiselhurst in 1944 in front of the local church. I will search for it and see what references are on the reverse of the photo.

In the distant past I assisted my pal Bill with the restoration of his CMP Ford LAAT, and had a CMP of my own.

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I had a Morris Commercial MRA1, way back in the 1980's, one of the best trucks I have ever owned, always started on the button every time. Sorry when I sold it, even borrowed it back to tow a vehicle home.

Great piece of memory jogging, Thanks.

That's spooky, was looking at some old photos of Beverley Museum the other day.

Where has all that kit gone to????

Well hello again, saw your intro on the 101 club forum.

Hope to see you at Beltring.

Tis a long time ago, but I seem to remember that the 4x4 was a special, in fact a Dodge Weapons Carrier (I believe), running gear and an Austin K2 body.

Hello and welcome, I had a MRA1 back in the late 1970's. Terrific motor, never missed a beat, started every time. It was a sad day when I sold it.

In total agreement with all comments, a well deserved honour.

A cup???? all the REME guys I knew carried their own mugs about with them, at all times, so they didn't miss out on a brew.

By the way, Hi Big Ray, and welcome.

Brian.

Dry days?? you'll be lucky if you do. Just looked out the office window, mixture of Rain Sleet and Snow, with hail stones, great int'it.

Brian.

Why not use a Solar Powered Battery Charger, you can get these from Maplins, costs about £20 or less.

I use one on my 90 Tdi Off Roader, and one on my leisure battery in my 101. As long as the battery is more or less fully charged these units keep it that way, and do not seem to over charge them, if left for long periods. I have left the 90 for 4months and the battery was fully charged.

Brian.

Tony, I have some left over jeep side screen fixing kits, which might be useful, if you need them.

Brian.

Hello and welcome to the forum.

I've just been looking at a few restoration photos of a Stuart, and the screen looks different, in that it seats into the void of the view hatch, where as this screen tooks as if it clips onto a top rail, and is held in place by the centre over catches. So still open to ideas.

Brian.

Not too sure if this helps - It's stamped FV757181 and was removed from a scrap Saracen amoungst other items to refit into a Saracen restoration a few years ago. I believe it's one of a pair of brackets to hold the spare barrel for the turret mounted 30cal. or the bren gun.

That's great guys,:-) I knew someone would know was it was.