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As a company they are fine, infact very hepful. If its auction then their premium is I think 16% as to wether vat is applied that depends if vat have been claimed back in the passed. Something to take into account is getting the vehicle back, thats when it can become exspensive. BUt as I said as a company they are fine.

I think you should make that VERY clear, as you could end up with some VERY irritated bidder's....... Most people would assume that was the one going to auction, as that what people were lead to believe........ The old addage of buyer BEWARE.............

Negative vibes man, negative vibes.........:cool:

I'm confused, is it the new owners business plan you dont like or the fact that you want it moving nearer to you ? I think people on the whole do not like change, for years people moaned about toilets,showers at Hop farm, now the show has moved there are other issues. I dont think, any location would be perfect. Its about 140 miles each way for me. Last year one of our group drove his Scout car with Ben hur trailer 176 miles each way.......he had a great time.

Oh no sad to hear that, sometimes something so simple can cause so much trouble. What career did you have to end in such a quick way. I like the sound of easy life .

Ouch that sounds painful, did you hurt your spine at the show ?

To be fair & totally honest, the new owner was going to get it wrong the first year after all there was plenty of hype before the show,as to how bad it would be. What does amaze me is that Rex had what 27 years to get it right and still did'nt manage it. I went from the first Friday until the Saturday (9 days) I had a great time. We are restricted to the cr*p field.....oppps sorry Kitcheners because we take our campers. I must say the showers when they had hot water were good. The gents urinals which looked new were also ok, however the throne rooms were NOT as good. Not dirty as such, but stunk, and oddly enough the wash basins were filfthy, not from use but from not being properly cleaned. I was under the impression the additional £10 we all paid was to have the ablutions manned and cleaned 24hrs. I saw no sign of this. The temporary wet weather roadway although not needed was put down but I doubt the effectiveness had it been wet. apart from these couple of things I thought it was a good effort despite many people trying to "Sink the show" for the new owner. As regard the number of vehicles, well thats down to us, if vehicle owners only visit for the day and dont take a MV then of course numbers will decline. Its our choice,but its a bit like voting if you don't vote you cant moan who gets in power, so dont take your vehicles and the show will die.

IF you do drive onto the beaches, but the locals are NOT KEEN, only put up with it on major years (5th) make sure you find a pressure washer pretty soon and give your vehicle a REALLY good wash. Remember 73 years ago goverments paid the repair bills......

You can try to polish a turd as mach as one like but my money is on the fact the driver (who may not have been a farmer) was totally aware of his surroundings, if NOT then he should not have been driving, Chances are he was on his phone laughing to his mates about the tail back behind him. Sorry but the fines/ punishments are FAR too low for these type of people. Ive followed "Beet" tractors in Suffolk during harvest who's drivers have NO regard for other motorists. Saying all the above it is a reminder that driving slow vehicles we all need to be aware whats behind us................

That could happen around here any day any week by MOST farmers.........

Sounds like you are really moving on down there, good luck, you need fairly fit people I would think ??

Hi Mike, I'm with Richard to a degree. You did not say why you change the fuel pump but did the problems start after that ? Gary

Thank you, Jack, Jim, Adrian and anyone else who helped arrange a fantastic weekend......again.

Thankyou gentlemen, I have been pondering that for a while, I'm supprised its not shown in the TM. Thinking about it, the GI's then were a bit smaller,leaner and maybe less well fed than us, arr but they were MUCH younger.

Not related to tool box's but to WLF in general, is there a specific way to load and unload the two spare wheels without injurying yourself ?

Hi Steve we are small group that are not too far away,all of our vehicles are WW2 and pretty good condition. The problem I have with Shuttleworth is that in the past they have asked for vehicles,(which of course may increase thier gate) but have asked for pictures to make sure the vehicles fit with their critique......either they want WW2 or they dont.

I'm not sure about that Tony, I have rung at all sorts of time and not only were they pleased to take an order they spent a lot of time on the phone with technical advise (to me thats priceless) Re their costs, on the whole the fact that the prices they quote are including VAT I've not found a huge difference from other suppliers and I cant think that I have had anything thats not top notch. Each to thier own.

Thats where your problem starts Tony.......Jeep parts do CHEAP parts for jeeps, I have NEVER had anyting of quality from them.............they dont really seem to understand Dodges either...... I replaced the whole brake system on our dodge last year with parts from another supplier near Newbury with NO problems at all.

LOL...... :laugh:it just proves that farms are some of the most dangerous places on earth, normally due to the tight fisted farmer with an attitude of "that will do".....

Some pictures might be useful.........we then might be able to save it as intented use.

Thank you, I will pass that info on my friend.

Hello all, out of my field on these vehicles but here goes. I have a very good friend who does some engineering for a company that contracts work to the Indian Air Force. He makes some nozzles that are used as part of a cleaning system & power recovery on aircraft engines and has done so for a number of years. The main contractor has asked if he could do something similar for the T72 and also the OT90. Before he can answer he would like to have a look at the engines of both vehicles. So is there anyone that would be happy to let him have a look, he is in Bedfordshire but more than happy to travel. Please contact via PM, and thanks in advance.

Not being an MV owner its difficult to understand the frustration of some people........... I remember the first time I read the t&c's at W&P from the last owner, not really that far away from the new ones, and as I remember little of those were enforced. Lets all just see how it goes and if we dont like the way its run now, vote with our wheels..........

I agree with you, BUT it looks to have nice original plates on the glove box......Ive seen those alone sell for silly money :nut: :nut: :nut:

If you read my earlier post you can see that I spoke to the current W&P team at length at Malvern in March. I came away much happier. Of course I could have been lead up the garden path, BUT that was'nt the impression I received, they seemed fair and honest, yes they agreed they wanted to do away with "scammers"......... Putting that phrase in context means the white transit with "UN" stuck on the side with parcel tape. Before we all get heated and say the UN does have white transits and do use parcel tape, I think most of us on here know full well what they mean.