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I've driven my UAZ 69B for thaousand of kilometres up and down Italy and never had any problem. Enjoy your ride! Andrea

Well... if deacs were outlawed only outlaws will have deacs. Just a question. Cost of technical check and of handling/restitution of the weapon are borne by the plods or by the owner?

Yes, and while CBs can communicate worldwide with very simple technology, Internet connections can be firewalled monitored or simply switched off.... Andrea

Mike, I was simply saying that a paper certificate is simply an unneccessary complication, once there is a database of deacs available to the Police. One could tamper with a deac even with a certificate well kept together with it..... A sensible procedure would be, in case of a control, that the Police check if the weapon was legally deac, then, if doubts arise about it having been "reac" then have it inspected. Andrea

The proof houses keeping a record of all deacs with make, model and serial so that just a check on the database is needed.... too easy? You need the Sacred Piece Of Paper.... Bah.... bureaucracy..... Andrea

Is the fear of a revolution the reason for the 1920 law that started the abolition of firearms in UK? Andrea

If you are going to Croatia then back, just say that you are travelling to Italy or Austria. At the Italian or Austrian border no one will question about your truck. Andrea

Sorry kids, due to the general recession and cuts in the defense budget, in collaboration with Mercedes Benz, this is the only new tracked vehicle available.... Andrea

Me too, however this confirms that we are obsessed with old stuff... she'll be 40 in August........ older than my wife.... 8-) Andrea

Just to make you Brits envyous.... Here in Italy SLRs are classed "Hunting Weapons" and can be had to Sporting Firearms Certificate holders. They cost around 600-750 Euro..... There are many short barrelled SLRs on the Itlian market but they had been "bubba-ed" by the importer... Andrea

ISTR that the color coded spark plugs leads have been always the norm with the Ford model T, only in that case they were low tension leads from the distributor to the four buzzing coils... Andrea

The "Adrian" helmet was adopted by several armies. During the IWW it was the standard Italian helmet, too.

As per subject, I would like to know if anyone is coming to Italy for their vacation and could so a transport of a small couple of Items sold by Clive that cannot be sent via mail or courier... TIA Andrea (living in Tuscany....)

I wish I was the GI at 2:21. "Yes, you can surrender. I'll have the pleasure of taking the Schwimmwagen.... Danke". Andrea

Count 67EK91 Rover 8 ex-BAOR now happily living in Tuscany in the Club.... Andrea

1978 is some 32 years.... comms can get pretty obsolete in a shorter time... Andrea

I think that those radios are obsolete enough not to be considered military radios, but, being painted green... However if they are sold as "non working simulacre" nobody would object... Andrea

I'd go the "Serious film museum" route. Even if you aren't allowed to stay with the film while it is developed you are sure that is in the hands of someone who will treat it with the respect (and expertise) needed by such a piece of history. BBC history may be interested in making a piece on this (and this may cover the expenses, if any in developing-restoration). I know that anyone of us when finds some important relic tend to be jealous, but some documents belong to History... Andrea (some of the things I collected during the years are now in a couple of museums, with just a tiny label saying "thank you", but it's enough to me).

imps???

As I posted on another forum, I would never wear my rank insignia at a show or I'd have to behave..... 8-) Andrea

Love the M12... I shot it a few times during my service... You get no markmanship awards with that, but if you have non conventional tagets at the firing range (in my case a FIAT 128) it is a lot of fun! Andrea

Stefano, I still have to visit you and have a look at your collection. As soon as the Rover 8 is ready... Andrea

I rode one of those "sottocanna"(*) motorbikes once. It was terrible, really difficult to manovrate, on the racing circuit of Imola, therefore with the smoothest and most regular tarmac I've ever found. d I can only say that there was a pretty high degree of stoicism in those soldiers, riding those motorbikes in deep mud, cold and wet and with someone shooting at them.... Andrea (*) In Italy we tend to put a theshold on the history of motorbikes according to the position of the fuel tank. Early motorbikes had the tank under the frame pipe (hence sottocanna =underpipe) then the fuel tank was "wrapped" up and around the frame pipe. Hipe this makes sense.

I second your observation. Despite having sold a 469 and bought a 109" and a 88" (ex -BAOR the latter) I did this just because I was fed up with unavailability of spares. Performance wise the 469 works better than a Land Rover series... The design is even simpler and in the lenght of an 88" there are five real seats. Andrea