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Thats not whatt i expected after the media reports...they made it sound like the Nuremburg Rally!

Nice car looks well sorted. hope you have fun in her... If you have any problems whatsoever, please let me know and will try to assist. ive alredy checked the Bovington Museum Records for details of this car and found nothing at all, Sadly a few of the key cards have been lost. However if anything turns up in the future will let you know. 'Singe' www.daimler-fighting-vehicles.co.uk

do you have pictures or part numbers?

As far as im aware the only WW2 military motorcycles you can ride without a full MC licence are the royal enfield flying flee http://royalenfieldflyingflea.weebly.com/ or the DKW 125 http://www.allaboutbikes.com/feature-articles/motorcycle-stories/6945-the-dkw-rt-125-the-most-copied-motorcycle-of-all-time. there may be some other WW2 vintage 125 cc models.... you will still proberbly need to complete the compulsory basic training and other 'modern' test requirements to be allowed to ride on the road. Even if you know what your doing on a bike, the training is a must to ensure your own safety and wont be a waist of time. Whatever, riding a small low powered vintage bike that will struggle to maintain 30-40mph on a flat road is not enjoyable and very dangerous due to *ankers continulay overtaking and forcing you into the kerb. (This is why i gave up riding small capacily vintage machines some years ago)

Im not sure what laws the french (oe others in the EU) are using to impound armour. possibly the 'common military list defining rules for govening control of exports of military technology & equipment'. It should be noted that the EU version of the list dated 27th feb 2012 excludes armour manufactured prior to 1946 see section ML6. http://ebookbrowse.com/the-common-military-list-of-the-european-union-pdf-d367953820 However the UK version of the Military list does not include the exclusion. So if you are exporting from the UK you will need an Standard Individual Export Licence SIEL. if you dont have a licence you are in breach of Article 2 of the Export Control Order 2008, this carries a 5 year prison sentance! to obtain the licence you need to detail the countries the vehicle will pass through as well as a lot of other information. If the vehicle is manufactured after 1946 its a whole differant ball game because you should get permission to transit through each and every country.

Antar. Hi, i run the dingo register (with Danny Bosma from the Netherlands). Ive obtained from Philip Winterburn, some dingo photo's of acar he used to own. It was unusual in that it had a tow hitch fitted. and painted sand/green 70's style camo pattern. Philip cannot remember the F number. We would like to findthis out to try and trace it / establish if it still exists or is another thathas magically vanished over the years. Is this the same one you restored, can you assist in identifying her? We are up to about 200 surviving vehicles now! is this another one? Cheers Singe www.daimler-fighting-vehicles.co.uk

Im a civil engineer specialising in highways / drainage design & working for national and local government. Also experienced in designing schemes for housing and retail developments but more recently have been involved with the design of two new London Rail stations on the Crossrail Project. If you want someone to tell you why local highway managers don’t like 'tanks' on the highway. Im your man.

Indeed but when phoned to check the MOT station visit, I was informed veryclearly. That an unregistered vehicle must not travel on the public highwayeither to an MOT station or DVLA office. I said that I could obtain some tradeplates and was also told that this was also not acceptable. It must be transported 'wheelsoffthe ground'. Im assuming that the vehicles you are driving are already registered which Iagree is Ok. Im no expert just telling you what DVLA kent have told meregarding unregistered vehicles. Perhaps Sussex DVLA have a different policy to kent in Feb 2012, but as you will see fromthe paperwork, driving the Militant to the local DVLA office (if in kent) wouldhave got him in trouble. Dont shoot the messenger.:-)

In 2012 there were two Daimler heavies in 2HCR colors but one has since changed ownership and has been repainted. So F20333, is now the only one currently on the show circuit. The dingos in the CMV article were F329573 which is marked 2HCR and the other F340653 which is painted as Royal Navy (but only on opposite side as shown in the picture). With regards to Dingo's there are approx 9 others in these markings, most are located in the UK & the Netherlands. Some show the mounted knight of VIII Corps and some the Guards Armoured Eye, both of which would be correct for 2HCR at the time of Market Garden (Sept 44) The car being restored will be the 11th and will be as true a representation as can be achieved including: 1. The lack of light fittings. Quickly removable lightswill be provided for highway use. 2. Reproduction of the original steel armoured roof. 3. The addition of the many miscellaneous stowage boxes welded to the outside of the hull and bolted onto the wings. Its taken quite awhile to find period boxes of the correct size, type and with a pre 1945 date. We have many other photo’s of period 2HCR dingo’s and have pieced together the arrangement of these non-standard fittings. 4. A horse shoe. We are also sourcing a horse shoe from the current Household Cavalry Regiment, to weld onto the front glacis plate just like the original car. (Look at the photo) 5. We do need examples of the electricaly fired smoke pots fitted below the front bin, if anyone can help with these please let us know. The car under restoration will hopefully be shown at the same events as the other cars so that a Half troop of 4 daimlers can be presented.

Henry Thanks for your help today. Glad we didnt drop the engine and when I checked I still had all my fingers and toes! For the full story of the Dingo F207134 restoration follow this link: http://daimler-fighting-vehicles.co.uk/restorationa.html Singe

I cant comment regarding the driving license issue. But here in Kent, the DVLA are taking a hard line on driving unregisteredvehicles on the road. They insist that the vehicle is trailered to the MOT Station to obtain its ticket and is also trailered to the local DVLA office for its inspection prior to giving an age related/new number etc. see the attached notes which came with the numberplate application paperwork. I phoned them on the issue and was informed that if caught on the highway while obtaining the MOT or traveling to or from the vehicle inspection, they would request the police to prosecute and also cancel all applications without a refund offees!

For a very interesting RARDE report on the performance of the 76mm HESH round against armoured targets see this link: http://daimler-fighting-vehicles.co.uk/develop%20daca.html hit the 4th PDF icon to open....might take a while - its a very big document with pictures but worth the wait.

For period photos of ferrets & crew in service withthe West Kent Yeomanry see this link http://daimler-fighting-vehicles.co.uk/roc.html hit the PDF symbol at the bottom of the page headed 'Lothianand Border Horse' etc while im on here.....does anyone recognize this vehicle pennant?

The hop farm was just an hours run away in my armouredcars & dingo's, and on a route consisting of A & B roads. Often I would drive down one car, get a lift back home and then take the dingo. The second dingo being trailered down as a ‘part load’with costs shared with a friend getting his carrier delivered. And have always considered the relaxing drive, to be an enjoyable part of the show experience. Im only the other end of the county, but the new venue is just too far, not to mention dangerous because i will be forced to take the motorway. Or to drive through very busy town centres on the old A20. So im now forced to hire a low loader to take all three vehicles.........with all the very significant expense this entails. Therefor im not exactly pleased with the new location and will have to think long and hard about entering next year. Singe www.daimler-fighting-vehicles.co.uk

IWM dingo photos. So far Ive spent three whole days there looking through the IWMphoto archive, and about the same again at Bovington. I have some sections of film from the IWM library and consider it likely that there are gems yet to be found here too. Of the war time dingo photos, I have all of the reference numbers listed out. These im slowly ticking off, as I acquire or purchase copies of the image. Im aware however that there may be more photo’s available in other sections of the collection dealing with other theatres of operation, ors ubjects. eg Korea, Research & development, Northern Island? If you are going to visit let me know so I can give you the list. This will save you having to trawl through certain sections & also ensure that you don’t purchase images that are otherwise available. (It would be obviously be better if we pool resourcesto obtain the missing images rather than duplicating). The National Army Museum also has a photo library and this isa resource ive not yet delved into. Primarily because they seem to want to give you images ordered. Rather than let you look through the thousands of prints to findsomething interesting. I suspect this will mean they will only therefore let you see the ‘recorded/indexed’ Dingo photos. If this is anything like the IWM the recorded/indexed photos on the index cards are certainly not all of them. Many times there is a photo of something else, but there inthe background is what we want to see. Not being the subject matter, it is not recorded. And don’t get me started on the mis identified vehicle descriptions……… singe www.daimler-fighting-vehicles.co.uk

Andy As far as i can acertain there were at least 4 daimler heavies and 32 dingo's used on the VE parade. image above courtesy of 'war illistrated' vol 10 236 5july46 image above courtesy of IWM H_042775 My car (pictured below) was brand spanking new and I suspect had never been issued into service,, Almost all the cars used, look to have 1945 period numbers which i guess has some logic. The cars were readily availible... And would be ideal for carting high ranking offices about, after all you would not want your Admirals, Air Marshalls or Generals etc. To sit in rusty & oily machines in their best dress uniform, would you? Theres a good chance your cars there as well, just need more film footage or other photos's as ive only identified about 10 of the dingo's singe www.daimler-fighting-vehicles.co.uk

Hi Rick Very nice to meet you earlier in the year at W&P. Impressed with both your project and workmanship. It makes my current dingo restoration, look like 'playtime' in comparison. keep up the good work singe

i wish i had a pound for every time a heard someone say that :-) Nice toy.

Try these...you wont see yours, (but you will see mine with Admiral Cunningham in it! F340629) http://www.britishpathe.com/video/victory-parade-reel-1/query/victory+parade http://www.britishpathe.com/video/victory-parade-4/query/victory+parade http://www.britishpathe.com/video/victory-parade-2/query/victory+parade http://www.britishpathe.com/video/cuts-out-takes-for-victory-parade-in-46-46/query/victory+parade

Gentlemen I agree with Richard the wartime F number is F48197. I believe that the Bovington post war key cardis lost for the series around 25ZS69 so we are likely never to know when thecar it belonged too left service. Ive checked my records and as far as i know F48197 there is no evidence thatthis car has been seen since the 1970's. There are a number of Dingo's that were restored in the 60's & 70s and thedata plate separated during the rebuild. The chassis number of these cars is now very hard to positively identify. If it gets sold to one of the unidentified car owners, there’s a fairly goodchance it might be reunited from the car it came from! singe

Hi Andy Congratulations on your recent purchace, I knew the car existed as i had obtained a photo of it from the bovington archive taken back in the late 1980's. Was waiting for it to emerge................ I have copies of all the the key cards from Bovington including the one for your car. www.daimler-fighting-vehicles.co.uk go to my website find my email address and drop me a line. W l will give you a copy of your card, ive checked by library and dont have a photo of your vehicle in service. Regards 'Singe'

will be there on friday with the daimlers, its my faverite show:cheesy: http://www.daimler-fighting-vehicles.co.uk

As a qualified 'Highway Engineer' perhaps I shouldclarify the possible issues. I have no doubt whatsoever that even a Bren gun carrier will adversely affect abitumen surfaced carriageway. The load is not the issue as the weight is evenlydistributed and unlikely to cause deformation of the road formation. Unless itis in poor condition already or the sub soil very soft or water logged. All bitumen carriageways have a surface course which is typically 20-40mm thickand consists of specially designed bitumen binders holding together a matrix ofangular stone. The surface coarse is designed to be water resistant,able to hold together under severe braking forces and also to give a very goodadhesion too tyres when cornering and breaking. The stone is specially selectedfor its anti-abrasion properties and resistance to polishing. The white dust created by steel tracks is the surface ofthe stone being ground away or by the individual pieces cracking under thestrain/impact. This will cause a deterioration of surface performance andpossibly failure of the material bonding that will show up next winter in theform of pot holes. When slewing a tracked vehicle, an already aging surfacecourse can easily be stripped from the bituminous layers below as the forces exertedcannot be withstood by the remaining strength of binder. Some roads which are already aging (ie cracked andshowing early signs of failure) are treated with a surface dressing, whichsimply sticks a thin layer of stone onto the surface course, this thin layerhelps prevent water penetration and restores anti skid properties. It is however very likely to be entirelystripped if used by tracked vehicles, especially on bends. Black paved or cobbled pavement would in my opinion behighly susceptible to damage, both to the actual surface and also structure. It is likely that the roads I question are already knownto be in poor repair, or have been inspected because of the past tank use. Whereas if they had not been used probably would not have been inspected & therecondition assessed. I acknowledge that the area & depth of damage caused bytracked vehicles will be limited, but would expect that the French highwaydepartments budgets are being squeezed as much as ours in the UK & can therefor totally understand why the localengineer will oppose anything that will cause further avoidable damage. To give an indication of the costs involved, Surface dressing will cost £35 per square m and a full excavation & replacement of a damagedsurface course £170 per square m (its worth noting that the hole width of the road need tobe relaid not just the track marked area.) that said lets hope they can get approval to run again in the future. 'singe'

2 No 4x5m Dutch army WW2 style rope/scrim camo nets, not seen for any for sale for ages so had to buy them 1 No interoir light for driver of Daimler Armoured car 12 NOS Daimler Dingo spark plugs at stupidly cheep price 2 No brush spring to repair a starter moter 3 No 1943 dated large ammo boxes 1 No very large 1942 dated ammo box 1 No bren mag box dated 1944 varoius webbing straps for tying things down 1 No NOS Daimler dingo speedo 2 No 2 pounder shells with heads for Daimler Heavy. total spend approx £230 in addition was given an action man in tankers uniform as a gift. And also given two replacement number 2 petrol cookers in return for a ride around the arena.(After i ran mine over with the daimler heavy!) so a good year.

Can i come in my Dingo?