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I know of one other local bike that is coming so that means there will be three vehicles present and I may convince my old man to turn out in his morris 8 if he has thawed out from an early start to watch the London to Brighton set off from the Serpentine

Nigel

I am pretty sure that dodge is very local and belongs to a couple who we met in Normandy several years ago the first time we stayed at Ivy House in st marie du mont

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you must have been the car behind me as I arrived at about 8.25 as well and one of the first people I saw was Nick Johns,then walked around all the stalls and was convinced there was nothing I needed but with a few more trips round I managed to fin several bren ammo boxes 10 bren mags an SRD jar bren supplementary poches and a 30 cal box

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should be there on my m20 would be good to see a few more vehicles than have been there in recent years,there are plenty fairly local and it is all for a good cause and always has a friendly atmosphere

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yeah nothing too big though ,it will easily fit in the back of the chevy for the trip over

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just beware of all that power mate it could run away with you,hope its finished by the end of november so I can have a go,and are you gonna bring it to weymouth next year

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maybe I am more blind than I thought but I cant find the story

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be very careful if buying a welbike as there are many replicas about even the one on display at the birmingham motorcycle museum contains a great deal of replica parts,the person you need to speak to is a Mr Church,his wife is the area secretary of the Barnet area mvt and earlier this year I spent a couple of hours talking to him about welbikes and he was explaining all the tell tale signs to look for on a replica and he said that if ever I decided to buy one I could contact him and he would give me a few more pointers.

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I went to Netley Eurojumble on the friday before Beaulie but there was very little military stuff about,it is a motorcycle only event but other bits sneak in occasionally unfortunately for me like most other jumbles nowadays the ratio of jap parts/bikes to British is increasing fast but as has been said if you dont go you dont know what you may have missed

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sounds like a plan t me but we must try and avoid the snow this time or Jack will be stuck at home again while we are visiting all those places he can only dream of

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nice looking m20 there,they look so different without rear panniers fitted,almost sporty just a shame you have to fit a rear number plate to spoil the lines , is the horn missing or just mounted out of sight?

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I will be there on sunday definitely and possibly saturday afternoon

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for anyone interested there is a gathering of scammel trucks with a road run to the old factory site in Watford this weekend in conjunction with a classic vehicle show and carters steam fair this weekend on the green ,croxley green near watford herts.Road run is on saturday and vehicle show sunday

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Well because I will be running around like a mad man making sure this works well:sweat::sweat:(looking important and jumped up)

 

I observed in detail how Mon's works - and the success of A&E will be down to 1st class marshalling....

I intend to be there on my m20 and will be happy to carry out convoy duty and have mentioned the event on the wdm20 website and I know several other bikes will be available for convoy control

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nice and local then,sunday 20th september classic vehicle show including Scammell gathering in conjunction with carters steam fair on the green in Croxley near Watford,there is often a few military vehicles at these dos,regulars include my m20 a couple of jeeps and dodges ,military scammells and a bren carrier,let me know if you decide to go and perhaps we can meet up

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When we went to Schichpol last year no one really bothered whith our passports. Those with a heavy sun tan got the full third degree. Mind you some of the customs , emmigration officials at Schipol. :shocked: Cor,

as Tony said no one was bothered about passports this side but it took bloody ages to take off and relace my paraboots ,still at least I had no holes in that pair of socks

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a most useful site for m20s and indeed all wartime British bikes is the wdm20 website and forum run by Henk Joore and as for parts and advice the man you need to speak to is Ian Wright of Ark motorcycles in Devon generally recognised as the m20 guru

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welcome to the forum Micheal it seems like hertfordshire is becoming a rather busy place fo mvs lately whereabouts in Herts are you based? I am in Rickmansworth and as regards local shows there is a classic vehicle show just up the road from me in a couple of weeks

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well if he ever considers getting rid of them I would be interested in another m20 so that I could hopefully put a combination together to make foriegn trips easier for carrying tent etc

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well glad to see they are all coming out of the woodwork,there were plenty in Normandy this june and I will be taking mine to the military day at the london motorcycle museum in november along with a couple of others so if anyone else is intersested let me know

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thanks for the info Stefano I know just about nothing about these little bikes so am always glad to learn something new ,the only queestion this raises is that with a number as low as this one would it still have the ML prefix ,also would it not seem logical that postwar bikes with the ML numbers are late military bikes converted for civvy use when they were no longer needed to fulfill a military contract prior to civilian production restarting?

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question posted and awaiting replies

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Hello Darren ,yes I got back from Normandy saturday night skint and knackered as usual, I think the fact that the frame number starts with ML signifies that it is indeed a military bike although I could be wrong,I will post the question on the wd motorcycle forum tonight and see if I can get any info for you ,also I think if you go into Borders bookshop in St Helier they have a copy of the bible of wartime Brit bikes BRITISH FORCES MOTORCYCLES by Chris Orchard and Steve Madden which may help,having just had a quick look at my copy it appears that the first military contract stats at frame number 11896 so this one appears earlier unless the number has been altered or misread anyway I will post the question and give you a ring when I get some info

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I will straighten my hair, put some slap on and wear my HMVF fleece then :-D:-D:-D

 

 

 

I wouldnt mention straightening your hair ,it may touch a raw nerve

the video was on any sunday featuring Steve Mcqueen available as far as I know from the ace cafe website

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