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Shocked I tell you…

Under a ‘tarp’ NOT a tram

Well I finally got one...had it four years actually but finally got round to mentioning it as I’m now going to restore it... I dug out an old Janes Armoured book I got for a birthday back in 1975 and it has a pencil ‘tick’ above the picture and a note saying ‘want one’. Went to see it outside Nuremberg, and flew! (I don’t get on no plane fool). it was built at KHD in 1965 so it’s exactly the same age as myself, it was fate, so I treated myself...well the wife let me..a deal was done and monies exchanged via overly complicated import (uk rubbish and German demilitarisation and promises that I won’t use it in a warzone) three months later it arrived, much to the amusement of the local tractor suppliers who kindly loaned me their yard to transfer from artic to plant trailer. although I played with it, and used it to pull stuck stuff off the land, since the ignition side started playing up, it’s been parked up under a tram awaiting my attention...hopefully I’ll be onto that after tupping time but afore lambing

thought you were taking it easy now...just couldnt resist????:cool2:

you'll be the first to know...well, after the wife, plus it has to work...ie earn its keep:cool2: Ohhhhh and mtlb and gaz are the price i have to pay to keep the piece.....for the moment!

....hopefully getting new toy...but doesnt fit categories...so will tell you later:D

well that started the british vs US and the British vs Jap....but what about the rest of europe and the former soviet states...no debate there...? The leopard in trials beat the chally and abrhams, but we ended up with chally 2...oh lets fix the bits that didnt work...and then didnt fix them properly...the army WANTED leopard, and the deal would have meant building it here for LESS thatn what chally costs The VM (yes vm not vw) beat the landy for replacement to certain landy ops...we bought landy, despite the army wanting VM and as for the sa....why would, and should, we buy US...when theres so much better out there for less oh and in answer to the analogy that numbers beat all...ie dodge...the sherman was only good BECAUSE of numbers, wheras ak47 and t34, mp40, mg42, were just good....and of course bren gun (czech):-D are we going to make the same mistakes TSR2 vs phantom....christie vs lloyd...and midget instead of 950 sport spider..hehehehehe:cool2:

....but it is just my opinion based on anecdotal, and some real world experience.... how is it that once a british bit of machinery becomes obsolete, it was the best thing since sliced bread???? This is despite years of complaints to the contrary whilst it was ever in service, whether it be an mg midget or a chieften...in fact, some things have been obsolete for years and are still in service...the landy springs to mind *ducks and waits for flak* just some examples: grandfather went over with yanks on d'day, yes and got pinned down, as part of the effort to gain aerodrome...when they finally got of the beaches with the gear, and captured airfield, they were given a churchill with turret missing as tow vehicle (g'dad was a blacksmith in RAF and had trucks with forges on) it kept breaking down so was given an abandoned renault tank from WWI!!!! ever since then he bought renaults after having rileys, austins etc loads of friends have landys...and i spend my time doing their sparkying...and theyre always moaning about gearboxes, transaxles, starters, etc.etc....two also have willys and dont use anything else when the sun shines father (electrician) had a WWII quad (useful but underpowered and too hot as closed) in aden and then a saracen (unreiliable piece of junk he said...and they werenew then)...gave them both back when the FFL 'lent' him a willys of lybian wwII era, for his personal use(he fixed one of their vehicles)...(which he later swapped for a citroen light 15).... personally I've continually fixed....MG midgets, MGB, moggie 1000s, (oil leak city, crap electrics, brakes as well as shoddy electrics), triumph stag, sprint and hearald (the herald was easily the best of the bunch but others electrics and cooling systems cr*p) capris, escorts, cortinas, (rust buckets and electrics), jag mk II and giant (starter circuits and a heating system designed by a masochist) so when I get the micky taken for liking classic italian gear and relying of fiats most of my working life...dont tell me faults are not character...folk in glass houses...etcetcetc....:cool2:...hehehe

class...pure class!!!!!:cool2:

as it did so well...what about a northern one....:rotfl:

strange...i did as instructed....i'll put the links up instead:cool2:: tis better, yes

or....

if two of my toys go....then myself and co-pilot could drive some gear for you:nut:

or maybe just the niwa....:-X

have my co-pilot and venison...just have to sort out leccy and water contractors and all wll be well:D

not exactly...hit the brakes on the MTLB and it stops....dead:nut:slight concusion, broken eye socket and a bit of a black eye...still have a nodule of bone in that socket...and it HURT!!!!!

wear appropriate headgear....:nut:

no shows this year...far too busy at the moment and the MTLB is going up for sale shortly (as it was a birthday present in perpetuity...and I want one every year) :embarrassed:

H&S business....good...its the first thing that goes in a recession....:shocked: It is a Richard Moore sourced truck but I'm the second owner since then...and more like £5K, it was a pressie for the wife....as she bought me the MTLB for my birthday...when she saw it in the flesh she fair fainted, thaught it was like a 101:nut:

dont talk to me about risk assessment.....i'll post the pic of the black eye and broken socket...the advice on wearing helmets in tracked vehicles is a no brainer:embarrassed:

at the moment its wet with sweat, BECAUSE its sunny.....

Me and the toys.....

sorry safariswing....I'm phil...currently a health and safety officer (no jokes...heard em all) i have two russian military vehicles, a gaz 66 and a tracked vehicle..MTLB....used widely accross the world, but doesnt seem to be that many in private hands daisy (yes daisy) is a beaut and likes to scare folk on her outings...and the wife:-D will be taking her out again this week...just for the craik:D

ot trying to denegrate, as 'we' generally have the best ideas..just turns out that in use...its everyone else that has better:nut:

i suppose i should have put this in the brave section...even though I've been here afore...so tracked and russian....anyway, a gaz 66 and an mtlb....:nut: