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Ok then if we're feeling silly today .............. A slightly oily golden retriever under a brakeless Dodge ambulance giving encouragement to his despairing owner !

Finally found a half decent photo of mine ........

An Apache hovering over Colchester town centre this morning following the troops as 16th Air Assault made their homecoming parade up the High Street

We use Anthony Jones .

Happy Birthday David , did see you a couple of times today but didn't have a chance to chat . Hope you've had a great weekend .

Happy Birthday Snap , was really good to see you today , hope you have a great rest-of-weekend !

Hopefully get to see some of you all tomorrow.........be coming as MOP due to............well , don't ask :mad:

Slightly belated Happy Birthday . Have a great birthday weekend and try not to end up like you did last year !

Sorry I'm a little late but very best wishes Clive , hope you had a good day & an enjoyable birthday weekend .

With any luck it put a crimp on their breeding potential too :-D

Welcome to the friendly forum OD....interesting collection you have & have had !

Just had to price two jobs for repairs to leadwork on churches locally . It has to be down to dodgy scrap dealers as the legit one we use takes every detail to just short of your inside leg measurement before they let you unload .

Me too...I'd happily swap mine for one of those .

Mine said something like 1035 days but it still wouldn't let me back in for the next couple of days despite ticking Remember Me .

Sorry I missed it Chris - didn't get on the 'puter yesterday . Hope you had a great day - catch up with you at The Bunker .

Found them ! Sorry about the poor quality of the first photo . I believe that there is a Bombardier snowmobile in the vehicle display at Anchor Supplies in Derbyshire but I can't find a photo on their website .

Yes - saw that one a couple of night ago - Ex Balmoral estate now in Val D'isere . Could look upon that one as being ex HM forces I guess !

Very best wishes Andy , hope you had a great day . See you around sometime this year .

Thanks Chris .

Been trying to find it ....I know it's here somewhere......Just to save me tearing any more of my rapidly thinning hair out could somebody please point me in the direction of the printable HMVF showcard . 'nk you .

Difficult question to answer Alex - I'm several hundred miles away & not seen these two although I suspect my friend Mr Chatfield will know them . As I said earlier the engines are not too much of a problem as it's just the industrial version of the VW boxer flat four , most of the metalwork is flat sheet so any competant welder / folder could repair that apart from the bonnet which has compound curves -could be a bit problematic if that's missing .. The chassis is box section. Floor is ply . Tracks are basically conveyor belt canvas . Degraded tyres are going to be the biggest problem as they just aren't around anymore as far as I'm aware . (I'd love someone to tell me I'm wrong about that and where you can get them now......). Like most things , if somebody is prepared to spend enough time and/or money on a vehicle then they will always be restorable . The end result in this case would be an unusual and relatively rare exhibit to take to shows which is compact and easy to transport around and store being roughly the same size as an SWB Land Rover. A vehicle which is surprisingly useable and enormous fun to play with but unlikely to be worth what it cost to rebuild but then very few of our toys are when it comes down to it and who actually expects to make a profit at the end of a restoration anyway ?

It could be Dance With The Dead in which the story was centered around an old WW II air base .

Top one is definitely ex mil - the socket on the front end and the fuel tank on the track guard are classic identifiers . Can't see enough of the other to be sure but it looks like it's 24v so a good chance it is too . Lot of work for somebody........

Been trying to track down my notes which are a) a bit disorganised b) a bit behind the times . But in any case , as far as I can see we have surviving : 47 RN 34 52 RN 64 (can you pm me the vehicle number so I can place it in order please Jim) 56 RN 55 62 RN 69 62 RN 73 77 RN 08 01 RN 74 And mine which is ex RAE and has always carried a civilian number . I'm sure I've missed a couple off the list so please put me right if you know any others .

McClarty's definitely still had new drive sprockets available last I heard . The tracks themselves are made from conveyor belt material , the ironwork might be a bit more problematic . Headlights are very similar to tractor lights so your local agricultural dealers can probably help track down something or have a trawl round a few autojumbles .